(ThyBlackMan.com) The importance of Black men in the lives of little black boys is a necessity that cannot be denied. Though there are many studies on the subject, we need to hear of its importance from within community. The conversation of what happens when Black men are missing from the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) News outlets are reporting that Israel has surrounded Gaza by land and sea in an historic blockade as it prepares to launch a living hell on Hamas, the governing body of Gaza. The US and other nations sit paralyzed as they give silent witness to what is expected to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”-Malcolm X The biggest news story in the world right now is taking place in Gaza. Although the mainstream corporate media coverage began with rockets ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Most people know what a runaway train is a train that has no physical way of stopping or slowing down. Typically only stopping as a result of derailment, crashing into a barrier or running out of tracks. Our world resembles a runaway train as it races down the tracks ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A day after the massacre by Hamas of Israeli civilians and the taking of Israeli hostages, I asked this question on my Facebook Page: “What should Blacks say and do about the conflict?” Some respondents denounced the attacks by Hamas. Other denounced the continued blockade of Gaza as “inhumane” treatment by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Joe Biden and the United States have been forceful in their support for Israel in the aftermath of last weekend’s terrorist attacks by Hamas. Biden’s remarks were powerful and unequivocal. His condemnation of Hamas was clear-sighted and forthright. There was no moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas. His message ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For years, historians have wondered what would have happened had Sen. Robert F. Kennedy not been assassinated. Kennedy, at the time of his death, was able to forge an unlikely political alliance between working-class whites and Blacks. As historian Jeff Shesol wrote, “RFK recognized—and shared, by the time of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Rock and roll, a genre that has shaped the musical landscape for decades, has roots that go deeper than most people realize. The story of rock and roll is a story of evolution, innovation, and the blending of different musical styles. And at the heart of this evolution is ...