(ThyBlackMan.com) I need no picture for what I want to do right now. I just want to write. I think that is my purpose of being in Dallas, Texas this summer. I have not written freestyle in a long time. I have not been on a microphone in a long ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Barack Obama was elected as the president of the United States, black liberals dreamily believed that the numerous maladies in the black community would cease to exist. They believed that his election was indicative of a vigorous wind of political and social change that was blowing across the country. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Imagine for a moment what it would feel like to work less – if you could focus more on your family and other things that matter in your life. Work is good, especially when you are passionate about it. But there’s more to life than work, so what would ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It appears that Fox News is at it again. The same network that has commentators like Eric Bolling, who asked why President Obama was “inviting so many hoods to the hizzy” referenced his 50th birthday party as a “Hip-Hop Barbecue.” President Obama’s party, which was private, served typical picnic ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Chuck D took some flack recently for a response that he made to the critically acclaimed track dropped by Jay Z and Kanye West backed by generous “samples” of the legendary Otis Redding. The song in question “Otis” is upon a cursory glance an ode to materialistic things, luxury ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Pat Buchanan, one of the most divisive political constructs of this century, made an interesting comment about President Barack Obama. In a recent interview with Rev. Al Sharpton, Buchanan referred to President Obama as Sharpton’s “boy.” The remark led to Sharpton responding with the kind of ferocity that the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Well, the show must go on. Subsequently, several local and state law enforcement agencies are beefing up their security measures at public functions to ensure the safety of patrons and visitors attending annual summer events in the City of Festivals. These additional efforts are being implemented in response to a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I spent time watching a trailer for the film “Dark Girls,” directed by Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry. Oddly enough, the clip was sent to me by a friend of mine who has spent her life being praised for being “light skinned-ed” and having the long, flowing hair of a black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The fight to increase the debt ceiling through the remainder of President Obama’s term has fueled more talk by black leadership of Republican and, more specifically, Tea Party racism. It is evident that for the first time in American history, citizens are berated for disagreeing with the president. When ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You know the expression, money talks and bull@*it walks. For years we have heard a lot of talk about the “Black male crisis,” and witnessed an endless stream of reports and analyses detailing the dire straits of young Black men. I have heard my share of B.S. over the ...