Michelle Obama Teaches Dr. Oz How to Dougie; Does She Know about the Sexist Profanity of the Lyrics?
by Dr. Boyce Watkins
Michelle Obama took a visit with Dr. Oz on his TV show, using her popularity to bolster her husband’s chances at reelection. Michelle is a superstar in the Obama campaign strategy, as she is one of the most beloved figures in America.
The episode with Dr. Oz, which airs on September 12, shows the first lady “getting down” with Oz, teaching him about the use of dance as a great way to exercise. One of the things to love about Michelle Obama is that she’s very serious about kids eating healthy and engaging in physical activity. Michelle’s work is necessary in a world where too many of our kids have turned into chubby little Playstation addicts who can’t spell the word “NBA.”
One of the things that the first lady did for Dr. Oz was introduce him to a dance called “The Dougie.” The dance is popular among teens, but has been appreciated by people around the world. The first lady, being the cool, hip woman that she is, introduced Oz to “black culture” by showing him how to do the dance. The dance goes along with the song, “Teach Me How to Dougie,” which was also a huge hit.
Of course, we can debate why the Obamas “just happen” to be the “singingest,” “dancingest” White House duo in American history. Some would say it has to do with the long history of black folks making whites happiest when we are singing and dancing for them. President Obama once said that he learned long ago that it’s very important to make white people feel comfortable. He does that much better than I do, and dancing/singing is always a great way to do it. But to use the words of Harrison Ford in the film “Clear and Present Danger,” I’d have to say: ”I’m sorry Mr. President, but I don’t dance.”
We can also debate whether or not teaching people “how to Dougie” is the most productive use of our time when it comes to achieving cross-racial understanding: Some cultures might introduce art. Some introduce religion. Maybe black people shouldn’t be relegated to teaching white folks the latest dance fads. But then again, I’m probably jealous because I don’t know how to dance myself.
But here’s the thing that should probably concern us all. Michelle Obama may not have ever actually heard the uncensored lyrics to the song “Teach Me How to Dougie,” performed by the rap group, “Cali Swag District.” I’m a fan of hip hop, so I sometimes crinkle my brow when I see people dancing to songs that contain some of the most sexist, racist, violent lyrics known to man (as I wonder, “He just called you a dirty &^%*$ and you’re dancing to his song?”).
When I noted my concerns on my Facebook page, I was confronted with the words “Lighten up,” as if I were being too serious. I am always confused when I hit that awkward moment when I realize that I am arguing with a woman about why terms like “b*tch” and “hoe” are disrespectful to her. Someone said to me, “Look, if women don’t mind being called b*tches, then why are you arguing with them?” I then said, “I don’t think that Michelle Obama is a b*tch, no matter what anyone says.” But when the rappers of this song say, “Cause all the b*tches love me,” they are referring to everyone with female G*******a, including Michelle Obama, as she dances right along with them.
I even wonder if the first lady has a fact checker who actually goes and listens to the songs that she’s dancing to, to make sure that Fox News doesn’t get that information first.
In case she hasn’t heard the song “Teach Me How to Dougie,” I’d like to share a sample of the lyrics:
Can u teach me how to dougie?
You know why?
‘Cause all da b*tches love me
All I need is a beat that’s super bumpin’
And for you, you, you to back it up and dump it (translation: “I would like for all those women with large booties to shake them in my face like they’re earning their college tuition at a strip club”)
Cali Swag goes on with their hit song with the standard hip hop music formula of teaching black men to have s*x with as many women as possible. Of course I become the wet blanket when I mention that we lead the nation in STD infections, but we can talk about that later:
I show my moves off and errbody tryna do me
I leave da function and all da ladies tryna screw me
You just do you and I’ma do me (all day)
N*ggas love to hate so they try to shoot me (please note: M-Bone, one of the members of Cali Swag District, was murdered last year)
B*tches be stuck to me I think they tryna glue me
Of course we all know the chorus so the song, which made it popular on the radio:
Teach me how to dougie
Teach me, teach me how to dougie
All my b*tches love me
All my, all my b*tches love me
All my b*tches love me
You ain’t f*ckin wid my dougie!
