I Can Still Save you, Robert

Previously publishing on The Motley News, September 6th, 2017.

As a Black female professor, I’ve often felt the pressure to perform better than my colleagues with little institutional support. I needed to be at diversity meetings, act as a psychologist to my students (even though that’s definitely not my job), and take care to ensure my lessons weren’t too “liberal” on a conservative campus. My students of color and I always seemed like we were on the other side of the door, trying to push...