(ThyBlackMan.com) Life is filled with situations and circumstances that many children have no control over. It is disheartening to see children suffer from abuse and neglect. The reality of the matter is, as your read this post, there are children who are being exposed to irresponsible people, being abused, and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Wikipedia defines bliss as “… a state of profound satisfaction, happiness and joy, a constant state of mind, undisturbed by gain or loss.”  Sounds like ecstasy to me.  We should all be on a journey to attain this state of being.  While the goal should be to reach a ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Let me start this by saying please excuse my mouth in advance. I have a genetic disorder called “cussin” I know my mouth is terrible so I’ll try to cut down on as many of the obscenities as possible. If you are offended by bad language flip to the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Hands up who’s tired of black women arguing about hair?  Now I’ll put it out there from the get go, and admit that I am a lifelong natural and proud of it. I don’t think relaxers are the greatest thing going, but I have respect for woman doing what ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) How often have we been commanded by someone or some entity with the words, “Black folks represent!”  I don’t know about you, but this writer is oh so tired of this calling to arms for us to ‘Represent’.  Sometimes I just wanna be ME!  I don’t want to represent ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) These days, I’m too wrapped up in how Black R&B, pop, and rap artists and their lyrics help perpetuate harmful dynamics between Black women and men to listen to listen to the lyrics anymore because I’m afraid of how much I might not like the messages I’m hearing. However, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Only by recognizing where we come from are we able to see where we must all go….. We all have those stories of our families migrating from the south and moving up north to find better jobs and to flee the every growing racism that was unfolding in front ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I wonder: What kind of person must he have been back then, to abandon twin baby girls, just as beautiful as they were strong? My father was out of me and my twin sister’s life by the time I was three years old. The man and woman who parented ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Let me preface this by saying a lot of what I talk about will be from a Mans perspective BECAUSE IM A MAN… *shrugs* I’m Not insensitive to what women feel… or their needs. I just try to get women to look at whatever differently… Not like a man… ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometimes—especially with sons—you have to “play hardball.” If you’re a father of boys, you have my prayers. They’ll make you proud, but they also may make you crazy. One of the key areas you need to address with your sons is their aggressiveness. I saw it in my sons ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) This topic is a sensitive one and may offend those who think it’s nothing wrong with their behavior, as a woman I recognize that sometimes we can get drawn into things without being aware of it and once it happens, it’s a little too late. But what about when ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I don’t profess to be a professional on any matter… I won’t try to beat you over the head with technical/medical terms. What I can do is give you an honest opinion… MY opinion… Majority of my opinions are a direct reflection of EVERYTHING I have ever been through ...