(ThyBlackMan.com) Black people all over the world have a rich and diverse historic legacy and a future that is full of promise, opportunity and prosperity if we continue our struggle for true freedom, justice and equality without engaging in self-denial, self-destruction, disunity or any form of mis-education. For centuries, there have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With the Bishop Eddie Long story surfacing recently, a familiar undertone seems to be emerging during the many conversations on the topic. Nope, I’m not talking about the “DL” phenomenon in black churches. I’m talking about the issue of pastoral compensation. Namely, is it right for a pastor to drive ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For Christian singles, every day brings the opportunity to do the right thing or the wrong thing. How do we choose? What do we base our decisions on? How do we look at each new situation and pick the course that agrees with our faith? As adopted sons and daughters ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) African Americans are cultural children. We are not fully developed as a people, because we don’t know who we are, what we stand for or where we are going. Many of us don’t even think about it. The best that many of us can manage is to be whatever ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The NAACP Legal Defense Fund will argue in an appeals court in San Francisco today that the state of Washington’s denial of voting rights to convicted felons is rooted in discrimination… The most fundamental political right in our society is the right to vote. Today (Sept. 21) the U.S. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was recently checking out some of CNN’s special, “Black in America,” the show they seem to do once a year. In the series, African Americans are analyzed like lab rats in a cage, with producers highlighting every dysfunction imaginable, as if we have a monopoly on counter productive behavior. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Yes, there are undeniable racial components to the LeBron James hate of the past two months. But the sinister subset of America that finds it easier to loathe him because he’s a black man is old, boring news. More interesting to me is the mood of the “black community.” Much ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Back in 2006 during an interview with T.I., he told me he had changed. He told me he was sad it took him so long to realize he had been living on the wrong side of the law. He told me it was his biggest regret that he had let ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the key components of weight loss and muscle gain is the food you eat. If you exercise but eat all the wrong foods, you will likely have slow or minimal progress, which is extremely discouraging. However, if you give your muscles the fuel they need, you will ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Water is one of the most important substances in the human body, and plays a role in several critical biological systems. Water promotes weight loss, flushes toxins from the body and allows proper digestion. Proper hydration also leads to healthy, glowing skin and a possible reduction in the risk ...