Elwood Watson
The Jezebel of the Republican Party is at it again. Marjorie Taylor Greene engaged in some wild intellectual dishonesty by accusing New York Democratic Rep...
During his commencement speech at Howard University last weekend, President Joe Biden stated that white supremacy is the greatest threat to our society. “There he goes again! It's a phrase applied perfectly to Tommy Tuberville...
By now, you've probably seen the chilling video showing the murder (yes that what it was) of Jordan Neely, a 24-year old New York man killed on the subway by a former Marine named Daniel Penny. Many progressives, such as Reps...
In the campaign commercial President Joe Biden released to announce his re-election campaign, there was one individual who was prominently displayed – Kamala Harris...
A spate of recent shootings serve as a depressing reminder that accidentally ringing the wrong doorbell, driving to an incorrect residence, or mistakenly getting into the incorrect vehicle can be deadly...
Amen to Cornell University president Martha Pollack and Provost Michael Kotlikoff for rejecting to ratify a proposal introduced by the student senate to mandate trigger warnings into syllabi and course content...
By now, most Americans have heard and seen the callous and malicious manner in which two Tennessee lawmakers were expelled from their house seats...
Now that Donald Trump has officially been indicted, Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg and others have been targeted by disturbed protestors threatening retribution and even death. “The political Rubicon has been crossed...
Over the past few months, Donald Trump has returned to his sporadic and sinister practice of stoking white resentment and supremacist sentiment...
You have to be "woke" to understand it, I guess. During the March 14th edition of The Hill's web series "Rising" to promote her new book "Stolen Youth," Mandel had difficulty responding to a question from co-host Briahna Joy Gray...
What is going on with Tucker Carlson? “We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights” Carlson wrote in one message, adding, “I truly can't wait. But come on. “He’s a demonic force, a destroyer. truly can’t wait ...
It's been over a week since Dilbert creator Scott Adams was canceled by hundreds of newspapers across the nation, as well as Canada, for racist tirades he unleashed on his own YouTube show...
Full Archive
- 05/24/2023 Marjorie Taylor Greene is at it again
- 05/17/2023 Biden’s white supremacy comments hit the mark, and one Republican senator
- 05/09/2023 Being disturbed doesn’t grant you the right to kill
- 05/04/2023 An argument for Kamala Harris?
- 04/27/2023 In America, knocking on the wrong door will get you shot
- 04/18/2023 We don’t need to mandate ‘trigger warnings’ in college
- 04/11/2023 The racism of Tennessee Republicans
- 04/04/2023 The white privilege of protesting Trump supporters
- 03/28/2023 Trump playing the old, racist hits
- 03/20/2023 Not ‘woke’ enough to understand its meaning
- 03/13/2023 Tucker Carlson is fake news
- 03/07/2023 ‘Dilbert’ creator shows racial progress is needed in America
- 02/27/2023 Depression and the expectations of men
- 02/21/2023 The final days of yet another Black History Month
- 02/13/2023 Underestimate Biden at your own political peril
- 02/06/2023 A police interaction with a young, Black girl had a happy ending
- 01/30/2023 Tyre Nichols’ death shows how racism even impacts Black officers
- 01/23/2023 DeSantis goes after Black history
- 01/16/2023 What would Martin Luther King Jr. think of our America?
- 01/10/2023 Amid McCarthy drama, Republicans tried to play the race card
- 12/30/2022 Can the Miss America pageant survive in today’s culture?
- 12/13/2022 The Right’s reaction to Brittney Griner’s release is telling
- 12/06/2022 Republicans still afraid to call out Constitution-shredding Trump
- 11/30/2022 Donald Trump’s appeal to racists
- 11/23/2022 Club Q massacre is sadly not shocking
- 11/17/2022 The latest target of right-wing media? Young voters and unmarried women.
- 11/10/2022 Knives finally come out for Trump
- 11/04/2022 The racist truth behind ‘poll watchers’
- 10/26/2022 Kidnapping of Black woman roils community near Kansas City
- 10/19/2022 Stop hating on liberal arts majors
- 10/12/2022 Will no Republican criticize racism within their party?
