In this episode we continue to learn about the complications surrounding the Duke lacrosse team being accused of raping a black woman. We discuss the fallout from the facts of the case being presented to the public and how it impacted the black women who were connected to the social disaster.

In this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we learn about the Duke lacrosse team being accused of raping a black woman. We learn how these accusations impacted the black people on the Duke campus and in the Durham community.

In this episode of Rockford Reading we discuss the emotional effects of the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans. We also discuss the racial bias that Black people endured in the aftermath of the hurricane.

In this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we begin the fourth chapter of Sister Citizen entitled “Disaster”. In this episode we dissect the stereotypes and forms of shame that were perpetuated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

In this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we read about racial strategies to defeating shame for black women in the United States of America. We also discuss the concept of humiliated fury as we conclude chapter 3 “Shame”.

In this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we continue to take a deeper look at the shame that exists and persists for black people in the American society.

In this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we begin the third chapter of Sister Citizen entitled "Shame". Melissa V. Harris-Perry describes the negative impacts that the concept of shame has on black women in the United States.

In this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we complete the second chapter of Sister Citizen entitled "Myth". We read about the "Angry Black Woman" myth, it's origins, and the reason it's perpetuated. We have a recap of the chapter on total.

In this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we complete our dissection of the mammy stereotype as we continue reading Sister Citizen.

In this episode of Rockford Reading Daily we deconstruct the “Mammy” stereotype surrounding black women and discuss how it fits in with other myths about black women in American society.