(ThyBlackMan.com) The measure of a society – the measure of its cultural or mental health- can be gauged by its treatment of and attitudes towards women. And by that measure, the Black community comes up woefully short. As far back as a decade ago, the number one cause of death ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Now I was in a conversation with a young lady the other day about women provoking men, and she stated that the blame could not ever be put on the woman when something disrespectful happens to them, which I agree. However, I think that women should always be careful ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I have to back my Sista’s on this post right here! Me and some of the fella’s at work were talking the other day about our sista’s attitudes, and I told my co-worker “Man you know what, We are hell on our women! Every black man has had the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It was the summer of 1998, the summer that I turned 18 years old. I was done with high school, had a full time job, and you could not tell me nothing. I was a shy guy, was pretty good with the girls, but just quiet. My best boy ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Alright lets get to it, this weeks rant n rave post is about those of you who choose to cheat on your mate, and have the audacity to throw out some dumb ass excuse. I hear people say that they cheat because they do not get the time that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Family, Here is an interesting “spin” to consider, regarding the concept of being a “Sellout“. Back in the 1980s, the term “Sellout” applied to someone who was all too quick to give up his/her “blackness” in exchange for a seat at a white table. It could also relate to someone ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You sometimes have to really try to understand the motivation behind those who call themselves your friends. I’ve learned the rough way that in this life there is no magic bond that exists that is supposed to keep you in the energy fields of these people who prostitute a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One year later, the Trayvon Martin tragedy still stings — and some people are still throwing salt on the open wound. Last week George Zimmerman’s brother, Robert Zimmerman, posted a tweet comparing Trayvon Martin to De’Marquis Elkins, a 17-year-old black teenager charged with fatally shooting a one-year-old baby. The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Peace Family, BIG shout-outs to Brotha Lamar & his Queen Sista Ronnie, for their efforts to promote the most important element in our communities, Marriage. Debate this if you will…history demonstrates that we are all better-off in traditional family units, and this Cool Couple has created a wonderful website ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While many who are not in their shoes to ever know, the pain that resides in a Mothers heart who has an incarcerated child has no equal as it is based on the inability to come to their aid in a protective fashion when needed. The Mothering instincts have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “One picture,” Fred R. Bernard once aptly remarked, “Is worth a thousand words.” But, we need only a few words to describe an unsettling truth vividly depicted in the drawing shown here. On first glance this picture evokes visual images of cruelty, dehumanization, exploitation, racism, injustice, corruption, disenfranchisement, arbitrary ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you don’t think that the mass incarceration epidemic affects you, you might want to think again. When I met with Min. Louis Farrakhan for several hours in a private meeting to discuss our upcoming forum at The University of Illinois at Chicago, one of the topics that came ...