Blacktivism In the Academy

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In our season 2 finale, the amazing Mary Howard Hamilton graces us all with her presence and we sit down with three scholars to talk about their academic lineage.

Guests - Dr. Mary Howard Hamilton, Dr. Lori Patton Davis, Dr. Chayla Haynes Davison

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We sit down with Dr. Katrina Overby to talk about what it means to be "an activist in these streets AND on these sheets!" We dig into her scholarship about culture, Black twitter, and social media. Plus, Dr.Overby shares a few hot takes on current topics!

More from Katrina Overby

Doin' It For the Culture - Dissertation on Proquest

RIT Bio

Twitter - @dr_ko_08

AACC #ScholarStrike Conference Panel

RIT Faculty Highlight

Red Bottoms, Gold, and Ass: The Werk of Serena Williams on the cover of Harper's Bazaar

More Resources

Follow @BlackInTheIvory on Twitter or at BlackintheIvory.net

We're back for part two of the professionalism series. Let's zoom out a bit and talk about professionalism in a broader context. We hear from a couple of guests as they recount the lessons they've learned about what it means to be "professional" and what that word is code for.

Interesting Links

"Professionalism or Socialized White Supremacy" - 2019 NASPA piece by LaTecia Yarbrough and Ricky Urgo.

"Blacksonian" piece about Whiteness - We recommend reading the section about "White Dominant Culture". That's the National Association of African American History and Culture.

Losing My Language - An episode of the BBC podcast, The Comb, about the global dominance of English in the African diaspora. The podcast episode talks about the difficulties, resistance, and realities of being socialized to speak "more professionally" while rejecting your native ethnic language.

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This week we're talking about that ubiquitously vague word: "professionalism". What does that word actually mean and is that meaning compatible with antiracism? We start a two-part series with this look at professionalism through the lens of the pandemic.

Guest(s) - Jessica Krim, Candace Hall, Students of Dr. Hall's Contemporary Issues in Higher Education:Blacktivism in the Academy course

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J.T. and fellow Dream Collective member, Nate Williams have a conversation about Critical Race Theory and the strange moment it's having right now in the news. They talk about the tenets of CRT, chop it up about society, and stumble onto the idea of Critical Race Artists.

RESOURCES

Critical Race Studies in Education Association - crsea.org

Cheryl I. Harris' 1993 Harvard Law Review piece - Whiteness as Property

Cheryl I. Harris' 2020 follow-up piece - Reflections on Whiteness as Property

Find Nate Williams on Twitter - @Dr_Nate

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Host J.T. Snipes is joined by Nkosi Anderson, Hadya Sow, and Marcelle Mentor for a frank discussion about their experiences doing work in the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion space. We get into the joys frustrations, hopes, and realities of the profession and what has (or hasn't) changed in the past couple of years.

www.InclusiveRoots.org - Learn more about the ROOTS project Nkosi is involved with.

Contact our Guests

Marcelle Mentor

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Dr. View is the hip-hop scholar/artist/organizer/DJ/producer/educator leading the Fire in Little Africa team. He joins our host, J.T. Snipes to talk about the project which brings together the top rappers, singers, musicians and visual artists in Oklahoma to commemorate the centennial of the 1921 Massacre and introduce Tulsa's hip-hop culture to a global audience.

www.FireInLittleAfrica.com - Keep up with the FILA crew, get merch, and learn more about the artists.

Black Wall Street Legacy Festival - Taking place in Tulsa 05/27 - 05/31

www.JusticeforJulisJones.com - View the documentary, donate, and sign the petition for clemency here.

Fire in Little Africa Podcast on Spotify - Learn about the artists and FILA project.

Fireside Podcast with Dr. View on Spotify - Get deeper into the ethos and artistic mindset with Dr.View and his guests.

This episode does happen to have a spoiler for The Last Dragon so... we warned you.

How have colleges and universities worked (or not worked) to support students during the pandemic? Students from Dr. Candace Hall's Contemporary Issues in Higher Education course (AKA "Blacktivism in the Academy Class") discuss the realities of trying to learn during the pandemic.

Student names have been omitted to protect student and staff privacy.

Guest: Dr. Candace Hall

episode artwork by Shelly Freund