A pair of Stockton University professors has produced a “dramedy” pilot for a potential TV series called “Teaching While Black” — which details the microaggressions and co-worker/student “ignorance” a young black female professor deals with on a daily basis.
According to Philly Voice, the series is the brainchild of Professors Donnetrice Allison (communication and Africana studies) and Aaron Moss (theater and directing). It’s based on Allison’s own early experiences in academia at a PWI — predominately white institution.
“I got some books out from the library and started thinking,” Allison said. “I was 25 years old when I started teaching […] and the story just came from that.”