'Comedian
Wyatt Cenac
is probably best known for his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show. But long before he made it to television, Cenac was a high school student in Dallas, Texas, at a private school where most of the kids were white. Today, Cenac says, "coming out of that educational experience, I definitely felt like I lacked a lot as far as the social growth that I would have liked from an education." For the new season of his HBO show,
Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas, Cenac is doing a deep dive into education across the United States, from teachers’ strikes to school safety.
The Takeaway sat down with Cenac to learn more about how his own school experience shaped his perspective on the education debates currently taking place across the country.' --
The Takeaway
Published on April 11, 2019 20:20