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Harvard Course On Black Women In Politics Omits Prominent Conservatives
The College Fix ^ | 10/16/2025 | Nancy Bareham

Posted on 10/16/2025 10:00:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Conservatives are nowhere to be seen in a Harvard University course focused on black women in politics, according to a copy of the syllabus obtained by The College Fix.

Dr. Mildred Jefferson, the first black woman to graduate from Harvard University's medical school; Courtesy of American Life League

'History 167: Race, Gender, and the Law Through the Archive' praises First Lady Michelle Obama, failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, and Vice President Kamala Harris for having “left their mark on 21st-century politics and grassroots organizing.”

The course says it will examine black women in the 20th century who “shap[ed] politics, grassroots organizing, the legal profession, and higher education during Jim (Jane) Crow and beyond.” Topics include “reproductive rights,” “non-binary people,” and “Black Feminism,” according to the syllabus.

But the course leaves out prominent conservative black women, including one who even made history at Harvard.

Left off of the syllabus are Zora Neale Hurston, Roberta Church, and Dr. Mildred Jefferson. Hurston is an accomplished writer and Republican, while Church served in both the Eisenhower and Nixon presidential administrations. Dr. Jefferson (pictured) was the first black woman to graduate from Harvard’s Medical School and advocated against abortion.

Professor Myisha Eatmon, one of the listed instructors on the course, did not respond to three inquiries made by The College Fix about who the class would study in the past several weeks. She has previously said “racism is a virus and white privilege is a drug,” according to the Washington Free Beacon. After publication of the article, a journalist at another publication informed The Fix that he received an automated response from Eatmon indicating she was on medical leave. The Fix had not received a similar response to past emails.

Students will read from critical race theorist Kimberle Crenshaw, Rutgers University Professor Brittney Cooper, and former Black Panther leader Angela Davis.

Learning objectives including defining “intersectionality,” understanding “the role of Black women in safeguarding reproductive rights leading up to Roe v. Wade and beyond, and “[e]xplain how Jim Crow affected the lives of Black women as individuals at the intersection of multiple identities.”

The course content drew criticism from Brenda Thiam, an ambassador for Project 21. The group advocates for black conservatism and is part of the National Center for Public Policy Research.

“This course sounds like the content only leans towards far left agenda ideologies,” Thiam told The Fix via email.

“The first paragraph spoke only of Black women who are Democrats. Black Democrat women are not the only Black women who have paved the way in the political arena,” she said. Thiam is a former Republican legislator in Maryland.

By limiting the course to cover only liberal women in the world of politics they are denying students a full view of political history, Thiam said.

The former delegate mentioned Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and deceased Utah Congresswoman Mia Love as two people also worthy of recognition.

“These women were pioneers in the field of politics, and paved the way for other women who have served in politics,” she said.

“They must be included in the course content to ensure course participants receive a full range of political views.”

She said there is still some value to the course, because students will learn “about the work of women in politics who happen to be Black” and “will allow participants to consider their own path in politics as they learn about the work of women in politics.”

Yet, Thiam said, Harvard “must modify the course content to include conservative/Republican women’s views.”



TOPICS: Education; History; Society
KEYWORDS: blacks; conservatism; harvard; racism

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1 posted on 10/16/2025 10:00:12 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Maybe it’s for the best. I can only imagine the terrible things they say about them.


2 posted on 10/16/2025 10:16:13 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: SeekAndFind

Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, advocated the use of abortion to eliminate undesirable populations [blacks and other people of color]. Blacks who advocate for “reproduction rights” [abortion] are like chickens voting for Colonel Sanders.


3 posted on 10/16/2025 10:23:58 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: reg45

Sad but true.


4 posted on 10/16/2025 10:28:31 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: nickcarraway

And they’re not the sort of things you say in polite company.


5 posted on 10/16/2025 10:29:09 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: SeekAndFind

“Left off of the syllabus are Zora Neale Hurston, Roberta Church, and Dr. Mildred Jefferson.”

Condoleezza Rice.


6 posted on 10/17/2025 12:03:54 AM PDT by muglywump (Seven days without laughter makes one weak.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“This course sounds like the content only leans towards far left agenda ideologies,”

No surprise there, it is Harvard, after all. What did they expect?


7 posted on 10/17/2025 2:31:32 AM PDT by Fireone (1.Avoid crowds 2.Head on a swivel 3.Be prepared to protect & defend those around you 4.Avoid crowds)
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To: muglywump

Winsome Earle-Sears


8 posted on 10/17/2025 3:04:40 AM PDT by AZJeep (sane )
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To: SeekAndFind

Angela Davis was never a Black Panther. She was a member of the Communist party.


9 posted on 10/17/2025 3:30:26 AM PDT by Daveinyork ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

From the article: “[Professor Eatmon] has previously said “racism is a virus and white privilege is a drug,” “

That has to be the dumbest damn thing I’ve read recently. A pseudo-intellectual babbling words that have no sensible meaning. Certainly impressed with her own deep thought and insights the rest of us can never appreciate or understand.


10 posted on 10/17/2025 4:02:41 AM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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The course should mention Fanni Willis, Letitia James, Ayanna Presley, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Jasmine Crockett. All trail-blazers. Quite a collection.


11 posted on 10/17/2025 4:47:51 AM PDT by brookwood (If you don't support abortion rights for trans women you are a Nazi. )
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Fine by me. Let them live in their political squalor and let Trump peel off a few at a time. They’ll get it eventually.


12 posted on 10/17/2025 5:29:34 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: SeekAndFind

A course based on race is racist. Seeing the world through the prism of race is racist.


13 posted on 10/17/2025 5:46:33 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: PubliusMM

Certainly impressed with her own deep thought and insights the rest of us can never appreciate or understand.


“TO BE UNBURDENEDED!.....by what has been.”


14 posted on 10/17/2025 5:52:06 AM PDT by Deepeasttx ( Sensitivity/diversity training are all un-walled reeducation camps....for now.. DEI gone. Yippee)
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To: SeekAndFind

She has previously said “racism is a virus and white privilege is a drug,”

Wait... so white privilege is the cure for racism? That’s a surprising viewpoint.


15 posted on 10/17/2025 5:54:25 AM PDT by dangus
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To: SeekAndFind

Reminds me of Slow Joe’s EV summit/demo whatever you want to call it where the company with the largest market share by far of EVs sold was not invited because Tesla is not union.


16 posted on 10/17/2025 6:10:37 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: AZJeep

Marva Collins. What a remarkable woman.


17 posted on 10/17/2025 6:14:17 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: SeekAndFind
Conservative women of color


Condoleezza Rice, Harris Faulkner


Lynne Patton, Winsome Earle-Sears


Mia Love, Dr. Carol Swain

18 posted on 10/17/2025 6:35:28 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (To live free is the greatest gift; to die free is the greatest victory. —Erica Kirk)
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To: SeekAndFind
The following list is appalling—almost completely Democrat:

Black Women in Elective Office

Republicans need to improve their bench development. Significantly.

19 posted on 10/17/2025 6:40:06 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (To live free is the greatest gift; to die free is the greatest victory. —Erica Kirk)
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To: SeekAndFind

Omits Prominent Conservatives

Guess how the race hustle works.


20 posted on 10/17/2025 7:47:29 AM PDT by Vaduz
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