(ThyBlackMan.com) The NFL…Home to one of the most cherished professional sports leagues; not only in the United States but across the globe. Recently the owners of the NFL Franchises approved a new rule that will see players fined if they protest during the National Anthem. Colin Kaepernick knelt during the national anthem ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With a number of critical decisions set to be released by the Supreme Court this month, one in particular could have wide-ranging impact on our economy and on the very principle of federalism. In South Dakota v. Wayfair, the Court will decide whether to uphold its earlier decision that states ...
(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) No car tyres last indefinitely; you will need to change the tyres on your vehicle at some point. This happens when the tread on the tyres is worn to a height of 1.6mm or less, of if the tyres become damaged. You may not immediately realise that the sidewall of ...
(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 ...