(ThyBlackMan.com) Our American exceptionalism allows us to shimmer, too fully in our greatness. We are the biggest and the baddest. We are the best armed and the most influential. We win the most Olympic medals, and we have the most nuclear weapons. We are so great that we wave our flags ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) @BritniDWrites – @EBONYMag; “This win hopefully brings hope and change to some of the issues going on.” #BeingABlackGirlIsLit esp. in #RIO When was the last time African Americans, Haitians, Hispanics, and other people of color and culture were brought together and celebrated their diversity? When President Obama was sworn ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Alabama is known for many things like being the 4th most corrupt state in the country, systemic oppression, mass incarceration, and being the most religious state in the country. But what most people in Alabama care about more than their conservatism and religion is Football, Football, Football, Football. And it’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The issue is not the bad behavior, lies, or even white privilege that was nakedly on display in the case of the prevaricating white Olympic swimmers. The issue is, as always, the boundless storehouse of apologizing for bad behaving, and more times than not, law breaking young and no so ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I saw a comment that Cam Newton made that really bothered me. He told GQ Magazine that America is a “post-racial” society. The comment is a reflection of the severe brainwashing of inner city athletes that have happened in America since the days when Joe Louis was told that if ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Gallup reports that the percentage of Americans expressing interest in the Olympic Games, which have just begun in Brazil, is way below the last four Olympics. In the previous four Olympic Games, going back to 2000, when they were held in Sydney, Australia, Americans saying they planned to watch a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Gabby Douglas is amazing. I have been enthralled with her since I was exposed to her during the London Olympics. I remember people having so much to say about her having Nappy Edges four years ago. Since when did Nappy Edges become a bad thing? Oh, I forgot, When ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, former college football and pro running back Trent Richardson told ESPN’s E:60 that many of his own family and friends had secretly stolen $1.6 million within 10 months that happened without his knowledge. He told them that they had used the $1.6 million on almost 20 accounts with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A main theme of the 2016 Olympic Games opening ceremony was a tribute to the favelas. This was every bit the spectacle of joy, fun, and entertainment with perfectly choreographed break dancing, samba, and street party type dancing and song the sponsors intended. The idea was to put a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s no secret that we are the greatest athletes because we run the fastest, jump the highest, hit the hardest, and possess superior mental and physical toughness on the field or on the court. But our superior athleticism these days has become far more of a curse than it is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Even if you’re not a sports nut and you never claimed to be, a lack of sporting knowledge is something of a stigma among men. First of all, it’s embarrassing when your buddies start talking about “the game” and may as well be speaking another language. Secondly, we all ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This past week, many black female athletes in The WNBA took a stand in support of black people which we know is clearly against the rules because the racist power structure of The WNBA didn’t like it one bit because they made it clear that their liberalist caucasoid prorities ...