(ThyBlackMan.com) No American minority group has been caricatured as often and in as many ways as blacks. The entertainment media, from vaudeville to television, has portrayed blacks as happy-go-lucky idiots, dangerous thugs, and any definition of a n**ga one could fathom. The industry has degraded the black community for years, simply ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “But they use you for an example. They would rep’ but our heroes got their hands full” -These are our Heroes-Na-s Sellout; Sambo; Uncle Tom. These are all terms to describe someone who turns his back on the black community to serve the interests of white supremacy. While these terms ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I never liked music until I heard hip hop. I never really liked hip hop until I heard NWA. Call me a thug, a hoodlum, or a dangerous black man, but as an 18-year old teenager, the chronic coming out of those speakers took my breath away. Ice Cube was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve always had a problem with Tyler Perry. Not the man, mind you – he’s always seemed like a fairly generous, warm-hearted guy – but the “performer.” I say performer instead of artist or talent because I don’t believe he is either of those. He performs. He is theatrical in ...
(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 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Take this as a sho-nuff sign of the Apocalypse: I may have to join the ranks of those African-Americans who smell a rat in how Hollywood hands out Oscars to black actors. Okay, so we all know that Mo’Nique deserved the best supporting actress Oscar she won this past Sunday. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hollywood’s latest big show–the 2010 Oscars–once again showed the world that while there has been some progress on diversity, the movie-making industry still has a long way to go to achieve equality. The bright spots: for the first time a woman won best director with Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker“) ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At 80, the very active jazz legend is still breaking ground. When Ornette Coleman was 29, he turned the jazz world on its head. Now that he’s turned 80 this week, the legendary jazz man has an opportunity to make another important and lasting impact on jazz. Coleman’s life and ...