- 10/10/2022 Herschel Walker and Republican hypocrisy
- 10/03/2022 Dealing with the issue of male masculinity
- 09/23/2022 Disney’s latest remake a window into race in America
- 09/16/2022 The NBA and the N-word
- 09/08/2022 Biden angers MAGA Republicans. But he isn’t wrong.
- 09/01/2022 Violent threats in the wake of Mar-a-Lago search
- 08/15/2022 Mar-a-Lago and the kerosene right
- 08/08/2022 Conservatives embrace far-right ‘racist’ and ‘anti-Semite’
- 07/26/2022 Justice remains elusive in Emmett Till’s murder
- 07/07/2022 Another Black casualty at the hands of police
- 06/26/2022 Conservatives ended Roe v. Wade. Now they want more.
- 06/23/2022 The new violent right
- 06/12/2022 Liberal admiration for Liz Cheney
- 05/29/2022 U-turn desperately needed on guns in America
- 05/18/2022 Racism and violence in Buffalo
- 05/10/2022 Madison Cawthorn has become a problem for Republicans
- 04/27/2022 The plight of Black conservatives
- 04/19/2022 Abortion debate centers around power and control
- 04/12/2022 Republicans are playing a dangerous game
- 04/06/2022 Some Republicans now saying quiet racist things out loud
- 03/29/2022 Will Smith’s actions solely a reflection on Will Smith
- 03/22/2022 Correction: The hatred of Jussie Smollett
- 03/08/2022 Racist attacks continue against Biden’s Supreme Court pick
- 02/28/2022 The ‘freak of nature’ problem
- 02/22/2022 There are no cancel culture winners
- 02/14/2022 Correction: One NFL story that won’t go away
- 02/07/2022 We need to fight right-wing censorship
- 01/30/2022 A Black women on the Supreme Court is long overdue
- 01/23/2022 Misquoting MLK not just a Republican problem
- 01/18/2022 The right to vote must be preserved
- 01/10/2022 Sidney Poitier: Class, Wit, and Dignity
- 01/06/2022 Sadly, former Judge’s racial slurs are nothing new
- 01/03/2022 In Defense of the Miss America Pageant
- 12/21/2021 ‘We Can’t Overstate Her Influence’: Remembering bell hooks
- 12/14/2021 Democracy Itself Is At Stake
- 12/07/2021 Critics Using the ‘Politically Correct’ Playbook on ‘Woke’
- 12/02/2021 Why Conservative Media Didn’t Latch on to the Ahmaud Arbery Case
- 11/23/2021 Kyle Rittenhouse is the New Darling of the Right
- 11/11/2021 Ahmaud Arbery and the Limits of Justice
- 11/02/2021 Conservatives Cling to Faux Outrage Over Critical Race Theory
- 10/14/2021 Jon Gruden is Just the Tip of the NFL’s Racism Problem
Elwood Watson, Ph.D. is a professor of history, Black studies, and gender and sexuality studies at East Tennessee State University. He is also an author and public speaker.
Column Archive
- 05/24/2023 Marjorie Taylor Greene is at it again
- 05/17/2023 Biden’s white supremacy comments hit the mark, and one Republican senator
- 05/09/2023 Being disturbed doesn’t grant you the right to kill
- 05/04/2023 An argument for Kamala Harris?
- 04/27/2023 In America, knocking on the wrong door will get you shot
- 04/18/2023 We don’t need to mandate ‘trigger warnings’ in college
- 04/11/2023 The racism of Tennessee Republicans
- 04/04/2023 The white privilege of protesting Trump supporters
- 03/28/2023 Trump playing the old, racist hits
- 03/20/2023 Not ‘woke’ enough to understand its meaning
- 03/13/2023 Tucker Carlson is fake news
- 03/07/2023 ‘Dilbert’ creator shows racial progress is needed in America
- 02/27/2023 Depression and the expectations of men
- 02/21/2023 The final days of yet another Black History Month
- 02/13/2023 Underestimate Biden at your own political peril
- 02/06/2023 A police interaction with a young, Black girl had a happy ending
- 01/30/2023 Tyre Nichols’ death shows how racism even impacts Black officers
- 01/23/2023 DeSantis goes after Black history
- 01/16/2023 What would Martin Luther King Jr. think of our America?
- 01/10/2023 Amid McCarthy drama, Republicans tried to play the race card