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Today With Dr. Kaye: UN Women facing backlash after "disrespectful" Valentine's Day post

UN Women

(WEAA) —  United Nations Women, the global campaign for gender equality, is facing backlash after releasing a controversial Valentine's Day illustration some people say "disrespected Black women". 

Dr. Kaye says, “I’m tired of White America defining what it means to be a Black woman”. 

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Today With Dr. Kaye: 2-15-2021- Hour 2

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.