(ThyBlackMan.com) Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof, Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth, Clap along if you know what happiness is to you, Clap along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do. ~Pharrell Many times the pursuit of happiness ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is a sad day when a white police officer kills a “black” man. It is awful when a Hispanic sociopath kills a young black teenager. It is a tragedy when a mentally unstable African American woman mysteriously dies in a jail cell. But it is far worse when ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Getting a man is easy, maintaining a relationship on the other hand, well that’s where the work comes in. Many times in relationships we look to our past experience for guidance on how we should act and react in partnerships. Lately I’ve found myself reflecting on why I think ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) First of all, legally I must say that I am not any attorney, that this information is for information purposes only (yeah right) and that you are encouraged to seek qualified legal help in your state as required by law. Now that the preliminaries are out of the way ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Why you babysitting only 2 or 3 shots? I’ma show you how to turn it up a notch. First you get a swimming pool full of liquor, then you dive in it….” ~Kendrick Lamar While I realize the depths of the song doesn’t encourage alcohol abuse, we certainly have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “For more than a century ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents such as my encounter with Castro to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Since the inception of American slavery, Black women have been the cornerstone of Black life. The majority of them spent many years, months and days slaving over hot stoves simply to quell the hunger pangs of sedentary, satanic slave masters. They were the lucky ones. The not-so-lucky female slaves ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ok… Let me start by saying ” I’m sorry I left. With all that’s been going on I didn’t think my writing was a help so In had to hit the trenches.” Now since we last had a chance to speak we have seen police in Texas brutalize Black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) First of all, let me say the recent death of Sandra Bland in Texas was a tragedy that did not need to happen and my prayers are with her family. That being said, as a former detective, I have viewed the video confrontation between Bland and the Texas State ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Freedom – the right and privilege we often take for granted. Freedom – important enough for countries to go to war over and neighbor to take up arms against neighbor. Yet ironically, America has a larger amount of its population incarcerated than any other top nation in the world. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are the solution to our problems, not the government that was supposed to be “of the people“. Not the government entitlement handouts such as WIC, food stamps, Section 8 housing or welfare. Not law enforcement when black on black crime is rampant. We should be policing our own ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Not long ago, my eleven-year-old daughter and I were walking home from a local eatery when an elderly Black woman, perhaps seventy, stopped us, and observingly stated, “She’s real pretty for a dark skinned girl!” Instantly, I was inflamed. However, before I could word a response, my daughter replied, ...