Mata baƙar fata a cikin Kwalejin: Tsaron Sunanmu 1894-1994

Mata Baƙaƙe a Kwalejin: Kare Sunayenmu 1894–1994 wani taro ne na ƙasa da ya mayar da hankali kan malaman mata baƙaƙe da aka gudanar a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Massachusetts (MIT) a ranakun 13-15 ga Janairu, 1994. Wannan shi ne taro na farko na ƙasa da ya mayar da hankali kan batutuwan da suka shafi malaman mata baƙaƙe.  An gudanar da shi shekaru 100 bayan da Ƙungiyar Mata Baƙaƙe ta Ƙasa ta haɗu a Boston don ƙirƙirar ƙungiya ta ƙasa da ta mai da hankali kan batutuwan mata baƙaƙe da kuma nuna rashin amincewa da shahararriyar hoton mace baƙaƙe a cikin manema labarai. Sakamakon wannan taron shine ƙirƙirar Ƙungiyar Mata Baƙaƙen Amurka .  name=":0">

Robin W. Kilson, farfesa a fannin tarihi da nazarin mata ta MIT, da Evelynn M. Hammonds, farfesa a fannin tarihin kimiyya ta MIT ne suka shirya taron na 1994. Taron ya samo asali ne daga "bacin rai na sirri da Kilson ya nuna ta hanyar kadaici a matsayinta na mace bakar fata" a fannin ilimi mai zurfi.  Taron ya kasance babban dandalin jama'a na mata bakar fata don tattauna batutuwan bincike, nasara da rashin su a fannin ilimi, da kuma yanayin siyasa mai tsauri na shekarun 1980 da 1990.  name=":0">Hartman, Saidiya (Spring 1994). "The Territory Between Us: A Report on "Black Women in the Academy: Defending Our Name: 1894-1994"". Callaloo. 17 (2): 439–449. doi:10.2307/2931742. JSTOR 2931742. Kimanin malamai mata bakar fata 1,500 ne suka halarta daga ko'ina cikin Amurka, tun daga daliban jami'a zuwa farfesoshi har zuwa shugabannin jami'a.  MIT, Kwalejin Wellesley da Kwalejin Radcliffe ne suka dauki nauyinsa, da kuma wasu gidauniyoyi.  Florence Ladd ta yi aiki a Kwamitin Zartarwa na taron. 

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Taron ya ƙunshi manyan masu jawabi guda uku: Lani Guinier daga Makarantar Shari'a ta Jami'ar Pennsylvania, Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, shugabar Kwalejin Spelman ; da Farfesa Angela Davis ta Jami'ar California Santa Cruz .  Guinier, wacce Shugaba Bill Clinton ya janye daga takarar mataimakiyar babban lauya kwanan nan, ta gabatar da jawabi na farko ga mutane uku da suka tsaya cak, tana mai cewa "abin da ke faruwa da ni misali ne na abubuwan da mata masu launin fata da yawa suka fuskanta".  Davis ta gabatar da jawabin rufewa, tana jayayya kan mahimmancin tsayawa tsayin daka ga dukkan mata bakar fata a idon jama'a. "Yayin da mutane masu jarumtaka suka yi fafutukar ganin an rage shiga bangon ilimi, waɗannan nasarorin sun haifar da sabbin matsaloli kuma suna nuna sabbin matsaloli", in ji ta. 

Taron ya kuma ƙunshi fiye da kwamitoci 100, jawabai, da fosta kan batutuwa kama daga mata baƙaƙe a fina-finai da adabi, zuwa siyasa ta launin fata da jinsi a al'adun ilimi, zuwa bincike na musamman kan batutuwa daban-daban da ƙwararrun mata baƙaƙe suka gabatar.  Vinie Burrows, mai zane-zane, ta gabatar da "Sister, Sister," shirinta na mace ɗaya.

A taron, mahalarta taron sun tsara kira ga Shugaba Clinton, suna roƙonsa da ya "haɗa kwamitin shuɗi mai kama da juna kan dangantakar launin fata; don haɓaka binciken mata baƙar fata da kuma faɗaɗa Hukumar Gilashin Rufi don magance mata masu launin fata a fannin ilimi; don faɗaɗa kuɗaɗen tallafi ga ƙungiyoyin agajin zamantakewa na al'umma ga talakawa; don kawo ƙarshen ayyukan ɓoye a kan Haiti da kuma dawo da Shugaba Aristide kan mulki, da kuma ci gaba da tallafawa dimokuraɗiyya a Kudu da Kudancin Afirka."

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