(ThyBlackMan.com) Arthur Jones, Jr. is my father. I declare that loudly and proudly. My dad is a very good man. That’s not just my so-not-humble opinion – it also happens to be a fact. My father has taught me more life lessons than I can begin to count. My dad ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) How do we honestly determine the value if an African American man – a real one? Slave society once determined his value by how many women he could impregnate. But then that same society which bread him to be promiscuous, also put him down because he was just that. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Once upon a time African Americans respected each other. They were likely our grandparents, great grand parents or even further back than that. And though there are some of us who still respect ourselves and each other, something has gone very wrong. Yes slavery programming and Willie Lynche type ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was a bit taken back by this article. In my pondering over the points of the psychological diagnosis spewed by this brother, it resonated with me, that the seemingly endless depth of sickness we suffer, as a people, infects the root at an even deeper layer. It infects ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Whenever someone claims that they cannot find a suitable mate to settle down with, in many cases, they suffer from an undiagnosed clinical condition known as doppelbangerism. This mental abnormality is when a person only wants to have relations with someone that looks just like them but isn’t related. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the aftermath of the mom who showed her ignorance in Maryland (Toya Graham), too many of our people are applauding her behavior. Her methods appear to be part of the problem as to what makes children angry, not part of the solution. I am a family and relationship ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It saddens my heart that America is still in the wilderness, downtrodden, on the worn path, circling around the mountain. Just as the Israelites. Stuck. Still wrestling with cultural ignorance; still engulfed in the sickness of racial warfare; still wearing badges of mental and emotional abuse; still covered by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ms. Toya Graham is receiving her days of fame amidst the Baltimore City riots. Many news reporters and media sources are referring to her as “Supermom” but, is she? As a mother I completely understand Graham’s concern about her 16 year old son being amongst rioters who are in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Social media is saturated into the life of every American. Everyone with an opinion has the chance to voice it, and occasionally those opinions are venomous or downright destructive. While American society is often lauded as the ideal in an oppressive and harsh world, the majority of youthful African ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We have been blessed by the Father with strong, beautiful, brilliant, brave Black men….Brothers. Without our brothers, we could not survive. Without our brothers, we would not have our children. Without our brothers, our race would be no more. We need our brothers. As we know, our brothers are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Going through a custody battle with your ex is never an enjoyable experience. No father ever wants to lose quality time with his children, but a divorce and a custody battle are going to change your relationship with your child. When you are going through a divorce, it’s important ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today as a veteran family and relationship counselor, mediator and life coach, I see all kinds of things you would not believe – or maybe you would, What I see all too often from African American women (and my next article will speak about men) is the lack of ...