(ThyBlackMan.com) Old 1960s US Army buddy, acclaimed life coach and author Steve Chandler sent me a copy of his latest book, “Crazy Good.” In his book, Steve points out that embracing a victim mindset has extremely negative consequences; is not empowering and actually weakens you. The validity of Steve’s statement ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Why does it surprise anyone when chaos reigns in America’s inner cities when it just reflects the chaos now reigning in our whole country? I open my dictionary to the word “civilize” and I read: ” 1. to bring out of a condition of savagery or barbarism; to instruct ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dr. Ben Carson, now second in most polls for the Republican presidential nomination, naturally finds himself under attack by threatened lefties. GQ published an anti-Carson article with the headline “F–k Ben Carson,” except it spelled out the f-word. Comic actor Seth Rogen tweeted “F–k you” to Carson. And a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The night we brought home our baby boy from the adoption agency a few months ago, I made the sudden transition from being a woman who has never had a baby to being the mother of a toddler. No nine-month pregnancy followed by a few months of having a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future. —Theodore Roosevelt History is important. If you don’t know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a position of power can tell ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Twenty-two-year-old Lionel Nishimwe (pictured) is a Rwandan-born lawyer who has contributed to Thyblackman as an Advocate for Rwandans. While the Hutu are internationally known for being responsible for the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, where between 800,000 to 1 million Tutsis were allegedly murdered in 100 days, Nishimwe labours to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In a previous article, I mis-spoke. I called Eminem an uncrowned king. I said this because of some misconstrued, prejudice that hides in a tiny crevice of my soul. I was doing to a white boy exactly what whites do to Black people. I was incorporating his skin color ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) From the inception of Hip-Hop, the Black woman has been portrayed as everything from a heroine to a house wife to a video-ho. Irrespective of the role she plays for said artists, she remains hitched to Hip-Hop like a descriptive plot interwoven in an intricate piece of a written ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Young Thug certainly embodies the title of his hit song, “I’m a Stoner.” I’m not one to throw stones; but, one would have to be stoned after absorbing music that is mixed with weed, lean, molly, and E. It is rumored that Young Thug drinks prescription cough syrup while ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We can all agree that whirlpool tubs are not just a valuable addition to any home and bathroom because they are great to relax in and are attractive – they also bring a plethora of benefits to your health and well-being that can’t be denied. If you didn’t know, ...