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Jaws of Justice Radio
It is the intention of Jaws of Justice Radio to investigate how to achieve justice in America, this includes issues of economic injustice, political injustice and the criminal justice system. We want to put a human face on those caught in the grasp of injustice and those that are part of an unjust system. We strive to dispel the misconceptions created by the news and entertainment industry, politicians and our educational system.
Jaws of Justice Radio investigates how we can achieve justice from a system of laws deeply rooted in economic, social and political inequality. We want to dispel misconceptions created by the news and entertainment industry, politicians and our educational system. We hope you will listen.
Tune in this Monday as Host Terri Wilke speaks with her guest, Dr. Donna J. Nicol, an Associate Dean and professor of history at California State University. Her new book, Black Woman on Board, recounts the struggles and triumphs of trailblazer Dr. Claudia Hampton, the first Black woman trustee in the California State University system, highlighting her 20-year battle to protect affirmative action and the systemic barriers she had to navigate as the first Black woman in her position. Dr. Nicol is an expert in educational activism and women’s leadership.
Terri and Donna Nicol will discuss:
- the systemic challenges Black women face in leadership roles
- the future of equal access to higher education: both challenges and opportunities
- the ongoing competition among minority groups for scarce educational resources with white policymakers and officials acting as gatekeepers
- how Kamala Harris and other Black women have historically had to play the long game in leadership roles
- how feminism has evolved since Hampton’s time and the tensions between older and newer feminist movements
Resolving these disparities requires political will. The issues faced by Black women include both sex discrimination and race discrimination, often resulting in an “intersectionality” basis for discrimination – meaning that Black men do not experience the disadvantage nor do White women, it is peculiar to a person both Black and female. This unique form of discrimination cannot be fully understood by examining just race or sex separately.
What can we do?
- Check your privilege, and look beyond just skin color. Middle class? University level education? Able-bodied? Cis-gender? All social identities play into ‘privilege’. Reflect on these and consider how this impacts the discriminations people do and don’t experience.
- Listen and learn, but remember it’s not the responsibility of marginalized groups to do all the work in educating people on their experiences. Do your own research.
- Make space, center stories and actions on those with the lived experiences. Don’t speak for them, don’t speak over them.
- Watch your language! So many of the words we use every day are ableist, exclusionary and downright offensive to marginalized communities.
On Jaws of Justice, we examine how to find justice in our society. Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.
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