Ep 44 | Two Things Can Be True
This week on Color Commentary, Charles takes on two stories that turn out to be one. First, the viral video of a Houston teacher and influencer who broke down over seniors who could not read, and everything that came out after: the school's A rating, a former colleague's pushback, and the messenger's own history. Charles lays out the real literacy data, refuses to soften it, and asks what we owe kids who are being turned into content. Then he introduces Fannie Lou Hamer, a woman with a sixth grade education who became one of the most powerful voices in American history, and explains why she…
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