(ThyBlackMan.com) Earlier this week I commented on an article asking whether or not it is wrong to root for someone, specifically in sports, because they are the same race  as you. Wrong or not it’s what people do and it doesn’t happen just in sports. The new NBC News/Wall Street ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Newsweek seems desperate to generate covers that will sell copies of their magazine.  Just a few months ago, the publication received attention for naming Barack Obama “The First Gay President.”   Now, it’s simply saying that Barack needs to be gone and replaced by Mitt Romney. Newsweek’s latest cover has the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Last night marked the end of the first season of Love & Hip-Hop Atlanta. I’m sure many Black women, young and old, tuned in to watch the final episode of the ratchet fest whether they truly wanted to or not. The episode was promoted to be a big bombshell ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Lincoln’s words, included in the Gettysburg Address, “…and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth,” take on an esoteric meaning as we look at today’s political situation. A brief look at politics will show anyone with an ounce of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Usually I follow the blogging principle of letting foolery stay in the realm of fools. But when foolery is spewed from the mouth of an elected official I feel it is my duty to let that fool don the word laced cuckold he deserves. That he being Missouri Representative ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week, I discussed a powerful dirty Black secret: Many Black women are a huge problem for Black America. One of the reasons is that they are the strongest perpetuators of feminism in this nation. We saw in the 2008 election a powerful rejection of Hillary Clinton by older ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I saw this photo on a friend’s facebook page and I just knew I had to write an article.  I hear women talk about how trifling their baby daddy is, but my question is always but… didn’t YOU choose him? I mean what’s worse, the person who supposedly ain’t ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The Furious Flower Poetry Center at James Madison University is one of the leading organizations that acknowledge the importance of poetry and the wordsmith. Through education, lectures, and special events, the organization’s mission has been to expose students to African American poetry to students. Guest poets who’ve attended the ...