(ThyBlackMan.com) Florida Rapper touches on some real issues… The fact that family is important is sometimes lost in hip hop. To be honest, a lot of things of substance are not talked about in hip hop or entertainment in general. So understand; I was a little shocked, and pleasantly surprised ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Barack Hussein Obama is an African-American, but not in the traditional sense. His wife is. His children are, but he is not. His father was an African, his mother was an American and this was his paradigm until he reached adulthood. The President was raised by his white ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) America has become the thing from which its originators fled. The British settlers fled the United Kingdom in search of freedom from a tyrannical monarchy and its division, the Church of England. Those Europeans who came to North America simultaneously fled oppression and inflicted it in their settlement. They ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many people tend to focus on all health and body challenges that women face in their lifetimes, but the truth is that we all have unique problems that we have to deal with. Sure, women have a lot that they have to cope with, but this is not to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Perennial congressional gadfly Dennis Kucinich completely lost his political screws when he even uttered the word “impeachment” of President Obama over his action in Libya. Kucinich has often been the lone, outraged voice, in blistering Obama on everything from his tax cut compromise with the GOP to his Afghan ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Save for college or save for retirement? Torn between parental instincts and the stark realities of retirement planning, more families are having to face this gut wrenching choice. Add the pressures of the current economy that leaves little left-over money lying around, and the decision becomes even tougher. Yet ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sex isn’t the same as it was in your 20s — but it can still be satisfying. Contrary to common myths about sexuality and older adults, sex is not just for the young. Many seniors continue to enjoy their sexuality into their 80s and beyond. A healthy sex life ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This morning, I got a text from my respected colleague Roland Martin. I can’t remember what Roland and I were talking about, but I do remember what he told me at the end of our conversation. Roland mentioned that he couldn’t do anything next week because “the cruise is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I have lived all over the United States and I can tell you each place has its own nuances that make them different. But living in the South, has been an experience like no other. Here I find that many of the people have adopted a regimented lifestyle that they ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I often wonder if intellect is scorned at large by the black community. Have we adopted it as xenophobic, rhetoric that is only productive to academic debates or the common use of vocabulary that stretches past the norm into opportunities to search the dictionary for clarity? This has become ...