(ThyBlackMan.com) Today in this country African Americans want to blame everyone else for our problems instead of simply looking in the mirror. We want to blame the police for the very thing we do to each other on a much larger scale every week. We want to blame the school ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations. ––Stokely Carmichael Over the last four decades of attrition concerning ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Early last summer during a WTF podcast interview by Marc Maron, to illustrate a point he was making about racism, President Obama dropped the incendiary n-word (n**ger). As a result of the Charleston church killings, Obama was compelled to address the issue of racism; unfortunately, a maelstrom over his ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If the officers allegedly responsible for the death of Freddie Gray are acquitted, what will occur? The oppressed and disenfranchised of Baltimore may engage in social disturbances and meaningless destruction of property. What will these rebellious acts change? Will protest change Baltimore’s vicious and corrupt police force into one ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Marriage doesn’t work automatically. It takes work. At the same time, there comes a point when it becomes more work than it’s worth. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to end. Here are some of the behaviors that contribute to the destruction of a marriage over time. Self-Sacrifice and Deception Most ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Each time I am confronted with the news of another police officer killing a black child, I find myself bracing to digest a bevy of emotions. There is a profound sadness that is immediately followed by anger and frustration which comes from losing another brilliant life too soon. As ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Right out of the gate, are there lazy, sorry, selfish, game-playing, immature and irresponsible African American men? Yes there are and I am not oblivious to that fact. BUT this article is not about African American men, it is about the women we encounter, the women we choose and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am going to hit this topic hard – but hard, fair and accurately. If you smoke weed recreationally and do not like the assertions I am about to make, too bad. But I dare you to keep reading and I dare you to share this article with everyone ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Since the Proclamation of Emancipation it has been the policy and standard practice by the American institutionalized systemic to maintain control over the Black African American community by encouraging dissent and disruption between them thus to this very day Black America is a dysfunctional and fragmented group. In politics ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Stay the course”, “be cautious”, “be patient”,” change will come eventually”, the notion that the rising tide raises all of the boats in the harbor, all of these beliefs share the same fear based, self-loathing DNA. They come from a persuasion of people who are more interested in soothing ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The other day I was watching Empire by Lee Daniels. And, I enjoyed it, immensely. Evidently, I wasn’t alone in my sentiments because nine million other viewers tuned in. After further investigation, I discovered that not only was Empire the No.1 new show, but also the No. 2 scripted ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Are black men divided? Is there really a sense of brotherhood between the six or seven million brothers in America? Is it even realistic to expect such unity, given the broad spectrum of personal philosophy, social upbringing and political moorings that define black men in America? It is daunting, ...