(ThyBlackMan.com) Last month, one of professional sports most polarizing people, Kyrie Irving of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, made a big political statement without even saying a word. Irving, appeared at his team’s November 18th post-game press conference wearing a black and white keffiyeh. The keffiyeh, worn by Palestinian men and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When the subject of relationships come up the men tend to blame the women, and the women tend to blame the men. Very rarely does one look at self and say I am the problem. It’s so much easier to lay fault at the feet of others knowing one will ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Because of the magnitude of what is happening in occupied Palestine, thousands and thousands of people rallied and marched in Washington, D.C. earlier this month in the largest pro-Palestine rally ever in the U.S. to call for an end to Zionist Israeli violence against the Palestinian people. It seems ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s safe to say that in my days as an athlete, I’ve seen my fair share of scuffles, dustups, and physical altercations. With so much adrenaline, testosterone, and just macho chest-thumping behavior in team sports, it’s a given that tempers will flare, manhood will be tested, and competition will ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) To be honest with you, baseless commentary by a segment of Black women about Black men puts me into a state of disbelief because I understand that their emotional accusations spewed toward Black men do not reflect Black men in America. I do my best to sidestep such discussions. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Moving overseas often involves dealing with diverse logistical and emotional challenges. The process can stir a mix of excitement, anxiety, and uncertainty. It is not just about relocating physically; it involves adapting to a new culture, building a new community, and grappling with the sense of loss for what’s ...
Tommy Tuberville: U.S. Senator for Alabama and Former Football Coach, Advocate of Republican Values.
(ThyBlackMan.com) He prefers to be called “coach” despite being the senior U.S. Senator for Alabama. Even on his official Senate website, he is called “Coach Tommy Tuberville.” Tommy Tuberville spent most of his professional career as a college football coach with stints at the University of Mississippi, Auburn University, and then ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is clear that America is not what it used to be, from the proud and hard-working individuals and families from decades ago, to our momentous institutions and global leadership, there has been a rapid decline in those things that made America America, and Americans Americans. It is not ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Because soccer, as it is known in the United States, but fútbol nearly everywhere else on the globe, is the world’s most popular sport, teenagers signing contracts to play the sport professionally get some headlines. In 2021, 15-year-old, Olivia Moultrie, was granted a preliminary injunction by a judge that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a career educator, I can still remember vividly how I and others in my profession felt during the 1999, Columbine High School shooting massacre. The perpetrators, twelfth-grade students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered twelve students and one teacher. At the time, it was the deadliest school shooting ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was having a conversation with a few parents, and the topic of marijuana and their minors came up. Though most parents took the position that pre-teens and teenagers should not be smoking, there were a few that raised the idea that in moderation it might not be a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many are rejoicing that Republicans finally got around to electing a speaker, thus breaking the logjam that began when Trump acolyte Matt Goetz (R-FL) introduced legislation to eliminate Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). In selecting Louisiana’s Mike Johnson, Republicans chose a self-avowed “evangelical Southern Christian” (read racist segregationist) who is anti-choice, anti-gay ...