“But all this presupposes that the Black male will have purged himself of the myth that his mother, his woman, must be subdued before he can wage war on the enemy. Liberation is a dialectical movement—the Black man cannot free himself as a Black man unless the Black woman can liberate herself from all this… Continue reading Black Feminism is Not Your Enemy
Author: DeWitt Scott
DeWitt Scott is a Student Success Specialist at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, IL, Instructor at Sister Jean Hughes Adult High School in Chicago, and writer for Inside Higher Ed’s GradHacker Blog. He currently lives in Chicago with his wife Cecelia.
What I Learned Teaching Black Men at the Cook County Jail in Chicago
I teach a class called “Black Male Leadership” in Division 6 at the Cook County Jail in Chicago. With over 9,000 inmates, Cook County Jail is the largest jail in the United States. It’s located in the center of Chicago, a city that holds the unimpressive distinction of having the nation’s highest murder rate—with over… Continue reading What I Learned Teaching Black Men at the Cook County Jail in Chicago