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Candace Byrd-Vinson Leads Calhoun Community College Women's Basketball as School’s First African American Female Basketball Coach

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Candace Byrd-Vinson, Calhoun Community College head women's basketball coach, is the school’s first African American female basketball coach, FOX 54 reported. Candace Byrd-Vinson This comes as Calhoun returns to men's and women’s basketball after a 21-year hiatus. I love the sport.

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2023 Women's College Basketball Another Mile-Marker in Title IX

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In one of its final celebrations of Title IX’s 50th anniversary, the NCAA holds the Divisions I, II, and III Women’s National Championship games at one location. The Division I Women’s Final Four has long been a much-celebrated conclusion to women’s college basketball season. We have a good product as well.

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Report: Black Female Student-Athletes Face Lack of Diverse Support

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That's the conclusions from the new report, “Racial and Gender Equity for Black Women Student-Athletes,” authored by Dr. Shaun R. Harper depicts each team in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament. Harper, founder and executive director of the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center.

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

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Each fall, Charmin Smith, head women’s basketball coach at University of California, Berkeley, welcomes three other Black female Division I head coaches and their teams to campus for the Raising the B.A.R. Basketball Activism and Representation) Invitational. Invitational to promote social justice and equity.

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Report: Racial and Gender Hiring Practices in College Athletics is Concerning

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Racial hiring practices in college athletics saw minor improvement but gender hiring practices declined, according to the 2022 College Sport Racial and Gender Report Card (CSRGRC) from the University of Central Florida (UCF). Notably, HBCU athletic departments have high percentages of both ethnic minorities and women.

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Y’all Not Tired of Hating on Black Women? When Misogynoir Meets Double-Standards

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Watching Black women win is one of our favorite things. Black women are not allowed to freely express themselves in ways that white women have historically been praised for, whether it is displaying passion or vulnerability. When Black women are expressive in the form of crying, it is caricatured and broadcast on a loop.

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Trash Talk as Resistance: It's Nothing New

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The non-verbal form of trash-talking or trolling is familiar to contact sports like basketball. Given the negative attention towards Reese and other Black women in sports, two things come to mind: race and gender. Let's normalize women showing passion for the game instead of it being 'embarrassing."

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