(ThyBlackMan.com) You cannot walk in victory and life a victorious life if you keep playing the victim. Yes racism exists sociologically, politically, economically and institutionally. But every time African Americans amplify it’s power, we empower such racism with the ability to stop us. First this happens in our minds and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Regardless of the what the talking heads say on television and governmental announcements to the contrary, 2016 will be the most challenging year for African Americans (AA) and indeed the nation since the start of The Great Recession back in 2008. We will go over the specifics in a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A childhood friend called me upset and very concerned last week, a friend of her 13 year old son made plans to kill himself as a New Year’s resolution. On last Saturday my cousin and I spoke on a childhood friend of hers who had just committed suicide at ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The title exemplifies the negative view most African Americans have towards experiencing Africa. Psychological grooming by our oppressors has led to many African Americans having disdain towards their ancestry, though their inferiority complex would be remedied by embracing their heritage instead of denying it. While physical repatriation for most ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Nothing brings a community together like the struggle for social justice. Being side by side in the trenches for a collective good is something that many people within the black community have done for a very long time. Our communities have often become stronger from the shared struggle that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) American racism is brutal but subtle, demanding that those of African ancestry conform to Eurocentric tenets of society for acceptance. One of the criteria for conformity is an unprecedented disdain for one’s African heritage and natural features. Women are expected to process their hair to reflect the European standard ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today in this country African Americans want to blame everyone else for our problems instead of simply looking in the mirror. We want to blame the police for the very thing we do to each other on a much larger scale every week. We want to blame the school ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations. ––Stokely Carmichael Over the last four decades of attrition concerning ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Early last summer during a WTF podcast interview by Marc Maron, to illustrate a point he was making about racism, President Obama dropped the incendiary n-word (n**ger). As a result of the Charleston church killings, Obama was compelled to address the issue of racism; unfortunately, a maelstrom over his ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If the officers allegedly responsible for the death of Freddie Gray are acquitted, what will occur? The oppressed and disenfranchised of Baltimore may engage in social disturbances and meaningless destruction of property. What will these rebellious acts change? Will protest change Baltimore’s vicious and corrupt police force into one ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Marriage doesn’t work automatically. It takes work. At the same time, there comes a point when it becomes more work than it’s worth. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to end. Here are some of the behaviors that contribute to the destruction of a marriage over time. Self-Sacrifice and Deception Most ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Each time I am confronted with the news of another police officer killing a black child, I find myself bracing to digest a bevy of emotions. There is a profound sadness that is immediately followed by anger and frustration which comes from losing another brilliant life too soon. As ...