(ThyBlackMan.com) The throng of angry whites jeered, catcalled, and spat out borderline racial insults at the small group of mostly black protesters. This wasn’t a march against Jim Crow in Montgomery, Birmingham, Jackson, Mississippi, or Cicero, The year wasn’t 1963. The charged racial confrontation happened on March 14, 2010 in the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I was a teenager, a police officer explained to me how the “War on Drugs” took place in his hometown. The officer candidly described how every policeman in the city knew what boats contained drugs and when those boats would arrive in the city’s major port. But he ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I know alot of Black conservatives. I agree with alot of Black conservative points. Some of my best friends are Black conservatives. Too bad I’m not one. Moving right along. Despite strong support for muzzling gorilla government; community policing; mutual aid institution building; anti-Abortion activism and the 2nd Amendment ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I curiously watched the press conference held last week to celebrate the New Jersey Nets (well, not quite New Jersey anymore) stadium set to be built in Brooklyn. A group of investors, led by Bruce Ratner, were joined by many prominent New York public figures to celebrate the ground-breaking ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Tom Burrell understands the power of the media. The marketing communications and advertising pioneer revolutionized the images of African-Americans in television and print ads. He knows the difference between a campaign that prompts brand loyalty based on an appeal to a group’s values and one that plays to their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Almost 80 percent of National Football League players are flirting with bankruptcy two years after they retire, according to Sports Illustrated. NBA players aren’t faring much better. 60 percent of former National Basketball Association players end up broke within five years of retirement. Athletes squander millions of dollars due ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For all of those who questioned why President Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize, (me included) there’s a bright side. Several very worthwhile charities will benefit from the $1.4 million award that comes with the prize, including six groups that help kids get to college, Haitian relief efforts and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “This be jail, n***a,” the young man intones, jokingly. “Not no a spiritual retreat or your recording studio.” Such was the assessment of one my African-American Georgetown students, Derek Bowen, age 20, before he moved on to something more important to him: celebrating the the Georgetown Hoyas’ Big East Tournament ...