(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, I found myself taking the time to watch CNN’s “Who’s Black in America?” hosted by Soledad O’Brien. I watched the show curiously, gaining deeper insights into the struggles of both light and dark-skinned African Americans who live in a world where not being “black enough” can be just ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Two years ago I remembered a documentary I saw produced by Antoine Fuqua called, Bastards of the Party about the Bloods and the Crips. The director, a former Blood gangmember, felt the gang-related turf wars grew out of the restless generation that came after the Black Panther Party, which ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What patriots find most alarming about the reelection of Obama is the feeling that we have lost America. Recently, a pro football player committed suicide after murdering his girlfriend. The media blames guns and football for the shooting. http://newsbusters.org/node/60790 They act as if the football player bore no responsibility, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Brother” Cornel West, .Your explanation for your comment that President Obama is a “Rockefeller Republican in blackface” is as lame and disingenuous a cop out as I’ve ever heard. You claimed that your critics are trivializing your comment by not getting to the core of your assertion, which was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ideally, three quarters of our plate should be filled with fruits and plants. But these days, vegetables take a backseat to meat. The average American eats almost 300 lbs of meat a year! When meat is the center of the meal, it’s easy to lose focus on the other ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I recently traveled to New York for a panel on black male fatherhood, hosted by former NBA player Etan Thomas. The panel consisted of other great athletes, including former NY Knick Allan Houston, Billy Hunter (Executive Director of the NBA Player’s Association), Chris Broussard from ESPN and several others. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) An argument followed by deadly gunshots. The victim – 22 year old Kasandra Perkins – murdered by her 25 year-old boyfriend Jovan Belcher. Approximately 15 minutes following the 7:50 a.m. shooting came yet another round of gunfire from Jovan; that single shot resulted in Jovan succumbing to the same ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The radical right came after NBC Sportscaster Bob Costas, as he spoke in support of comments made by an African-American sportswriter, Jason Whitlock, as they also did yours truly. We had expressed discontent with the gun violence that has run amok in the cities of urban America. The death ...