(ThyBlackMan.com) For decades, the Walt Disney World Resort enjoyed tremendous growth in the state of Florida. It has become the largest vacation resort in the world, attracting an amazing 58 million visitors per year. Disney achieved this lofty status due to its reputation as a family-friendly destination. Unfortunately, in the last few ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hotels that reacted and adapted quickly to global COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions had some surprising benefits. Their operations became even more efficient and they were able to provide their guests with a better experience. In part, this was due to the hospitality industry embracing digital technology. Marina Turea, content ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Before we fully solidify into warring camps over the Slap Heard ‘Round the World, let’s try and situate the episode in its larger context. To begin with, Who is Chris Rock? + Who is Will Smith? Let’s start with Chris. Who’s Chris Rock? Yes, he’s a comedian, but he ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Watching the downfall of Walt Disney’s iconic legacy stirs some powerful emotions, and for many of us, a great sense of loss. I understand the frustration and anger parents feel at such a betrayal, but as I look on at the justifiable uprising, all I can feel is profound ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Chris Rock crossed the line when he ridiculed Jada Pinkett Smith for her alopecia in his mediocre Oscar performance last week. But I fell off the Chris Rock bandwagon years ago. His “humor” is too often misogynistic. He sometimes laughs so hard at his jokes that the rest of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are right ways and wrong ways to accomplish most things. A few days ago, the world witnessed the wrong way to defend and honor women, if that is what Will Smith thought he was doing. For sure, walking on stage after laughing at a joke, slapping someone, speaking, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Everywhere you go and everywhere you turn, controversy is present in everyone’s life, like a winter cold resistant to all forms of health remedies you have taken. I want to tell you that Black America is one and void of controversy, but if the truth is said, we are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “I am a Black man in Hollywood-in order to sustain my position, I can’t get caught slipping, not even once, I had to be perfect at all times.” Will Smith wrote this in a candid memoir some years back. They were perceptive, and spot-on words. Unfortunately, in that one ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at Sunday’s Oscars ceremony, it also placed the hair-loss condition, alopecia, which Will’s wife Jada claims to have, in the public’s eye. Right after the assault, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley tweeted in support of Will Smith, but then deleted it. She originally tweeted “Alopecia ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) (**) Marcus and Drew are like Cain and Abel. Two brothers both loving and jealous. In the bible, only Cain survived. Should one of them be worried? Producer (Sons of Anarchy), writer (Luke Cage), director (Things Never Said) Charles Murray’s home turf is television. The limitations of his small screen producing, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My great friend and co-author Nicky Billou and I recently released our first book together, “The Great Patriot Protest & Boycott Book: The Priceless List For Conservatives, Christians, Patriots, and 80+ Million Trump Warriors To Cancel ‘Cancel Culture’ And Save America.” It’s a book that lists 116 “woke” corporations ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In one dumb and embarrassing split-second, Will Smith and Chris Rock managed to reinforce a couple of the worst stereotypes about Black males. First Rock, he stepped way over the line poking fun at Smith’s wife’s hair. Hair is one of the most sensitive, touchy, emotional issues among women, ...