(ThyBlackMan.com) Just as there are organisms and super organisms, for example ants and ant colonies, there is ultimately a single over-arching super organism, the interconnected whole that is all life on planet earth. No matter what we do we cannot destroy the earth, but we can certainly render it uninhabitable, which ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Was Clint Eastwood trying to channel Bass Reeves, and who was the real Lone Ranger? Have you seen Hang ‘Em High or Pale Rider or The Outlaw Josey Wales or High Plains Drifter, just to name a few of the Westerns where Clint Eastwood plays an utterly invincible symbol ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) They are Jesse Jacksonizing Donald Trump. Every reporter that covers his story is always sure to say that he can’t win the nomination. Is that so? Isn’t he leading by a wide margin against 15 other candidates, each commanding but a sliver of support? They did the same thing ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let’s clear this up right now. If you are African American and you are stopped by the police do not behave as if you have rights equal to everyone else in this society. A Black woman in Texas was pulled over for not signalling as she changed lanes. When ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some say the Confederate flag is a symbol of the bravery of Southern soldiers who died in a glorious attempt to leave the Union. Is it? Why was the Civil War fought, to end slavery or preserve the Union? Lincoln proclaimed that he would do anything to preserve the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) …… Recall the story about the cop who cursed out the Uber driver. Turns out the cop has had 12 complaints from the public in his 15 years on the force. The obvious question? What were those complaints? Were they all for just verbal, and not physical, abuse? We ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Look at how myths, symbols, religion and power are intertwined. The ruler’s face is everywhere. Recall the stupendous statuary of the pharaohs, the massive carvings of the Romans and the Greeks and the statues of the European kings. They bore the faces of the rulers and the gods, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For those of you who have seen the movie Selma, or intend to watch it on cable or who would just like to know what the film was about, here is some background information on the Civil Rights Movement, the players in the drama and some food for thought… ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week, civil rights leader and political icon Marion Barry died and barely after he had taken his last breath, the media was besmirching his reputation. Marion Barry was a “true” civil rights icon, not one “appointed” by the media. A “true” icon or leader should be like a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was raised in a Caribbean American household with both parents present throughout my entire childhood; my mom, a West Indian immigrant and my dad, a New York born Southerner. I was exposed to cultural traditions from both sides of the spectrum which all build upon my beliefs as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let’s face it. At some point a police officer will be charged, and convicted, of killing a Black man. Just because someone wears a uniform or is acting in a police capacity does not mean they cannot be charged with homicide. However, until a police officer is convicted of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many, if not most, African Americans are believed to be of partial Native American ancestry. William Loren Katz in Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage explored the roots of this Black and Native American admixture. Black contact with Native Americans goes back long before the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth. In ...