(ThyBlackMan.com) “If God knows all, and he knows a billion years before Billy is born that Billy is going to end up in Hell, is there anything Billy can do in life to make God wrong? The above question is designed to point out two things – first, it points ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hip Hop enthusiasts watched the 55th Annual Grammy Awards with bated breath wondering if this was the year Nas, whom CNN recently named the greatest lyricist of all time, would finally win his first golden gramophone. It wouldn’t take long to realize this year would be the same as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Christopher Dorner is a canvas onto which we can project our national anxieties and obsessions. Christopher Dorner is racialized as an African American. He is gendered as a male. Christopher Dorner represents authority, conformity, and State power, as a (former) police officer. Those identities are intersectional. For some, Christopher ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Happy Love Week! That’s what I like to call the week of Valentine’s Day. While we tend to make Valentine’s Day all about chocolate and candlelight dinners, love is so much more than tingly feelings and romance. In fact, I don’t think love is much about feelings at all. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As I look at the society of Africa America today, one statistic among many has special significance to me. According to the Census Bureau, 70.1% of all Black households with a family of four had the woman as the head of the house in 2011. In 1960 only 17.6% ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) No, I am not talking about catfish or people faking profiles online. I will cover that in later posts. But today I am discussing Business Etiquette and your professional image! This will help ensure that your online persona gels with how you want to be perceived offline. Social Media ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Since the shooting death of 15-year old honor student Hadiya Pendleton, millions of black and brown eyeballs have turned toward the White House, wondering if there is a racial disparity between our beloved president’s reaction to the deaths of white vs. black children. Millions saw the president cry in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a child, I was taught that you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Dad’s particular corollary — pick your battles, as it’s not always worth it to be “right” — has served him well in the Army, so I’ve long aspired to apply its wisdom to my ...