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The Internet was blowing up the other day over an alleged group sex tape made by students at Florida A&M University.  I write about this kind of thing in my book “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about College,” since it is a reminder that the decisions you make in college might stay around to haunt you for life.  There are plenty of married 30-somethings out there, hoping that their kids never run across a video they made with an ex-boyfriend/girlfriend a few years ago.  Video doesn’t go away, even after you’ve grown up.  Irresponsible sexual choices get lots of college students in trouble, from incurable venereal diseases to sexual assaults that occur every year.  This adds to the long-term effects of binge drinking, which has produced thousands of lifelong alcoholics.  College is a great place to get an education, but it is also a great opportunity to ruin your life.

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After I started thinking more about the FAMU sex tape incident, which has yet to be either confirmed or denied, I started to realize that there are other ways we can put it into perspective.  As a college professor for the past 17 years, let me give you some quick thoughts:

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1) If the video is real, then so what? An alleged pornographic tape made at FAMU says nothing about the quality of the institution.  All it says is that (surprise) college students have sex.  The fact that this tape may or may not be out there is a result of the poor decisions of a small group of students, not the entire university itself.  So, even if the FAMU sex tape is real, the university has no reason to be ashamed.

2) The FAMU sex tape may not actually be real in the first place: A tape isn’t real just because some black people made a porno and said, “Hey, we’re FAMU students!”  So, don’t believe the hype until you know that you have more than hype on your hands.  Anyone can make a tape and claim to be students at FAMU.

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3) Could there be legal ramifications? If indeed it is the case that this tape was made on the FAMU campus with a group of students, I find it highly unlikely that all of the students and the university signed off on the idea of the tape being sold for profit.  This could lead to legal action by the university and/or some of the students involved against the website allegedly selling the tape.

When it comes to the crazy story about the FAMU sex tape, it is important that we remember to not overreact.   Sex is not a dirty, freaky, forbidden thing that only a few people do.  It is a natural, pervasive and (sometimes) beautiful process that is essential to the foundation of human life.  Sex is why we exist, so perhaps we should not pretend that it is so terribly taboo.  In fact, you wouldn’t be here reading this article were it not for someone else’s decision to have sex at some point in the past.   I recommend being educated and intelligent about sex, but getting over the fear of talking about sex in public.   So, while the FAMU situation is interesting, let’s not get freaked out about it.

Dr. Boyce Watkins is the founder of the Your Black World Coalition. To have Dr. Boyce commentary delivered to your email, please click here.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/typeflow/ typeflow

    anyone got a link to DL the video?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/WestsideCartelAtl85/ WestsideCartelAtl85

    Dr. Boyce is acting like an ostrich with it’s head in the sand. That sextape is real and those youngstas willingly put it on a college sex website to win $10,000. SMFH at those youngstas putting their business out there and living for the moment.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/deshawn121/ deshawn121

    dr boyce watkins is in denial and hes the main reason HBCU are in such bad shape and need assistance from the government. he always makes excuses and covers up for the bad that happens,and spews his idiotic racist theories in young minds .

    but now the governement will take over the agenda and direction which is a good thing because the active leadership there is inept and corrupt.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nightowl358/ Nightowl358

    It watched it earlier. It could be real – on the surface there certainly was nothing fake about it, but these brothas, sistas, and once Asian cutie could have paid someone to use their dorm room to make the video or something.

    Guess we’ll have to see.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    S**t has a reality show type of feel to it. In other words, FAKE. Time will tell. Strangely enough though, there happens to be many of these so called tapes from other college students, yet I don’t hear the same hype being made of it. That by itself leads me to believe this s**t is phony!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nightowl358/ Nightowl358

    _A_ is probably right. Now that I think about it. The camera work was maybe just a little too refined, and being that the tape was submitted to a company in Florida that manages well known pornsites like BangBros and Brazzers – which specializes in this style of porn. . . .

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nightowl358/ Nightowl358

    At the end of the video they are passing around chicken fingers and fries from a place called “Guthrie’s.” Now that shows at the very least the video was shot in Tallahassee where FAM is located; Guthrie’s is like an iconic fast food place there(I’m an FSU grad), and there’s only like one or two others in the South as far as I know.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nefertiti313/ Nefertiti313

    Wait a minute. I am completely perplexed! With all the “GIRLS GONE WILD” video tapes white college girls make: licking their own breast, masturbating, girl-on-girl action — and some of the most explicit pornographic filth that you can imagine — why is the media making such a big deal about this (alleged) HBCU sex tape. White college girls are notorious for “living la vida loca”, performing lewd and lascivious acts for the camera, and many of them are able to parlay their sexual dalliances into reality shows, millions of dollars, and successful careers in the entertainment industry.

    Don’t get me wrong, I wish these black students would have behaved with the proper decorum, prioritizing what is most important in the schematics of their future, delaying instant gratification for an investment in their livelihoods, but when you are young, you do what feels good at the moment…

    Why are these black students being held to a higher standard than white students who have been disrobing and performing sex acts on video for decades? Media takes every opportunity to perpetuate negative stereotypes about blacks. If this was a videotape of black college students winning an academic debate, there would be absolutely ZERO COVERAGE; only images that debase and malign blacks or bombarded across every genre of media – never anything POSITIVE.

