(ThyBlackMan.com) Last weekend I saw the award-winning movie “Fruitvale Station.” For anyone not familiar, the film is about the last 24 hours of Oscar Grant’s life, a 22-year-old black male who was shot and killed by a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer in the early morning of January ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Embattled TV chef, Paula Deen, is in the news again. Her chief assistant, Dora Clark, a Black woman, is suing Deen for not compensating her properly. She also claims that Deen asked her and other female workers to dress and act like Aunt Jemima, the figure on the pancake ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I hate R&B, for the most part. Of course, it sounds harsh and as a music lover and writer, discovering music old and new is always an interesting and joyous experience that can never be expendable. With well over 3000 songs on my iPad of all genres, I’ve became ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While RNC Chairman Reince Priebus has done nothing, I repeat nothing, but talk for six months about how he’s going to attract more minority voters to the party. He thought he would keep up the charade at the RNC’s spring meeting in Los Angeles. In a move meant to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) That is a question on the minds of many and has been the subject of numerous studies and research. The simple straightforward answer across the board is a resounding YES; there is indeed a link between poverty and violence for youth. Especially as it pertains to minorities and those ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I write this from a very personal point of view. Marcus Book Store, the oldest Black bookstore in the country, is on the verge of being evicted from their home and business location in San Francisco. Why? Because some people involved made some bad choices, and because we as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Being a Social Media speaker and presenter one of the challenges when speaking to young people in high school or college is validation of what I’m sharing. The validation that I know what I’m talking about, they need to trust me and believe me when I give them facts ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Harlem Democratic congressman Charles Rangel predictably took much heat when he flatly called the Tea Party “white crackers.” He said this is the bunch that fought civil rights. By that Charles Rangel meant the civil rights, and voting rights bills in the 1960s, and affirmative action programs from the 1970s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After reading my article, “The African American Black Man: The New Neanderthal?,” a very well-meaning gentleman said the following:. “I see what you’re trying to say, Eric, but your reference to Darwin in this context, however metaphorical, is disturbing. White supremacists have long invoked pseudo-Darwinian notions to justify their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I have heard it said that in many cases, professional athletes really want to be rappers and rock stars. Actors and actresses want to be politicians. And as for politicians, some of them behave as if they want to be all of the above. What other explanation could there ...