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Today With Dr. Kaye: HBCU professor accused of mocking Trayvon Martin

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Today With Dr. Kaye: 2-17-2021- Hour 2

(WEAA) —A college professor at HBCU is accused of telling a Black student to "Take your hoodie off, you're not going for Skittles and sweet tea". 

The comment, makes a reference to Trayvon Martin who was fatally shot by George Zimmerman in 2012. 

Martin, who was unarmed, was wearing a hoodie and carrying a bag of Skittles and an iced tea when he was killed.

Dr. Kaye poses the question, "Can Black people be racist?". 

Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead is an associate professor of Communication and African and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland and the award-winning author of Notes from a Colored Girl: The Civil War Pocket Diaries of Emilie Frances Davis; a featured Public Commentator for WYPR and Op-Ed columnist for the Baltimore Sun; a K-12 master teacher in African American History; an award-winning curriculum writer and lesson plan developer; an award-winning former Baltimore City middle school teacher; and, a three-time New York Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker.