(ThyBlackMan.com) Commodity Fetishism is the idea that it is natural and inevitable to measure the value of things with money, instead of measuring the value of things by the time and energy put into making them. In Karl’s Marx’s “The fetishism of Commodities and The Secret Thereof” he defines commodity ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Black folks just seem to keep coming up with ways to divide themselves. We keep falling for distractions and side issues, which keep us from focusing on the big picture. The big picture my friends, is us, Black People, not just those you know but those you don’t as ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Answering God’s call to walk in revelation and love. When we really get the call of God, when we really get to walking in love, it is going to supersede some things and it will cause an anointing of acceleration to get on your life.  In the time we are ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There are albums that are considered everyone’s favorites. Like, everyone agrees you should check these albums out. Then there are albums that folks say that you should check out but you probably never heard of the artist before. I’m not going to lie, often times the ones everyone say ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Families come in all sizes and shapes. Immediate, extended, separated and crazy too. These films, from the 60th annual New York Film Festival, showcased how loving, eccentric or dysfunctional familial relations can be. Aftersun (**1/2) Calum (Paul Mescal, Normal People), a divorced Scottish father living in England, reunites with his 11-year-old daughter Sophie (Francesca Corio). They meet up on a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Once a tiny segment of our existence—a mere association with a group whose ideas align with ours on average—political parties have evolved from simple associations into our primary identities. They have absorbed our perspectives, entered our daily conversation, and permeated all forms of media. As more and more individuals ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) During this Supreme Court session, the justices will tackle affirmative action in two cases brought by “Students for Fair Admissions,” opposing affirmative action policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. According to its website, this group represents “20,000 students, parents, and others who believe that racial ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Security, communication, and convenience are all areas that intercom systems help to solve, and these concerns are just as important in the home or office as they are in the warehouse. They’ve progressed through the ages alongside the “leapfrog” innovation of technologies that have made our homes and communities ...