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Fri, 08/20/2010 - 00:00
He's got low approval ratings, but our pro-business, anti-union economy makes it virtually impossible to create jobs ...
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Having a side hustle can keep you afloat
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 00:03
How to achieve financial security in the current economy ...
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The three money mistakes we make when we're in love
Mon, 08/16/2010 - 21:00
Mixing love and money can become a dangerous thing. It's even more dangerous not to talk about your finances with the one you love. ...
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How to end black unemployment forever
Tue, 08/10/2010 - 00:00
Most of us wonder why black unemployment is so high. We wonder why black people are so broke. We need to be entrepreneurs. ...
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Be like Buffett: What blacks can learn from this billionaire
Sun, 08/08/2010 - 20:15
The wealthiest in black America should emulate his investment and humanity ...
Friday, August 20, 2010
Syracuse University’s Own Dr. Boyce Watkins on TheLoop21 – 8/20/10
Monday, August 16, 2010
Dr. Boyce Watkins: What is Scholarship in Action?
by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Syracuse University - The Institute for Black Public Policy
I’ve made it clear in the past that I support the notion of Scholarship in Action. While some know the Syracuse University interpretation of this concept, I have found that in some cases, African American scholarship is left in the margins of academic work. Therefore, I felt the need to expand on this concept with what I call “Black Scholarship in Action,” which is based on the idea of black scholars becoming engaged with the world and doing what is right for our communities.
Here are some thoughts on what Scholarship in Action means to me as an African American Professor:
1) Re-connecting with our communities and using our expertise for the greater good. We have too much brain power and too many problems to allow our greatest intellectual resources to be locked away writing research papers that hardly anyone is ever going to read.
2) Being courageous enough to honestly share our insights with the world, even if they are not popular. Capability without courage makes you socially impotent.
3) Following up our rhetoric with assertive action. There is nothing more to say about that. Talking about something is not the same as actually doing something. We have to make sure we know the difference.
4) Confronting consistent discrimination within academia. Too many universities consistently deny hiring and tenure to African American scholars, and this has to stop. Universities must be held accountable to their data, and if a campus has any department that has not tenured an African American in more than a decade, they should be sued for racial discrimination, especially if it can be proven that African Americans with strong credentials are applying for positions in that department.
Again, these are the Dr. Boyce Watkins perspectives on what it means to be a high action scholar, so your views might differ from my own. But it is my firm belief that The Age of the Black Scholar has arrived, especially if we decide that it’s going to arrive right now. No one can stop us, but us…..so let’s define our own destiny.
