(ThyBlackMan.com) Sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? But it shouldn’t. Of the one billion Roman Catholics in the world today, at least 20% (200 million) are Black. Africa alone has 130 million Black Catholics. In fact, the largest Catholic Church building in the world is found in Africa, the cathedral ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are more than 200,000 women who are currently incarcerated, 115,000 in federal or state prisons and 99,000 in local jails. Nearly one million women are on probation – representing 26 percent of those on probation and 98,000 are on parole. Women’s incarceration has grown by more than 800 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It seems that some Black people have suddenly become one issue voters. I’ve been voting for a lot of years, and I have seen Black people vote for the lesser of two evils without complaining. I’m from Louisiana, so much of my life the lesser of two evils was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are a variety of verses in the Bible that seem to command us to avoid fallen or backslidden Christians. Yet one verse in particular, Galatians 6:1, commands us to restore fallen Christians. What are we to do? 1 CORINTHIANS 5:11 1 Corinthians 5:11 – But now I have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are many perspectives on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Perspectives about which we continue to explore, write and speak. Pastor of the people, Philosopher of non-violence, Ph.D. in theology, Peacemaker of Nobel Prize quality, Protester of racial injustice, Councilor to Presidents and a Promoter of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some recent research studies have found biological changes in new fathers — even at the hormonal and brain cell level. One study in Israel tracked levels of the hormone oxytocin in first-time parents during the early months of parenting. Oxytocin is known for its correlation to moments of strong ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When people continuously attempt to slander and vilify you because they lack any ability to form a true argument, there are a few ways in which you can respond. One of those methods is ignoring the baseless pestering because you and everyone with any logical sense knows that it ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In spite of the numerous blatant and subliminal social obstacles that the Black community has faced in the past and continues to face, a remarkable number of African Americans have risen to highly-esteemed statuses in the professions, arts, letters, professional sports and the entertainment field in the last 100 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Obama announced this past Sunday evening that “al-Qaida’s leader and symbol” Osama bin Laden had been killed, “Tonight I can report to the American people and the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden…” This is a good thing. President Obama ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On Sunday evening, in the minutes after the official announcement of Bin Laden’s death at the hands of American Special Forces, I began receiving two kinds of phone calls. One genre came from my media junkie friends, ever eager to gab about the social significance of any news considered ...