Colleagues,
EK suggested that I share the link from Mellissa Harris-Perry's program last Saturday. Here is the link to the website (the story is the lead on her page):
http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry

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"Teaching structural racism in the classroom: English Professor Shannon Gibney joins to discuss the challenges she faced in teaching structural racism in her classroom"



Dwight E. Brooks, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
School of Journalism
PO Box 64
College of Mass Communication
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
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From: D Brooks
Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 12:25 PM
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Thanks for sharing this EK.
This is a fascinating story that I "liked" on Facebook last week. I was delighted to that MSNBC's Melissa Harris Perry did a story on this and had the professor in question as a guest on her program Saturday morning.
This is an issue that I've encountered all too often in my career when I teach courses like race, gender and media. I fear that such issues will be exacerbated as more and more universities face pressures (mandates) to increase retention and graduation rates (for state funding purposes), adopt such policies guided by the students are "customers" model.
Dwight

Dwight E. Brooks, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
School of Journalism
PO Box 64
College of Mass Communication
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
615 494-8925
Fax: 615 898-5866
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From: FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of EK Daufin
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 3:58 PM
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This is so important to MAC.  Please read and share widely:
Must: Read Educators of Color and the effects of "Customer Service"

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/counter_narrative/2013/12/minneapolis_professor_shannon_gibney_reprimanded_for_talking_about_racism.html

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