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Lincoln University president being destroyed for giving good advice to young women

2,625 views · Published 11 November 2014 · 20:59 · Indexed 28 October 2026

Channel: The Dr Boyce Watkins Black Excellence Channel · 2014 · People & Blogs

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Lincoln University president Robert Jennings has been attacked by some for making comments toward women that some consider to be sexist.  The funny thing is that the advice he gave a group of women wasn't sexist at all, and it's the same kind of helpful information that any young black woman should hear. 

But in this day and age, any call for accountability or intelligent decision-making is met with harsh criticism, and even the liberals who allegedly support the black community come off as hateful, patrionizing and racist as the worst Republicans in Washington, DC. 

My assessment of Dr. Jennings' advice is that it came from a loving place.  I felt that he was genuinely seeking to empower women by educating them to the ways of men, and also warning them on how to protect themselves from sexual assault.  

I also felt that Dr. Jennings committed what has come to be completely taboo in a world that has run away from common sense:  He advocated for those men who are falsely accused every year, and actually said that they deserve the right to fairness and justice like everybody else.  

No one would say, in a billion years, that sexual assault is OK, including Dr. Jennings.  Dr. Jennings would also agree that women deserve the same rights as men.  But what's becoming increasingly uncomfortable is the notion that one person's rights can be increased by trampling on the rights of others.  

Black males are often the victim of extreme feminists, being further emasculated and attacked at every turn in a world that is somehow convinced that we are in a position to oppress black women.  Black women make more money than us, they have possession of our children, they have more education than us, they are getting jobs that we can't get, they aren't being killed in the streets like us, and they aren't going to prison like us. 

So, other than the occasional and unacceptable Ray Rice situation, most black men are sitting back and wondering why in the world extreme black feminists have somehow concluded that we are the enemy. 

I support Dr Jennings, not because he is perfect, but because someone must advocate for black men.  The oppression of black men has left us scattered and unable to stand together when one of us the victim of the kind of public lynching that Dr. Jennings is being put through.  But I argue that there should be a new paradigm of thought, freedom and equity imposed on these conversations where the other side of the dialogue isn't automatically squashed into oblivion. 

That's what this conversation is all about.

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