(ThyBlackMan.com) “She’s not coming to take you away.” It’s a hollow promise. An 11-year-old black boy is snatched away from his white foster mom. The life he knew ripped out from under him. It causes a bitterness that lasts well into his teenage years in this thoughtfully and emotionally charged ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Although I am not a proponent of the idea that “history repeats itself,” I will admit that the recent rise in my white countrymen’s participation in the battle to defeat racism, America’s foremost social cancer, reminds me of a Civil Rights Movement era that I routinely address in writings ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At this time, when the vulnerability to Black lives is at the forefront, it is even more critical that Black storytellers thrust their stories to the center. Started by Speller Street Films and The Luminal Theater, BLK Docs is an initiative to help build an authentic documentary film culture ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Discovery networks carried Oprah Winfrey’s, “OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?” The description of the show says, “Conversation with Black thought leaders to answer imperative questions and give tangible action plans to address systemic racism.” The sanctimonious tone of the propaganda TV show was extremely stomach-turning, especially ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So, having attended a high school where most students rocked more with hip hop, R&B, etc, I assimilated. I started to enjoy hip hop. Before high school, hip hop was the house but since MTV still showed music videos a lot—so was every other kind of popular music. You ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The mark of a good crime/drama/thriller is that it keeps you guessing and guessing. Caspar Leinen (Elyas M’Barek) just passed the bar three months ago. But there he is in a Berlin courtroom, the public defender for a 70-year-old Italian man named Fabrizio Collini (Franco Nero, John Wick Chapter 2 and The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Here we go again, Ahmad Aubrey and George Floyd. I told everyone this would keep happening, that it happens more often that you know. That it could happen to ANY African-American. And that without video of these murders, nothing would have been done. So here we are right back ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In case anyone wondered, Tracee Ellis Ross is ready for her close-up. After years on TV (Girlfriends, Black-ish) and supporting roles in minor rom/com movies (In the Weeds, Labor Pains), Ross has a starring role in what should have been a theatrically released film. The pandemic killed that. Instead, this ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Pieces of info on Assassin’s Creed Valhalla trickle out as the weeks pass. However, there’s a lot of information on the game at the moment. Some older features such as social stealth is coming back, there’s new features being implemented that could be used in future games. Also, Assassin’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In November 2007, Ubisoft dropped the first Assassin’s Creed for PlayStation 3, PC and Xbox 360. The open-world adventure really pushed the boundaries for action and adventure as far as gameplay mechanics, scale, and longevity. Around this time, action games had gotten much better but they were still pretty ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s time for another 5 Dive! This time, we’re going into Wu-Tang Clan’s debut album from 1993: Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). As I’ve mentioned before, I’m big on groups as opposed to duos or solo artists. Sometimes it’s like you’re getting more than just the one album when ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On AfroGamers, you’ll see a lot on RPGs. It’s my favorite genre and Japanese RPGs played a massive part in me getting into them. We’re going to jump into seven classic JRPGs that are must play. Definitive 7 Classic JRPGs With the reboot of Final Fantasy VII dropping, let’s ...