Sunny Hostin says children faced racism at private schools
The View co-host shared her experiences while discussing Nikole Hannah-Jones' regrets about her daughter's education.
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What this story says
- Sunny Hostin stated her children experienced racism and psychological trauma at predominantly White private schools.
- Hostin's daughter was bullied and had pencils attempted to be stuck in her hair, and was called 'butter face'.
- Hostin discussed her children's experiences in the context of Nikole Hannah-Jones' regret over her daughter's education.
- Hostin noted that schools in predominantly non-White districts receive $23 billion less in annual funding than White counterparts.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
65/100
Hype
41/100
6 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Sunny Hostin, co-host of "The View," stated that her children experienced racism and psychological trauma while attending predominantly White private schools. She made these remarks while discussing Nikole Hannah-Jones, founder of the 1619 Project, who recently expressed regret about sending her daughter to predominantly Black, high-poverty public schools.
Hostin explained that while her children did not struggle academically and excelled at their well-resourced private schools, they suffered a different kind of pain. She detailed instances of bullying, including her daughter having pencils attempted to be stuck in her hair and being called 'butter face.' Hostin described this as trauma around her daughter's identity.
Hostin also raised concerns about systemic issues in public education, stating that schools in predominantly non-White districts receive $23 billion less in annual funding than their White counterparts. She attributed this disparity to public schools being funded by property taxes.
Disagreement on Nikole Hannah-Jones' comments
Nikole Hannah-Jones commented to Fox News Digital that the focus should be on families lacking resources for better educational options, rather than her personal choices. She stated, 'I hope people concerned about the choice my husband and I made for our daughter will have equal or more outrage for the thousands of Black children whose parents don’t have the resources to send them to better schools.'
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated reports below mention the $23 billion funding disparity between predominantly non-White and White school districts that Sunny Hostin stated. The digests from The Beltway Report, wfmd.com, nytimespost.com, and Fox News do not include this detail.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 5 times, most recently on 22 Sept 2026, 00:15, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- IntelliNews led with Sunny Hostin's suggestion that her children faced racism at predominantly White private schools. The report detailed Hostin's account of psychological trauma and bullying, including specific incidents involving her daughter's hair and being called 'butter face.' It also included Hostin's statement about the $23 billion funding disparity between non-White and White school districts. The outlet noted that ABC and Ethical Culture Fieldston School did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Right
5 rated outlets
- The right-rated reports from Democratic Accent, The Beltway Report, wfmd.com, nytimespost.com, and Fox News all highlighted Sunny Hostin's claim that her children experienced racism and bullying at predominantly White private schools. These reports also mentioned her discussion of Nikole Hannah-Jones' regrets regarding her daughter's education. The digests from The Beltway Report, wfmd.com, nytimespost.com, and Fox News stated that Hostin's children excelled academically despite these experiences.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Sunny Hostin says children faced racism at private schools?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 17% are rated centre, 83% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Sunny Hostin says children faced racism at private schools left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Sunny Hostin says children faced racism at private schools biased?
- Sunny Hostin says children faced racism at private schools is one event reported by 6 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Sunny Hostin says children faced racism at private schools?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Sunny Hostin says children faced racism at private schools?
- 6 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What did Sunny Hostin say her children experienced at private schools?
- Sunny Hostin stated that her children experienced racism and psychological trauma at the predominantly White private schools they attended. She noted that while they did not suffer academically, they faced bullying and trauma related to their identity.
- What specific incidents of bullying did Sunny Hostin describe?
- Hostin described instances where her daughter was bullied, including attempts to stick pencils in her hair and being called 'butter face.' She presented these as examples of the trauma her children experienced.
- How does Sunny Hostin's experience relate to Nikole Hannah-Jones?
- Hostin shared her experiences while discussing Nikole Hannah-Jones' recent admission of regret over sending her daughter to predominantly Black, high-poverty public schools. Hostin contrasted her own decision to send her children to private schools.
- What did Sunny Hostin say about school funding?
- Hostin stated that schools in predominantly non-White districts receive $23 billion less in annual funding than their White counterparts. She attributed this disparity to the system of funding public schools through property taxes.
Read it at the source
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Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
1Right
5- Sunny Hostin Says Her Children Faced Racism at Predominantly White Private Schools (opens The Beltway Report in a new tab)
The Beltway Report — is The Beltway Report biased? Our profile of this outlet
- ‘The View’ host Sunny Hostin claims her children experienced racism at private schools (opens wfmd.com in a new tab)
- 'The View' host Sunny Hostin claims her children experienced racism at private schools - NEW YORK TIMES POST (opens nytimespost.com in a new tab)
nytimespost.com — is nytimespost.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 'The View' host Sunny Hostin claims her children experienced racism at private schools – Democratic Accent (opens democraticaccent.com in a new tab)
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- 'The View' host Sunny Hostin claims her children experienced racism at private schools (opens Fox News in a new tab)
Not rated
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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