When someone does not expect greatness from you, here's what to tell yourself

What does it do to black girls and women to have their intelligence and abilities routinely questioned? A study from Johns Hopkins found that white teachers set lower academic expectations...

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WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Ignoring what others think about you is easier said than done.Morgan Jerkins is an acclaimed writer who speaks six languages.And, tonight, she offers her Humble Opinion on overcoming what's called impostor syndrome.MORGAN JERKINS, Author, "This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female,and Feminist in (White) America": It was in the eighth grade when my intelligence wasquestioned for the first time.Every week, each student in my social studies class would have to present a topic, and ifthe teacher thought that that student didn't know the meaning of a word, you would haveto define it.My words were formulate and enigmatic.Not too long afterwards, that same teacher accused me of cheating to my parent...