(ThyBlackMan.com) With the recent passing of Actress, Poet and Civil Rights Activist Ruby Dee, the overall bar of excellence in the creative Black world has been reduced. Ruby Dee has passed away on the heels of Maya Angelou and I do not feel that our great persons of influence get ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One day a white, female teacher will send a letter home telling you how smart or intelligent your child is. Then, she’ll call and tell you that there’s an opening at a nearby school for the gifted. Finally, she’ll send paperwork for you to sign in order to send ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The word Tao is of Chinese origin. It’s a noun which is defined as “the principle underlying the universe, combining within itself the principles of yin and yang and signifying the way, or code of behavior, that is in harmony with the natural order.” Although my last op-ed piece ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A few days ago, Chris Brown was released from jail looking happy (and hefty,) while also relishing his first steps of freedom as a now 25 year old man. 25 is the age of the quarter, where young men and women now embrace adulthood and begin to prepare themselves ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are three reasons why Obama critics are desperately trying to obscure the significance of Obama’s accomplishments. First, his competence blows the theory of White superiority all to Hell; secondly, White bigots are afraid that Obama’s success will cause the nation to want to elect more Black presidents, senators ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) By now the Chuck D/Hot 97 beef has been well-documented by blogs, and anyone with access to Twitter can see the back-and-forth exchange that’s spanned several days. Long story short, Chuck D blasted Hot 97 for this year’s Summer Jam show, calling it a “sloppy fiasco” and criticizing the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The only time I ever met Usher was at his very first album release party in 1994. At the time, I was working for NARAS (The Grammy Awards) and Usher was just a child with great talent; not much older than Justin Bieber in the video above. That is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the aftermath of Donald Sterling, race relations in professional sports have come under their most intense attention in years. Over the past two weeks, this media focus has concentrated on the NFL, as over 50 US Senators signed a petition to demand the renaming of the Washington Redskins. ...