(ThyBlackMan.com) I spent a fair amount of time on the phone yesterday with a couple of New York City radio show hosts (Bob Pickett and James Mtume) for whom I have a tremendous amount of respect. We were planning a show on Sunday in which we will discuss the debt ceiling ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Me and Tavis, we’re going to remind you who Martin really was.” – Dr. Cornel West Now that Dr. Cornel West and television personality Tavis Smiley have set out like an Afro-centric version of “Thelma and Louise” on a tour denouncing the Obama administration for what the two decry ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) 2011 for hip hop music has been talked about as one of the best years in recent memory. The likes of J. Cole, Wale, Fabolous and Rick Ross have made buzzes releasing singles and flooding the underground with mix tapes. While Lil’ Wayne, J. Cole and Drake all have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down.” These are some lyrics from one of my favorite’s songs when I was in graduate school. They remind me unfortunately of our current commander in chief – Barack Obama. Especially given his recent, tail between the leg recapitulation of requesting a balanced ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Steve Harvey has decided to throw himself into the ring as a critic of the Poverty Tour of Tavis Smiley and Cornel West. This week on his syndicated radio show, Harvey went in on West and Smiley in ways that turned heads. “I was a huge fan of Cornel ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) NCAA athletics has become the new prohibition – the illogical construct that creates a destructive underground economy because leadership is being guided by an illusion of what should be, rather than confronting the NCAA for what it really is: a professional sports league. Some of our most highly educated ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s an old saying which admonishes us to “take care of home first.” There’s another which says “know which side your bread is buttered.” Or how about, “dance with who brung ya.” All of them offer the same general pearls of wisdom; knowing where your true support base resides ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Is Satan messing with you? The Bible tells us that many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivers him out of them all (Psalm 34:19). Satan feels threatened and afraid when a Christian discovers their worth and whom they are. When a Christian gets real about their faith Satan ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Obama supporters have long insisted that The Man simply knows things most of us don’t. As president, he’s got access to the facts and figures. He’s looking further, playing sixth-dimensional chess while most of us can barely get our minds around checkers. They just might be right. If there’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I often wonder if you are aware of the potential that lies within you. Do you not know that you have the ability to achieve anything with the help of God? I often wonder if you intentionally ignore the wisdom and advice of your elders to express your individuality ...