How can schools do a better job of graduating culturally competent students?  2020 High School graduate Elijah Jones refers to the cyclical inheritance of racism as a "hamster wheel."  Join us as we wonder, how do we get off?  In this episode, we discuss Elijah's training in theater and his engagement with speech writing.  Elijah proposes that social media is an art form that can be used to disrupt, and that teachers should "put the books down" and use student interactions as learning experiences, calling out racism in the classroom. 

As a 9th grader, Elijah Jones gave a TEDx talk on segregation and cultural competency in education.  As an 11th grader, Elijah published an OpEd about his experience as a Black student in a predominantly white private school, where the n-word was used in class discussion.  Elijah plans to pursue a career as a civil rights lawyer.