Weird/Black/Play: Turning Racial Authenticity and Professorial Performance on its Head in the Black Studies Classroom

This essay examines the expectations placed on black faculty to act as conduits of authentic blackness and black knowing even as they are undermined and undervalued in the classroom and other institutional settings. Paying special attention to the way that racial performance, engaged learning, and...

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Main Author: Wendy M. Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2022-04-01
Series:Radical Teacher
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Online Access:https://radicalteacher.library.pitt.edu/ojs/radicalteacher/article/view/821