(ThyBlackMan.com) The funny thing about so-called “black leadership” is that much of our perception of black public figures is controlled and managed by predominantly white media.  Therefore, it is no coincidence that nearly every prominent black person who speaks firmly for the rights of African Americans has been typecast as ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Today in the United States of America, there seems to be a growing consensus against Gun Violence. Lately we’ve heard plenty of statements against guns and its lackadaisical laws by everyone from President Obama to inner city politicians. Obviously our political choir sings a sad tune, as gun violence ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) GOP congressional leaders tried to have their cake and eat it too on Syria. They spent months screaming at and for President Obama to take action against Syria. Their first call was to take out Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime and then their later call was to hit hard ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “I view ignorance of all types as a punching bag. I consider myself to be like a boxer; empowered to fight the good fight. I am therefore duty-bound and honor bound to hit that bag as frequently and as forcefully as I can – until that bag falls.” This ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Alexis logged onto Facebook one evening after getting home from work and scrolled through the news feed. Her fellow high school track buddy Ericka posted an adorable video of her two-year old daughter playing in the backyard. A colleague from her first job out of college posted a pic ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I can make this a very short blog indeed if I honestly gave an answer to the title of this article on the self hating Negroes. I can say, when you see them…….RUN the other way. I can say, when they speak to you…….IGNORE them! I can say, treat ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) A few months ago the documentary “Dark Girls” was aired on The Own Network. From a journalistic point of view this may be old news, but it really isn’t since the subject matter of “Dark Girls” has been a hot topic for years. It somehow amazes me that in 2013 ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) A while back when some in the media were debating whether or not women can have it all, I thought to myself: here we go again!  It seems the whole conversation started with a book titled:  Lean In  written by Sandberg, a Harvard-educated chief operating officer of Facebook, who ...