Step up in da club and all these b*tches bug me
All da n****s dancin’, none of them know me
Here are a few more lyrics to the song that the first lady and others are performing for Dr. Oz:
Back of the party I don’t really like to boogie
I’m just tryna get bent and meet a thick redbone
(Mmm) she do her dougie and all them b*tches hatin’ but I’m bout
To escape with a b*tch and head home (f*ck it)
She got her friends so is a two man and
And I wanna run it even if her legs long
She like you hubby, I think she love me but,
I change da subject and I do my dougie
Cuz, I don’t give a f*ck, blow trees, get money
Me, smoove, hef in the back with playboy bunnies
We gon’ make em do the dougie in the middle of da bed
And when I asked for some head da b*tch looked at me funny
Daaah! b*tch you can’t tell me nothin star make the beat
Mind you, I’m not saying that this song isn’t catchy. I’m definitely not trying to be nasty toward Michelle Obama. But I’ll admit that I grow increasingly concerned about living in a community that shares its “culture” in such a derogatory, stereotypical way, even at the highest levels. The misogyny of the song, as well as the standard model of extreme black self-degradation, is part of the norm that led to the murder of one of the rappers in Cali Swag district (he was killed in a drive-by shooting).
The murder of one of the people who created this song (M-Bone), in conjunction with the first lady’s decision to do the dance on the national stage, is oddly correlated with the recent spike in deadly violence taking place in the first lady’s home city of Chicago. Much of this violence is rooted in commercialized hip-hop music, which has transformed itself into a blueprint for black male self-destruction. The recent murder of Chicago rapper Lil Jojo , possibly at the hands of associates of a rival artist (Interscope Records artist Chief Keef) serves as a perfect case-in-point. After the death of the boy who wasn’t even old enough to vote for Obama in the election, other teens rejoiced about his murder on Twitter. They were happy that he was shot in the face so that his mother couldn’t have an open casket funeral. One of the teens even said that he hopes Jojo’s mother holds off on burying the body, so she could also bury his twin brother along with him.
The first lady can teach us a lot of things: How to be intelligent, how to be graceful, how to be extraordinary. But one thing she may not want to teach us is how to Dougie. When I look around and see what commercialized hip-hop music continues to do to the psyches of our children, there’s nothing inside me that wants to go out and party. If I were to brag that “I’m a great scholar cause all the b*tches love me,” I would know that I was disrespecting every black woman in America, starting with my mother, grandmother, sister and daughters, and that’s NOT what being black is all about.
Dr. Boyce Watkins is a Professor at Syracuse University and founder of the Your Black World Coalition. He also appears in the Janks Morton film “Hoodwinked.” To have Dr. Boyce commentary delivered to your email, please click here.
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Never miss a chance huh, Dr. Boyce?? Keep on criticizing, feel better now? That’s not all you’re jealous of!!!!
I agree TOTALLY WITH YOU! THIS TRICK IS ALWAYS SAYING ANYTHING NEGATIVE HE CAN COME UP WITH ABOUT THE OBAMAS! They/I dance to the beat not the lyrics. I/She/They don’t know the dern lyrics! She trying to say exercise and dancing is a great way to do it. NO MORE NO LESS. PERIOD. #ICantStandThisTrick!
Thank you Sherry…Dam this Dr. Joyce b***h is trying to be so slick…I can’t. Stand this b***h either…I think its a cracker hiding behind the scene!
WORDS FROM DR. BOYCE:
“Of course, we can debate why the Obamas “just happen” to be the “singingest,” “dancingest” White House duo in American history. Some would say it has to do with the long history of black folks making whites happiest when we are singing and dancing for them. President Obama once said that he learned long ago that it’s very important to make white people feel comfortable. He does that much better than I do, and dancing/singing is always a great way to do it. But to use the words of Harrison Ford in the film “Clear and Present Danger,” I’d have to say: ”I’m sorry Mr. President, but I don’t dance.”
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I agree with Boyce because during our forced enslavement, the slave maker would only allow the enslaved brothers and sisters to ENTERTAIN them or play SPORTS!!!! What are Black people known for in these unuted snakes of a******s…DANCING and SPORTS! Y’ALL JUST DON’T GET IT!
Boyce is not jealous, nor am I, of this prez and his first lady, the bottom line is that, you negroids DON’T KNOW YOUR TRUE OURstory…that’s the real deal. Y’ALL JUST DON’T GET IT!
A SMILING negroid is no threat to caucasoids. And, when you see O’Drama, that’ all he does is show his 32′s when he’s around caucasoids!!! Just OBSERVE these negroid entertainers and sports figures when they’re around caucasoids; they’re ALWAYS skinning and grinning. Y’ALL JUST DON’T GET IT!
When the Black woman was SOLD on an auction block, she had to wiggle her body, shake her a*s, girate, smile and grin in front that nasty, filthy. punk a*s slave maker! What is she doing in this pic? Y’ALL JUST DON’T GET IT!
