(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 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I know many of you have heard of or may even use the phrase yourself of “doing the most” or “doing too much“, well ladies I’m here to tell you that some of you are doing waaay too much. I understand that circumstances bring about responsibilities i.e. children, family, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is no question that Blacks have made tremendous progress on the field and on the sidelines. But Blacks and other people of color are still not major participants in the money side of college sports. Players, of course, do not get paid, but those in the higher echelons of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am neither American nor Jamaican, and yet I am both American and Jamaican. I am a “Jamerican.” I was born in America, but my parents are Jamaican. Up until the late 1960s there were few people from the English-speaking Caribbean living in New York. The only time I heard a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Countless studies have shown that growing up with a father increases boys’ school performance and decreases their risk of committing a crime and abusing drugs and alcohol. Here are eight more ways dads influence boys—whether they live in the home or stay involved on a regular basis. 1. Shape ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Remember your science teacher putting the frog in water and then bringing the water to a boil? The frog is so adept at adapting he fails to realize how badly his situation has become. Finally, the frog acclimates and dies in the boiling water. A large number of men ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If President Barack Obama and the Congressional Black Caucus defined their relationship on Facebook, there’s little doubt what the status would be: It’s complicated. This week, Obama will meet privately with the caucus at the White House in the latest attempt to define a sometimes strained relationship between Congress’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I recently went to St. Louis to visit a center for citizens with developmental disabilities. I was surprised that the word “retarded” was in the name of the center, because I learned a few years ago that the use of this word can be offensive to quite a few ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “I didn’t touch her. I don’t even like black girls. I know what this is about, she is just upset I have a white girlfriend. I couldn’t tell you the last time I dated a black girl. She was trying to get with me. ” I had to do ...