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Guest Commentator

Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD

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.

145 pieces

Guest Commentary

Retrograde History – The Haitian Migrant/Texas Border Patrol Saga

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

would a group of Canadian migrants from Quebec, Saskatchewan, or British Columbia or other immigrants attempting to cross the U.S. border have been attacked and disregarded with such inhumane disdain?

On September 23rd, Democratic Party members of the Congressional Black Caucus held a press conference discussing their outrage at the events that transpired at the U.S.…

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Black Women Become the Flavor of the Month

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

The U.S. Olympic trials is not the first time that Gwen Berry has courted controversy. Berry raised her fist in protest on the podium at the end of the national anthem during the Pan American Games in Peru in

It was to be expected (at least if you live in present-day America) that Gwen Berry would become the target of invective from millions of Americans…

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Biden’s Commemoration of the Tulsa Massacre Deserves Fierce Applause

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

If we are being honest, there were plenty of other places in America where armed mobs of unhinged Whites unleashed searing amounts of unprovoked and unjustified violence on Black citizens without suffering any consequences.

CNN, PBS, The History Channel, MSNBC, NPR, The New York Times, and The Washington Post were among the sizable number of media outlets that devoted considerable…

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Critical Race Theory

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

Critical race theory has become the latest bogeyman for many right-wingers. A number of conservative cultural critics have been working morning, noon and night in an attempt to discredit proponents of the movement.

Unless you have been in a deeply comatose state, you have probably noticed the profoundly intense battles that have occurred over the issue of critical race…

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The Chauvin Trial: A White Male Police Officer vs. a Black Man With a Criminal Record

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

the indisputable truth is that when it comes to race, rational behavior is routinely cast aside in favor of the irrational.

As the prosecution prepares to wrap up its arguments, there have been some deeply ominous and disturbing warning signs as the George Floyd trial progresses. On…

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Senator Tim Scott a Black Man Who Should Know Better

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

He is a person of color in a party that has declared political war on people of color — his own people. Thus, in order to save face and remain in the good graces of his GOP colleagues, Mr. Scott decided to engage in a shameful act of intellectual dishonesty.

Just when you thought the outlandishly abominable antics and disturbing and derelict rhetoric coming out of the Republican party could not get any more ludicrous, party…

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Sorry BeBe Winans and NAACP! White People Know It Is Wrong to Use The Word NIGGER!

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

He deserves some credit for admitting that he engaged in a ferocious level of idiocy.

As many of you know by now, Morgan Wallace, the country music star, endured a torrential downpour of backlash after Wallace hurled the N-word all too…

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White Supremacy and White Privilege Was on Blatant Display at the Nation’s Capital

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

Reminiscent of a frenzied dictator, Trump, along with members of his family, greeted his largely delusional supporters and enticed them with verbal red meat.

Witnessing the admittedly disturbing, sadistic, and violent behavior of hundreds of Trump supporters on January 6 that resulted in the deaths of at least five people…

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Kitchen Table Issues

By Dr. Elwood Watson, PhD Guest Commentator

messaging can be and is often crucial to political success, for good or ill;

Now that the 2020 election has concluded, there has been no shortage of commentary on how things played out: It was good for Republicans and bad…

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