(ThyBlackMan.com) Although I have enjoyed watching movies and reading books for many years, I freely admit that I’m not much of a conspiracy theorist. Artistically, I like high concept premises as much as anyone, but the rules of reality are ever-present. As we speed towards the abyss of defaulting on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As the saying goes, “Once you know better you should do better.” Most of us can remember situations that would have benefited us in some way or another had we only used the knowledge we received from our parents, our elders, our friends, or our teachers. Many accidents could ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As of 11:59:59 Monday night, we entered midnight here in America. As I’m writing this particular column, it remains midnight – even though it’s early in the afternoon. I say that because over 800,000 federal workers have been furloughed as a result of the U.S. government’s shutdown. Those workers ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Miriam Carey’s sisters screamed loudly that their sister did not have to die in the hail of gunfire from D.C. police. They did not say or even hint that race had anything to do with the young black woman’s slaying in her alleged attack on the White House. The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” -Proverbs 17:22 Women tend to show their emotions on their faces more than men, and research shows we are also more adept at reading emotional expressions than men. It is possible then that as a ...
Clear Channel Communications Should be Confronted for Promotion of Toxic Music in Black Communities.
(ThyBlackMan.com) This week, I spoke at a conference hosted by the Center for Church and Prisons in Boston, Massachusetts. Rev. George Walters- Sleyon brought together a group of people to discuss the prison problem in America, including d**k Gregory, Dr. Umar Johnson, the rapper Jasiri X and others who are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometime ago I came across a movie on PBS, titled: Arranged Marriage. It was about two female Teachers at a Brooklyn public school. One was an Orthodox Jew, and the other was a Muslim. The two women became friends upon learning that they were both being subjected to arranged ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My eyes were closed a few minutes ago, as I sit on an airplane headed to speak at a conference on prisons at Boston University. It is during these quiet moments on the plane, during takeoff when there are no electronic devices allowed, that I sometimes reflect on my ...