If you've spent any time being Black, you've probably had someone who knows nothing about your lived experience try to "educate" you on blackness. They'll pretend to be well-meaning while talking down to you about your history and culture.
Black women have long battled at the forefront of civil rights movements. Their leadership and commitment have shaped what we recognize as Black Freedom Movements. The discussion moderated by Melissa Harris-Perry included Joyce Ladner, sociologist and civil rights activist; Avis Jones De-Weever, former executive director, National Council of Negro Women; Janai Nelson, associate director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; and Charlene A. Carruthers, national director, Black Youth Project 100 as panelists.
Last weekend, a diverse group of black women artists and creatives gathered together at the Brooklyn Museum for a conversation on the ways that the black female body is objectified in public arenas. Whether on the stage, in the digital sphere, or on the street, we're subject to degradation and humiliation.
From the Hammer Museum: As for-profit colleges proliferate and billionaires publicly push for private charter schools to replace public education, we examine the impact on students, who now carry more debt than the housing sector. David Halperin, a senior fellow at Republic Report, discusses the taxpayer-subsidized for-profit college industry and its successful lobbying efforts. California Competes director Robert Shireman works to rein in abuses by for-profit colleges and student loan companies. He led the Obama administration's efforts to reform student lending. USC researcher, PhD candidate at the Rossier School of Education, and Gates Millennium Scholar Constance Iloh offers a nuanced perspective on the nature of the student presence in the for-profit sector. Her research addresses privatization, access, equity, and the experiences of low-income students and students of color in higher education.
