Personally I discovered that you could go through the academy as a young scholar, come out, and almost immediately have an impact on the academic environment.
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I was at the Smithsonian for twenty years, and I'm still at the Smithsonian as a curator emeritus, and I still plan to figure out what that means for me at this point in my life.
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If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful.
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The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival.
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There is nowhere you can go and only be with people who are like you. Give it up.
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