Black Academics have to wear too many hats, and don’t get paid for the extra work. Patricia Matthew talks about why this happens and what to do about it, and what it means outside the academy. Plus Dr. Nina Banks on the invisible labor of Black women doing community activism. To hear it all go to Luminary (https://www.luminary.link/slay)

Mentions:

“Why Cornell West’s Tenure Fight Matters,” by Robin D.G. Kelly

Written/Unwritten: Diversity and the Hidden Truths of Tenure, ed. By Patricia Matthew

Chet’s video, on Roxane’s Twitter

Dr. Nina Bank’s paper

Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All, by Martha S. Jones


Hear To Slay theme music by Taka Yasuzawa and Alex Sugiura. Curtis Fox is the senior producer. Sarah Wyman and Catherine Fenollosa are the producers. Production help from Lauren Garcia and Kaityln Adams. Ali McPherson and Isoke Samuel are the interns.