(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently my wife, born and raised in South Africa, recounted a story of purchasing tickets for a Musiq Soulchild concert in Johannesburg a few years ago only to have him replaced at the 11th hour by Will Downing! Attending the show, she found herself disappointed, disgusted and slightly psychologically ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Have you ever engaged a person in conversation and asked about their well-being and they replied, ‘Under the circumstances, I’m doing ok’?  I can’t remember how many times I’ve heard that, but it occurred to me recently that we are not divinely designed to live ‘under’ any of our ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “My kid’s can do whatever the hell they want.” Not my words, but the words of Snoop Dogg, Snoop Dogg Lion, Snoop Lion or whatever he is going by these days. A few days ago a picture surfaced of Snoop’s oldest son, Corde lighting up the ganja with his ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Oddly enough, I woke up this morning wondering about the enigma who calls himself “Toure.”  No last name, just “Toure.”  I normally wouldn’t be spending my time writing solely about another person, but out of respect for serious political analysts that white television networks tend to ignore, I had ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The 24 hour news cycle is too rapid to adequately process everything on offer. Arguably the most significant single event connected to my work in southern Africa as a representative of the largest trade union federation in the United States occurred just a few days after my transfer from ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) For the past few months, all we have heard is Mitt Romney yelling about what Obama is doing. But have we ever asked ourselves: is Romney using this tactic to take attention away from his own shortcomings? Many Americans on both Democratic, and Republican sides are beginning to understand ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) OK, I need to rant for a minute. I just need to get this off my chest. Sisters, I love you. God knows I do. But sometimes love includes criticism. Personal pet peeve of mines: I’m tired of these extra-average, baggage-laden sisters complaining about the supposed lack of good ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Roland Martin recently wrote about the Associated Press and its proclamation that there are several prominent black pastors telling their congregations not to vote.  According to Martin, the story was an overblown and misguided assertion that ultimately misled the public into believing that the men and women running black ...