(ThyBlackMan.com) Is it possible to have a Black consciousness and be a Christian? Are the terms contradictory? Is “Conscious Christian” an oxymoron? I can hear some of you now, saying, “Uh oh, Jim, you are in deep water with this topic.” That’s fine; this column has not survived for nearly ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The events surrounding and leading up to Black Lives Matter, Chi-Raq and the black incarceration crisis together constitute the most serious racial civil rights struggle since the 1960s. Examples of rap tracks addressing these crises abound, but no artist has singularly assumed the mantle of the struggle and become ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Since 2015 began, many police killings have taken place in various parts of the United States. The killings have stirred raw emotions from both Whites and African Americans, given that Blacks were killed at an astronomically disproportionate rate. Notable among the cases in question was the killing of Mike ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There really should never have been much doubt that disgraced comedian Bill Cosby eventually would be charged with a sex related misconduct offense somewhere at some time. In the much discussed unsealed affidavit Cosby swore to in 2005, he confessed to giving drugs to one woman and getting drugs ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Each business has got many stories to tell and if you are looking for an efficient way to promote your products and services online, it is very understandable. But if you are just beginning in this business, it will not be that easy to get customers and clients on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Original inner city residents and newcomers face heightened security risks. Where these risks become chronic, enterprises evaporate… and so do communities! “Nobody wants to do business in a warzone,” is a warning I’ve given for years. UrbanSafetyism arises from this crisis, enlisting merchants and event planners as partners – ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s probably not news to anyone that different people tend to spend their money differently from one another. Some are notoriously tightfisted, while others are more loose and casual. Some are perpetually borrowing money from — and therefore, owing money to — friends, family, and credit card companies, while ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In politics, 2015 was the year of insults for those seeking the Republican nomination for president. And Donald Trump was the undisputed Insulter-in-Chief. Among his numerous lowlights: Trump insulted former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina’s appearance by saying: “Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? I mean, she’s ...