(ThyBlackMan.com) “At the University of Natal in Durban, I was told the church to which most of the white population belongs teaches apartheid as a moral necessity. A questioner declared that few churches allow black Africans to pray with the white because the Bible says that is the way it ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Communication is often the underlying reason why many marriages disintegrate. Couples argue and verbally fight and say some of the most emotionally damaging and hurtful words to each other. Instead of engaging in such negative interchange, it would prove far better for those individuals in a one-flesh union to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Steve Harvey has decided to throw himself into the ring as a critic of the Poverty Tour of Tavis Smiley and Cornel West. This week on his syndicated radio show, Harvey went in on West and Smiley in ways that turned heads. “I was a huge fan of Cornel ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) NCAA athletics has become the new prohibition – the illogical construct that creates a destructive underground economy because leadership is being guided by an illusion of what should be, rather than confronting the NCAA for what it really is: a professional sports league. Some of our most highly educated ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Is Satan messing with you? The Bible tells us that many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivers him out of them all (Psalm 34:19). Satan feels threatened and afraid when a Christian discovers their worth and whom they are. When a Christian gets real about their faith Satan ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Obama supporters have long insisted that The Man simply knows things most of us don’t. As president, he’s got access to the facts and figures. He’s looking further, playing sixth-dimensional chess while most of us can barely get our minds around checkers. They just might be right. If there’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I often wonder if you are aware of the potential that lies within you. Do you not know that you have the ability to achieve anything with the help of God? I often wonder if you intentionally ignore the wisdom and advice of your elders to express your individuality ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As we prepare for the unveiling of the Washington memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it is important that we take a second to contextualize this extraordinary event. Dr. King deserves to be celebrated next to other great heroes of American history, and it is a proud testament ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The stench of racism is still poignant. In fact, it may be nearing the levels of intensity experienced during the 60’s. I know about racism as a native of Tuskegee & Montgomery, Alabama. The cradle of southern racism. One would think that we have made progress, but the ugly ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In February 2011 a housing segregation study conducted by researchers from Brown University and Florida State University based on the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data concluded that two New York suburban counties on Long Island, Nassau County and Suffolk County, are jointly the seventh most racially segregated major metropolitan ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) An 18-year old student at the University of Cincinnati was killed this weekend after being stunned by a police taser. Everette Howard, a student in a summer program preparing him for college, died after the attack. Friends say that Howard was trying to break up a fight in front ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There was a saying a few years back that served many of us well: “Poor planning on YOUR part does not necessarily constitute an emergency on MY part!” Just as one does not seek to run a marathon, enter into a marriage, or start a business without preparing for ...