THE NETWORK | Episode 6: "Wine Alley's Finest" with XULA History Dept. Chair Dr. Sharlene Sinegal Decuir

Dr. Sharlene Sinegal Decuir is an Associate Professor and History Department Chair at Xavier Univerity of Louisiana (XULA), the nation's only historically black and catholic university.  Dr. Sinegal Decuir opens up and shares her personal experiences with "The Network," detailing how she found herself, the challenges she faced on her way to tenure and what America must do to stop repeating its mistakes.    Instagram: @sharlenesinegal Twitter:  @drsdecuir Website:  www.sinegal-decuir.com or xula.com (Dr. Sinegal Decuir can be found under History Dept.) Current reading/Recommended Reads: How to be an Antiracist, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History or Racist Ideas in America, Ibram X. Kendi Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans, Harriet A. Washington The New Jim Crow:  Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape and Resistance: A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power, Danielle McGuire Gender & Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of Jim Crow in North Carolina, Glenda Gilmore White Fragility: Why it's so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Robin Diangelo Slavery by Another Name: The Race Enslavement of Black America from the Civil War to WWII, Douglas Blackmon Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority, Tom Burrell Currently listening/Recommended Music: Country:  Kane Brown, Darius Rucker, Luke Bryan, Luke Combs Old School/90s R&B: Tevin Campbell, Monica, XScape, Mary J. Blige etc New School:  Megan the Stallion, Cardi B Recommended Podcasts: The Network with Michael Prejean (!shameless plug!) Finally, "You Didn't Ask," but..."Save your money & pay your bills on time.  Speak and live your own truth.  Be the bearer of your own bones.  We are allowed to make mistakes, learn from them."