(ThyBlackMan.com) The days of dining in restaurants only for special occasions are over. Today, for many people, eating out is an almost daily occurrence. Here’s the problem: Restaurant menu items are usually low in fiber but high in calories, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium—not exactly the nutritional profile you ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I heard that Tupac Shakur was making an appearance at the Coachella Music Festival, I was sure it was just a gimmick. “Yea, Tupac is coming, maybe he’ll also appear with the Easter Bunny,” I thought to myself. I had no plans of watching the performance, since I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) By now we should all be fairly familiar with how certain media stories emerge onto various networks and into the public sphere. Someone says something really stupid. Media outlets pounce on the statement and quote it or replay it ad infinitum. Pundits (present company included) ‘appear’ on various networks ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Dick Clark bridged a color gap at a time when there should not have been one, giving musical life to black artists that may not have had a chance. He gave music freedom — equal opportunity,” Stevie Wonder said in a statement following the news that the legendary host of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is often said that people truly cannot understand the United States of America until they have thoroughly traveled the nation. I’d like to challenge that reasoning somewhat – expanding it to argue that one really cannot understand our nation until they have obtained a passport and traveled outside ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many African-Americans don’t even know a single Black entrepreneur. Most American Blacks are unaware of the roles or accomplishments of Black entrepreneurs. So the passing of one of the country’s most influential contemporary Black businessman should be duly noted. Earlier this month, Alvin Boutte Sr. died in his home ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) From today’s what the fuck files: TMZ got a hold of the casting call sheet for the Super Bowl Acura commercial which was very color specific. Read it for yourself. See what it says next to role details, “Nice looking, friendly. Not to dark.” Seriously dude. Seriously. So how ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Married mothers and housewives, single mothers and women who have yet to find a man to lockdown what lies beneath their thighs. Members of Congress, men running for President and pontificating pundits know you have no rights to this. Racists, non-racists, Blacks, Whites, Hispanics and Asians. Members of Congress, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I spoke today to a group in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The topic, organizational diversity, was the same as the one that would smack me in my face as soon as I left the stage. Opening my cell phone, I saw a message from a member of the media asking me ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Bill Cosby is still kicking and ticking, speaking his mind, whether we want to hear it or not. In a series of recent media appearances, Dr. Huxtable spoke on everything from the Trayvon Martin tragedy to the Obama presidency. When Bill Cosby talks, people listen, even when the poor ...