How come O’Drama NEVER mentions MLK’s name, the words BLACK or POOR, and he never gives credit to Black people, who were in the movement in ANY of his speeches? Because he’s a mullato and his caucasoid side outweighs his BLACK side. Y’ALL JUST DON’T GET IT!
“IT’S TIME TO STOP SINGING, AND TIME TO START SWINGING” -Malcolm X
Shut the h**l up Derrick! You are hiding behind a sheet too!
Hey, everybody is entitled to their own opinion & if u don’t like it, then tough! I get so sick of blk folk telling other blk folk to shut up b/c they don’t worship @ the Obama temple! Everybody’s not a sellout or “hiding behind a sheet” jes b/c they have the gall to not agree w. everything the Obamas say or do. These r politicians first & foremost, they r not gods to be worshipped! Yall blk behinds oughta be glad that Dr. Boyce speaks up re ur interests, b/c the blk prez certainly does NOT! Remember, he is the prez of all the ppl (sarcasm)! Im n total agreement w. Dr. Boyce! Why is it that blk folk always gotta be singin & dancin for white folks & perpetuating the stereotypes? It’s demeaning to see the first lady shakin her groove thang to a tune w. lyrics that promotes this kind of negativity. U aint never seen no other first couple sangin & buck dancin on the world stage to rap lyrics that degrade their own race & u won’t ever see it again. No other grp except blk folk would be accepting of it. But our insult level is so low that we will accept anything; especially when it comes to the Obamas who most consider gods & can do no wrong!
BYTCH! Take your trailer park a*s back to the hills from whence you came!!!
CRACKER BYTCH!!!!!
It’s really sad no matter what the Obama’s do you guy’s find something negative to report… hateful just hateful its a song she probably doesn’t know the word’s I don’t! But I’ve dance to it?????
I agree TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU! THIS TRICK IS ALWAYS SAYING ANYTHING NEGATIVE HE CAN COME UP WITH ABOUT THE OBAMAS! They/I dance to the beat not the lyrics. I/She/They don’t know the dern lyrics! She trying to say exercise and dancing is a great way to do it. NO MORE NO LESS. PERIOD. #ICantStandThisTrick!
It’s the Willie Lynch syndrome at it’s best! Glad my parents, real black parents, taught me in regards to my people, “IF YOU DON’T HAVE ANYTHING GOOD TO SAY THEN DON’T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.”
Continue keeping em on their toes Dr. I ain’t mad atcha
YOU TRICKS ARE STUPID!
why are the racist white folks spending milions to attack obama. wouldn’t it be more cost effective to use miscreants like you and boyce to attack obama. don’t they know sell out negroes like you and boyce will do it for free…self hatred is your fullfillment. just saying….
Raheem, you said a word!
@ sherry
not sure if that was friendly fire, but my comment was aimed at tweet. from reading your post, we have the same sentiments about boyce, the professional c**p starter!
Raheem, I clearly understood your comment and I agree whole heartedly. Derrick and some others on THIS official site for Mitt Romney’s campaign, are full of c**p!
Hey tweet, Im w. u! Keep on keeping on Dr. Boyce!
If I heard a beat that I liked and it moved me then I too would dance to it. But then once I stopped and listened to the actual words…if the words moved me in another direction I wouldn’t dance to that song any longer (at least try not to let the beats move me like before).
Did you ever stop to think that just maybe…just maybe she likes to dance and that this may be one of the ways (outside of the “norm”) to connect to clear people. Also, it is an excellent source of exercise that is actually FUN!!!!
Why does EVERYTHING have to be so serious???
Relax Relate Release !!!!
Personally I don’t listen to rap, its too degradating for my taste but to each his own. Back in the day (50′s, 60′s, 70′s) we listened to the lyrics and dance to the music but to dance now without knowing what is being said by the artist (term used loosely here) seems a bit disconnecting. Whether the First Lady wants to believe this, she has to “represent” what is good about our country from a woman’s role and perspective. Shaking your behind to this kind of degradating, stereotyping and black woman demeaning lyrics sends the “wrong message” to our black females and encourages black males to ‘continue’ disrespecting black women. Our society today is totally “flipped”, right is wrong, wrong is right, up is down, down is up, black is white and white is black. No wonder our children can’t make rational, responsible decisions about anything and the adults are definitely not setting a good example. The United States is on its way out (like every great country has done before). This is just a sign of the times.
YEAH RICHARD & BOYCE……YA BOY BUSH KNEW THE TRADE CENTER WAS UNDER ATTACK BEFORE IT HAPPENED BUT THE ANYTHING NEGATIVE REGARDING THE OBAMAS WILL DO………YEAH, RIGHT. YA FULL OF c**p!
