(ThyBlackMan.com) When we consider all of the problems that we have in the Black community, if anyone asked me what we are in most dire need of to resolve those problems, I wouldn’t hesitate for a second – I’d say education. Education is the key to resolving high unemployment, because ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you don’t think that the mass incarceration epidemic affects you, you might want to think again. When I met with Min. Louis Farrakhan for several hours in a private meeting to discuss our upcoming forum at The University of Illinois at Chicago, one of the topics that came ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You know me ALL ETIQUETTE EVERYTHING, there is an Etiquette to Everything that We Do! …and yes, there is Dating Etiquette. It’s Thursday and if you don’t have a date or other plans you and your girls might be going out this weekend to have some drinks and fun…and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My offering to Black History Month is dedicated to a man whom I knew and by whom I had the pleasure of seeing history being made right before my eyes. His words rang out in prose and song on the initial occasion of our meeting in Philadelphia in 1999. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Jackie Robinson is remembered for breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball, but he played a less heralded role in Republican politics and black community activism. Robinson was a vital voice of reason in the early ‘60’s as the black liberation movement in the urban north grew more ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So…this picture was emailed to me, and supposedly this is supposed to be the “new” Barbie Doll, though at this moment, I don’t think that has been confirmed by Mattel. At any rate, the message attached to the email was that, I was the “perfect person” to declare and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Before I state my observations, I’d like to warn you that this piece may irritate the hell out of you. First, I’d also like to express that I am not any kind of social or political ideologue; readers to my own blog (Beyond The Political Spectrum) know that I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I just read a snippet from an old article in Essence Magazine indicating that researchers have uncovered new information suggesting that Cleopatra may not have been Black. The article brought back to mind a piece I read by Earl Ofari Hutchinson many years ago entitled, Whose Black History To Believe? In ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As I look at the society of Africa America today, one statistic among many has special significance to me. According to the Census Bureau, 70.1% of all Black households with a family of four had the woman as the head of the house in 2011. In 1960 only 17.6% ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Deion Sanders, one of the greatest men to ever touch a football, has come out pretty hard against the push for safety in the NFL. Sanders seems to be taking issue with the players who are starting to speak out about the long-term brain damage that often caused by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What is the significance of Black history to Black/African Americans? In essence, to this race of people, to know one’s history is to truly and intimately appreciate, understand, and leverage one’s innate, unbreakable strength. Dr. Carter G. Woodson, father of Black History Week, which later became Black History Month, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some say chivalry died long ago while others stay it still exists. There is a third group, particularly within the African-American community, that has another opinion causing an interesting discourse. The idea of chivalry being dead is not disputed but the reason behind its death is. Are black women ...