Volume 15, Number 3, Winter 2020Still Sitting on the Back of the Bus: Black Communication Sciences and Disorders Academicians Surviving in a System of Bias and Prejudice AUTHOR(S):
As a profession, racism has been “staring us in the face” for countless decades, yet we have chosen to address everything else around it. As such, solutions for ending racism in the field of communication sciences and disorders (CSD), consisting primarily of the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology, requires us to know where we came from, so that we have a better blueprint of where we can go. The fact remains we are still fighting in 2020 to have, (1) our governing professional certification board do more than release a statement about racism; and (2) a space where Black academicians can speak out about biased and prejudiced practices in the academy without repercussion. DOI: Download Full Article |