The Quiet Collapse of Black Studies in Higher Education It began with DEI. Across the country, universities restructured diversity offices. Vice presidents reassigned. Chief Diversity Officers stepped down. Entire teams let go or absorbed into other units. At first, many described it as budget tightening. Political pressure. Administrative reshuffling. But what we are witnessing now suggests something more structural. The target has shifted. Now it is African American Studies. Gender Studies....

Hey Reader, do any of these sound familiar? You are on the phone with your mom, who's confused about her next doctor's appointment. You are trying to stay calm while mentally preparing for your next meeting or deadline. You grab a Snickers at your desk because there is no time for a real lunch. Your stomach is growling. Your energy is crashing. Your migraine is hammering But you keep working. You are cooking dinner while helping with homework, your phone buzzing with work texts, the stove...

Reader, For a long time, many of us learned to keep work relationships at a distance. Not because we did not like our colleagues, but because we were taught that staying strictly professional was safer. Smarter. Less risky. But I have watched Black women navigate microaggressions at work with strength not because they handled it alone, but because they had people inside the organization who understood exactly what was happening. No explaining. No minimizing. Just recognition and support. Here...