(ThyBlackMan.com) The NBA and all its fans are happily captivated by “Linsanity.” The Jeremy Lin phenomenon has been the biggest story of the month, as the undrafted Harvard grad is the type of underdog story we all tend to cheer for. Add in the fact that in his short time ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My Valentine Maybe it”s just me. Maybe I’m just THAT into my kids. Maybe I just feel it’s the right thing to do. I don’t know. All I know is this….I LOVE my kids more than anything in the entire world. Today I took my daughter on a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve been reading Margaret Walker’s Jubilee when it occurred to me the same ideological differences that existed between political parties towards the end of chattel slavery and the reign of the antebellum south are the same fundamental differences that exist between the parties now. Furthermore, just like the North ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The fall out from what commentator Roland Martin tweeted during the Super Bowl is still, well falling. Roland Martin was suspended for tweets that a few predominately white gay advocacy groups characterized as offensive. Roland Martin has already issued an apology but part of his penitence and is go ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This Black History Month, as usual, one can find any number of Sidney Poitier flicks playing on the tube. In the Heat of the Night was one of this iconic African American actor’s most famous movies. As I watched Poitier going through his paces in this 1968 film running ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s been said before, and it’s been proven once again, that celebrities often die in threes. Bad things seem to happen in threes. 2012 has just blossomed, and we already mourn the tragic passing of blues great Etta James, who died last month at 73 from leukemia complications; Don ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Are you as sick of hearing me talking about race as I am talking about it? For crying out loud, all I ask is that liberals please, please, please look beyond their emotions and President Obama’s skin color and honestly assess the man. It is stunning that liberals still ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr. recently got attention for stating that New York Knicks player Jeremy Lin is getting additional attention and adulation because he is Asian. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is known for making comments that leave people shaking their heads, and that’s what makes him money. When I was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The great fear a year ago when President Obama unveiled his budget for 2012 was that he caved to the GOP and Tea Party hardliners and meat axed dozens of vital programs and agencies. They included community service block grants which fund an array of community education, health and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Nicki Minaj probably envisioned her 2012 Grammy performance was going to be a game changer, and a lot of people went along for the ride. Grammy announcers hyped it up to be an unforgettable performance. Show producers placed it towards the end of the Grammys, the dangling carrot luring ...