(ThyBlackMan.com) What do you know about respect? I can admit that I don’t understand the term like I thought I did. I’m not talking about Webster’s definition of the word. I’m talking about getting a clear understanding of the basic fundamentals of the word respect and what it means to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Overshadowed and completely eclipsed by the news of a famous (infamous) recording artist is the news of the sudden passing of Ronald “Butch” Lewis. While discussions could be found all over the Twitterverse about Amy Winehouse passing away, there was not much to be found about Mr. Lewis and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This week, I’m led to plant a seed – the idea that you could work less . Work is good, especially when you are passionate about it. But there’s more to life than work, so what would it be like if you didn’t have as much? What would you do ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It appears that Tiger Woods’ wife is not the only person who has a bone to pick with him. Tiger’s former caddy, Steve Williams, is planning to write a tell-all book about his life with Woods, and some expect that it’s not going to be pretty. After serving by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Anyone who’s a regular reader of this column knows that I’m an aggressive advocate of redefining the skewed cultural mores of the Black community. We’ve allowed ourselves to be inaccurately defined by the corporate media as a people who are shallow, frivolous, anti-intellectual, and whose only interest is in strutting ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve run across many people that seem to think that having a job is the best way to create financial stability. I’m aware that it’s a common idea, but it always floors me when I hear it. Owning a business and having passive income are much better ways to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Disagreement can be a healthy exercise if it is done in a way that stimulates thinking and provokes individuals to reconsider their perspectives in light of hearing alternative arguments. When varying points of view are debated passionately, and opposing sides are forced to listen, it can enlarge public understanding ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While I generally refrain from the frivolous use of what has come to be called “the N-word“, I only do it in deference to the sensibilities of Black people who have made the abolishment of “The N-word” (I feel silly even writing it) a major issue in their lives. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Although family vacations take place throughout the summer, we’re just entering the weeks that seem most common for an extended family getaway. Kids’ summer activities and sports schedules typically take a break for a few weeks, and a new school year is on the horizon. If you’re approaching your ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Fitness doesn’t just happen. It’s rarely ever an accident. People who tend to be healthier and fitter than others take particular, and deliberate, steps to ensure that, overall, they live a more ideal and beneficial lifestyle. Here are the top 5 things that most fit people have in common: ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) 700 U.S. cities will participate in the 8th Annual Million Father March… An army of one million American men will take to the streets this year in one of the most important battles that America has ever fought. And that is the battle for the hearts, minds and spirits ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For those of us who are old enough to remember when Rap Music first hit the nation’s airwaves, I am quite sure none of us in the recording industry would have ever envisioned the effect this music would have on our culture and in our lives as a whole. ...