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Nikole Hannah-Jones laments 'pretty brutal' response to viral essay on sending daughter to public school
Monday, October 26, 2026
Nikole Hannah-Jones said the response to her New York Times Magazine essay about enrolling her daughter in Black public schools was "pretty brutal." The essay detailed her decision to send her daughter to a public school rather than a private alternative. Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, did not specify which criticisms she considered most severe.
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