Back in the 60′s and 70′s kids were dancing to lyrics from Rod Stewart and the Rolling Stones (among others) that were clearly misogynistic. They were likely too caught up in the fun of the activity to case a critical eye on the lyrics that they should have been protesting.
Michelle Obama is way beyond school and is an intelligent woman. She should know better than to promote songs with lyrics that denigrate women. Even Ellen DeGeneres has promoted performers and songs on her program that are obscene.
Our “cultural leaders” should set a better example than to promote lyrics that debase women.
Richard u’re right! If she’s gonna dance to something, at least let it be something that promotes positivity n our community; not this degradiing misogynistic embarassing c**p. Its no excuse to say that she doesn’t know the lyrics, b/c she’s too intelligent for that, & Im sure that her ppl ck & dbl ck every single thing that she comes n2 contact w. Blks have always been thought of as a ppl w. ltd. intelligence that could only sing & dance. Now we have the first blk couple n the land & every time u look up they r sangin & dancin @ the drop of a hat. But hey, u gotta shuck & jive a little to make whitey happy & comfortable or whitey may not vote for u, right?
she talks about how she would rather be beyonce and doing the dougie all the time. Really–think about it—what message does that really send? I would rather she didn’t do these things and conduct herself with a little more dignity rather than a celebrity-grubbing dancing queen.
This woman went to Princeton and Harvard , but now has to CONSTANTLY be a shucking , bucking c**n on gimmicky TV shows. Sigh…
Considering one of Michelle’s messages/platforms has been decreasing the rate of obesity among our children/youth (and adults should listen up too) I believe she is “dancing all the time” to get her message across to folks that we need to move more and sit less!! Her form of movement is dancing, others may be jogging, swimming, exercising or whatever that “moves” them. While I do NOT believe she promotes the negative and deragatory rap lyrics she’s dancing too I think she is trying to reach the children where they are. Children DO listen to hip-hop regardless to how negative it is so while they are listening why not have them get off their tuffs and dance/move. This will help them release some of the anger (?) they may acquire when listening to some of the lyrics. Also, as far as the lyrics are concerned, I have a hard time reading the vernacular let alone understanding it when I hear it. Much of this new hip-hop dialect is not easy to understand for me. The references to N*ggas and b*itches is a reflection of self-hate and low self-esteem for the rappers IMO. I live by the motto, “It’s not what you are called, it’s what you answer to.” Since I don’t see myself as a n*igga or b*tch I’m not being spoken to, they are talking to the folks who identify with the name. That would not be me!
I agree!!!
You have to reach them with their language. And there are too many overweight folks (small and big). And if it’s moving you want them to do then turn on the radio and let the fun begin.
Just start moving folks!!!!
Oh come on! “You have to reach them with their language”? The language of b*tches & hoes, n*ggas & other degrading terms that marginalize & criminalize women & the race. So I guess all yall that r condoning this r ok w. ur own kids dancing to & listening to this garbage that poisons our young ppl’s minds. Thats why this kinda music is promoted so heavily. Can u imagine jewish Hillary Clinton, for example, dancin to a tune on a major tv show where the singer is rapping about kikes n the background & using other demeaning terms that put down Jews & women? It jes wouldn’t happen! We r the only race that considers that acceptable & coming fr our first lady no less. She should know better as the first BLK lady of the land & should set a better example! Maybe this is by design, b/c it seems that n the media there is never a missed opportunity to promote the worst n blk culture!
They don’t have a freaking problem when Ellen Degeneres is on dancing to the beat of it. Nobody trying to figure out the daggone words then. Sure be responsible for the words. That why they have a clean version, HATERS! She’s the 1st lady and he’s the President…..GET OVER IT! #SayIt2YourselfPresident&FirstLadyOBAMA #TrickHypocrites
That’s right Sherry, you go girl !
Amen Sherry!!!!!! Love ya girl…..
There’s a monumental difference between being a white talk show host (Ellen Degeneres) & being the first blk first lady of the land! HUGE DIFFERENCE!
Oh, and furthermore…..Mitt Romney official website links are ALL OVER THIS SITE. So screw you and your opinions of the OBAMAS. AND….this site RARELY if EVER have ANY positive reports regarding people of color.
You must want a boycott on this website? because you keep acting and writing dumb insignificant s**t about the Obamas.
Don’t nobody give a s**t about the words in that song, just like your parents didn’t give a s**t about words in “Pop that thang” and It’s yo thang” by the Isley Brothers .
Trust me, I COULD throw in Millie Jackson and Blowfly for dat a*s because I know your parents…or should I say parent? That would be an assumption though. Wouldn’t it?
