Ep 01: A Private School Education in the Bay Area with Grant Singer

The Privilege Podcast

Growing up with well-meaning parents for Grant Singer meant that he was provided with the best private school education in a community where it was the norm. It took him well into his teenage years to realize how homogenous his experience had been and how privilege affected his ability to succeed and later attend USC School of Cinematic Arts and pursue a career in the entertainment industry. This conversation explores whiteness, educational barriers, and socio-economic blindness.

In this episode, we discuss:

• 1:03 - When Grant realized the different parts of his privilege (white privilege and socioeconomic privilege)
  
• 5:05 - What it was like to grow up in Marin County, California with a private school education
  
• 8:11 - Experiences witnessing an African adoptee in the community and being pulled over by a cop
  
• 18:45 - Comparing private vs. public school experiences
  
• 23:08 - Grant's privilege within the higher education system
  
• 25:48 - How SATs discriminate and barriers to college admission
  
• 28:56 - USC, the "University of Spoiled Children"
  
• 30:58 - USC Film school's unknowing tendency of perpetuating marginalization in Hollywood
  
• 37:13 - Passing the mic to underrepresented voices
  
• 39:00 - Resources for continuing the conversation: Nice White Parents podcast & 826 non-profit tutoring organization
  

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Music: Etude Op. 10, no. 1 in C major - 'Waterfall'