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The Cut

Who Gets to Be Safe at HBCUs?

The Cut

New York Magazine

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4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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After a deleted tweet from actress Phylicia Rashad, discourse around how Historically Black Colleges have dealt with sexual assault has intensified. B.A. Parker -- an HBCU grad -- talks with those who’ve navigated the struggles for survivors to be believed, and seeks advice from professor and attorney Anita Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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perfect. The cut. The cut. The cut. The cut. The cut. The cut. I'm a third

0:49.4

generation graduate of an historically black university. An HBCU if you will.

0:54.2

And what I loved about attending an HBCU was the community, the traditions,

0:59.2

being cradled in a space where people looked like me and were all trying to

1:04.9

figure out the same things that I was, you know, aside from the Australian kid

1:09.1

with a softball scholarship. And when October comes around, there is always this

1:14.4

anticipation in the air because that means it's homecoming season, throngs and

1:21.5

throngs of current students, former students, party goers, ancient alumni, and

1:26.5

usually a random hip hop artist, descend on to HBCU campuses for football and

1:32.5

cookouts and stepped shows. It's this wonderful nostalgic, happy place. But

1:39.5

there was a stat that always stuck with me in college. The largest amount of

1:44.6

sexual assaults on HBCU campuses take place in October. The same up as

1:50.2

homecomings. Please note, this episode talks about sexual violence and harassment.

1:56.2

This past summer, discussions about sexual assaults on historically black

2:00.7

college campuses gained attention all because of a tweet. Legendary actress

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