(ThyBlackMan.com) Everywhere you turn today you hear, “We are more at odds with our fellow citizens than ever before.” I don’t know if that’s entirely true, because there have been times in the past where Americans have gone into armed conflict with each other over their differing views. However, it’s definitely ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So maybe your grandmother, father or mother was the type who would knock you down to discipline you. Maybe mom would throw a shoe or maybe dad would do even worse. Sadly there is a difference between discipline and abuse. And because so many African Americans cannot tell where that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ministering fire and brimstone upon the heads of women has to stop! Let’s be honest there are some ministers that harp on the subject of women more than anything else its condemning and wrong. Everything in black community is not the fault of women. Every problem in the church is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A real dad can never be replaced and a real man with children steps up to be a real dad. Though I hear many women say they are both mom and dad, no they are not because they were never built to be both. A woman cannot raise a boy ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A happy adult relationship can be a wonderful thing, if both partners are willing and able to commit to their coupling. It’s a hard thing indeed, if one half of the equation is ready to make an honest commitment and the other half is not. What is commitment phobia? Commitment ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Before the Emancipation Proclamation, and since, there have always been in place U.S. policies regarding Black/African-Americans, which is, the development of black empowerment, economic independence, progression, self-esteem, trust and love for one another is to be prevented…by any and all means necessary. March 17, 1978 the Jimmy Carter administration extended ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today’s economy may be adding new men to ranks of alimony-seekers. As traditionally male-dominated industries like finance and construction continue to struggle, more men are finding themselves with lower income or no income at all, forcing a newfound dependence on their wives or, in some cases, ex-wives. Black men are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We, as a culture, both male and female, tend to have a biased approach to raising our boys by restricting them to a narrowly defined “boys must be boys” mentality. In conditioning young boys to repress the full expression of their humanity, they begin to separate their hearts from their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today’s relationships seem to be so much different from what many of us saw from our parents and grandparents. Our new found “freedom” and “Success” seems to have switched our priorities from unity, family and community building, to independence, instant gratification and materialism. We want everything not now, but right ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Now, guys, before you get your boxers in a wad, allow me to give you a brief synopsis of this experiment. It was created solely for Black Men. Moreover, its purpose is to help you become the person you can aspire to, despite your circumstances. Now brothas without further ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Chinua Achebe, “We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.” Fathers unless you have your house in order do not complain or ridicule your brother’s house. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb: Onye ji onye n’ani ji onwe ya: “He who will hold ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the biggest mistakes people of color make pertaining to dating and relationships is our tendency to date a person’s potential over the reality of who they are. Disappointment is the result or the effect of not believing a person’s actions the first time. The disappointment is really an illusion. Disillusionment sets ...