Noliwe M. Rooks is a professor and chair of the Africana-studies department at Brown University.
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The Review | Opinion
The pendulum has swung away from social justice.
Backgrounder
We asked African-American scholars about race, merit, and belonging. Here’s what they told us.
Advice
Five questions faculty members should ask themselves before they weave a recent controversy into their courses.
The Chronicle Review
Whether about Kara Walker or Rihanna, social media provide rare, much-needed forums to opine.
The Conversation
Two black students are accepted into many Ivy League colleges. Noliwe M. Rooks unpacks the backlash.
Advice
We tend to want people to just sort of notice how fabulous we are and pay us what they think we are worth.
Advice
Far too many of us consider the act of discussing structural racism to be racist in and of itself. It’s a problem in society, and it’s a problem in the academy, too.
The Chronicle Review
In his latest book, Randall Kennedy argues that one kind of discrimination is necessary to grapple with another.
The Conversation
Enrollment gains for black students mask the fact that many of them attend for-profit institutions and graduate with crippling debt, says Noliwe M. Rooks.
The Conversation
We should be less compelled by white people who feel they have been robbed of what they are entitled to, and more concerned by students who suffer racial harassment, writes Noliwe M. Rooks.
