(ThyBlackMan.com) Many people forgot how it was in “certain slices” of the Black community when Barack Obama won the election after a grueling campaign to become the President of the United states back in 2008. Oh how time flies and oh how attitudes have changed……. What I am speaking on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When you use a loosely-defined term such as “dark-skinned male” to describe the suspect of one of the most notorious crimes in American history, you should fully expect that people are going to become angry with you. So, when CNN’s John King went there, all Hades broke loose ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Family, Here is an interesting “spin” to consider, regarding the concept of being a “Sellout“. Back in the 1980s, the term “Sellout” applied to someone who was all too quick to give up his/her “blackness” in exchange for a seat at a white table. It could also relate to someone ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Is your back bothering you, and are you wondering how to get rid of your back pain? If the phrase “Ouch, my back!” is a regular part of your life, you’re not alone: 65 million Americans suffer from back pain. Slow, gentle activity can help you live with, if not ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “For a country that’s so religious it lacks so much compassion”-Bill Maher. It was a regular Sunday morning when I found myself watching TV One’s Washington Watch with Roland Martin and he was interviewing Bishop T.D. Jakes about a program called “TORI” where he was helping ex-cons get their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A gentleman by the name of James W. Lewis recently commented on my article, “Who’s In the ‘Dark,’ the Black Community, or Dr. Ben Carson?” In his comment he posed a question which under ordinary circumstances would seem to be very reasonable, and one that seems to currently be on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What’s the reason you have for not going for “it” – your most authentic dream? Whatever “it” is in your life or career, most people have a reason it hasn’t happened yet. But if you look behind the reasons, you might just discover they could be reclassified as excuses. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You sometimes have to really try to understand the motivation behind those who call themselves your friends. I’ve learned the rough way that in this life there is no magic bond that exists that is supposed to keep you in the energy fields of these people who prostitute a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As George Benson sang in Moody’s Mood, “There I go, there I go, there I go…” making up words again. I couldn’t resist this one in light of our penchant to choose sides when it comes to economics versus politics. It seems we cannot understand, nor act upon, the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Bob Stoops, the well-paid coach of the University of Oklahoma football team, thinks that it’s OK for his players to be broke and hungry. Stoops, who just signed a nice contract extension of nearly $40 million over eight years, expects that his players and their families should be ...