Being a Black Academic in America

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The “Operation Varsity Blues” bribery scandal led to an outpouring of conversation on privilege, merit, and fairness in higher education. African-American scholars were quick to point out the hypocrisy the scandal revealed. As Anthony Abraham Jack, an assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, put it, “I have been told by people at times, ‘You stole a spot because you’re here.’ Now, who stole what from who?”

Link: https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/20190418-black-academic?key=mi0Bff1vaLHL09_no2Emg-pNkxRBkNwWGq3yfHnf7jQDTkumh3DNFzhyCf9MwpWIZ3g4M09EdjlrN2s4WHRSS0U2R09xOUlpb0VaaE0zQzZZcUhOU0ZXdkt3aw