Episode 0204 - Is Dog Whistle Politics Driving UP the Cost of College Tuition...NOT SO FAST!

Tuition inflation has risen at a faster rate than the cost of medical services, child care, and housing. While generous financial aid means that students usually pay far less than the “sticker price” of tuition, the net price of public four-year colleges has still more than doubled since the turn of the century. Join me today as tear apart the ridiculous case that Dog Whistle Politics is driving these costs in higher education, an assertion made in the piece by moveon.org and Demos (link below).

Demos President Heather McGhee and UC Berkeley Law Professor and author of Dog Whistle Politics Ian Haney López tell the story of how racism fuels economic inequality and what we can do about it.

We Must Talk About Race to Fix Economic Inequality - YouTube