All of my professors are older white women. I have never had a black female professor ... or a black professor at all,” she said with some reservation. Black women make up a mere 3 percent of full-time faculty at degree-granting post-secondary institutions in the U.S., according to the National Center for Education Statistics. It matters in academia, where the sight of just one black professor shapes the hopes and dreams of a young black student. As the mother of a 9-year-old black girl, I never pass up an opportunity to bring my daughter to work with me.

Source: Huffington Post April 25, 2018 12:56 UTC