(ThyBlackMan.com) I recently read an article about the reformation of Riker’s Island, an infamous jail located in NYC. And, I’m thinking, I guess they’re going to make it a bit more comfortable, a bit more inviting, a bit more spacious; and a lot more durable for future generations. They’ll claim ...

(ThyBlackMan.com)  I dislike the geographic parameters imposed by the term “African history.” It relegates the history of African people, which, as you note later, is synonymous with “human beings,” to a specific place. I will use the Jewish people here to construct a point. I perceive the Jews as a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The year has already sprung into March which happens to be my birthday month. This is the season when the Earth’s free landscape begins to blossom and when I reflect on my year. Experience and observation have always been my greatest instructors. The following is a reminder from my ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Today, Black and Married With Kids, the largest African American marriage and parenting site on the web, with a following of over 500,000 Facebook fans, have officially announced their honorees for the 2nd Annual Standard Awards. This spring, BMWK will be honoring couples whose marriages portray a positive example in the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Of course African American lives matter – and they should matter first and foremost to African Americans. I say African American lives matter because we are not black. Black is the color of my car tires, not my skin. Black is a term used by our people who do ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Today, since Rowe v Wade, there have been millions of abortions and millions of African American children will never join our decreasing population. While there are parents eager and ready to adopt, irresponsible or promiscuous women kill unborn children in the womb every day. Cowards have to call it ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Damn, I love playing Spades and Bid-Whist. I love the games even more when I’m Trump-Tight. I control the board; in fact, the room and the board…of a whole lot of people. And a whole lot of money. Up front money; behind the back money; even kick back into ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) People and governments do what we let the door get away with. Here we go again with a bunch of African Americans (and others) whining and crying about how the government did not take care of them and do what it was supposed to do. Just as the world ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) It is beautiful that we see campaigns like “Because of Them We Can”. When I was a little girl growing up we had not publically arrived at that place.  Children were taught what they could accomplish from parents, teachers and community members. Sometimes there were those that told us ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the most difficult jobs in the world is co-parenting. Whether it is because of divorce, separation or simply being single, two adults must find a way to common ground in order to contribute to the upbringing of well-adjusted human being. Unfortunately, not every co-parenting relationship contains two ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Consumerism and worship of material goods has been a grave hinderance to the progression of African Americans. Modern leaders fail to speak of this problem due to their own addiction to materialism. Our greatest leaders Harriet Tubman, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Stockily Carmichael and Fred Hampton were paupers, focusing ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The leaders and founders of the “Black Lives Matter (BLM)” movement are dangerous because they are angry people who are reacting emotionally instead of responding based on intellect and clear cut strategic planning. There approach is obvious and expected – and what is expected can be prepared for then ...