Thursday, September 24, 2009

Dr Boyce Watkins on MSNBC’s TheGrio – 9/24/09


  • Race is Obama's Catch-22
    Race is Obama's Catch-22

    By Dr. Boyce Watkins

    5:47 AM on 09/22/2009

    OPINION - If you think anti-Obama outbursts have nothing to do with Obama being black, you need to open a history book...

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  • U of Michigan's
    U of Michigan's "optional" practices highlight need for reform

    By Dr. Boyce Watkins

    10:00 AM on 09/18/2009

    OPINION -- The University of Michigan football team has a storied tradition when it comes to winning. The program is equally storied when it comes to making money by putting athletes...

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  • Stop hating on black female athletes
    Stop hating on black female athletes

    By Dr. Boyce Watkins

    7:44 AM on 09/15/2009

    OPINION - We need to stop putting black women in a box. They don't all belong in the socially dirty box, and they don't belong in the pure, sweet and innocent box.

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  • Race was never a factor in track star's gender query
    Race was never a factor in track star's gender query

    By Dr. Boyce Watkins

    6:20 PM on 09/10/2009

    OPINION - Recent reports by the Daily Mail of London and the Sydney Morning Herald of Australia state that the test has revealed that Semenya "is a hermaphrodite with no womb or ovaries." Some have argued that Semenya was the target of the investigation because she is black...

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  • It's clutch time and Obama needs to be like Mike
    It's clutch time and Obama needs to be like Mike

    By Dr. Boyce Watkins

    9:24 AM on 09/09/2009

    OPINION - As President Obama prepares to put on a full-court press for health care reform in a speech to Congress tonight, he needs only to look back at one performance from "His Airness" to gain inspiration.

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