Last week, Morgan Wallace, the country music star, endured a torrential downpour of backlash after Wallace hurled the N-word all too often used by White people to a Black person during a dispute. On February 2nd, TMZ posted a video Tuesday night, showing Wallen loudly returning home with friends this past weekend. A neighbor, apparently annoyed by the racket, started filming the scene and caught Wallen using the despicable racial slur (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO9iFWcK1).
He was dropped by several music stations, declared all but dead by many radio disc jockeys and was dragged through social media with the force of a prisoner…
The above picture is outrageously racist and speaks volumes.
So does this equally anarchistic one.
Anyone who has a beating heart and is astute should be conscious of the fact that debates over free speech, cultural appropriation, intolerance, and numerous other controversies that are covered by the umbrella term “cancel culture” have insinuated themselves deeply into the fabric of our current culture over the past few years. In fact, as this year ends, one could argue that 2020 could (and may very well) go down in history as the year in which cancel culture came to a head. Television pundits, op-ed columnists, authors, students, academics (including myself), attorneys, other professionals, politicians, ministers, entertainers, plain Janes…
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 for Democrats. The Grand Old Party (GOP) has become thoroughly Trumpified. The majority of Democratic voters rejected progressive policies. There was voter fraud in liberal districts. There was voter fraud in conservative districts. Trump voters are delusional. The pollsters are pathetically inept. White women still supported Trump more than the polls let on. Latino voters are more conservative than they are given credit for. More and more Black voters are rejecting the Democratic party…
We have finally reached election eve 2020. Given this fact, numerous pundits, politicians, columnists, plain janes and average joes are all weighing in with their analysis. Throughout the election season. Joe Biden and the Democrats have emphasized pluralism and diversity of all stripes — age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, etc. Earlier this summer, California senator Kamala Harris made history by being the first woman of color to accept a nomination for vice president of the United States of America (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNaWPhzCcoo).
The message Biden and his fellow Democrats have sent to the country is that the America that…
We have finally reached election eve 2020. Given this fact, numerous pundits, politicians, columnists, plain janes, and average joes are all weighing in with their analysis. Throughout the election season. Joe Biden and the Democrats have emphasized pluralism and diversity of all stripes — age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, etc. Earlier this summer, California senator Kamala Harris made history by being the first woman of color to accept a nomination for vice president of the United States of America (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNaWPhzCcoo).
The message Biden and his fellow Democrats have sent to the country is that the America that…
“The Fire This Time” — By Professor Omari Simmons of Wake Forest School of Law
The following book review was written by omariscottsimmons, Director of Business Law, Wake Forest University School of Law, and is reposted here with permission…
How did we get here? Racial unrest across the country, a new virus crippling the nation’s health, an anemic economy, and extreme political divisions are shaking our democratic foundations.
Elwood Watson’s, Keepin’ It Real: Essays on Race in Contemporary America, helps to answer this vexing question. Written before the death of George Floyd, and the COVID-19 global pandemic, it is prescient and illustrates how we got to this moment of inflection and social strife.
This brilliantly written, intellectually honest essay collection examines the complex manifestations of race in the contemporary context.
Black Women Still Marginalized by Extreme Violence
Yesterday’s deleterious decision in the Breonna Taylor case was vexing, to say the least.
A grand jury empaneled in Kentucky failed to indict any of the involved white male police officers for murder of the late EMT — an essential worker amid the pandemic — via dozens of shots fired inside her Southside Louisville apartment.
As you know by now, the murder of 26-year-old Breonna Talyor occurred after plain clothes policemen shockingly busted into her home during the early morning hours, as she and her boyfriend were sleeping.
The failure by the grand jury to effectuate justice leaves the Black…
Debunking common myths and examining academic history
Over the past several months, there have been numerous discussions surrounding the issue of race in America and COVID-19. Both topics have been at the forefront of public discourse.
Notably, despite all the attention given to online teaching, potential teaching loads, budget restrictions, free speech and the issue of race itself (as it relates to higher education), not as much discussion has been devoted to the impact of ethnic studies programs within the current academic environment.
The perennial issues that routinely plague such units, such as reluctant institutional commitment, chronic lack of funding, resistant and apprehensive students, and perceptions of…
Now that both political parties have concluded their conventions, pundits, politicians, columnists, plain janes, and average joes are all weighing in with their analyses. Joe Biden and the Democrats emphasized pluralism and diversity of all stripes — age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, etc. California senator Kamala Harris made history by being the first woman of color to accept her party’s nomination for Vice President of the United States of America (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNaWPhzCcoo). …
Elwood Watson, Ph.D.
Historian, public speaker, social-cultural critic. Professor of African American and Gender Studies, Post-WWII U.S. History, at East Tennessee State University.
