The Summer Fun Episode, Who Stole The VABB?, A True Crime, Season 6, Episode 4

About this episode

The episode explores a true crime involving the theft of a cultural opportunity from an African American 8th grader, highlighting issues of validation and misunderstanding in education.

It is the middle of July and that means it is time for the annual summer fun episode. We are delving into the true crime genre, which is by far the most popular podcasts. Our true crime involves a theft. A student's opportunity to be cultural in the context of school was stolen and more importantly an opportunity to be validated and affirmed was lost. Listen in as we follow what happens to an African American 8th grader who experiences a cultural misunderstanding that escalates into being pun...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Hollie

Topics covered

• true crime
• cultural misunderstanding
• education
• validation
• summer fun

Keywords

• true crime
• cultural misunderstanding
• education
• validation
• summer fun
• theft
• African American

Mentioned in this episode

Places: African American

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