(ThyBlackMan.com) In the 150-years of college athlete’s existence, college athletes have not been compensated, and lots of controversies surround this: If it is fair to force (NCAA) college-bound scholarship holding athletes to play for no pay? Keep in mind that they do not have a union to represent them. Unlike ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Joe Biden’s frequent plagiarism has cost him his chance for the presidency before. History seems to be on the verge of repeating itself yet again. As is well-known by now, Joe Biden has plagiarized speeches from other politicians many times during his career, appropriating passages from the likes of Bobby ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With over 2 billion downloads worldwide, the Chinese owned viral dance app, TikTok is seemingly a pervasive success. Thanks to President Trump, it’s also front-page news. On July 31, President Trump threatened to ban the TikTok app in the United States. After a declaration that Microsoft was in talks to purchase TikTok, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Former President Barack Obama once again pulled out the race card for political gain, consequences be damned. This time at the funeral of civil rights icon John Lewis, Obama compared President Donald Trump to not one but two racial segregationists, former Birmingham, Alabama, Commissioner of Public Safety Bull Connor ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) 2020 has felt like a surreal experience; there has been no rest. Between the coronavirus pandemic to the murder of George Floyd which kickstarted a black revolution around the world; to the looming economic crash; to the upcoming Presidential election; there has been no respite from the sorrow and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A Presidential candidate’s pick for his vice-presidential running mate has been the butt of endless jokes, ribs, and wisecracks. The ridicule of the vice presidency got even worse when vice presidential candidates debated. A Gallup poll measured the impact of VP debates between 1976 and 2008. It found that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are not many sports fans who know who Garrett Temple is. The current Brooklyn Nets swingman is not a household name on his own team, let alone the National Basketball Association. With the NBA restarting its season last month, he hopes that his Nets team can make a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) CNN’s media unit emails out a nightly newsletter titled “Reliable Sources.” The newsletter is not always reliable, since it has a slippery grasp on what its own network is putting on television and online. On Aug. 3, Oliver Darcy led the newsletter discussing what he described as an “imaginary ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Racism is ghastly in whatever form it comes in or whatever shape it takes. We all need to fight against it and here are seven ways you can do so. Learning to understand and recognize your privilege The first step to take when it comes to dealing with racial ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My initial exposure to John Lewis occurred while researching Black Panther Party for Self-Defense co-founder Huey P. Newton’s calamitous attempt to surrender control of his organization to the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). By the late-sixties, Huey P. Newton believed that his cadre had been infiltrated and driven into ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Most Americans did not get a chance to befriend the late, great Herman Cain — but I wish that more people could have, because this man was a true inspiration. In October 2015, Herman and I had the privilege of opening the first ever rally for then-candidate Donald Trump ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The CDC recommends wearing a face mask as a means to prevent the spread of COVID-19. A face mask provides a barrier that helps to prevent the transfer of airborne droplets onto other people when the individual wearing the face mask either coughs or sneezes. Cloth face masks are especially useful ...