(ThyBlackMan.com) Urban families, without exception to race, color, or ethnic persuasion are ripe with nontraditional family units or “families in transition.” This includes but is not limited to “live-in” relationships, stepfamilies, foster families, wards of the state in temporary living arrangements, as well as homeless families. Our communities’ institutions are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the mid-1930s, Sinclair Lewis once stated that “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.” I do not think that he was aware that his words would aptly describe many in the conservative party today from the halls of congress ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Media coverage of singer Whitney Houston’s funeral evoked a disappointment I often feel as a black woman in America. It reminded me that many elements of black culture are still viewed as exotic and, in some cases, disdained as such. Houston’s funeral, but for being broadcast live and attended ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I swear folks really do like to show their behinds after someone has passed. No, I’m not talking about Bobby Brown and his entourage/uninvited family members, who decided to ignore the immediate family’s request that attendees bring only two or three additional guests to Whitney Houston’s funeral and then ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful moments of the present, and the hope and promise of the future”. Unknown The excitement and fun of this year’s dance will be remembered by young ladies until the next dance of 2013. Fueled by great music, classy ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A recent report that New York City Police Department may have spied on Al Sharpton as he prepared to protest the acquittal of three police officers in the 2006 shooting death of Sean Bell brings back memories of a carefully-orchestrated national effort to discredit civil rights leaders, including Dr. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We have often discussed the need for reparations for the 400 years of slavery. The contexts of the discussions continue on as if we never had a chance with any form of reparations. I discovered back in the 1990s that we indeed had a go with a form of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many of you who started January zealously committed to getting fit are close to crashing hard in February. Everyone who follows a diet has times when it is tough to stay motivated and that is when it is just too easy to give up. The most important aspect of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Most couples not only do not have a plan to grow together spiritually…they don’t even talk about it. Not long ago, we surveyed subscribers to our Good Advice Parent Newsletter in various areas of marital satisfaction. I wasn’t surprised that the area we found couples least satisfied was that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, Viola Davis appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Oscar special, via the OWN network. I was mesmerized with her soul as a human being. Have you ever tapped in to the human spirit, and realized that you connected with the individual before you, though you can’t touch them? That ...