70% Of Black Caucus Members At UNC Planning To Leave University After Nikole Hannah-Jones Denied Tenure
“I am incredibly saddened to hear that 70% of my Black colleagues are looking to leave the university. If this happens, our community will be devastated, and we will all be gravely diminished. These are my UNC family members and they are hurting. We have clearly failed them,” Shayna Hill, chair of the UNC Employee Forum, said.
70% of attendees at today’s #unccbc meeting are considering leaving the university. More than 60% are actively job searching outside of the institution.
— UNC Black Caucus (@UNCBlackCaucus) June 16, 2021
At UNC, only eight Black women were tenured professors out of a possible 622 during the 2019-2020 school year as reported by the National Center for Education Statistics. That amounts to only 1% of full-time professor positions with tenure being held by Black women.
“It’s a heartbreaking realization that a lot of people are trying to find their way out right now,” Jones added.
As Blavity previously reported, the racial tensions on the campus of UNC stem from the denial of tenure of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, one of the creators of the 1619 Project.
Back in May, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ruled against giving Hannah-Jones tenure. An alumnus of UNC, Hannah-Jones was the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism. Instead of being promoted to full professor, she was offered a fixed-term, five-year contract.
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