(ThyBlackMan.com) Yesterday Beyonce unveiled her new hairdo on instagram—a short blonde pixie cut. And, of course as with everything Beyonce does, the world went crazy. Peoples’ reactions were a mix of praise, shock and disappointment, which is truly saddening even as I write this. Twitter had a #beyhairheadlines hashtag where ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I will always love Whitney Houston. And millions of other people will too. I’m recalling my recollection of the news of Whitney Houston after just watching film clips of her on YouTube. I had just finished turkey chili over chef Rick Bayless’s Frontera lime + sea salt tortilla chips, ...
(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 ...