(ThyBlackMan.com) A few months ago the documentary “Dark Girls” was aired on The Own Network. From a journalistic point of view this may be old news, but it really isn’t since the subject matter of “Dark Girls” has been a hot topic for years. It somehow amazes me that in 2013 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A while back when some in the media were debating whether or not women can have it all, I thought to myself: here we go again! It seems the whole conversation started with a book titled: Lean In written by Sandberg, a Harvard-educated chief operating officer of Facebook, who ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The NRA and key GOP congressional leader’s response to President Obama’s new round of unilateral executive orders on gun control was as predictable as the sun rising in the Sahara Desert in August. The NRA thundered that they are useless, unconstitutional, and won’t do a thing to keep guns ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My brother attended the red carpet premiere of his wife’s first big screen acting role at a Baltimore movie theater. Forced to park blocks away in the hood, after the movie my brother asked a friend to drive him back to his car rather than risk walking. My brother ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve always respected Jamie Foxx. Not only is he extremely talented in a multitude of arenas, he also understands the depth of personal power that celebrities have at their fingertips. From what I’ve heard both in public and behind the scenes, I can confirm that Jamie has left me ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory (R) recently signed into law a package of voting reforms passed by the North Carolina legislature. McCrory approved the most sweeping voter-suppression law seen in the United States in a generation. The law is just the latest in a spate of similar laws passed ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What are some unhealthy “healthy” snacks that you probably eat every day? Experts say that snacking is very important. They also say that many of us are NOT snacking on the right foods. Which snacks that we think are healthy to experts say we should be avoiding. Frozen Yogurt ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) No, I didn’t watch the VMA’s, and judging from my Twitter Timeline I am glad I didn’t. I gave up on the MTV Video (which we never play anymore) Music awards after they publicly humiliated Michael Jackson in the early ‘00’s, but that’s a different story. Sadly I could ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Barack Obama punctuated the official White House proclamation on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington with the oft-quoted line from Martin Luther King Jr.’s, “I Have a Dream” speech imploring the nation to let justice to roll down like a mighty stream. Obama did not quote ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The problem is that most want to cast the performance of Miley Cyrus at the VMAs into one of two extreme categories. Most want to say that either the performance exemplified all that is wrong with today’s youth, or run to the other end of the spectrum and suggest it ...