(ThyBlackMan.com) Speller Street Films brought you the award-winning documentary “Wilmington on Fire” about the horrifying history of the 1898 Wilmington Massacre and the hatred that fueled it. Now they bring you “As an Act of Protest”, a narrative film about the psychological effects of racism and the consequences of both accepting ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When you love your children, you want the best for them. You are willing to sacrifice whatever is necessary for them to have everything they need. It is important for babies to come into this world with a hedge of love and protection around them. As they grow, they begin ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a people we have a very compassionate heart to groups that are oppressed. We understand the depths and pain of various forms of oppression in this country. Black people understand what it means to be seen as less than human…to have one’s skin weaponized. This can cause many of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There was a long period throughout the 2000s and most of this decade where I simply grew my hair out. Ten years roughly. I used to head up to the barbershop regularly. This was the same one I went to since I was four or five. When you’re really young, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s a statuette in my mother’s house that says “Any man can be a father but it takes a special man to be dad.” It’s a saying I’ve kept with me and my younger brother is quick to point out that the statuette says the same thing. The thing is, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you have already celebrated your wedding in your native country, what about experiencing the same feeling of happiness in the Dominican Republic – in this paradisiacal place where you can celebrate a symbolic ceremony and live the moment of love again? It does not matter when you celebrated this ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Weddings are known to be very expensive…but they don’t need to be. There are many ways to reduce the cost of your wedding and save money. Read on for our simple tips for saving on your wedding! Go for BYO drinks There’s absolutely nothing wrong with hosting a wedding with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you call yourself “black“, you have been programmed and yes I am talking to the right person. Look at your car tires, belt or dress shoes then look at your hands. You are not “black” and you never were. But programming in America goes a lot deeper than deceiving ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Anyone who has sat in on one of my lectures can attest to the fact that I go to extreme lengths to involve the audience. This effort is a tactic targeted at keeping the audience engaged as I discuss pressing issues affecting Black America. Of all the topics that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When provided the benefit of hindsight, so many things become absurdly ironic. One of the most ironic items is my beloved mother’s constant refrain that there were some crimes that Black people did not commit; it actually became a running joke between us. When a crime was reported on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is an intangible element called the “Black Tax” that many Blacks cite as the cost of being Black in America. I am sure that many are wondering what the “Black Tax” is? Well, I will tell you that it is an extra cost of doing business in America ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Michael Jackson called them “dangerous”. BBD called them “poison”. Then Usher came along and enabled them by sounding desperate. Janet made it about what we have to do for them. Beyonce’ pushed the female domination over men. Feminism made it all the man’s fault. And the Me-Too movement launched the ...