Who has the big ‘fro?
Sigh. When introducing myself to the class this semester, I remarked that although I’m the first tenured philosopher at SF State who is an African American, I’m not only African American philosopher who has taught here. I pointed to my very closely shorn hair (Spring shearing!) and gave the hint that this very, very radical person had hair that was the extreme opposite of mine.
Silence! A few wrong answers! I had to tell them her name.
