(ThyBlackMan.com) William Leonard Roberts II is a clown. He’s a clown who has made a very good living pretending to be a notorious international drug dealer surrounded by guns, henchmen, champagne and women. He is the prime example of just how unreal hip hop has become. The stories Roberts tells ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Director Antoine Fuqua is one of the most talented people in all of Hollywood. His films, including “Training Day” and “Olympus Has Fallen” have done quite well at the box office, and he deserves tremendous credit for his accomplishments. Of all the roles that Antoine might have played in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others, of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.” – W.E.B. DuBois.“The Souls of Black Folk,” 1903). From the day ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Two weeks ago, President Obama met with three African presidents—Koroma (Sierra Leone), Sall (Senegal), Banda (Malawi), and Prime Minister of Cape Verde Jose Maria Pereira Neves. This was the White House’s way of rewarding these leaders for their examples of good governance. Receiving an invitation to the White House ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sharon Tirabassi was living the dream. She won the $10.5 million dollar lottery in her home country of Canada, earning her a consistent residence on cloud nine. All the things that she’d always wanted were wide open to her: Expensive cars, fancy houses, designer clothes and expensive vacations. Her ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One year later, the Trayvon Martin tragedy still stings — and some people are still throwing salt on the open wound. Last week George Zimmerman’s brother, Robert Zimmerman, posted a tweet comparing Trayvon Martin to De’Marquis Elkins, a 17-year-old black teenager charged with fatally shooting a one-year-old baby. The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Vegetables: is it better to eat them raw, or to roast, steam, or otherwise cook them? There are many benefits to eating produce raw. Raw fruits and vegetables are good choices if you’re trying to lose weight, as they are filled with fiber, which can help you feel fuller ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A set of hearings will take place soon to deal with the impact of concussions on NFL players. The hearings have very high stakes, with billions of dollars on the line, depending on how they turn out. As it stands, a total of 4,200 players have sued the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While it seems that our bodies are pretty solid structures – and they are – at a cellular level they are constantly renewing. You change each blood cell three times a year. You completely turn over the cells of your taste buds every ten days. Even your skeleton renews ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For five hours on August 8, 1944, the young second lieutenant stood nervously before an all-white nine judge military jury panel at Camp (now Fort) Hood, Texas. He faced multiple charges in his court martial proceedings. His only real offense was that he had defied a segregation mandate. While ...