(ThyBlackMan.com) Traditionally, men were hunters and gatherers and held the sole responsibility for initiating the mating ritual, which included marriage proposals, asking for the first dance and initiating first contact. First contact. That’s the dreaded first “hello” or the first smile. And it used to be fairly simple. Men did ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was sitting in the living room of my parent’s home in Louisville, KY watching the new Janks Morton film, “Hoodwinked.” Janks sent me a copy a while back, but this was the first time I’d had a chance to watch the film in its entirety. I am in the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I heard this week that Bishop Eddie Long was holding a “Spirit & Truth” Conference, I had to sit back in my chair for a second to think. As my eye brow wrinkled into my forehead, I asked myself, “what is there that’s truthful about Eddie Long on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You would fully expect that in the year 2012, black people would not have a problem looking black. But you would never guess that after seeing the reactions that many people had to seeing public pictures of Jay-Z and Beyonce’s daughter, Blue Ivy Carter. The photos of the little ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It has recently been reported that if poverty goes up by just .1% this year, it will be the worst poverty that America has experienced since 1965. Peter Edelman, director of the Georgetown Center on Poverty, Inequality and Public Policy, attributes the poverty increase to a host of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Jeremy Lin’s Cinderella story continues on but nit in the city of bright lights, not at the World’s Most Famous Arena, not where it all began in New York City. The former New York Knick over night sensation turnover prone “not really a point” guard signed a three year ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Reuter’s journalist Steve Holland’s report on Mitt Romney’s upcoming trip toIsrael takes a dig at President Obama.Holland writes, “Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will soon do something Barack Obama has yet to do as president – visit U.S. ally Israel.” Holland suggests that Romney’s trip, which will include stops ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Information is freely available everywhere. So much that it is easy to verify and substantiate with a little effort. However, for most African Americans, the major news topics of the day are ignored by their most treasured sources of information – black owned urban media and radio. Now if ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In an article several weeks ago, written for this site, a similar question was asked, “Can The Sanford Black Community Win?” The article highlighted the issues facing the black community of Sanford, Florida and their struggle with the white power structure of that city as they sought to remove ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The nation is once again abuzz with talk of the Affordable Health Care Act of 2010, most commonly referred to as Obamacare. Mitt Romney will reevaluate this indiscretion with his handlers after his presentation to the NAACP. From the minute the law was proposed through its passage and signing ...