(ThyBlackMan.com) In the last few weeks, three black motorists, including an NAACP chapter president, made blatantly false allegations against perfectly courteous police officers. Now who’s “racially profiling”? First, in Timmonsville, S.C., local NAACP President the Rev. Jerrod Moultrie put up a lengthy post on his Facebook page: “Tonight, I was racially ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) News Flash: “Black” lives now going for 4 cents. Recently a “black” man, husband and father in Florida by the name of Gregory Hill was shot and killed at his home by a “white” deputy. And even though a jury found the deputy partially liable, Gregory Hill’s family was awarded ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 1952, I was 5 years old when I walked into the kitchen of our 6th floor apartment in the Baltimore government projects. Dad stood as Mom sat at the table with a spoon in her hand tapping on a glass. Mom was preparing Dad to take the test to ...
(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) “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 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) “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) 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 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) How is it possible that a billionaire businessman turned politician can continue to captivate the hearts and minds of so many of his supporters, let alone gain new ones, most of whom are ordinary blue-collar citizens? The answer is access. I’m not speaking of access in the traditional sense of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) WE, who have an unwavering interest in this issue want to STOP the killings, of American citizens. What has been lost, in the recent main street media discussions regarding the edict issued to professional football players of the National Football League(NFL), requiring them to stand, while the National Anthem is ...