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Black History Month.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Black History Month will soon be coming to a close, but it is not too late to celebrate, donate, and/or commemorate Black excellence, Black history, and Black solidarity. Each year I try to learn about someone in Black history who may not be well known and discussed in the larger public discourse. I also try to learn more about someone beyond just the headlines and their largest accomplishments. For... [Read the full story]

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Great Films Abound at 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Feature films and documentaries entertained and enlightened audiences at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The non-fiction films were as compelling as the crime thrillers, family dramas and adolescent romances. Nearly all left a lasting impression. Cha Cha Real Smooth (***1/2) Twenty-three-year-old writer/actor/director Cooper Raiff knows how to capture the attention of rom/com... [Read the full story]

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Why Joe Biden should consider Michelle Obama for SCOTUS.

(ThyBlackMan.com) During his campaign, President Biden promised to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. Now he has a chance to fulfill that promise with the announced retirement of liberal Justice Stephen Breyer. Biden should look beyond career judges to someone who can represent the interests of the people—former First Lady Michelle Obama. Michelle can be a voice of hope on the Court in... [Read the full story]

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Black Community and Mortgage Discrimination.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Mortgage is a word many are familiar with. However, for people who may not understand what it means, a mortgage is a type of loan used to purchase or maintain a property usually a house or land. In contrast to other loans, the property purchased with the loan serves as a guarantee or collateral for a mortgage. When it comes to getting a mortgage loan, discrepancy persists just as... [Read the full story]

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Book Review; “My Strong Tower”: There is Power in a Name.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Relationship on any level is formed by one’s ability to get to know the being they are looking to grow with. In many instances one of the first things we know about a person is their name. This gives us a reference for them, and we consider ourselves more familiar with them when we know their full name. The laws of relationship apply both to physical relationships, and spiritual... [Read the full story]

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Movie Review; Marry Me.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Nothing is drastically wrong with this rom/com. Nothing is drastically right. That’s the problem. This Valentine’s Day offering feels like a present that’s been regifted and passed along. Jennifer Lopez took big chances in her last movie Hustlers. She played a streetwise stripper and that paid off, winning her accolades for that unlikely role and very gritty performance. In... [Read the full story]

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That Black Woman.

(ThyBlackMan.com) In February 2020, few gave full thought or consideration to the pledge that the, then, Democratic Presidential candidate, Joe Biden, made to make a Black woman his first Supreme Court nominee. Of course, any comment made by candidate Biden was subject to political pushback by members of the Trump mob, but I’m not sure that enough people thought he would win and have that pledge... [Read the full story]

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A 40% Fatherless Nation?

(ThyBlackMan.com) In 1941, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the United States entered World War II, there were 2,515,427 babies born in this country. Of those babies, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 95,700 — or 3.8% — were born to unmarried mothers. The traditional family led by a mother and father was a foundational fact of American culture. In 1945, the percentage... [Read the full story]

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Under Pandemic Lockdowns, the Rich Got Richer and the Poor Got Crushed.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Today, two years after COVID-19 first hit these shores from China, most studies confirm that the heavy-handed government lockdowns of businesses, restaurants, schools, churches and parks did more harm than good to our health and well-being. States and countries with strict and prolonged lockdown and stay-at-home orders had slightly better health outcomes, but they ruined their economies... [Read the full story]

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Robert F. Smith, Billionaire.

(ThyBlackMan.com) I have never met Robert F. Smith, billionaire. In fact, I probably never heard of him before 2020. I am amused because the wealthiest Black man in the United States has become a parody, before he’s even been on TV with Oprah. Whenever I see his name mentioned in news stories or on social media, he is always now referred to as “Robert F. Smith, billionaire.” It reminds me of... [Read the full story]

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Book Review; “Will”: The Wisdom of Experience.

(ThyBlackMan.com) I wasn’t sure what to expect form Will Smith’s new book “Will”. There had been so much fuss in the media surrounding the content, and whether Will Smith has crossed the line of giving the world too much information. Given all the press around how his relationship with his wife plays out for many to perceive, it seems we were reaching a space where we needed a break from the... [Read the full story]

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The ride of our lives can be scary at times.

(ThyBlackMan.com) You know, life at times can appear to be just one big roller coaster—a frightening one, at that! It’s full of twists and turns, people and events, ups and downs that would make anyone skeptical at best as to its purpose. Free will is supposed to have something to do with how we live our lives by the decisions we make or do not make. We find ourselves caught up in quagmires of... [Read the full story]

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“Someone Has Led This Child to Believe”: Giving Foster Kids a Voice.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Every year many children are pushed through the Foster Care system, group homes, and psychiatric hospitals; they are left to be broken in these spaces. No child should come into this world feeling unloved and unwanted. No child should be expected to give the understanding of consequence, response, logic, and reasoning of an adult that understands what it means to be a functioning... [Read the full story]

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Critical Race Theory: Absolutely Necessary.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Critical Race Theory (CRT), a Harvard law developed legal theory that expresses U.S. social institutions (i.e., the criminal justice system, labor market, housing market, and healthcare system) are laced with racism embedded in laws, regulations, rules, and procedures that lead to differential outcomes by race.  And that these issues must be admitted to, confronted and exposed, if... [Read the full story]

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