(ThyBlackMan.com) There are things in New Orleans that are as old as The Quarter, and Mardi Gras. Unfortunately, racism is one of those things. It is easy to overlook racism in the Crescent City because one is focused on a culture that is dominated by the spirit of African Americans. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Charles R. Saunder’s Imaro is a book I’ve been waiting to write about. The first in the Imaro series, it is a landmark in Black sci-fi and fantasy as well as the start of the sword and soul genre of fantasy. Yes, the book is just that important but ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) An old concept isn’t getting a noteworthy update and that problem doesn’t go away. The Invisible Man is a mainstay in the movie world, with origins dating back to the 1897 novel by H.G. Wells. A scientist with a focus on optics finds a way to change human refractive matter ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Action games can really get your blood boiling when you get into those critical moments. You know, that shootout where it’s absolute chaos. A slash battle with a tough boss amongst their minions. Maybe that car chase you weren’t expecting the story to escalate into which involves you having ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I remember growing up watching the elders get dressed in their formal wear to go to the Zulu Ball. I would tell myself when I get older I want a pretty silver dress and a handsome date who is a member of the Zulu Society and I will have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Wednesday, February 19th, a woman was killed during the Nyx parade. On tonight, February 22nd, a man was killed during the Endymion parade which is one of the largest in the city. Before you jump to conclusions this was not death by fight nor gunfire. Both people were hit ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Living while Black can be a challenge for Black people. It can be ominous negotiations for Black men and young boys in particular. For this reason, interdisciplinary artist and scholar Dr. Fahamu Pecou has made it his life’s work to critique prevailing misconceptions of Black identity, by untangling the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s been a little over two weeks since Kobe Bryant passed and here’s what I’ve learned; Kobe was deified in some circles. Not just for his ability to play basketball but his attitude, work ethic and commitment to being the best. He was equally as human as he appeared ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) By now we all know Gayle King disrespected the memory of Kobe Bryant, his family, and Lisa Leslie when she pressed questions, after her initial question, during a CBS interview with Lisa Leslie. There was an outcry of anger towards Gayle King for her gross mishandling of that situation. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The media is a love hate relationship because they should report the truth of a matter regardless of the person they are reporting about. Truth is supposed to be unbiased and it should supersede a degree of feeling. Those that work in media have a difficult job because if ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Over the past several years, there has been a very disturbing & disgusting trend going on in the entertainment industry specifically regarding beloved movies franchises. And that disturbing trend is when these toxic liberal SJW feminists force and shove their political garbage into beloved movie and tv franchises which ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Lost souls. Parallel lives going nowhere in a low-income, west of Houston neighborhood. That’s the setting of this richly drawn character study about an aimless 14-year-old poor white girl, Kris (Amber Havard), and a middle-aged black ex-bull rider turned down-on-his-luck rodeo clown Abe (Rob Morgan, Mudbound). The location and characters ...