Elwood Watson

Johnson City

History Professor PhD @ETSU African American & Gender Studies | Author, Cultural Critic | Latest book: "Keepin' It Real: Essays on Race in Contemporary America"

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Articles

Elwood Watson | For graduates, advice on coping with disappointment

1 week ago | times-standard.com | Elwood Watson

By Elwood WatsonIt’s commencement season, where friends and family gather to celebrate those that just graduated. While one chapter of these student’s lives has concluded, another is about to begin. Over the past several weeks, many parents have received information as to which preschool, elementary, middle, high school, or college their children will attend this upcoming fall.
For graduates, advice on coping with disappointment

1 week ago | djournal.com | Elwood Watson

It’s commencement season, where friends and family gather to celebrate those that just graduated. While one chapter of these student’s lives has concluded, another is about to begin. Over the past several weeks, many parents have received information as to which preschool, elementary, middle, high school, or college their children will attend this upcoming fall.
Elwood Watson: For grads, advice on coping with disappointment

1 week ago | dailyfreeman.com | Elwood Watson

It’s commencement season, where friends and family gather to celebrate those who just graduated. While one chapter of these student’s lives has concluded, another is about to begin. Over the past several weeks, many parents have received information as to which preschool, elementary, middle, high school, or college their children will attend this upcoming fall.
A racist bullhorn sounds off at the White House

1 week ago | victoriaadvocate.com | Elwood Watson

What began as a cordial exchange of comments between Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House this week rapidly disintegrated into an acrimonious affair. Trump baselessly claimed there was a genocide against white people in South Africa, which Ramaphosa and other South Africans have vigorously denied.
A racist bullhorn is going off at the White House

2 weeks ago | dailyfreeman.com | Elwood Watson

What began as a cordial exchange of comments between Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House this week rapidly disintegrated into an acrimonious affair. Trump baselessly claimed there was a genocide against white people in South Africa, which Ramaphosa and other South Africans have vigorously denied. It’s just the latest […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Donald Trump’s Lies, White Afrikaners and the Disingenuous and Rapacious Politics of White Supremacy!

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Elwood Watson

On May 21, 2025, President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met at the White House. What began as a cordial exchange of comments between the two leaders rapidly disintegrated into an acrimonious affair after a reporter asked Trump about the U.S. decision to admit white South Africans as refugees. Trump baselessly claimed that there was a genocide against white people in South Africa, which Ramaphosa and other South Africans have vigorously denied.
We still have a long way to go with race in America

3 weeks ago | victoriaadvocate.com | Elwood Watson

Earlier this month, Shiloh Hendrix, a white woman from Rochester, Minn., was caught on camera using the N-word toward a five-year-old Black autistic boy who she claimed had taken her diaper bag. A surveillance video showed Hendrix being belligerent, combative, and defiant, gleefully repeating the derogatory racial slur while being recorded and verbally berated by a witness.
OPINION: Right-wingers show their support following viral racist rant

3 weeks ago | ivpressonline.com | Elwood Watson

Earlier this month, Shiloh Hendrix, a white woman from Rochester, Minn., was caught on camera using the N-word toward a five-year-old Black autistic boy who she claimed had taken her diaper bag. A surveillance video showed Hendrix being belligerent, combative, and defiant, gleefully repeating the derogatory racial slur while being recorded and verbally berated by a witness.
New curriculum champions propaganda

3 weeks ago | portasouthjetty.com | Elwood Watson

This upcoming school year, thousands of high school students in Oklahoma will be required to “learn” about President Trump’s discredited claims that fraud marred and corrupted the 2020 election. This course will not cover debunked conspiracy theories.
Watson: GOP teaching election lies to students

3 weeks ago | news-journal.com | Elwood Watson

This upcoming school year, thousands of high school students in Oklahoma will be required to “learn” about President Trump’s discredited claims that fraud marred and corrupted the 2020 election. This course will not cover debunked conspiracy theories. Instead, it will be an official, approved segment of the state’s social studies curriculum that Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction and Republican right-wing advocate Ryan Walters developed.