(ThyBlackMan.com) Detroit tells a story of racial injustice and police brutality, based on fact, which is easy enough to believe and has parallels with today’s problems with police criminality and impunity. But since this important subject is not new, what is the point of the film? What are we learning that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the greatest joys in life is finding someone to spend your days with. Women are not the only ones who desire this kind of connection. Many men want to build and grow a life and legacy with a special someone. While the want to find companionship is pretty ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are moments when you almost feel the Earth’s axis shift. That happened the other day when Sen. Chuck Schumer blamed someone for something, and it wasn’t Donald Trump. There may be no greater partisan than the Democrats’ Senate leader. He’s spent months arguing that every bad event—except perhaps ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Voter suppression is a serious issue that threatens the integrity of our elections. As a community, we should be deeply involved in combating voter suppression and expanding access to the polls for all Americans – particularly in the wake of the destructive ruling in Shelby County v. Holder. As ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After the U.S. Senate vote to repeal ‘Obamacare’ failed again, Dr. E. Faye Williams said, “The stakes were high, and when it was time to do the right thing, Senators John McCain (AZ), Susan Collins (ME) and Lisa Murkowski (AK) rose to the challenge, along with 48 of their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, while in Paris, President Trump complimented France’s first lady on how beautiful she looked, and feminists around the world lost their damn minds saying Trump was sexist, “humiliating for the American people,” yada, yada, yada. I immediately had a flashback to a conversation I had a few weeks ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, lawmakers in Tennessee have now made the prison environment for female inmates, particularly female inmates from poor urban areas less humane and more deplorable. According to reports, inmates in Tennessee jails have been given the option to receive lighter prison sentences if they agree to receive vasectomies or insert ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The job of a good documentary is to probe, uncover and get answers to tough questions. The job of a promotional reel is to exalt its subject. This non-fiction film lays squarely in-between. On some levels it’s revealing. On others, it has as much depth as an 8” x 10” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Candidates say campaigns are about articulating programs, issues and priorities. But people vote for candidates based on how that person makes them feel. Consciously or unconsciously, elections are about giving voice to values. Voters are moral proxies who want to know that a candidate or elected official truly cares ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The road to spiritual salvation is sometimes so obvious, so apparent that we just miss it. Like most of Jesus’ message, it doesn’t seem possible that by simply changing ones’ outlook, the Kingdom of Heaven is yours. “Teacher, which is greatest commandment of the law?” Jesus replied, “Love the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) BLACK LIVES SHALL MATTER……..This is not to say that Black lives are greater than or less than any other lives. It has nothing to do with other races except for the central fact that BLACK LIVES have been the bull’s eye of every prejudicial and discriminatory practice since the making ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Evolution of a Criminal, a (2014) documentary by Darius Clark Monroe, examines his transition from quasi-criminal to filmmaker. Yes, it is presently available on Netflix in 8 countries, including here in the U.S.; But it is my concern that, as with many nuanced low-budget/art house films about people of African ...