(ThyBlackMan.com) For most of the country, we are about a month away from the 2020-21 school year starting. Parents are deciding on the important decision of what to do with their child regarding in-person schooling amid a pandemic that continues to affect thousands and kill large amounts of people on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Well, I’m sure I’ve got your attention now, with that provocative title! But I’m not kidding. I think President Donald Trump will win by an electoral landslide on Nov. 3 because of guns, black voters and the NFL. Let me explain this winning formula. First, guns. It’s hard to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the 150-years of college athlete’s existence, college athletes have not been compensated, and lots of controversies surround this: If it is fair to force (NCAA) college-bound scholarship holding athletes to play for no pay? Keep in mind that they do not have a union to represent them. Unlike ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are not many sports fans who know who Garrett Temple is. The current Brooklyn Nets swingman is not a household name on his own team, let alone the National Basketball Association. With the NBA restarting its season last month, he hopes that his Nets team can make a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At the outset, I have to say that I’ve never been the biggest sports fan on the planet. So it isn’t a big sacrifice for me to say I’m not going to watch professional sports this year, or maybe ever again. I never actively shunned pro sports, and as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Since social media has become such an important part of American life in the last decade, it plays a role in how people present their views and perspectives on numerous things. Depending on what a person shares on their social media, it is a brief glimpse into their mindset, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Anyone possessing decent observation skills can attest to the volatile nature of Race and politics. It is a minefield that only a fool would rush into. In fact, one of the most reliable signs of an absence of wisdom is reckless entry into discussions of Race and politics. In ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Incredibly, the 2020 Major League Baseball season will start this week. COVID-19 has played havoc on the planet in many significant ways and has affected sports and sports leagues in a big way. This season will be a truncated 60-game MLB regular season with multiple differences than the average ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a lot of attention about the NBA “bubble” and the potential resumption of the 2019-20 NBA season later this month but the 2020 WNBA season is also scheduled to start this month. WNBA players already have so many complaints about the living conditions at the WNBA’s IMG ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the top academic universities in America is Howard University. The historically Black university in Washington, D.C., boasts an impressive alumni list including Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Opera singer Jessye Norman, and actress Taraji P. Henson. Currently, Howard University can also boast about being the best producer ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The first example of not being able to “transcend” race in terms of fame and fortune that many Black people think of is the Oprah Winfrey handbag incident back in 2013. During an 2013 interview with Entertainment Tonight, Winfrey told a story of being in Switzerland and at a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many times it is difficult for the public to relate to the lives of high level professional athletes. The popular docuseries, The Last Dance, showed a glimpse of the attention, adoration, and outside pressures that NBA legend Michael Jordan faced at times from fans and media even when he ...