QUIT TRYING TO MAKE HER INTO SOME OLE STUFFY a*s, UNFUN, INTOLERABLE a*s WOMEN. I’VE SEEN ENOUGH OF THEM AS 1ST LADY’S IN MY 47 YEARS.
I get the point, you’re trying to make, but point the s**t in the real direction…the industyr! not the 1st Lady!
I actually believe that Mrs. Obama, never heard the actual words to this song. This woman is too classy, and intelligent to intentionally dance to a song, with racist, and sexist lyrics. So before scum like Boyce, Tavis, and Smiley started spreading their hateful propaganda about this wonderful first lady, they should have contacted her, and asked her if she had ever actually heard the lyrics to this song, but no; they immediately ran to the media, to try to tarnish her good name.
Boyce, and his posse, are more a threat to the black community, that the KKK, and they should be boycotted, and shunned. I don’t watch any show, that any of them appear. We can all do our part to rid these bums of their incomes, by writing, or calling their sponsors, and ask that they be removed.
Cracker, plz get off of this site trying to spread more discord amongst blk folk! It is crackers like u that r pd to come on blk sites to stir up c**p that r a threat to the blk community. Jes know that u’ve been called out white scum pretending to b blk! Go head Dr. Watkins!
Go dive in some acid, you dumb a*s TRICK cracker!!!
I’m hip to your racist STUPID bytch a*s!!!
Mr Boyce, Please continue to report on the Obama’s dancing for the “Man”or for “Votes”. d**n the Dougie, the group “Cali Swag” don’t even exist anymore, When the member M Bone got shot in the head at a liquor store along with their friend “Bubba”, the dance and the group went six feet under, Why is the FLOTUS keeping it going ? If she wants to dance at least pick a dance white folks can do and keep up with the rhythm. She should try the “bump” and play Joe Tex’s song ” I ain’t gonna dance w/ a big fat woman” I know I’m a “HATER”
Grown folks tell their children not to “hate” and says in the “bible” and you know how we love da “Bible” but on blogs calling folks “hater” GOD gonna kget for that!!!!
Save it Pam!
This is off the subject of our First Lady Obama dancing! I want to address your position as a key person to inspire black Americans to become entrepreneurs and increase businesses to help more blacks become employed. You should use your contact to reach some black entertainers and progressive athletes to promote start up businesses that can bring our people out of this distructive path they are traveling. I work in Career Services and it’s sad to see people coming for jobs that they lack the experience to handle.
I would appreciate your thought on this proposed idea.
We must first understand this one thing; growing-up in poor black neighborhoods has a way of making something very abnormal, normal. For instance, seeing violence on a regular basis makes violence normal, hearing strong language regularly, makes strong language normal, not having enough to eat on a regular basis, make being hungry normal. So, when we see these things outside our normal environment or on TV or hear it in music, it’s nothing extraordinarily wrong with these things, because we see them as…. normal! Only those who are not accustomed to these offenses find it to be incredibly outrageous.
There must be a marketing budget involved here. Who got the kickback?
What’s next, after the Prez giving out home made beer recipe from the White House it might have been part of the beer summit, the First Lady dancing to gutter rap that have all but destroyed the black community, and the Aferican Americans falling down worshipping the Obamas what a love affair and if any one say any thing negative true or false they are automatically trashed, lambasted tared and feathered. I believe if Jesus Christ would appear and say Obama is wrong he would be cast out like the Demacratic platform removed any mention of God and only replaced it overiding the vote that said no. we have lived thru Democrat presidents and Republician president, if I had a choice to open a business in the black community it would be a funeral home, because if Mr. Obama is not re-elected most of the black American would die.
True that Joe L!
The sad part is many of us are missing the boat with what Dr. Watkins is saying. If we stop listening with the intent and start listening with attent, we will see that he is saying there is power is power in the tongue. Death and life is in the tongue. We are at war. “It’s just a beat….”. Seriously!!! I’m in education. No matter what people may say, education is a business dressed up as a social concern. Money is made off of attendance of students an the purchasing of textbooks. Billions of dollars. When are we as a people going to stop being so defensive and look at things for what they are. Hip hop is turning, or has turned to c**p. I’m 32 years old, played major college football and started, grew up in an urban neighborhood, and went to a “failing” HS. Seen plenty of friends die young. So don’t give me that “we just rap about how we live” c**p. They talk about the things that sell. I choose not to argue. I choose to work. It’s Dr. Watkins job to bring debatable issues to light. He hit this one on the head. Stop being soft and call a spade a spade. Let them make a song called teach n****s how to dougie and have it sung by whites… Watch the outrage. Typical hypocrites. Smh. And that goes for me too. I can always say and do more.
