Can Athletes Save UNC (Again)? A Reflection on the Hannah-Jones Debacle

It is not unanimous but certainly a consensus that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) student body and faculty fully support Nikole Hannah-Jones’ recent decision to reject the tenured faculty offer of the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism position at UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media. This entire sordid hiring process has…