(ThyBlackMan.com) Malcolm X once said, “The most disrespected woman in America, is the black woman. The most un-protected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America, is the black woman.” Regardless of this assessment of black women, it has not stopped black women from being ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Having just concluded the nation’s month-long celebration of Black History Month, the Republican Party and the conservative movement had one of the most disastrous months in my lifetime. I have warned anyone who will listen that race will be the most dominant issue as we head into the 2020 election ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Big Easy. Nawlins. The Crescent City. All about Saints, Mardi Gras, second lines, and festivals. There are so many things that distinguish New Orleans from other cities and towns across the country, and even within the state of Louisiana. Yes, New Orleans is in the South, but people in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) From the Duke lacrosse incident to Jussie Smollett and so many other fake incidents in between, they were especially unwise, being African-Americans, to try and fool law enforcement. We saw what happened to Michael Vick and he was not even at home when the dog fights occurred. We saw what ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, in thumbing through my computer to satisfy my intellectual curiosity, as I sometimes do, a video and story on the Ebony.com site caught my eye. Steve Harvey was interviewing Mo’nique and the topic of integrity came up. In an intense exchange, here is what Mo’nique said, “Before the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black history month this year has been one huge ball of confusion, and disrespect. Its far time that we as black people in this country openly allow ourselves, as a whole, to understand racism never ended. We never entered a post racial society, and what we are seeing is the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This has been another historic Black History Month in sports. The passing of baseball pioneers Frank Robinson and Don Newcombe allowed sports fans to reflect and learn about their outstanding careers while Brehanna Daniels made history as the first African-American female tire changer to pit in a NASCAR national series ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland, Florida, an 11 year old black boy refused to stand for a flag that represents colonialism and slavery told substitute teacher Ava Alvarez that the flag is racist and Alvarez was offended by the 11 year old black boy’s refusal to stand ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is becoming one of her party’s leading contenders for president. She is running second in the polls of announced Democratic candidates only after Bernie Sanders. Joe Biden leads both of them but he has not announced that he is running. Harris launched her campaign on January 27 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I recently watched the original Jussie Smollett ABC interview on Youtube in which he claimed to have been attacked by racist homophobic Trump supporters. Considering that we now know Jussie staged his attack and has been arrested for filing a false police report https://bit.ly/2XeehvL, I thought, “This guy should be ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) According to some historians, Afrodescendents first entered these united states in 1619 off the coast of Virginia. If we believe that narrative, Afrodescendents have been in this country for 400 years. If the people who were kidnapped and brought here had to tell the story, would they tell the same ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The 2020 election season is already off to a start with candidates announcing their presidential runs in both major parties. Not only that but minor parties have a number of candidates as well. As expected everyone’s discussing these candidates: how genuine is Senator Kamala Harris, what about her previous stances ...