CEMcCarty we could all do more. I don’t know how often your on this site but it is NOT uncommon for Dr. Boyce to be negative, report negativity regarding prople of color, and try to promote negativity regarding the Obamas. So yes HE’S TWO FACED.
Dr. Boyce tells it like it is & is a voice for our ppl. U only get mad when he says something that doesn’t idolize the prez whom most blks worship as if he’s a god. The prez is a politician, first & foremost, who will literally sell his soul for votes! Enuf said!
@Da Truth:
You got that right! Isn’t it amazing how these dumb a*s negroids, let crackers, like Biden and these cracker planters on this site, disrespect them, and they kiss their a***s, but when Black men try to wake them up, they tell us to ‘shut up’.
d**n! These slave a*s negroids must die by the woodpile with their cracker cohorts!!!
THIS IS PITIFUL!!!
OK DR OZ Lets see the beautiful ANNE ROMNEY & learn how she is doing with MS BE FAIR THANKS
I’ve never commented here b4 but dam, this Dr Boyce is as bad as Tavis and Cornell. Is he too, mad abt not being in the POTUS inner circle. Just tear down PrezO…….Guess he’ll be voting for Romney and he’ll be in his inner circle as his token n***a…….arrgh
And if PrezO is not re-elected, like the resilient people we are, we will carry on living and fighting the battles we’ve always fought. DrB is the “angry blck fool”
Vanessa, YOU SAID IT!
I could care less about doing the “Dougie”, however I am concerned about the demeaning and self hate comments that continually misrepresent our people by constantly making references as: b*****s, whores, n****s, etc., Many young rappers are mimicking celebrity rappers like Jay Z, Kayne West, 50 Cent, Souja Boy, Snoop Dog and others who have glorified degrading names to describe women, men, and others within the African American community. Celebrity rappers who’ve made millions of dollars off marketing this kind of ignorance and belittlement should reframe from spreading this kind of self hate and rap/sing about positivity, peace, unity, solidarity, love, forgiveness, education and empowerment. First Lady Michelle Obama has a positive outlook on exercising and eating properly in regards to health and diet. Many African Americans young and old are stricken with life threatening diseases such: diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, high cholesterol, cancers., etc. Thankfully, our first lady is an active participant in a program that will enhance individuals lives positively and possibly extend longevity.
What u say is true, so why then do u think a person as intelligent as the first lady is on a nat’l tv prog dancin to one of those songs that u have stated u so stringently object to b/c of its inherent negativity? Why is she promoting this self hatred, misogyny, etc. w. the choice of this song? Do Jews, Irish, etc. help promote self hatred of their own grps n this way? I dont think so!
This has happened and happens to me a lot. Now a days it’s hard to find good music..good lyrics with a good beat that I’m comfortable listening and dancing with family and friends in every generation. I purchased years ago goodtalents.com for the purpose of promoting good talents because I know the influence music has in people`s lives.
This is a good article. It’s a reminder to me to be vigilant of what beat or drum I dance to… It’s going to take much effort on my part, but I’m up for changing for the better.
Have a good day.
People – Please calm down. Boyce Watkins understands that negative stereotypes hurt ALL OF US when we apply for jobs, seek grants, apply to college. That is whe he wants us to start condemning these types of lyrics. He wants ALL OF US to refuse to be the buckin’, cussin’, grinnin’ and grindin’ types that other people want us to be. Boyce Watkins does not hate the Obamas! He simply wants Black people to recognize the ways in which WE make the world look down on us. Again, calm down, My Lovies. Let us not turn on each other. PLEASE!! Even when we disagree, let us do so calmly and logically. And remember – please remember – Boyce only wants Black people not to blindly walk into the trap that others have set for us. I wish President and Mrs. Obama the very best HOWEVER it was unwise for Mrs. Obama, a truly outstanding lady, to choose THIS toxic song for her dance routine. There are many hot and bumpin melodies out there whose lyrics would NOT cause employers, mortgage lenders, college professors, and court officials to look at you, and me, and your little brother and think “Look at them – animals. Every single one of them!” Don’t turn on people like Boyce who understand how important it is for us to be people of self-respect and dignity, My Brothers and sisters! Peace……be………still.
Best post of the grp! The voice of reason! Preach on!
