(ThyBlackMan.com) I spent a quiet Fourth of July weekend relaxing, reading and watching a few of my favorite movies, just soaking in the idea of independence…freedom. I had already decided earlier in the week I would give my keyboard a break from my writing. I desired the comforts of Southern ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What’s old is new again. If you have old CDs, audio cassettes, or even LPs, you might be surprised to learn that everything can be saved and digitized. It’s a lot cheaper than buying all of your favorites all over again. And, it’s rather simple to pull off. Here’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Poynter recently reported that the Los Angeles Times hired a reporter to cover Black Twitter. In a recently released staff memo, Los Angeles Times Managing Editor S. Mitra Kalita said: Dexter Thomas joins us today to cover Black Twitter (which really is so much more complicated than that). He ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “The last official government census of 1991 (to which no oppostion party nor the RPF objected at the time) had approximately 595,000 Tutsis in Rwanda with about 40,000 in Kigali. Most of the dead on display at Gashozi are Hutus not Tutsis. General Dallaire made a report on April ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are talking about overcoming the spirit of unbelief. When I say I really believe God, that means I trust God. Now, raw faith is just simply taking God at His Word. In other words, if God said something, I believe it. I already understand that God is not ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Surely we’ve all heard the phrase “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach” and most women aim to learn a thing or two in the kitchen for this reason alone. I can recall as a youth hearing that a woman had to know how to cook ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I cannot make this stuff up. Billionaire real estate/entertainment magnate Donald Trump – the 2016 Republican president candidate who basically broke the internet with the incendiary remarks he made three weeks ago about Mexico and Mexicans entering the US – could have walked back his comments. He should have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As the world embraces Social Media and moves forward in quantifying the information online with platforms and tools that are readily accepted as reliable and dependable, information is a valuable commodity in the world. There is developing a blur of digital lines between what is real and unreal when ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As usual, this year’s emancipation celebrations will present the same worn-out tale of how our “innocent” and “defenseless” African ancestors were “brutalized” by the “wicked” white people. Africans in the West take it for granted that slavery was a strictly white versus black affair. However, did you know that, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s no secret that smoking traditional fire and tobacco cigarettes is proven to be a long-term health risk for both yourself and those friends and family surrounding you. On top of this they have many other negative consequences, like their exorbitant cost, terrible smell, and the discoloring it does ...