(ThyBlackMan.com) Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Led by Robert Battle in His Inaugural Season as Artistic Director, Returns to Houston March 2-4, Presented by Society for the Performing Arts Programs to include Home by Hip-Hop Choreographer Rennie Harris; Paul Taylor’s Arden Court; Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16; Robert Battle’s Takademe, The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A couple of years ago, I was in the office of Attorney Janice Mathis, Executive Director of the Rainbow Push in Atlanta and saw this quote on the wall. “I am but one, but I am one. I can’t do everything, but I can do something. What I can ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometimes there are days when I wonder what life would have been like had I not committed myself to the never-ending, thankless task of advocating for the Black community. Don’t get me wrong, I love what I do and I love the people for whom I do it. It’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At the start of the film industry, Blacks were relegated to disparaging roles, including the roles of overweight, ignorant maid, such as the one portrayed by Hattie McDaniel. To this day, many African Americans continue to celebrate the awarding of an Oscar to McDaniel as though the taking of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Republican voters in Michigan and Arizona are picking who they want to represent them against President Obama come November 3, 2012. The top two choices are between the aloof businessman who feels he’s entitled to the nomination and a former Congressman who has escaped political obscurity to become a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black Americans continue to stand by President Barack Obama, despite how he and his minions treat us. Nine of every 10 African-American voters have “got the president’s back” but there is still discussion as to whether President Obama has got the backs of Black Americans in return. At this ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Lies on the lips of a priest Thanksgiving disguised as feat – Jay-Z, “No Church in the Wild” The preacher want me buried why? Cause I know he a liar Have you ever seen a crackhead, that’s eternal fire – Tupac, “Blasphemy” Is there any doubt that today ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Reality TV star Omarosa O. Manigault has recently been ordained as a minister, after serving as assistant pastor at the Weller Street Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. She was approved unanimously for the post, with everyone on the ordination committee apparently more concerned with Omarosa’s celebrity status than ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Urban families, without exception to race, color, or ethnic persuasion are ripe with nontraditional family units or “families in transition.” This includes but is not limited to “live-in” relationships, stepfamilies, foster families, wards of the state in temporary living arrangements, as well as homeless families. Our communities’ institutions are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the mid-1930s, Sinclair Lewis once stated that “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.” I do not think that he was aware that his words would aptly describe many in the conservative party today from the halls of congress ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Media coverage of singer Whitney Houston’s funeral evoked a disappointment I often feel as a black woman in America. It reminded me that many elements of black culture are still viewed as exotic and, in some cases, disdained as such. Houston’s funeral, but for being broadcast live and attended ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I swear folks really do like to show their behinds after someone has passed. No, I’m not talking about Bobby Brown and his entourage/uninvited family members, who decided to ignore the immediate family’s request that attendees bring only two or three additional guests to Whitney Houston’s funeral and then ...