In the words of my grandma, If you gone tell it then tell it all. Ever notice how no one in the group you refer to has any form of the name Dougie? That’s because the dance was around before them. Doug E Fresh is the originator of the dance, yet you want to lay all the credit at the feet of someone who’ s a lot easier to criticize. So what they brought the dance back to prominence for a younger generation? It doesn’t negate the fact that Doug E Fresh was doing it before Cali Swag was probably even born and still does it. So are you suggesting that he stops doing a dance he originated because somebody else took it and associated it with lyrics that aren’t as appealing? You on the right track but you stopped too short with your thinking on this one.
God, it’s just a dance. Get of you f*****g high horse Dr. Watkins. Do you even like Black people?
No Charlotte, he does not! Jennine, says Don’t do that to Dr. Boyce….Boyce Watkins does not hate THE OBAMAS!…..Yeah, right!
First, there is a clean lyrical version of the song. To infer in the article that they were listening to the street cred version on its face is disingenuous. But to go on, and secondly, say that it somehow supports hip-hop culture is incredibly low, and to suggest that the First Lady is indirectly support the death of youth is extremely shallow.
The link between dancing as an exercise and doing a dance that is fun in comparison to something that is killing young black men and women is absolutely ridiculous. On that note, since Dr. B. seems to be so pro-black, I wonder how black his stand is with the people who fund him. To me they do not seem to be black considering all the black bashing being consistently done. Black people with that kind of money to fund this type of enterprise are far more intelligent than what passes for commentary here. I seriously don’t think they are interested in the atrocious manner in which black issues are portrayed in this type of story.
CASE CLOSED!
Boyce is despicable and I can not wait until they kick him to the curb. He digs deep to find info on the Obama but all he finds is sheer stupidity and attempts to create a story line. Weak so called journalist. He NEVER, EVER says anything kind about President Obama. Bottom line as I always have said…the man is envious of the president. That is…resentful of what this outstanding man represents so all he can do to make himself feel better is bash, bash, bash. A behavior from slavery that he and too many of us were taught during slavery and unfortunately have perpetuated. So commenters, he is to be pitied. I do the dougie but have NEVER listened to the lyrics and never will. You would think that Boyce, the critic was perfect. Wish he’d disappear and quick!!
THANK YOU! I say it all the time.
Dr. Boyce is far from the enemy of blk ppl that some portray him as, just as Prez Obama is far from the god that most blks portray him as.
why is this a discussion .dr boyce watkins shows his stupidity every time he opens his mouth.HE convicted his self when he uses the uncensored version of the song.Most uncensored material is filled with obscenity and profanity.WHY this man pretends to be so intelligent .
d**n! you folks really hate it was anybody criticizes the Obamas don’t you? I bought it for president Obama wants and I will go for him again. But what is wrong is wrong. Some of you say that you simply dance to the beat of the song and it does not matter what the lyrics are? What kind of ignorant self destructive s**t is that? Would you simply dance to the beat if it was a song by white people putting down black people calling us n*****s, black b*****s, and threatening us? Would you dance to that song and by that record as long as it had a nice beat?Well, the c**p that most hip hop artists release is more destructive to our race then any song the Ku Klux Klan could ever produce! But, we accept it and love it simply because it done by black people. Much in the same way that we get all up in arms and want to march whenever a white person kills a black person but we remain silent as countless black men murder other black people all day everyday in every city in town in America
DaTruth, you can suck my big black d**k. You and Boyce, are nothing but a*s kissing n*****s, that are paid to spread lies, and bullshit about President Obama. You are so d**n stupid, that you can’t even form an correct sentence. You probably received your education from the prison system, or from reading comic books. I’m willing to bet that your stupid a*s has never had a decent job, and will never get one because you are too stupid, and uncivilized to participate to in a diverse society. I’m also willing to bet, that you earn your living, robbing vulnerable black people.
Boyce, is just another Rush Limbaugh. The only difference between them is their color, and the color of their audiences. Now back to you. You are a d**n fool. What have you accomplished in your life, by sitting your stupid a*s around complaining about the white man? While you are concentrating about him, he’s moving on up to the top. Boyce, can only keep his audience, and get paid, by keeping the minds of stupid people like you on racial issues, instead of job training. Boyce, talk this stupid s**t, but at the same time he works for a white university, and the republican tea party. He is trying to emulate Rush Limbaugh, and with stupid people like you, he will probably get there.
@coonhead: “You are so d**n stupid, that you can’t even form an correct sentence.”
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You dumb NIGorant piece of shyt; take a look at your sentence again…FOOL! YOU are the jackass of this site, you stupid cracker!
This is how to write a sentence, bytch: You are so d**n stupid, that you can’t even form [A] correct sentence.
I KEEP TELLING THESE NEGRIDS, THAT YOU crackers ARE SOME OF THE DUMBEST BASTARDS ON THIS PLANET!!!
