Dr. Boyce: I Agree with Roland Martin – We Must Ask Hard Questions of Obama
In this video, Dr. Boyce Watkins points out that he agrees with Roland Martin that it’s time to start asking hard questions of the Obama Administration. Yvette Carnell also writes that for years, she and others have been pushing black leadership to challenge the president to help the black agenda to move forward, and that [...]
Tea Party Leader Called Out for Terribly Racist Joke Being Told at Parties
A member of the Arkansas Tea Party made a joke at an event that some have considered to be quite racist. Actually, the joke is racist. It is so racist, in fact, that the Tea Party leaders in the state have condemned the remarks by Inge Marler entirely. Believe it or not, the joke is [...]
Man Gets Three Life Sentences For Simply Witnessing a Drug Deal
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, KultureKritic.com Clarence Aaron went to prison in 1993, at the age of 23. He was involved in a drug deal, but was neither the buyer nor the seller. He didn’t touch the drugs or collect any money. All he did was introduce the two men involved in the transaction and it [...]
Study: Socio-Economic Status is Linked to Obesity in Black Women
A new study is finding that a black woman’s socioeconomic status is directly linked to her propensity toward Obesity. A study at the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University is saying that black women in lower socioeconomic conditions are more likely to be unhealthy and overweight. The findings are set to appear in the journal [...]
Teen Radio Host Says that Obama is “Making Kids Turn Gay”
An anti-gay teen radio show host claims that President Obama is “making kids gay.” Caiden Cowger of West Virginia hosts a show called “Caiden Cowger” on the Internet. He is obviously a conservative. The boy got attention this week when he said that he is “sickened” by seeing his friends at school “turn to homosexuality,” [...]
Natasha Trethewey Leveraged a Personal Tragedy to Become 19th US Poet Laureate
Natasha Trethewey began to write poems when she was a freshman in college. The young woman was faced with an unspeakable tragedy, as her mother was murdered by the step father she once feared. “I started writing poems as a response to that great loss, much the way that people responded, for example, after 9/11,” [...]
The Presidency is a War of Money
This article by Cord Jefferson at BET explains how the presidential election is a war of money and that President Obama may not be on the winning side. He mentions that while Republicans are locked and loaded financially, millions of Democrats are not excited enough to spend money on anything political. Could it be the [...]
Dr. Boyce: Gwyneth Paltrow and All Her N*ggas
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, KultureKritic.com Someone recently gave me a call about the incident in which actress Gwyneth Paltrow used the term “Ni**as in Paris” to describe her time hanging out with Beyonce, Jay-Z, Spike Lee and a bunch of other random people in their clique. When I heard about Gwyneth’s unfortunate use of words [...]
The Famous Acquittal of Angela Davis Took Place 40 Years Ago Today
One of the most-infamous instances in the life of former Black militant and current scholarAngela Davis (pictured) was the “Soledad Brothers” trial in 1970. On August 7 of that year, 17-year-old Black militant Jonathan Jackson, brother of authorGeorge, burst into a California courtroom and abducted Judge Harold Haley, a prosecutor, and three female jurors, while freeing two inmates [...]
Dr. Boyce: Dealing with Campus Racism – “The University of Kentucky Incident”
In this video, Dr. Boyce Watkins discusses racism on university campuses, in hiring and promotion of African Americans. He uses the firing of Chester Grundy at The University of Kentucky as a prime example. Dr. Watkins has stated that African American scholars should take the lead in reclaiming what it means to be a black [...]
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