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Bridgette Baldwin

Bridgette Baldwin
Professor of Law, Western New England University
Education

“‘Look, a Negro’ … in the Academy”

When white students say what they really think, our Black bodies become a battlefield

April 28, 2022 • by Davarian L. Baldwin and Bridgette Baldwin
I was not prepared for the lesson the students would teach me. “Professor Baldwin is the worst professor I have ever had, and she is Black, enough said.” Did I just read that correctly? Am I the absolute worst professor? Is it because I am Black? Is my Blackness a ...
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