(ThyBlackMan.com) Two years ago, BET reporter Andre Showell posed a question to Barack Obama at a press conference marking Obama’s first 100 days in office. Showell noted “double-digit unemployment” among Blacks and asked Obama, “What specific policies can you point to that will target these communities and what’s the timetable ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I wrote and posted the poem An Edifice Complex, I wanted to present a truth in a parabolic way – allowing the reader to experience a revelation in their own time as they digested the words for themselves. Well, I’ve been directed to make it plain today! I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Just yesterday you complained to a colleague at work “I eat healthy, and I don’t snack between meals, so why can’t I lose any weight?” And more than likely, there’s at least one person in your office who eats all the time, and never seems to gain any weight. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The biggest mistake that a credit cardholder can do is overspending. But despite the fact that it is a common knowledge, many consumers still fall into the credit card debt trap each year. In this article, we present practical tips on how to stop bad credit card habits and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What do you mean you can’t do math? You invented it! An animal bone, with markings used for counting, discovered in South Africa is estimated to be more than 35,000 years old. Another bone, the Ishango Bone, found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, not only has markings for counting, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Like nearly every other black man in America, I’ve been taken aback by the manner through which Donald Trump has used racist code language to undermine the presidency of Barack Obama. After first wondering if he was born in the United States, Trump has made reference to Obama playing too ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The NAACP of Detroit has committed what appears to be an incredibly sad act by giving it’s Great Expectations Award to Kid Rock during it’s annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner. It’s ironic that the NAACP is giving an award to someone who regularly uses the Confederate flag during ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The tables were turned on PBS late-night broadcaster Tavis Smiley when Need to Know’s Alison Stewart asked him to explain his recent comment describing the forthcoming election as “going to be the ugliest, the nastiest, the most divisive, and the most racist in the history of this Republic” on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A short counter-point to my colleague Darrick Herndon’s piece in ThyBlackMan. America has never been a melting pot; it’s been more of a stew, where some of the vegetables are pushed to the top while others have always been pushed down closer to the fire. However life in America ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In Revelation, Jesus said that He’d rather us (the Church) be hot or cold and not lukewarm. The irony of this is that it’s when the weather tosses these extremes of hot and cold at us that we show lukewarm sentiments the best! While He wasn’t speaking from a ...