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BlackCommentator.com Commentator, Dr. Elwood Watson, Historian, public speaker, and cultural critic is a professor at East Tennessee State University and author of the recent book, Keepin' It Real: Essays on Race in Contemporary America (University of Chicago Press), which is available in paperback and on Kindle via Amazon and other major book retailers. Cotnact Dr.Watson and BC.
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across nearly all regions of the nation, Republicans did not do as well as expected.
The Republican Party endured considerable humiliation on election night, as their much-anticipated “red wave” turned out to be a red thud. There are races yet to…
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despite credible evidence and repeatedly being alerted of the situation several times, police officials adamantly denied the idea of a serial killer.
Unfortunately, horror once again gripped Excelsior Springs, Missouri, a community in the suburbs of Kansas City where a local church leaders claimed four Black women have…
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The truth is the conservative right has shrewdly and strategically (albeit in a perverse and sinister manner) played the long game.
Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) established a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Thomas argued that: “[W]e have a duty to ‘correct the error’ established in those precedents.…
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they tell racists what they want to hear as opposed to what they need to hear.
“Hear me clearly, America is not a racist country. I have personally experienced ‘the pain of discrimination’ - being pulled over for no reason and followed…
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Accusing the esteemed judge of coddling child pornographers and aiding and abetting terrorists are scurrilous allegations that could be grounds for libel.
Just when you though they couldn’t go any lower, some Republicans have taken to labeling Democrats as the pro-pedophilia party. Yes, you read that correctly. On…
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Flores described the plethora of emotions he harbored, which ran the gamut between humiliation, anger, and disbelief.
Even in the wake of the Super Bowl, the one story that won’t go away involves Michael Flores, Roger Goodell, and the NFL drama that’s been…
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Almost like clockwork, some politician will echo (arrogantly and without shame) a select passage of the iconic speech that the late civil rights leader delivered during the March on Washington in 1963.
I’ve got to hand it to the GOP and a couple of centrist Democrats - they certainly know how to misinterpret and misrepresent the message of…
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She possessed razor sharp intellect, boundless passion and formidable intellectual acumen.
“I think we can’t overstate her influence.” That’s a statement from Imani Perry, distinguished professor of Black Studies at Princeton University, who deftly and accurately summed…
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Their bigoted views were largely confined to white supremacist newsletters and magazines, obscure far-right radio programs and the darkest, racially sordid corners of the web. were largely confined to white supremacist newsletters and magazines, obscure far right radio programs and the darkest, racially sordid corners of the web.
He said the quiet part out loud is a phrase commonly used in the Black community when referring to whites and others who reveal their innermost…
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