Race Jones
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“Hubert Davis UNC Chapel Hill's 1st Black Head Coach in History: "I'm proud my wife is white"
Hubert Davis has just been selected as a head coach for Chapel Hill, a school which has the racist history of having enslaved Afrikans build their university, as well as having a staunchly white pantheon of head coaches.
Hubert Davis was selected as it's "1st Black Men's Basketball Head coach", and in his speech he stated the following:
"I know that it is significant that I'm the fourth African American head coach in any sport in the history of the university, I'm very proud to be African American... But I'm also very proud my wife is white, and I'm very proud that my three beautiful kids are a combination of both of us"
He stated "he was proud his wife is white", as if it was an accolade or accomplishment and furthermore it echos his proximity of whiteness as a measure of success. Nearly everytime the "first Black person" in any position in a white dominated institution is selected, they are a bona-fide assimilationist who has been handpicked to be a veneer to reflect pseudo "diversity and inclusion".
#CriticalConsciousness #staysharp”