(ThyBlackMan.com) Dear Black Men, Greetings Gents. I hope this letter finds you in good health. I’m doing fine. Thanks for asking. I recently had my hair braided for the first time. Besides the pain and itching; I’m enjoying the style. I did notice that I have more grey hairs than ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s been six months since the Biden-Harris administration began, ushering in an era of hope after four bitter and disheartening years. We have much to celebrate. At the same time, there are ways in which our future is wavering on a knife’s edge: will we fulfill the promise of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We’ve become so inured to Donald Trump’s proto-fascism that we barely blink an eye when we learn that he tried to manipulate the 2020 election. Yet the most recent revelation should frighten every American to their core. On Friday, the House oversight committee released notes of a 27 December telephone call ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There was no idea of shirts a hundred years ago. This is because the people used to wear fancy and expensive clothes. They wear such clothes because they thought that it will increase their looks and personality. But in today’s age people love to wear clothes which are easy ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With few exceptions, every four years citizens of the world revel in the pomp, ceremonies, and athletic excellence of the Olympic Games. Something in the human spirit admires the competition of the games and, for that moment in time, the emergence of the best athletes. Like many this year, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) First, it was Juneteenth. Now it’s Willie O’Ree. Let’s take both and then try to see what the GOP is up to. Remember seeming from nowhere all fifty GOP senators enthusiastically signed off on legislation that made Juneteenth an official national holiday. That’s the day that slaves in Texas ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Gifted artists create a spirit so strong it lives on long after they’re gone. That’s the case with legendary choreographer/dancer Alvin Ailey. It’s like he never left. Never passed on. Documentary director Jamila Wignot records the history, evolution and continuation of Ailey’s work during the renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ll tell you, one of the most divisive statements that serve no purpose other than to disrupt Black solidarity is the old refrain that Black folks are not monolithic. This statement is one of the few that possesses the power to be simultaneously partially true and partially false. Now, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Despair is worse after a brief period of hope. I don’t know about you, but I was elated earlier this spring when it seemed as if Trump and COVID were gone, and Biden seemed surprisingly able to get the nation rapidly back on track. Now much is sliding backwards. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued more guidance, this time to put our masks back on indoors with potentially unvaccinated people because you might transmit the virus to them. And those unvaccinated people are the ones crowding the hospitals. They are a danger to themselves and ...