Black in the Midwest

The Midwestern Black Professor Teaching MAGA Babies Is Not All Right

“My job wound up being a lot more than I bargained for.”

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ZORA

10 min readNov 8, 2019

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Last month we published a special series on what it’s like to be Black in the Midwest, and invited you to share your own experiences. Following is one of several submissions by Medium writers…

Jonita Davis

Written by Jonita Davis

Writer for

ZORA

Jonita Davis is a writer, film critic, and professor. She’s a member of NABJ, AAFCA, a Rotten Tomatoes critic, author, DetourXP Columnist.

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