(ThyBlackMan.com) I love museums. Historical perspectives enrich our current perspectives…sometimes even change them. Recently, I went to a museum that, literally, touched my soul—Motown Records. I had a little time to explore as I was in Detroit to keynote an event for my nonprofit Radiance Foundation. How could I possibly ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Bill Cosby was flying high and deluding himself into believing that his money and fame made him an honorary member of the “White Elitist Society,” he said the following in his infamous “Pound Cake” rant: . “Looking at the incarcerated, these are not political criminals. These are people going ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As to Bill Maher’s recent use of the N-word on live television, the comedian is probably scratching his head. What exactly are the rules on when, where, how and if the word can be used? Can a non-black, attempting a joke, use the word in public? On his HBO show, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is tempting to compare the Bill Cosby trial to the O.J. Simpson trial. And more than a few have. Cosby is a mega celebrity. He’s been practically a household name for decades. He’s got a lot of money. And before his fall and disgrace, he was much admired, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Cultural appropriation is an ongoing ill people of color face all over the world. When we look at the plight of black people in the Unites States the culture of the people has given so much to what would be termed as American culture from its inception. The problem is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Disgraced entertainer Bill Cosby did the predictable when he screamed there was racial bias in the jury selection in his scheduled trial. This wasn’t the first time Cosby screamed racial foul play. He did it when he claimed there was a racial motive behind the dozens of women who claimed ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) King Kendrick Lamar, but Kung Fu Kenny is what they call him. Of course, Kendrick Lamar reigns supreme as the new age’s savior of rap and the old age’s reincarnation of Nasty Nas. I was listening to some of Nas this morning and his classic album Illmatic got constant spin. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) NY has some amazing places in it that wouldn’t be as much fun if everyone knew about it. The second a mainstream magazine does a story about something cool that’s happening without the help of a corporation, the second it becomes swamped with people who may not really understand ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am the youngest of five. I remember our family trips and moving to NYC just so we could be closer to my father as he worked. From the time he worked in Las Vegas to the Cosby show in NYC, he always wanted us to be close, to be ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Award winning black actor and civil rights activist Samuel L. Jackson cut a radio ad for the congressional special election in Georgia. Jackson urged Georgia voters to vote democrat to stop racist and sexist Donald Trump. http://bit.ly/2pJHfSy Folks, as an American who happens to be black, I respectfully report that Mr ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Back in the day when I was coming up, relationships and marriages were about trust, love, honor, respect, admiration, weathering out the storm, and staying committed to one another. These days in the urban community in America, a very disturbing trend has become very common amongst young urban millennials in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Unless you live under a social media rock, you are likely aware that it was reported very recently that (as Alex Hardy refers to her) Saint Janet Damita Jo Jackson and her husband, Wissam Al Mana, have split after 5.16666667 years of marriage. You also know that Janet Jackson is ...