Apparently, “POC” stands for “professor of color.”
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An anonymous essay posted on Medium accuses Kelly Kean Sharp, an assistant professor of African American History at Furman University, of lying about her Hispanic heritage when she described herself as a woman of Mexican descent. According to the post, Sharp’s now-deleted Twitter account identified her as “#Chicana Asst prof of African American history at @FurmanU” and the Greenville News reports that Professor Gringo has resigned from the university, which was confirmed by Furman administrators.
Sharp reportedly taught Black history for two years at Luther College, which I assume is a music conservatory named after Luther Vandross, who vowed that he “won’t tell a soul; no one has to know.” The Root could not confirm that Ariana Grande was Sharp’s prized pupil.
This is not the first or second time a college instructor has been outed for pretending their ancestors clapped on beat. Jessica Krug, a “historian of politics, ideas, and cultural practices in Africa and the African Diaspora” admitted that she was not a Black woman of Caribbean descent. It turned out, she was biracial (Becky mixed with Karen). Craig Chapman, a University of New Hampshire instructor who allegedly posed as a “woman of color” on Twitter, also turned out to be the whitest white man who ever whited, according to the Daily Beast. And never forget Nkechi Amare Diallo Shaka Zulu Boomquisha D’Amaretto Sour, or “The professor formerly known as Rachel Dolezal.”
On the one hand, it’s nice to see that blackface has become passé. But, how does an innocent college student tell if their professor is really a Black American or just a white woman with a blaccent?
Thankfully, the scholars in The Root’s academic integrity department put together this handy-dandy history quiz for college students, academic institutions and anyone who suspects African American Studies Professor Lakeisha Washington might actually be a no leg washing Karen.
A. The Chicken DanceB. Jumping the broomC. The Electric SlideD. Running out of Crown Royal.
A. The hoodB. A small town called “fresh off a niggas ass”C. AfricaD. Down South
A. The assassination of Martin Luther KingB. When Ricky got shotC. James Evans’ automobile accidentD: The police killing in “Children’s Story”
A. Mission College’s Gamma Ray Training ProgramB. The Dr. Umar School of OverstandingC. The Dora Milaje College of Wishing a Motherfucker WouldD. Hillman College’s Dwayne Wayne School of Engineering
A. CookoutB. Pastor’s anniversaryC. A repast D. An HBCU Homecoming
A. A Punishment-Based Model for Time Travel: The Quantum Physics of Getting Slapped into Next WeekB. Who All Gon Be There: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Social ExcursionsC. I told Y’all Motherfuckers Not to Play With Me: Retrospective Doubt and PerceptionD. Knuck if You Buck: The Social and Physical Ramifications of “That Smoke”
A. Your grandmother’s houseB. Any place where it’s thundering and lightningC. The church groundsD. Where Pookie got shot
A. An oil used for frying chicken or fishB. A hair productC. A byproduct of fried bacon typically saved in a coffee can by the stoveD. To win a fight or a contest by a decisive margin
A. The Big JokerB. A plate from an event you did not attendC. The anointingD. The white man’s ice
A. Carolyn Bryant DonhamB. Bull ConnorC. Boo Boo the foolD. Becky with the good hair
A. Barbara vs. ShirleyB. Sugar vs. salt on gritsC. Who in the hell left the Gate open?D. Who let the dogs out?
A. on their grandmama’s graveB. fo’ GodC. on everything they loveD. on Jesus and three more white folks
A. “Until you do right by me_____”B. “I don’t know karate but_____”C. “We didn’t land on Plymouth Rock, _____”D. “God is good all the time and ______”
A. The election of Barack ObamaB. A fresh shapeupC. Running a BostonD. Your nephew getting all As and Bs on their report card
A. Picking out your own switchB. Jim CrowC. Being called the n-wordD. Being in the presence of a police officer
A. Like you don’t know nobodyB. Like your goddamned daddyC. Like your mama is one of your lil’ friendsD. Like you ain’t got no home training
A. Harriet Tubman freed a thousand slavesB. Jesus was whiteC. America has “liberty and justice for all”D. White people know what Martin Luther King would have wanted
A. NeverB. Once. But my life was in dangerC. People do that?D. Including this time?
A. Hell no!B. Is your mammy white?C. Step outside and I’ll show your ass who’s whiteD. Aight, you got me.
If you’re reading this, you’re white.
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