(ThyBlackMan.com) “IF YE WERE ABRAHAM’S CHILDREN, YE WOULD DO THE WORKS OF ABRAHAM” Every since I wrote the column “Crabs in a Barrel,” the gross hypocrisy of South Carolina State Senator, Rev. Darrell Jackson, has lingered with me. In that column I describe how the Black, South Carolina State Senator, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) CNN contributor Roland Martin, who departed the network on April 6, has been named the National Association of Black Journalists’ (NABJ) 2013 Journalist of the Year. In today’s American media, there are a number of Black faces on the screen as anchors, pundits, and hosts. But none represented the views and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week, the rapper TI expressed a bit of outrage over the link that the website TMZ made between Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev and the hip-hop music industry. Earlier in the week, it was reported that Tsarnaev loved to listen to hip-hop music, and that he was a a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’m in the thick of writing a book about women and happiness – and lessons seem to appear constantly. Last Wednesday, I was still on a high from my trip to New York – including an appearance on the TODAY Show and quick meetings with fabulous folks at the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many people forgot how it was in “certain slices” of the Black community when Barack Obama won the election after a grueling campaign to become the President of the United states back in 2008. Oh how time flies and oh how attitudes have changed……. What I am speaking on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When you use a loosely-defined term such as “dark-skinned male” to describe the suspect of one of the most notorious crimes in American history, you should fully expect that people are going to become angry with you. So, when CNN’s John King went there, all Hades broke loose ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Family, Here is an interesting “spin” to consider, regarding the concept of being a “Sellout“. Back in the 1980s, the term “Sellout” applied to someone who was all too quick to give up his/her “blackness” in exchange for a seat at a white table. It could also relate to someone ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Is your back bothering you, and are you wondering how to get rid of your back pain? If the phrase “Ouch, my back!” is a regular part of your life, you’re not alone: 65 million Americans suffer from back pain. Slow, gentle activity can help you live with, if not ...