    Don’t get me wrong, I wish these black students would have behaved with the proper decorum, prioritizing what is most important in the schematics of their future, delaying instant gratification for an investment in their livelihoods, but young and dumb…

    Why are these black students being held to a higher standard that white students who have been disrobing and performing sex acts for the cameras for decades? Media takes every opportunity to perpetuate negative stereotypes about blacks. If this was a videotape of black college students winning an academic debate, there would be absolutely ZERO COVERAGE.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mz_Japan/ Mz_Japan

    The tape is not real. They are having a porn. This FAMU thing is getting way outta hand. Word on the street is the “leading ladies” of the FAMU orgy weren’t paid for their show instead they are COMPETING for 10,000. I wonder how they vote…… lmbo!

    Itz all explained here.

    http://vividlybland.blogspot.com/2010/03/famusextape.html

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ihateinteracial/ ihateinteracial

    will someone post the got damm f.u.k.ing link to the videos

    shet nobody wants to read about f.u.king we wanna see the shet

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jahz_Lynx1/ Jahz_Lynx1

    Obama speech on HBCU’s is probaly the reason this emerged. Like the ACORN film, if it’s organization that helps African Americans it becomes attached to sexually deviant behavior. If you’ve read 100 Years of Lynching or seen the postcard images in Without Sanctuary then you know that there’s some weird psychology within them folks that always wants to fixate on blacks and sexuality.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Thefinestmaninfl/ Thefinestmaninfl

    That is not FAMU sex tape because our dorms are in the poorest condition and the restroom and room in the video looks too clean to be FAMU. So who ever is hating, needs to stop now. That is all.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/XL_611/ XL_611

    Sir, you are simply full of yourself and to the point you sound as though you are quite insane. Ie, no connection to reality.

    No one in America believes that sex is some dirty taboo and only practiced by a few.

    The issue here is whether a person is being respectful and responsible.

    And it IS a reflection of the institution where such incidents occur. Obviously, those lessons are not being learned there and the inevitable percieption WILL BE, they are not being taught……

    LOL

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jddaniels1982/ jddaniels1982

    Dr. Watkins, what a lot of people don’t realize (in their haste to slander my alma mater) is that FAMU’s dorms are not co-ed. With the exception of the Paddyfoote complex, the women’s dorms are on one side of campus and w/the men’s dorms are quite a bit down the “hill”. Unless the rules have changed w/i the last five years, the men are not allowed in the women’s rooms at any time, and vice versa. (There’s a visiting area in the lobby; I forgot when the guests have to be gone.) Because of the way the dorms are built, it is virtually impossible to sneak in that many people – ESPECIALLY in Paddyfoote, where the rooms are so small that if you put two beds on the opposite walls, the people in those beds can reach out and grab each other by the arm. Some people tried to insinuate that this took place in the on-campus apartments – such as Phase 3, for example – but those apartments have regular bathrooms, NOT stalls.

    And with all due respect, this IS a big deal. If you had a college bound child (who would probably be living in the dorms), wouldn’t *you* be looking at FAMU with new eyes right about now?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2good2bsingle/ 2good2bsingle

    For analytical purposes only, I’d like to see this alleged ‘Sex Tape’ for myself so that I may give MY unbiased, professional opinion. ;-)

    Please post a link A.S.A.P.

    Thank you. Best regards, Me. :-)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nightowl358/ Nightowl358

    I don’t think the video preview is even up on DareDorm.com anymore.

    If you happen to know how to use Bit Torrent for downloading files, the best way to get the video is to install a Bit Torrent client and then go to a Torrent site like ThePirateBay.org; the whole video is there along with every other video from DareDorm. Oh, the video is simply titled, “Hanging Out.”

    My jury is still out on it being legit(I’m leaning towards, not). At this point, all I’m sure of is that they are in Tallahassee where FAMU is located, due to the “Guthrie’s” they were eating towards the end of the video. Not convinced that they are FAMU students or that they are on FAMU’s campus.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nightowl358/ Nightowl358

    If nothing else, it’s a damn good all black(well, there’s one Asian girl in it) porn movie, LOL.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/da_blue_ripper/ da_blue_ripper

    If you went to college, you know what happens in the dorms. Nuff said!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Atomic_Dogg2000/ Atomic_Dogg2000

    @N313 I completely agree cause no one would have heard about the site until black folks start trippen

    It is what it is. They have to live with it. its funny how Blacks Bring attention to themselves and how people keep say its not FAMU. well FAMU alum, I hate to say it but you dont have to make something like that on campus either. Just like those could be students from anouther college and posing. thing is no one would not have known had for once we minded our business you dont hear the other schools on there and its some pretty high ranking schools one there. so i say if its real, oh well. if fake, still oh well. you cant do anything to them due to constitution rights and the students are safe under that as well so its a situation where you have to really call 2 tears in a bucket….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/soveu34/ soveu34

    Two words Who cares(well maybe their parents) but sexuation is the highest level of degree some dumazzes seem to focus on more dam some people need to get their shat together

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