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Melissa Harris-Perry Levels New Complaints Against Wake Forest University
Jan 24, 2019Tap to summarizeThe Wake Forest University campus. EMILY MCCORD/WFDD Melissa Harris-Perry, a Wake Forest University professor and former talk show host on MSNBC, is criticizing the school and academic freedom on campus. During a speech at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event on Monday, Harris-Perry questioned the university's labor practices for some employees, among other things. She has since taken to Twitter, objecting to the timing of an email she allegedly received from an administrator inviting her to eliminate the Anna Julia Cooper Center as a university entity, an organization she leads on campus. She also claimed that academic freedom at the university “is Truly Dead.” A Wake Forest University spokesperson says Harris-Perry’s recent comments about the university are misleading and disappointing. Harris-Perry did not return a request for comment about her Twitter posts in time for this story. Editor's note: This story has been updated for clarity. Story does not include AP content #melissa harris-perry #wake forest university #twitter News Normal Tweet <div class="g-plusone" data-size="medium" data-annotation="bubble" data-href="https://www.wfdd.org/story/melissa-harris-perry-levels-new-complaints-against...
Transcribe →'Black On Campus' Series Documents The Stories Of Student Journalists
May 31, 201800:03:46Tap to summarizeThe student journalists participating in the "Black on Campus" program, a partnership between "The Nation" and The Anna Julia Cooper Center at Wake Forest University. Photo courtesy Dr. Sherri Williams There is a new series currently running in the magazine The Nation. It’s called “Black on Campus,” and the stories are coming from ten students across the country, including one from Wake Forest University. The idea behind the project is to not only document the black experience on college campuses, but it’s also a training ground for future journalists. WFDD’s Bethany Chafin spoke with Dr. Sherri Williams, one of the directors of the program, who says she hopes this will help create more diversity in the media landscape. Interview Highlights On the purpose of the "Black on Campus" program: With this project we're not only just giving the students an opportunity to develop their skills, but we're also giving them an opportunity to be able to be in connection and in community with some of the top editors and journalists in the country...what we're doing is not just producing these stories but we're also trying to have this as a professional journalism experience and get students ready to be able to have the skills to tell solid stories about diversity and inclusion in this country. On what this series means at this particular cultural moment: So what I think is important at this particular moment is that we really take a look at these students' stories and experiences and see that some of the same things that black college students and generations before them experienced are some of the things that black students are experiencing now, like the levels of discrimination and prejudice and how that is manifesting itself still exists. But there are some differences, because we know that since people like Charlayne Hunter-Gault and James Meredith integrated the University of Alabama and the University of Mississippi in the 1960s, that there were, of course, some clashes and problems that they faced. And what these students [today] experience is not necessarily mirroring those experiences, but some of the same racism still exists...we think that as a country we have come so far, and there has definitely been a significant amount of racial progress. ...
Transcribe →Five Takeaways From The Organizers Of The Women's March
Feb 17, 2017Tap to summarizeModerator Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry and Women's March Co-Chairs (from left to right) Linda Sarsour, Carmen Perez, and Tamika D. Mallory. Credit: Briana Brough The three co-chairs of last month's Women's March spoke Thursday at Wake Forest University. Linda Sarsour, Tamika D. Mallory, and Carmen Perez were instrumental in organizing the event that drew millions around the world to participate. The women discussed their backgrounds as organizers, the role of diversity in the movement, and the next steps for those involved in the Women's March in a panel discussion moderated by Wake Forest's Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry. Here are five highlights from "Reckoning and Resistance." 1. The issues being highlighted are not new ones. Photo Credit: Briana Brough Linda Sarsour opened by declaring Donald Trump, "a blessing in disguise." She's been organizing for 16 years and says finally, important issues are coming into the spotlight, like racism, xenophobia, and inequality. Perez echoed that Trump is a "reflection of America" and that racism and oppression have long existed in the country. The two extended a "welcome" to those involved in the march. Mallory agreed in welcoming newcomers to the movement, but also asked "where have you been?" "America has been hostile to its people for a long time," Mallory said. "It did not start on November 8th, and it will not end in four years." 2. The need for diversity at the "center of the table." The women pointed out that the history of feminism has not necessarily been welcoming and uplifting to women of color, and if there's an agenda for women being created, they need to be present not just at the table, but at the center of the table. Perez said feminism should be intersectional, not monolithic. An event and subsequent movement of this caliber, she says, could not have gone on and cannot continue to go on without women of color. 3. How to hold the coalition together. Perez asked, "what's going to make people continue to ...
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