(ThyBlackMan.com) Quality education is one of the most important factors in determining one’s future prosperity and destiny. But for Black American parents and students the issue will affect not only our overall quality of life, but also will determine how we will achieve to the fullest extent actual freedom, justice, equality ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dear Mr. Tyler Perry, When fall television line-ups were announced by both broadcast and cable networks there were only two shows I was really excited about seeing: BET’s Reed Between the Lines and TBS’s For Better or Worse. Last Friday your latest TBS offering premiered. After watching both episodes ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hungry….why wait? The question has been blasted in our eardrums from the famous snickers commercials and too deeply engrained in the American consciousness, because now it almost completely reflects our way of life. Do everything quick and easy, for fast and instant gratification. True enough hunger on any level ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Most of us have heard of the show, The Super Nanny, which centers on London born Jo Frost and her career as a professional nanny. The show debuted in the UK and soon began airing in the US in January 2005. Now cable’s Life Time Channel has created their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many are questioning the lack of black support for the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) moment. The most clear general answer I can think of is that when black folks in mass are presented with a choice they ain’t about to go sleep in no damn damp park, when for now ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When a brotha catches your eye, he’s more than likely well-groomed and well-dressed. An unmistakable aura exudes from his presence, and it can be contagious. The current trendy term for it is “swagger”, but what is it really? Swagger generally is used to define the outward appearance and behavior ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You have trouble sleeping, but you really don’t want to take sleeping pills. It’s okay! There are plenty of other ways to get a better night’s sleep – and they’re all-natural. Awareness Breathing Does your mind race with thoughts and worries in bed? This isn’t helping you sleep. Instead, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The end of the year is finally approaching, and one of the best in music has just blessed connoisseurs worldwide with a CD that might just be the best album of 2011! Mary J. Blige’s latest offering is entitled, My Life II… The Journey Continues (Act 1). This is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Have you ever noticed how great it feels to make a difference in someone else’s life? Often, making a difference for someone else can make a meaningful difference in your own life. Let me share an example from my life. A few years ago, I spent Christmas without any ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Bishop Eddie Long and Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain were once considered to be pillars of their community (the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, where he remarkably maintained power). Long was the lead pastor at one of the largest churches in the south, and Cain was on his way ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As the Occupy Wall Street movement recently celebrated its two month anniversary with coordinated protests across the nation, most of the country apparently watched with indifference, according to a recent USA Today/Gallup Poll. Relatively unchanged from a similar poll taken a month ago, it was found that 56% of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the information age, we get instant news updates, microwave food, upload our whereabouts and share information like never before. Reality shows aside, it seems celebrity secrets harder to keep nowadays. Even governments find it hard to keep sensitive info safe. But on the other hand, the digital age ...