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EPISODE · Feb 2, 2026 · 5 MIN

IDKMYDE: The Bananas Weren’t the Problem

from I Didn’t Know, Maybe You Didn’t Either! · host The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

In the 1930s, early standardized tests claimed Black children scored lower becausethey supposedly ate too many bananas. B Daht exposes how racist "science" wasbaked into modern testing—and how those lies still shape education today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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