(ThyBlackMan.com) I fought long and hard and often for the word “Nigga” to be used exclusively between Black people only, as a term of endearment that symbolized our power as a community to take something that originated in pure hatred, and make it into something positive. We failed. The word ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I have come to the realization that the lack of the ability of the majority of citizens of these United States, in particular we African Americans, t think critically is intentional and have taken a turn for the worse. It like clear that the main reason for this is ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) My Older brother Donald was actually my uncle, but we were close enough in age that he was pretty much a sibling.  I’d looked up to him from the day I was born and followed him around for the next 25 years.   I followed him to my first trip ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s finally time that we have that long awaited talk about measuring black success. For far too long we have given many a pass when it comes to what they say and how they go about navigating what it means to achieve for the community. No, making money and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The revelations by former Essence Magazine editor Constance White both intrigued and concerned me.  Not to say that I was surprised, but I admittedly long for the days when my friend Susan Taylor stood at the helm of the magazine, and Essence represented something black, extraordinary and authentic.  There was a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Bill O’Reilly is to the news world what a Justin Bieber headline is to a non-Belieber; after a while, the redundancy can and will take a toll mentally. To further add mental restraint onto the pile of already yay-high Bill O’ Reilly discrepancies, O’Reilly decides to attack Beyoncé’s resurgence, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Every since the Donald Sterling scandal erupted, conservative Republicans have been all over the airways and social media declaring that Donald Sterling was a Democrat, and that proves their ongoing contention that it is the Democrats who had the racist past, and it is the Democrats who are the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Let’s be clear:  I don’t hate white people.  In fact, many of my best friends are white (yes, that was a joke, since I hear this often said about black people).  I have a view of white America that is not built on being unnecessarily angry at anyone, but ...