More fallout from the fiasco at the University of North Carolina over New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones’ tenure case as The Washington Post reports on the challenges facing Black women in academia. Nick Anderson and Joe Heim write:
In Chapel Hill and beyond, many academics are backing Hannah-Jones in what has become a remarkable tenure showdown pending before the university’s board of trustees. The case has raised questions about the influence of politicians and donors on the faculty hiring process.
For Black female professors, long underrepresented among America’s tenured faculty, the stakes are deeply personal.
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Dan, here’s another good piece on Nikole Hannah-Jones’s situation by Sara Pequeno of IndyWeek.com, the Triangle’s main alt-weekly.
https://indyweek.com/news/orange/nikole-hannah-jones-unc-chapel-hill-black-women-professors/
Cheers,
L.