(ThyBlackMan.com) The stupidly foul and racist comedienne Roseanne Barr is as insignificant as a single drop of rain in a thunderstorm and so, on one hand, she deserves to be upbraided, to have lost her television show, and to be written down in the halls of ignominy. At the same time ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power” Benito Mussolini When you look at professional sports, especially pro football in theUS, you notice a pattern; almost every stadium is named after a corporate entity. Take a look at the NFL stadium in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I will admit that I am a black nerd aka blerd and have been one since my childhood days when I used to watch The Original Power Rangers and play video games such as Mario and Sonic. Growing up back in the day, if you identified yourself as a nerd ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sad to say and even sadder to see, “black” people will rally around police brutality for a hot minute or the chance to blame the government or even the “white” man. But when it comes to personal responsibility to ourselves, our families and our communities, as a whole I only ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The 2018 NBA Finals are upon us. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors are battling for an unprecedented fourth consecutive year for a NBA championship. If the Warriors win, they will be mentioned among the great dynasties in NBA history with teams like Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls, the Shaq ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am among the millions who are ecstatic that Stacey Abrams won the Democratic nomination for governor in Georgia. She didn’t just win, she rocked, clobbering her opponent, Stacey Evans, by over 50 percentage points – Abrams had 76 percent of the 533,450 votes cast in the Democratic primary. Of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “When black athletes secured a toehold in the earliest versions of organized sports in America: in baseball and horse racing and cycling- they settled for individual success rather than trying to use what power they had to remake a system to ensure fairness and the possibility of future success. The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Roseanne Barr lost her new television show. Barr, in a tweet about Barack Obama aide Valerie Jarrett, said of Jarrett: “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.” The comedian deleted the offensive tweet, but the damage was irreversible. The reaction was swift. The Rev. Al Sharpton tweeted: ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Mentality. Mind-set. These two words point to a type of approach to a given task. A basketball player must have the right mindset to play the game at an optimal level. A politician must approach a town hall meeting with the correct mentality if he or she wishes to connect ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Men do not love those who reminds them of their sins.” ~Frederick Douglass To mute the oppressed has always been in the best interest of the oppressor. When a black voice is raised to oppression those who are comfortable with our oppression are the first to criticize us for daring ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let me begin by saying I am Not a Cosby apologist. As a woman that is a sexual assault survivor his actions were deplorable and he victims deserve justice. That needs to be said because it seems there is a double standard and when mentioned that person is accused of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After being sworn in for a fourth term, Vladimir Putin departed the Kremlin for Annunciation Cathedral to receive the televised blessing of Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church. The patriarch and his priests in sacred vestments surrounded Putin, who, standing alone, made the sign of the cross. Meanwhile, sacred ...