Go to a Black college and get EDUCATED, you silly fagget!!!
U wish u had a “big black d**k” instead of the teenie weenie weiner that u got whitey! That’s ur biggest problem w. blk folks aint it, aside fr being the dimwittted illiterate ignorant @ss cracker that u r!
Don’t take it so personal when somebody disagrees with President or Mrs. Obama! For example: Why did we called President Bush the devil for starting all these wars and trying to run the world? (that is certainly what I called him) President Obama is blowing up everybody all over the world and continuing these wars have an incredible pace! Since President Obama took office they have been way more drone attacks killing more innocent people around the world (along with terror suspects), and more American troops have been killed in Afghanistan than in the preceding 8 years under President Bush! I love all the great things that President Obama has done for this country such as healthcare, student Loan reform, wall Street reform, don’t ask don’t tell, saving the automobile industry, and many other incredible things. overall, I think he is done a wonderful job as president
But, he has the same hawkish attitude regarding controlling the world as did George Bush and most preceding presidents. I do not think that this is and President Obama’s nature. I think that he does this to appease the Republicans. He does not want to be seen as week on foreign policy so he is more aggressive than even Republicans when it comes to blowing up people around the world.
We cannot have it both ways. If it is wrong when Republicans do it or when white people do it, it is wrong when President Obama does it and when black people do it. Most of you are simply blind loyalists and we’ll defend President Obama or black people regardless of what they do.
Hi Dr. Boyce,
Although I don’t argue your point about the lyrics I’d like to point out a few things that that are inaccurate in your commentary as I actually watched this full episode of the Dr Oz Show. I would first like to note that Mrs Obama began by teaching Dr Oz about body image, BMI, obesity and nutrition. Then she went on to talk about how the school physical fitness test would be changing for the 1st time in 30 yrs. She then talked about increases in funding to the school lunch program with taste tests from 3 children. Then Mrs. Obama taught Dr Oz her cardio routine that she uses when she’s traveling. In the segment you’re referencing he asked how she incorporates fitness at home and she said “by dancing w’ the girls….that’s how I know dances like the Dougie”. HE started to do it and when she corrected him by saying its a little over the head they put on some vague song…NOT THE DOUGIE SONG WITH THE VULGAR LYRICS AS YOU’RE TRYING TO IMPLY!!! Your “insinuations” are irresponsible at best! PLEASE KEEP THE FACTS STRAIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMA…OUT OF RESPECT!
Most of the time I don’t even bother to comment, but I think Dr. Boyce may be on to something here. I was just checking out the lyrics to the song and I must say it is a little disturbing that such a song was a huge hit. Perhaps there was a better way to focus on fitness, but clearly this song isn’t it.
Dr. Boyce, keep the comments and analysis coming, food for thought and discussion.
My 17 year old son always asks me what the subject is on this blog. So I told him. Now, on my 50th birthday, I was doing, or at least attempting to do the “Dougie”…and all I heard was “Teach me how to dougie, teach teach me how to Dougie” and the beat. Of course I was in the club. While I am always ultra-sensitive and harshly critical of poor representations and negative portrayals of our culture; I argued my son down, that he really doesn’t get it, how historically, the Black man was always grinnin’, stompin’ and strummin’ to appease the white man to keep him off of him. He said, “Mom, it’s a dance.” He was like “Mom, it’s a dance…they are not calling ALL women b*****s and ho’s just the ones that act like that…the ones that come at us like that.” I digress. I’m sure it was to promote the “Let’s Move” initiative to get these fat a***s moving. It’s the same controversy as Serena and the “Crip Walk” at the Olympics, and yes, it’s a d**n dance.
I think you are jealous. So what if the words bi#%hs is in the lyrics. There is a clean version of the song!!! Or do you only focus on the explicit lyrics because you’re bitter. You find the negative in everything.
Its the dance its not like she’s reciting the lyrics, its not that d**n serious.
The lyrics to “Teach Me How to Dougie” are absolutely irrelevant in this case, as the song wasn’t even playing when Mrs. Obama showed Dr. Oz the dance — which, as somebody mentioned earlier, predates Cali Swag District by many, many years. You’re reaching here, Dr. Boyce.
I agree with you Sherry, this Dr. boyce always finds some negative stupid Sh_t to say about the Obama’s. Jealousy is his
way of communicating. I just read some of these articles except the ones this “Hater” writes. He had no business teaching or being in any school. I never heard of his “TRICK A_ _” until I started reading this publication. He’s no better than Rush Limpass, if there
is a degree for “hating” then he deserves a “MASTER”. For all you young people, don’t be bambozzled by this “hating fool”.