(ThyBlackMan.com) The always interesting and entirely lovable Demetria Lucas wrote a very nice article on TheRoot.com asking whether or not men avoid successful women. I had to chime in on this one. For the busy and successful women who are reading this, I will try to save your valuable time ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Move over, LeBron James, there’s a new NBA villain on the rise. With Thursday’s NBA trade deadline finally upon us, Dwight Howard’s season-long indecisiveness about his future with the Orlando Magic finally reached the tipping point, with the league’s best center possibly committing brand suicide in the process. It’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “My mama whooped by butt and I turned out okay.” Many of us have heard our parents or other relatives say these very words. Some people believe that whippings are the answer to everything and others feel that it’s not even an option. Thirty and forty years ago the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In regards to higher education, the worst hurdle students of color face is acceptance. I am not referring to social acceptance from other students, but college admission acceptance. They can barely even make it into a higher education institution, much less an elite and prestigious Ivy League college. In ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was talking to a very close Sister of mine, and during the course of our conversation, we both felt that it seems among the Sisterhood, we can’t say we love the Black Man without receiving some sort of backlash from Black Women. In order for our Sisters to love ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, a Texas congressman, lost all ten elections on Super Tuesday. Although Ron Paul had predicted that he might win in Idaho, North Dakota and Alaska, the best the former Air Force surgeon could do on Super Tuesday was a second place finish in the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Remember Linsanity? That was sooooooo one month ago. One month ago the name Jeremy Lin was on everybody’s lips as the New York Knicks clobbered teams night after night on the basketball court to lead them to an 18 – 18 record. But that was then. The reality now ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Whenever someone thinks they have few bullet points of supreme wisdom that can save the world, sane people instantly roll their eyes. The insanely curious will, of course, be unable to stop themselves from reading on. You decide which you are. Here are three ways to save America’s Black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The last several weeks my mind has been marinated by the voices of Nikki Giovanni visiting at Edward Waters College, Al Letson poet, play write, actor and radio host recently speaking at the Writers Festival and University of North Florida, and the passionate and at times controversial words of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For those that know me or that are becoming familiar with my platform, it is known that I consistently speak on the value and sacredness of the womb and the responsibility we as women have regarding our wombs. Well last week on my facebook page I posted the following ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As Black authors we have to stop bickering and beefing over petty issues. A great example of this is how author Nick Chiles regularly criticizes Urban Fiction in the harshest of terms. (See video below) While he is certainly entitled to his opinion, wouldn’t it be better if he ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Led by Robert Battle in His Inaugural Season as Artistic Director, Returns to Houston March 2-4, Presented by Society for the Performing Arts Programs to include Home by Hip-Hop Choreographer Rennie Harris; Paul Taylor’s Arden Court; Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16; Robert Battle’s Takademe, The ...