(ThyBlackMan.com) Community policing is supposed to be an alternative to the ” Lock up every Negro in sight! ” pathology afflicting American law enforcement. In a modern era where even a sitting ” post racial ” US president can ( correctly ) call arresting a wealthy, liberal, Ivy League-employed Black man in his home ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Tiger’s return to golf this week at the Masters is a uniquely American story… Tiger Woods is America. Rich beyond imagining. Ungovernable. Loved. Hated. Brilliant. Witless. Two-faced. Wanton. Thoughtless. Gifted. Smug. Pious. Addicted. Insatiable. Unfaithful. Courageous. Deluded. Craven. Devoted. Lonely. Weak. Strong. A model. Adrift. The sole remaining superpower ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I never liked music until I heard hip hop. I never really liked hip hop until I heard NWA. Call me a thug, a hoodlum, or a dangerous black man, but as an 18-year old teenager, the chronic coming out of those speakers took my breath away. Ice Cube was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Even though some of the messengers are black, questionable rhetoric will continue to keep folks away, says this conservative columnist… Even though some of the messengers are black, questionable rhetoric will continue to keep folks away, says this conservative columnist. It took one word for the point to hit ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A new generation of ‘appbooks’ has the potential to transform how we learn… Lost in all the hubbub about the new iPad is a simple truth: the iPad will be the first successful mass-market tablet computer. While every other attempt to make a popular flat computer has fallen flat, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) WASHINGTON (AP) — He may be the world’s foremost mixed-race leader, but when it came to the official government head count, President Barack Obama gave only one answer to the question about his ethnic background: African-American. The White House confirmed on Friday that Obama did not check multiple boxes on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve always had a problem with Tyler Perry. Not the man, mind you – he’s always seemed like a fairly generous, warm-hearted guy – but the “performer.” I say performer instead of artist or talent because I don’t believe he is either of those. He performs. He is theatrical in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Remembering Treme writer David Mills, whose death at 48 is a tragedy for television and the blogosphere… Remembering Treme writer David Mills, whose death is a tragedy for television and the blogosphere On his blog, he called himself the Undercover Black Man, because, well, for most folks, “black” wasn’t ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Obama’s race problem just got a little deeper. As the rest of the country is starting to see light at the end of the economic tunnel, the African American community just walked into a deeper, darker crawl space than the one it was in before. The Bureau of Labor Statistics ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Check out our favorite romantic gestures for couples to keep the love alive… Who says romance is dead? These loving gestures will keep the flame burning every day — not just on your anniversary and Valentine’s Day. (Promise you’ll indulge on other days too!) A Massage For Her: We ...