(ThyBlackMan.com) You’ve probably heard a lot about the topic net neutrality over the past year or so in the news. Republicans have their view on net neutrality; Democrats have their view on it. That’s one of the problems inherent to the current state of our political discourse here in America. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Donald Sterling debacle in the NBA has reached a new head this week. NBA superstar LeBron James has aligned with other players in the league who have put their feet down on Sterling’s racism, and their voices are clearer than they’ve ever been. In fact, if LeBron is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Sterling went on Anderson Cooper and gave a long interview. Out of all the things he said he pointed out that Jews help each other make it. He was right. He then went in on Magic Johnson whom he despises; probably because the thought of a big, black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Athletes at Northwestern University shocked the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the governing body of college sports, by taking steps to unionize student/athletes. Surprisingly, NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell, former NFL great Jim Brown and Harry Edwards, who organized a human rights protest at the 1968 Olympics in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My wife and I have three children under the age of 5. We love our children, and we are so thankful for them, but taking care of three little ones does not leave much alone time for us. On our ninth anniversary, we committed to doing something very special ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) By now, everyone knows the story of Los Angeles Clipper’s owner, Donald Sterling’s banishment from the National Basketball Association (NBA) for his racist comments captured on audio tape last month. What Sterling said was totally stupid and insulting. Period! I don’t think there is any disagreement from anyone on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The saga of Cliven Bundy is a story that captures a moment in modern American political, social and racial attitudes. It is a story that has gotten much attention in the press recently and as most stories do in our modern age, it has divided people along political and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) National Basketball Association (NBA) L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling has a long-documented and publicly-known history of being a bigot; the revelation of the 2009 housing discrimination suit against him served as a monolithic red flag. Even in the midst of that 2009 scandal and in the face of provable, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Keep your eye on the ball. As they say, always keep your eye on the ball. Note the spectacular media uproar, and lightning swift retaliation, to the intemperate words of Donald Sterling, owner of the LA Clippers. And now we can all go back to playing the game. Yes, that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) National Basketball Association owners, like kids, say the “darndest” things. Usually, only some of those things are noteworthy, let alone newsworthy. But when one owner is slated to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Los Angeles branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP now has the dubious distinction of being the civil rights organization that was insistent upon giving a Lifetime Achievement Award to Donald Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. Most astonishing about the award was that it was set to be ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “You cannot move the ball forward if you do not discuss race; and discuss it uncomfortably.” That’s a direct quote from Colin Cowherd – bestselling Author, TV show host, and the host of ESPN’s nationally broadcast radio talk show, “The Herd.” Mr. Cowherd said those words in the wake ...