Dr. Boyce Watkins, writing at Your Black World, slams Clear Channel for trafficking toxic and denigrating hip-hop and rap lyrics over its airwaves. He says the company must be confronted in court to put an end to negative messaging in the black community.  This week, I spoke at a conference hosted by the Center for…

Dr. Boyce Watkins at Your Black World says it’s hypocritical for the U.S. to employ a military strike against Syria. Instead of going to war with Syria, he urges President Barack Obama to reconsider his foreign policy and shift his focus to domestic affairs. But after thinking about the situation long and hard, I’ve concluded…

College basketball players often feel honored to showcase their skill in competitions like March Madness, but Dr. Boyce Watkins writes on Black Blue Dog that from a university professor’s perspective, the money made on the backs of students who should be focusing on their education is unfair and harmful. As a Finance Professor, educator and…

In a blog post at Black Blue Dog, Dr. Boyce Watkins weighs in on the recent announcement by former Essence Editor-in-Chief Constance C.R. White that she was fired because of clashes over the way her bosses wanted to represent African-American women. He says that Essence lost its “essence” a long time ago.  The revelations by…

In an opinion piece for EURweb, Dr. Boyce Watkins asks why black Christians are being scrutinized so much more intensely than their white counterparts when it comes to views on marriage equality. On the front page of CNN today, there was an interesting article about the divide between the Obama Administration and the African American…

News One blogger Dr. Boyce Watkins tries to make peace with the image of several Georgia teens proudly displaying their baby bumps, apparently as part of a pregnancy pact. I want to thank HelloBeautiful.com for sharing this picture of a group of teen moms proudly sporting their baby bumps on Facebook.  Apparently, a baby in…

In an op-ed for NewsOne, Dr. Boyce Watkins analyzes a CNN study about children’s racial attitudes and urges a deeper look. According to the study, while most black 6-year-olds had positive attitudes toward other races — more positive than white children of the same age — by age 13, most had developed a subconscious bias…

In a blog entry at News One, Dr. Boyce Watkins evaluates why African Americans and Republicans do not agree politically despite conservative leanings in the black community. He says that part of the problem has to do with extremist leaders like the current crop of presidential candidates. Farai Chideya at the Root wrote a very…

News One blogger Dr. Boyce Watkins evaluates Barack Obama’s strengths as president, saying that his accomplishments have made it impossible for Republicans to find a viable opponent. Republicans don’t excite me very much, but it seems that we have to at least acknowledge them. The party has become, in recent years, an even worse example…

News One blogger Dr. Boyce Watkins checks in on President Barack Obama’s place in history, asking if he is “an outstanding figure in black American history” in comparison with other black leaders. There is no clear-cut answer, he says. For many centuries, the epitome of African American achievement has been to become the first black…