(ThyBlackMan.com) As I observe the police crackdown of the Occupy movements from Atlanta to New York and from Oakland to Chicago, I am troubled. Namely for two reasons the first being how inept many of us African Americans are in supporting and understanding the axiological meaning of the protest and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) An old African proverb goes like this: “A people without their land will be a people without a future.” Way before the current housing mortgage crisis that disproportionately has negatively impacted Black Americans, there had been a 20-year steady pace of land loss in the majority of Black communities ...
(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) No one should be surprised that the media has invested all of its might to lynch Herman Cain now that has become a front-runner in the GOP presidential primary. Nearly 3 weeks ago the liberal writers at Saturday Night Live lampooned him for not having a chance. Since then, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As the title of this post indicates… You can’t keep up with the Joneses anymore. Why: Because that shit is too damn expensive. Today the DOW jumped nearly three percent to close at 12,209. That’s the first time the Dow has closed above 12,000 since August 1st. The DOW, S&P ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) That’s right, Jimmy Graham! Most of the public is only recently becoming aware of the story of Jimmy Graham. I find this very unfortunate, but true. Jimmy Graham is a tight end for the New Orleans Saints football team. As of this writing, he is the leading tight end ...
(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) Herman Cain’s quote was, “If you are unemployed and not rich it is no one’s fault but yours.” All of my life I have heard White and Black people make almost the identical statement, but the meaning is the same. Allow me to put his statement in several categories. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Greed and the desire for self-improvement are two separate things. Greed by definition is an “EXCESSIVE” desire to achieve goods and wealth. This is often done at the expense of others, and ultimately leads to corruption and manipulation to satisfy that excessive desire. Self-improvement and a desire for upward ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I often wonder what Obama’s father would say about his son’s incessant intervention in Africa. For certain, I know he would not say Obama’s loves him some Africa. Maybe he would because every time we look around, he sending troops to the continent left and right and in all ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is quite evident that Black folks in the U.S. are at the bottom of every good category and at the top of every bad one. You know the stats; they are released every month or so and paint a dreary picture of our status when it comes to incarceration, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you live in this country, or anywhere in the world, you have probably seen or heard of the happenings in the Conrad Murray trial; that’s the guy accused in the death of Michael Jackson for anyone living under a rock. The trial has been shocking, heart wrenching, and ...