The Atlantic staff writer Jenisha Watts said Wednesday she plans to send her young Black son to private school, citing her own experience with struggling schools while choosing a different path from friend and 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones, who recently confronted regrets about her daughter’s public-school education.Watts said in her Atlantic essay that Hannah-Jones’ experience helped convince her she could not make the same decision for her son."I could never make the choice she made," Watts said."I know too well what can go wrong.
I’m sending him to a private preschool, and I plan to apply for private kindergarten too."Hannah-Jones, who previously said that scrutiny of her decision should also focus on Black children whose families cannot afford better options, responded directly to Watts in a new statement to Fox News Digital.'THE VIEW' HOST SUNNY HOSTIN CLAIMS HER CHILDREN EXPERIENCED RACISM AT PRIVATE SCHOOLSJenisha Watts said she chose private school for her Black son after reflecting on her own education and Nikole Hannah-Jones’ experience with her daughter."I have a deep respect for Jenisha and all she has overcome," she said.
"Our concerns and values as parents are always shaped, to some degree, by our own experiences as children.Unlike Jenisha, I got a parachute out of my segregated school and that changed my life, and as a result I have always thought about the equal worth of children who didn't get that parachute and how that shaped their lives as well.""I still believe, as I always have, in public schools as necessary and common good, that education should be the great equalizer, and that parents should not have to choose between doing what's right for their children and what's right for community," she continued.Hannah-Jones said the problems raised by both families ultimately required broader policy changes."In the end, the inequality I write about and that Jenisha experienced is systemic and will only be fixed if we acquire the ...