Speaking of Tenure …

The manifold credentials of Black women, the ultimate “professional professionals.”

Earlier this week, I wrote about my position on what tenure is, what an institution cannot do, and how I make sense of it for myself. I shared this Inside Higher Ed article about the dismal tenure numbers for Black women in academia. Alone, they’re maybe just an interesting data point. But if you look at them in the context of Black women’s social, poli…