(ThyBlackMan.com) So you say you listen, if someone gives you advice in the “right way“? Really? And what way might that be? Or does your ego kick in when your own people try to share knowledge, educate you with their expertise and lift you up? As a former detective, training instructor, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Few athletes have ever been under the public spotlight more than LeBron James. It is extremely rare when high school juniors appear on the cover of America’s preeminent sports magazine, Sports Illustrated as James did back in 2002. At the age of thirty-three, LeBron James has been in the national ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today so many of our people in the African American community have forgotten the meaning of family. The meaning that our grandmothers, grandfathers and their parents understood. Almost all of us can sit back and tell “I remember when” stories. But what are we doing to make bring the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today so much information is being thrown at children. Where once we had to be mindful of television as the main conduit of information the internet has seemed to eclipse TV. Everything is at ones’ fingertips these days, and its easy to ask Google about anything that is on your ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today I am sad to say it is clearly evident that morality is largely absent from the “black” community. But before you “go off” on me, let me preface by saying two things. First I am not referring to all African-Americans but if the shoe fits – it just does. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is quite possibly no more controversial statement that can be made inside of a classroom than the following one. The worst thing to ever occur to black education was the movement to integrate American schools via the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision. The vast majority of students ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I guess that it is a good thing to be reminded that being a black man in America comes at an extreme cost to one’s identity. As I have mentioned in this space previously, there are times that I feel like Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. Now, I do not want ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a father with his oldest child soon hitting the ripe age of 15, I can’t relate more to the stress of teaching your kin how to drive, especially after reading about how a man climbs 110 freeway sign and other CA traffic stories. At this time and age, our ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Everyone is looking for love. We want it. There is nothing wrong with that, but sometimes, in the midst of wanting something so badly, we can become blind to red flags that should not be ignored. There is a stigma attached to manhood that wanting to experience a loving relationship ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today in the midst of the “Me Too” movement it is becoming increasingly dangerous for men – especially African American men. A simple touch or comment can easily be turned into a charge of sexual harassment, even if the woman never said or indicated the touch or comment was not ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Most would attribute my evolving worldview regarding young black males to the gradual increase in age and hopefully wisdom, in actuality, these factors are secondary to my inheriting two daughters via marriage. This colossal alteration in my life has naturally forced me to consider and re-evaluate a host of issues ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I guess that if one applies enough pressure, the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could be considered a significant occurrence in Black America. I have watched as many black females of all ages have beamed with pride that Meghan Markle hascaptured the heart of Prince Harry, a happenstance ...