ABSTRACT
This chapter is a narrative discourse analysis exploring the intersectional White supremacist and patriarchal obstacles to success for Black women faculty at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). It proposes that a primary strategy to overcome both White supremacy and patriarchy in academia is to both conceptually and linguistically correct our discourse by ceasing to use the term “Women and Minorities". Research on African American women faculty finds that "individually and collectively, African American women suffer from a form of race fatigue as a result of being over extended and undervalued. African American female faculty experience institutional and personal racism and sexism; racial and sexual harassment; salary inequity; inordinate psychological stress; extreme professional and personal isolation; hyper-visibility and resulting double standards; bias in student evaluation, tenure, and promotion process; homophobia; service and teaching load inequities.
