(ThyBlackMan.com) These days, I’m too wrapped up in how Black R&B, pop, and rap artists and their lyrics help perpetuate harmful dynamics between Black women and men to listen to listen to the lyrics anymore because I’m afraid of how much I might not like the messages I’m hearing. However, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Only by recognizing where we come from are we able to see where we must all go….. We all have those stories of our families migrating from the south and moving up north to find better jobs and to flee the every growing racism that was unfolding in front ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I wonder: What kind of person must he have been back then, to abandon twin baby girls, just as beautiful as they were strong? My father was out of me and my twin sister’s life by the time I was three years old. The man and woman who parented ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let me preface this by saying a lot of what I talk about will be from a Mans perspective BECAUSE IM A MAN… *shrugs* I’m Not insensitive to what women feel… or their needs. I just try to get women to look at whatever differently… Not like a man… ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometimes—especially with sons—you have to “play hardball.” If you’re a father of boys, you have my prayers. They’ll make you proud, but they also may make you crazy. One of the key areas you need to address with your sons is their aggressiveness. I saw it in my sons ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This topic is a sensitive one and may offend those who think it’s nothing wrong with their behavior, as a woman I recognize that sometimes we can get drawn into things without being aware of it and once it happens, it’s a little too late. But what about when ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I don’t profess to be a professional on any matter… I won’t try to beat you over the head with technical/medical terms. What I can do is give you an honest opinion… MY opinion… Majority of my opinions are a direct reflection of EVERYTHING I have ever been through ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Why is that many Black women would rather say, “That’s how men are” when they should be saying “I don’t like that characteristic in a person, period—be they friend, boyfriend, father, husband, or otherwise”? Many of us still insist that men should run our households, our churches, our jobs, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) She’s standing at the corner, gold chain on her neck, hoop earrings in both ears, and neck swivelling – 360 degree circles at 360 miles per hour. Mmmmhmm – Shaniqua is angry. She wants you to know about it. You WILL know about it. Shaniqua’s angry because – her ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You stare in the mirror at the aching arms, busted lip and bruised ego. The constant apologies have now fallen on death ears. The only reason you are still here is to keep your family intact. You finally have to admit that you are a victim and you should ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Tragic Events There are tragic stories of young people like 15 year old Phoebe Prince who have taken their lives because of bullying. Even Iain Steele a 15 year old that lived in Chicago and had a promising future in high school and Carl Walker-Hoover 11 years old, even ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Being a good man and a good dad are not entirely mutually exclusive. The days of “Do as I say and not as I do” are over. Today’s kids who are always-on, tech-savvy, and have 24/7 Internet access to information which they can use to dispute you. The following ...