(ThyBlackMan.com) Black people in America know that in many situations we are seen as guilty until proven innocent. Public opinion has always had a profound effect on our rights in the legal justice system. The wants of the public was so strong at times in history that they would dispense their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Initially when I was told Cardi B incriminated herself by saying she drugged and robbed men I thought that was foolishness. Why would someone admit to something like that in this climate? I low-key defended her to the person that told me, because I found it hard to believe. I’m ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It takes a genius musician to get a guitar to do his talking. Gary Clark Jr. did that Saturday night at the Beacon theater in New York City. Sure, he sang and bantered with the audience, but when he wanted to get a message across, his flaming red guitar did ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) How did hate crime huckster Jussie Smollett get away with it? All crooked roads in Chicago lead back to the Obamas. On Tuesday, as part of a sealed deal, the Illinois state attorney’s office dismissed 16 felony charges brought by a grand jury against the Trump-hating actor, who blamed phantom ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s not ordinary. But certainly not extraordinary. Jordan Peele’s follow-up to the box-office-smash Get Out doesn’t expand the boundaries of the horror genre like its predecessor or A Quiet Place did. It’s almost a retreat into norms that bring to mind humorous horror flicks like Scary Movie, zombie thrillers akin to Dawn of the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a crude joke told by poor and working-class Black urbanites. The joke goes as follows. When someone from our “community” goes to prison, others humorously state that they are on their way to ‘college’. Put simply; this is our way of saying that the prison sentence is akin ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve never seen such a nasty reaction to something so simple, honest, and sincere. Jay Leno appeared on the “Today Show” last week to discuss the importance of monitoring cholesterol. During the interview, Al Roker pivoted to ask if he missed hosting the “Tonight Show.” Jay Leno’s answer detailed the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This is a dirty, muddy western. Simple in nature, but of biblical proportions. Themes of sin, greed, pillaging and run amuck religious fervor abound in a small town. Some residents are holier than thou. Three are evil incarnate. A few are law-abiding. Too many are intimidated. The worst deserve a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Developed Exclusively for Android and iOS, New Free-to-Play Call of Duty Title to Release in the West Delivers the Definitive First-Person Action Experience with Fan-Favorite Maps, Modes, Weapons and Characters from Across the Franchise for First Time on Mobile Pre-Registration Now Open Activision in collaboration with Tencent today announced ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) EBONY magazine releases its Spring 2019 issue, featuring the legendary DIANA ROSS on the cover. In the accompanying exclusive interview, EBONY has an intimate conversation with the iconic, award-winning singer who shares some of her fondest memories, including her famous Central Park concert. Ross also discusses her style evolution, motherhood and being ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) First let me say that sociologically (not legally) any person has the right to dress any way he or she likes. But in a realistic world, our women need to know they will be perceived, received and approached based on how they present themselves. The same is true for us ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Think of this non-fiction film as a meditation and it makes perfect sense. Try and squeeze it into a standard documentary frame and it just doesn’t conform. At the helm is Khalik Allah, whose most commercial endeavor was his work as a cinematographer and second unit director for Beyonce’s famed Lemonade ...