(ThyBlackMan.com) In high school, a teacher once told the students in our class that marriage was like a business. Off the bat there was some push back. It’s worth noting that this teacher was filling in for another teacher and that I can’t even remember how we got that discussion. As ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) A good proverb says: the wedding takes place once in a lifetime, so it must be perfect. The wisdom of generations says: the wedding takes place once in a lifetime, so it must be perfect. To bring it to life, it is desirable first to clarify the question of how ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Hello! I have a question. What makes a person ugly, physically?  Is it the way their eyes are shaped? The way their noses sit in the middle of their face? Is it the shape of their mouths or their lips? I’m asking you because I was asked the question, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I first began writing for this site some of you thought that I was a coon. But as time went on and you continued to read my writings, you came to know that I made since. That I was fact-based instead of biased, regardless of the popular African-American view. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The sad truth There is, unfortunately, an indisputable truth in America: that black mothers, and their babies, die at a staggering rate during childbirth. When compared to their white counterparts, even across class lines, the difference is shocking. Even during their prenatal appointments, black women are treated unbelievably poorly. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There is no more positive affirmation among African-American men than the following statement, “I am my Brother’s Keeper.” Within that five-word declarative sentence, one discovers an unyielding hope that as a collective, Black men will survive the torrential rain that has destroyed droves of their brethren. Unfortunately for righteous, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Establish the Authority It is imperative to establish early for children that the Most High is the ultimate authority for your family. Teach them that the Most High God forms the nucleus of your family and is the ruler over every person in your household. This means that no ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Nowadays, you often hear white people in media talk about how “they supposedly love” black people when in reality, it’s quite the opposite. Enslaved black men were often raped by white male slave masters to make them weak and docile. White women during slavery that falsely accused black men of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Hello Ladies! I am writing this in hopes that will help me clear up some confusion. It all started with a conversation I had with a female friend of mine. During the conversation I affectionately (Or at least I thought it was affectionately) used the word bitch.  Her response proved ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Life asked death: “Why do people love me but hate you?” Death said: “Because you are a beautiful lie and I’m the painful truth.” No more shall the dark practice their deception and proliferate the world with their deception and lies. It is time for the full truth to come ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) For over 30 years I have worked on a business, legal, religious, financial, social and even intimate level with people of practically every ethnicity in this country. I have interacted with people from the highly intelligent to those who are almost completely in the opposite direction side of the spectrum. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Old heads have been around. They know how the world works—or at least how it worked when they were your age. Then again, there’s very little new under the sun. Some of the same problems we deal with as younger Black men, they’ve dealt with in another form. As a ...