Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Boyce Watkins and Rev. Al Sharpton Discuss The Treatment of Shirley Sherrod, Affirmative Action, and Other Current Events on Keeping It Real
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Dr. Boyce Watkins and Rev. Al Sharpton Discuss Michael Steele, Tyler Perry, and Other Current Events Pt. 3
Dr. Boyce Watkins and Rev. Al Sharpton Discuss Michael Steele, Tyler Perry, and Other Current Events Pt. 6
Dr. Boyce Watkins and Rev. Al Sharpton Discuss Michael Steele, Tyler Perry, and Other Current Events Pt. 5
Dr. Boyce Watkins and Rev. Al Sharpton Discuss Michael Steele, Tyler Perry, and Other Current Events Pt. 4
Dr. Boyce Watkins and Rev. Al Sharpton Discuss Michael Steele, Tyler Perry, and Other Current Events Pt. 1
Monday, June 28, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Dr. Boyce Watkins Talks About Single Parenting with Tamika Mallory and Alexis Stodghill on AOL Black Voices
Dr. Boyce Watkins Talks About Social Issues with Dr. Marc Lamont Hill and Lola Adesioye on AOL Black Voices
Dr. Boyce Watkins Talks About Immigration with Dr. Alan Aja and Dr. R. L'Heureux Lewis on AOL Black Voices
Dr. Boyce Watkins Talks About "President Obama's father's day speech" with Rev. Al Sharpton on Keeping it Real.
Is Obama's Fatherhood Commercial Too Feminine for Black Men?
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Rappers Sue Each Other, Rev. Al is Angry
Suge Knight, Kanye West: Lawsuit, Guns and Money
- It appears that Kanye West and the infamous Marion "Suge" Knight are getting together to work out ... Read More
- By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 22nd 2010 6:36PM | Comments (0)
How Love and Money Mix and How You Can Do it the Right Way
- I did the interview below on CNN Radio this week about love and money. Most of us know the feeling ... Read More
- By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 22nd 2010 4:45PM | Comments (1)
Black Single Mothers and Dating: What's It Really Like?
- In this episode of 'Dr Boyce Watkins on AOL Black Voices,' we discuss black single mothers ... Read More
- By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 22nd 2010 3:54PM | Comments (0)
Should Facebook Be Held Accountable for Murders by Members?
- A man was sent to prison after he did the unthinkable: He pretended to be a teenager, lured a young ... Read More
- By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 22nd 2010 3:42PM | Comments (1)
Rev. Al Sharpton and Dr. Boyce Discuss the Plight of the Black Male
- Every week, I speak with Rev. Al Sharpton on various issues that affect the African American ... Read More
- By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 22nd 2010 9:45AM | Comments (6)
Obama's Fatherhood.gov Commercial: Too Feminine for Black Men?
- On Father's Day, I wrote about the immense thrill of being a dad. This is one of the reasons I ... Read More
- By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 22nd 2010 9:30AM | Comments (8)
BP Chooses a Black Man to Head its Claims Process
- "BP is paying all the bills right now," Darryl Willis, the vice president of resources for BP ... Read More
- By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 22nd 2010 7:50AM | Comments (1)
Son of Dallas Police Chief Suspected in Killing a Cop
- Investigators are saying that the 27-year-old son of Dallas Police Chief David Brown shot and ... Read More
- By Boyce Watkins, PhD on Jun 21st 2010 8:38PM | Comments (2)
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Yes, It's Time for the NCAA to be Reformed
Dr. Boyce Watkins - The Institute of Black Public Policy
I wrote about a new book regarding the NCAA’s alleged exploitation of black athletes, written by University of Georgia Professor Billy Hawkins. In his recently-released book, “The New Plantation,” Hawkins goes out of his way to help us understand that the method by which the NCAA does business is not much different from the mindset of plantation owners of the old south.
The analogies used by Professor Hawkins are thought-provoking and appear to be alarmist at first glance. After all, citizens are commonly comparing nearly every modern-day injustice to slavery in order to make a dramatic point. But in this case, the analogies are appropriate, in large part because slavery is not a dichotomy. Instead, it is actually a continuum, with complete freedom on one end and total servitude on the other. One could even argue that slaves themselves were not completely devoid of freedom, since they could have always chosen to run away, buy their freedom, maim themselves or even commit suicide as a way to escape their condition. The point of this very grim example is not to say that slavery was not entirely horrific; rather, it is to say that something does not have to be entirely horrific to be compared to slavery.











































