(ThyBlackMan.com) I would imagine most of us are familiar with the idea that we are largely products of our environment. For good or bad, we are influenced by our experiences and mature to either continue in or deviate from what we have learned thus far. That’s a powerful realization. We ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I leave you racial dignity. I want Negroes to maintain their human dignity at all costs. Mary McLeod Bethune I recently drove my son to check off campus housing at his college and overheard a discussion between several young ladies. They were talking about another girl in a matter ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A new survey at YourBlackWorld.com reveals that black men and women have different perceptions on what it takes to turn a boy into a man. The survey finds that while most black men do not believe that a woman can raise a boy to be a man without male intervention, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We can all accept that the socioeconomic dynamic of relationships have drastically changed over the last 20 years. Women have knocked down so many social and economic walls and many cases are in situations where they happen to make more than their mate. The general social structure of a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Do you feel as though your career has hit a standstill? Are the promotions slower or your career in need of a jumpstart? How do you break through to the next level? Try these five steps to reboot: 1.Fall in love with your job again. By the time you feel ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Are you and your mate at wits’ end about how to accomplish everything your family needs done each day? Do you irritate each other over housework and parenting duties? Are you dropping balls because there just aren’t enough hours in the day? Maybe it’s time to bring in some ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While I was in attendance at the Blogging While Brown I was reminded of how many people say they want to do something but never completing it over finish the task. I looked around at all of these great bloggers in attendance and realized that my idea of doing instead ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I spent a lot of my childhood wondering why so many white people hate Black people. I wondered why all the other colonized, brainwashed people of color (who white folks also despise) hate Black people. Most of all, I wondered why so many Black people hate being Black and presumably/most ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As the first semi-Muslim, non-citizen African-Americanesque President, Barack Obama has set a precedent that can neither be overlooked nor repeated. More literally, his re-election is one that cannot be repeated. I must say though, I feel somewhat duped – short-changed, if you will, with his term. Granted, I never ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau begins operations, the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) is releasing new findings on the growth and effects of a new short-term and high-cost loan product. Big Bank Payday Loans, a new CRL research brief, details how mainstream banks have entered the triple-digit interest ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Although I did not know much about Amy Winehouse’s music, I was saddened to hear of her death. Unfortunately, my limited knowledge of Amy is the very public battle she had with drug and alcohol abuse. Without an official autopsy as of this writing, my assumption is Amy’s destructive ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Back in the day, Armstrong Williams proved to be one of the most recognizable conservative voices in America. He possessed a pugnacious and provocative style, and Williams stayed on point when expressing his viewpoints. Most importantly, he provided conservatives and Christians with what they longed to hear. In the ...