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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

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(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?". 

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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.