(ThyBlackMan.com) I like actress Gabrielle Union. That is to say, I appreciate how she presents herself in the public sphere and her dedication to her craft. As a member of the media, if you’ve ever interviewed her you know she is thoughtful and thought-provoking in her answers. If you’ve ever ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I speak to my daughters regularly about how to choose a good man. Of course, their preferences often differ from my own, and I accept that. When one of my girls said that she would marry Lil Wayne, I had to explain that you may not want to chase ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s been a really ridiculous debate going on between the 30 and 40 somethings and older athletes/entertainers from the civil rights generation. First, there was the weird spat between Jay-Z and Harry Belafonte, where Harry basically said that Jay-Z owes something to the black community, but Jay wants to believe ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This holiday season fathers should make sure they re-evaluate their relationships with their children and families. This is a time for giving thanks and appreciation for the Blessings they have. Not how much money they have, not what they can buy on special buying days; the important things are their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Think about this: How much money – both now and in future earnings – are you losing because you simply don’t have the energy to perform all of your essential, everyday tasks? What if you had more energy to go back to school and complete that degree plan? To ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For almost four years there has been talk of Floyd “Money” Mayweather taking on Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao in what many believe would be the richest prizefight ever in the history of boxing. During the initial negotiations, the Mayweather camp called for random “Olympic Style Drug Testing” for “Performance Enhancing ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The other night I fell asleep with the television on, and when I woke up there was a video playing(it was on the centric channel)and this is the chorus that I heard (yes I googled it) “Is it bad that I never made love, no I never did ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin, both of the Miami Dolphins, have dominated the news in the sports world for the past two weeks, but for all the wrong reasons Supposedly, Martin was “bullied” by Richie Incognito to the point that Martin left the team indefinitely. Each plays on the offensive ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hormones are hot. A steady 85 degrees. The bed sheets are cool at 60 degrees. You roll over and suddenly have no desire to move because at that very moment, those cool sheets are exactly what you needed. You needed to feel a calm and coolness – something different. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The reason that Alterations in our habits of mind matter is because they determine the scope and richness of our intellectual lives and also affect the depth of our culture. —Nicholas Carr, author of “The shallows” Over the last five years of browsing through thousands of websites, articles, YouTube ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Influenced by the writings of Chinua Achebe (Nigerian Author of “When Things Fall Apart”) “We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n’ani ji onwe ya: “He who will hold another down ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was once told that the only bad thing about being a good sport is that you have to lose to prove it. So it is with democracy; you have to have the freedom to disagree to prove that it works. This brings me to the issue of the ...