Author: Shay-Akil
Ecology, Evolution, & Conservation Biology PhD Student studying health inequities & philosophy of biology, Du Boisian sociology, decolonial STS
Battling the Benevolent Patriarch
Intro to Political Liberation Reading List
Solidarity Is For White Women…In Academia
Politics of Black Superwomanly Otherness
They Forgot Mammy Had A Brain AKA Defending Yourself While A Black Woman in Class
The Context Of White Supremacy: Graduate School Racism
So I was recently a guest on the Context of White Supremacy show on the Black Talk Radio Network discussing Racism/Racialization & providing tips to graduate students of color who are dealing with racism in academia. Check out the link: http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-124171/TS-837995.mp3 Advertisements
“Me-search”: When White People Justify Their Colonial White Gaze
Stop Calling Me A Strong Black Woman
I did a post in January about the issues behind the “Strong Black Woman” label given to so many Black women called “Politics of Black Superwomanly Otherness” (find it here: http://wp.me/pDq5I-zt) and my brilliant sister here has done her own piece on the same topic. It is touching in so many … Continue Reading Stop Calling Me A Strong Black Woman
