(ThyBlackMan.com) The 89th Oscars ceremony was the most diverse in history. At the same time fewer people than in almost a decade watched the telecast. The Oscars attained the high water mark of diversity because of the two year push by civil rights organizations and leaders, namely Project Islamic Hope, the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, a 16 year old Canadian girl somehow managed to dig up an old footage of Yiannopoulos from July 2016 when she had gotten word that he had been invited to speak at a high profile event for conservatives called Conservative Political Action Conference or CPAC for short. She was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I usually don’t pay much attention to the Academy Awards unless African American actors are nominated and win or unless African American-themed films have an opportunity. This year, I am paying a lot of attention, because “Fences,” “Hidden Figures,” and “Moonlight” are among the nominees for Best Picture, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Top black celebrities have a lot of money to spend. Some of these celebrities spend their money on amazing and hard to find cars, and ask about common questions about NYC parking tickets while others drive something more practical. Here is a list of some of the top black celebrities ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) He’s back. At least on social media. Perhaps buoyed by several recent – and scarcely reported court victories and even a measure of improving health – legendary comedian Bill Cosby has returned to Twitter to celebrate Black History Month. In a slew of tweets that began during the Martin Luther ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Looks like the myth that Black films can’t make big money in Hollywood is about to become a thing of the past. In early February, “Hidden Figures” passed “La La Land” as the top-grossing (domestically) Oscar-nominated film in Hollywood this season. “Hidden Figures” focuses on three women who worked ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Technology touches every part of our lives. It wasn’t always that way. But the world has changed. And there is no going back. So if you are the kind of person who hates the influence, pervasiveness, and ubiquity of technology, the world is going to seem like a very hostile ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) More and more these days whenever I go to my social media page, I see urban celebrities like Floyd Mayweather, 50 Cent, and others love to floss and stunt their wealth like it’s something that’s supposed to be celebrated in our community. People like myself are tired of seeing certain ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My wife and I went to see Raoul Peck’s documentary I Am Not Your Negro. It was based upon James Baldwin’s writings and life experiences. It uses archival footage of Baldwin, pictures and footage of American history and Samuel L. Jackson’s voice reading and sharing some of Baldwin’s thoughts ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you are looking for a new sport to get into this year, then you might be finding it difficult to choose between them all. There are so many sports that it is impossible to count them all, and yet it sometimes seems as though so many of them are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are so many African-American male authors who have fearlessly examined cultural stigmas, provided intimate life details, presented new ideas and created remarkable fiction through literary works. This list is certainly not limited and can go on forever, but here are five black authors you should know about: Wesley Lowery ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With the government, the courts and the local law enforcement of this country painting targets on the foreheads of African Americans, are we aware of what is happening and how? A better question is how are African Americans contributing to our own demise as a people? Those who seek to ...