Reclaiming her time: U.S. scholar gives talks on being Black in academia, sports during U of T visit

Brackett, who recently gave a talk about her experiences in academia at an event hosted by Hart House in partnership with the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, says navigating between the two extremes requires both code switching – changing the way one talks depending on the audience – and “throwing shade,” which she says includes sharing inside jokes in spaces not traditionally welcome to Black women.