Fight! Fight! This week, we debate HBCU dress code bans on bonnets and do-rags, and we end up in bigger questions about freedom, culture, and who gets to define “professional.” We sit on opposite sides, but we keep it honest as we discuss respectability politics and the constant policing of Black bodies.

In journalist Don Lemon’s video commentary series Lemon Drop, three prominent African American thought leaders- Clay Cane, Daniel Grimes, and Symone Redwine join him in a polarized discussion of the issue.

Links to people and places mentioned in this episode:

LEMON DROP | Should Bonnets & Durags Be Banned on Campus?! Don Lemon

https://youtu.be/ozEaDpRlRtk?si=OScfmK3uOe84nJCY

Pauli Murray

My Name is Pauli Murray: New Film on Black Queer Legal Pioneer Who Inspired RBG & Thurgood Marshall

Democracy Now!

https://youtu.be/Uh4r95VBU2Q?si=kfW2Pd6rvUDCTK3F

Dr. Karida Brown

Ep141 Freedom Dreams: How Black Women Shaped American Education with Dr. Karida Brown

https://youtu.be/I9C9gH5dbEU?si=qnyB7GiYq3rjHTiS

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