(ThyBlackMan.com) Let it sit. Stew in it for a few more minutes. Repeat. Stop paying non-staff church musicians! I don’t expect people who care about this topic to agree with me. In fact I expect to meet with a lot of resistance, if not outright hatred. But I’m not joking, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Americannews.com,  Power105.1fm.com, and several other entertainment sites on the web are reporting that Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment, which produced I Am Legend, Hancock, The Karate Kid, is producing the George Zimmerman Story, staring Smith’s son, Jaden Smith, as Trayvon Martin. According to reports, the film is targeted to be released in the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As I prepare for a Fatherhood panel being held in Washington DC by former NBA star Etan Thomas (Saturday, 6/21, 10 am at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden), I am led to reflect on the impact that the fatherhood dilemma has had on the African American community.   ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Imagine if you will, gentlemen. Remember that young lady you dated back in college? She was smart, funny, polite, cute, and introverted. She loved you. You knew she was marriage material, but you weren’t remotely interested in marriage at the time. You wanted to be single. You wanted to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Several months ago, I was on Facebook, killing time out of boredom.  Suddenly, one of the meaner type of anti-Obama posts caught my eye.  Curiosity got the better of me and I delved into the source, one of those “Obama Hater” groups. So began my descent into a particularly ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In his book THE CASE FOR DEMOCRACY, Natan Sharansky, a former Soviet political prisoner released from prison by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986 wrote “A society is free if people have a right to express their views without fear of arrest, imprisonment, or physical harm.” He also added, “A society ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) With this Article I want to address the nation-wide seriousness of the Dead Beat Father Syndrome. This is a sickness that has destroyed generation after generation of young girls without any justice being given to these children. And yes it affects young boys as well, but boys have a stronger tolerance for ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Words like sissy and f** can often be heard in the black community to describe a man who falls outside the comparatively restrictive confounds of black male masculinity.  However, why black men in particular focus on masculinity more than their other racial counterparts is often misunderstood.  Two theories seek ...