Tressie McMillan Cottom
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Tressie McMillan Cottom is an American sociologist, writer, and public intellectual known for her work on race, inequality, and higher education.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2492555 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Tressie McMillan Cottom Context triple: [Hear to Slay, hasCoHost, Tressie McMillan Cottom]
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Patricia Hill Collins
Patricia Hill Collins is an influential American sociologist and Black feminist theorist known for her work on intersectionality, Black women's intellectual traditions, and critical race theory.
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Kimberlé Crenshaw
Kimberlé Crenshaw is an American legal scholar and critical race theorist best known for developing the concept of intersectionality to explain how overlapping systems of oppression shape the experiences of Black women.
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C.
Moya Bailey
Moya Bailey is a Black feminist scholar and activist best known for coining the term “misogynoir” to describe the specific hatred directed at Black women.
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Adrienne A. Jones
Adrienne A. Jones is an American politician who serves as the Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates and is the first African American and first woman to hold that position.
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Ja'Net DuBois
Ja'Net DuBois was an American actress and singer best known for her role as Willona Woods on the sitcom "Good Times" and for co-writing and singing the theme song for "The Jeffersons."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tressie McMillan Cottom Target entity description: Tressie McMillan Cottom is an American sociologist, writer, and public intellectual known for her work on race, inequality, and higher education.
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A.
Patricia Hill Collins
Patricia Hill Collins is an influential American sociologist and Black feminist theorist known for her work on intersectionality, Black women's intellectual traditions, and critical race theory.
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B.
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Kimberlé Crenshaw is an American legal scholar and critical race theorist best known for developing the concept of intersectionality to explain how overlapping systems of oppression shape the experiences of Black women.
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C.
Moya Bailey
Moya Bailey is a Black feminist scholar and activist best known for coining the term “misogynoir” to describe the specific hatred directed at Black women.
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D.
Adrienne A. Jones
Adrienne A. Jones is an American politician who serves as the Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates and is the first African American and first woman to hold that position.
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E.
Ja'Net DuBois
Ja'Net DuBois was an American actress and singer best known for her role as Willona Woods on the sitcom "Good Times" and for co-writing and singing the theme song for "The Jeffersons."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
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Instruction
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Subject: Tressie McMillan Cottom Description of subject: Tressie McMillan Cottom is an American sociologist, writer, and public intellectual known for her work on race, inequality, and higher education.
Referenced by (6)
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McMillan Cottom
Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy
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