(ThyBlackMan.com) Someone sent me a YouTube video of Actor Terrence Howard speaking on the use of The N-Word and how it should ultimately be removed from the English language. There has been a resurgence of intense conversation on the N-Word because of the upcoming (August 16, 2013) release of the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Russell Simmons seems to understand one thing about the recent Harriet Tubman s*x Tape video that was released on the Internet: It was a huge mistake. After the uproar on the web, Simmons was apologetic and remorseful, saying that he was deeply sorry for what happened. As soon as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Who determines what racism is acceptable and what racism must be punished? What are the criteria? What has happened with Paula Deen and Fox “news analysts” (wink, wink) Bill O’Reilly has, for me, accentuated to whole question of racism is acceptability. Paula Deen, as I’m sure you know, has ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Joe McCarthy was the infamous United States Senator who launched a witch hunt, known as the Red Scare of the 1950s, which falsely accused so many of being communists intending to destroy the country. Joe McCarthy finally got his comeuppance at a Congressional hearing when Atty. Joseph Nye Welch ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The the country and the world begin to focus on the upcoming 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington, this is a good time to revisit the real goals of the March. Of course, it is most remembered for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have A Dream” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Brother, sister, can we talk?! Here in the United States, we have an oppressive justice system, as confirmed by the United States Attorney General, Eric Holder, who is seeking to ameliorate the incarceration rate of blacks by taking actions concerning non-violent drug crimes that require mandatory sentencing. He is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Republican Party doesn’t want me or my vote. I’ve known that for quite some time; but with passing day, I am reminded more of this truth. Sure, it might consider recruiting me if I was the pastor of a mega-church with 50,000 congregants. I might be more attractive ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For years, I wasn’t too much of an admirer of the actor ceremoniously known as Aubrey Graham. Of course, it was more of his transition to “Drake,” the rapper-and-singer. Up until the fall of 2011, I always thought he was extremely overrated and over-hyped That all changed, when the song ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The influence of HBCU’s and education can be seen in the 105 historically black colleges and universities educating 135,722 male and 238,685 female students across the United States this year alone. A new school year is beginning for HBCU’s, students are preparing to return to schools across our nation. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In quick succession in one week’s time, a protestor waves a sign “bye bye black sheep” and a small chorus chimes in and puts it to the popular song ditty of “Bye, Bye, Blackbird” in front of Desert Vista High School in Phoenix where President Obama spoke about housing finance ...