Rachel Nichols’s lack of solidarity with Maria Taylor as two women marginalized at male-centric ESPN and her dismissal of Taylor’s unique experiences as a Black woman suggest how timely that famous refrain attributed to Sojourner Truth remains: “Ain’t I a woman?”
Author: Stephane Dunn
Professor Stephane Dunn, PhD, MA, MFA (University of Notre Dame) is the author of Baad Bitches & Sassy Supermamas: Black Power Action Films (2008), Chicago ’66 (2020 Finish Line/Tirota Social Impact Screenplay winner) & the forthcoming novel Snitchers (2022). She is a co-founder of the Cinema, Television & Emerging Media Studies (CTEMS) major at Morehouse College. Her writing has appeared in a number of edited books and other publications, including The Chronicle of Higher Education, CNN.com, The Atlantic, Vogue, TheRoot, Ebony, and Ms., among others.
Of Ray Rice and Aunt Gracie’s Black Eyes
TRIGGER WARNING: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN My Aunt Gracie is one of my mother’s 10 sisters, the one with the gentle half smile. She’s always been a favored sister and aunt, beloved in our family for her sweetness and generosity and her quiet, seemingly eternal good nature. But sealed in my mind’s eye is an image […]