These readings related closely with the episode of This American Life because they all focus on what contributions affect a student, and a school. Reading 35 specifically relates to the podcast episode because they both talk about school integration of minority students into a majority white school/school district. In reading 35, Holland speaks about the cultural conceptions of may influence perceptions of African American males and females. Therefore, African American males may have to contend with stereotypes that paint them as violent and aggressive. In the podcast, one of the parents largest concerns about the students coming from Normandy school district, is that those students are violent, and that the schools will then need metal detectors,
