(ThyBlackMan.com) This morning as I skimmed through the various articles and blogs about last night’s airing of “Love and Hip Hop Atlanta Season 3, Part 2 of the Reunion Show”, the commonality among all that I read, was that, finally! “The drama is here!” “Here comes the turn up!” “The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a black woman if I were to rely on the media’s portrayal of the black man I would be running in the other direction. Black men are said to be deadbeats, criminals, thugs and just no good. And of course all black men are dropping black women like ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This Article is meant to be a call for action among the citizen of America to bring order back to a society that is in total chaos. As a Kid growing up in the south I know many have called it a place of racism and other things. But ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s impossible to deny the rise of domestic abuse within the black community. Most of us have either been in love with an abusive partner, went through the storm with a loved one or been the abuser. The conversation is always the same! You need to leave him, he ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let’s face it. At some point a police officer will be charged, and convicted, of killing a Black man. Just because someone wears a uniform or is acting in a police capacity does not mean they cannot be charged with homicide. However, until a police officer is convicted of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For the last week or so I’ve been following the reports on the riots after the Michael Brown shooting. This is horrible, I cannot imagine his families grief. The response has been phenomenal: I think it is a good thing that the black community is coming together in protest ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks. ~David Herbert Lawrence It has been said that American slaves were not ready for freedom. Hum? With a hint of sarcasm, I can’t help but wonder why people forced and kept ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This post can be considered a continuation of my post, ‘Black Problems’ only because of the alarming amount of single parent households in the community, as well as the way those in abject poverty hustle, or make their money. *I cannot speak on any other culture, because I am ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) To say their names in one sentence, together, is like committing an act of auto-lingual arousal. These two women have helped to cement a redefinition of beauty that boldly steps away from an otherwise bland field of homogenous features that all seem to glorify a very small global ethnic ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Without a choice Black women carry the burdens of yesteryear. Barely exiting the womb life roles are given to them without tryout. Worse, yet, society expects Black women to succeed in those demeaning and demanding meager roles. Should a Black woman interjects the station forced upon her by those who fear ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Stephen A. Smith, ESPN analyst, writer and social critic, recently got into a bunch of hot water while commenting on the most recent domestic abuse eruption between Baltimore Ravens running back Raymell Rice and then girlfriend (now wife) Janay Palmer. At issue was a videotape that was released by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Before I go into this subject I must say that this subject matter was brought to my attention by a 15 yr. old student that attempted suicide because of being taunted by the so-called more attractive girls at her school. She says that everyday for years she has been ...