Don Cornelius, Thank You My Soul Train Brotha…

(ThyBlackMan.com) Don Cornelius was my uncle. No, he wasn’t my grandmother’s brother or some dude that grew up with my grandfather, but he was a member of my family. He came to my home every week, bearing gifts, dropping jewels and genuinely seemed to take an interest in our condition. Yeah, it was through a television screen, but he was as much... [Read more...]

Affirmation of Black History…

(ThyBlackMan.com) During Black History month, students are bombarded with facts about the important attributions African Americans have contributed to society. We learn that African Americans were not  just main contributors to the civil rights movement, but in government, engineering, and the medical field as well. One aspect we need not leave... [Read more...]

The Help/Red Tails – Hollywood’s Passionate Penchant for Race Baiting Storylines…

(ThyBlackMan.com) The 2011 winner of the “Most Controversial Movie” award proved to be a big winner at last night’s SAG Awards. The Help snagged statues for best ensemble cast, best actress, Viola Davis, and best supporting actress Octavia Spencer. In Spencer’s acceptance speech she thanked the women, like the one she played in The Help, for... [Read more...]

Being a Maid, Black Hollywood…

(ThyBlackMan.com) Last night, President Obama, our first African American President,  delivered his third State of the Union address. On that same day, the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated two gifted African American actresses, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, for Oscars for playing maids in The Help.  This is 73 years... [Read more...]

Red Tails, The Real Tuskegee Airmen And George Lucas’ Comments…

(ThyBlackMan.com) It is an old story, a wild free-wheeling Top Gun, his wingman and their staid commander fighting the top brass on their behalf. We have seen this before, but this time the heroes’ faces are all Black. Red Tails is the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, WWII fighter pilots who fought discrimination at home to get into the air so that... [Read more...]

Red Tails; The Tuskegee Airmen and more…

(ThyBlackMan.com) The Tuskegee Airmen were the quintessential credits to their race when disproving racist stereotypes was considered a part of every respectable black person’s job description. It’s unreasonable, when you think about it, to expect one person or even a group of 1,000 to disprove all the negative opinions being expressed... [Read more...]

What Happened To the Real Love Songs?

(ThyBlackMan.com) Let me start off by saying that I am not that old.  But at 45 I would consider myself to be old school and I’m not talking the 1990’s. I remember back in the day when a group was called a band, they really were a band.  The members actually played instruments and they had soloists that could really hold a note. There was Earth,... [Read more...]

Scripted Black Television: An Endangered Species…

(ThyBlackMan.com) Today marks one year since this blog has been in existence. Last year January 12th marked the return of The Game; now in it’s fifth season. The show returned to BET Tuesday night to answer all the questions left open and up in the air last year. Yes, girl Melanie had an abortion. No, it was not for Derwin. Yes, Tasha is still mad... [Read more...]

Dark Girls Movie Review…

(ThyBlackMan.com) “Healing starts when you create dialogue.”- Bill Duke at the Apollo premiere of Dark Girls1/13/12 On Friday, January 13, 2012, Dark Girls: The Movie premiered at the Apollo Theater in New York City. Here I offer a review of the film and its implications for its intended audience, women of color. Colorism in a nasty little word... [Read more...]

The Beyonce Saga Continues?

(ThyBlackMan.com) Why are we so amazed with the lifestyles of the rich and famous? Sometime we are even mesmerized with the not so rich and famous.  I understand that some of us need a form of escape from reality, so we turn to reality television, such as The Atlanta Housewives, The Bad Girls Club and many of the other tons of reality television shows... [Read more...]

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