(ThyBlackMan.com) Black folks just seem to keep coming up with ways to divide themselves. We keep falling for distractions and side issues, which keep us from focusing on the big picture. The big picture my friends, is us, Black People, not just those you know but those you don’t as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A big stumbling block for fathers today is discipline. Some choose to avoid it altogether, while others struggle with what is appropriate. What do you do from day to day, moment to moment? One of the things I’ve noticed over the last twenty years is that fathers’ confidence in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was trying to ignore this because, quite frankly, it’s stupid. But my colleague Deron Snyder at the online publication The Root convinced me otherwise. By “this,” I am talking about the comments by Philadelphia boxer Bernard Hopkins about pro football quarterback Donovan McNabb, who played in Philadelphia for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In this era where marriage as it was once established in biblical and cultural terms is constantly being challenged, black women have emerged as the underdog in the hopes and dreams of ever getting married. Though divorce statistics are extremely high and marriage is plummeting in general, the challenge ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Letting go of striving to be something other than we are… Peace of mind is something we all seem to want, and want more of. Few of us get it, and when we do it tends to be fleeting. I think the reason has something to do with how ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The history of African Americans is one of great accomplishments amidst the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. That legacy follows black people, and particularly black men, to this day. And it is enough to make you red-hot burning mad. Although some are ready to usher in a new ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Too many Blacks leaving school with no degree, substandard education, study shows… In the race to have the best team, win the most games and make the most money, college sports programs have exploited student-athletes for university gains, according to some of the nation’s leading experts on race and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I’m out in public sometimes I often look around at everyone and wonder which of these people are Christans and which of them are not. It’s sometimes very hard to tell the difference. I mean everyone is wearing the same type of clothing, having the same types of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “One for the brothers who aren’t here.” Saying these words is always bittersweet, especially when applied to young men who have not reached their 35th birthday, but sometimes life is that way. We cannot control when a life will be taken from us, but we can control how we ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Malcolm X was assassinated on a sunny winter’s day in 1965, many thought black radicalism would die with him. “Malcolm is our only hope. You can depend on him to tell it like it is and to give Whitey hell,” one man told the New York Post. But ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) JUST DAYS before a title bout that could eclipse the miracles of George Foreman, ageless phenomenon Bernard Hopkins addressed what really matters: Questioning former Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb’s blackness and mettle. According to Hopkins, McNabb had a privileged childhood in suburban Chicago and, as a result, is not black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Natasha, a 16-year-old, says, “Although I get sick of their rules, I would feel bad if my parents just let me do whatever I wanted.” Malika, who’s 15, agrees: “We want (consciously or unconsciously) for our parents to be firm and set limits. It’s a form of security for ...