blackademic

Noun capitalized: Blackademic

Blackademic (plural Blackademics)

1. (informal) A black academic.
   • We all have pursued successful careers and are active as academics/aka “Blackademics” (scholars and researchers), musicians (performers, composers and arrangers), media personalities, writers, and teachers, often functioning in more than one of these capacities.2010, Leonard L. Brown, “Preface”, in Leonard L. Brown, editor, John Coltrane and Black America’s Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page ix
   • In the next section I will discuss my experiences being a Blackademic at a historically white institution in the Sociology department.2020, Chaddrick James-Gallaway, “[Scratching and Surviving: Critical Race Theory and Being a “Blackademic” in the Academy] Stressing Racism’s Permanence Despite Programmatic Resistance, Chaddrick’s...