(ThyBlackMan.com) How many times have you heard that the War on Drugs is just a cover for a sustained attack on our community that ferociously gobbles up our youth into the rapidly expanding prison industrial complex? Perhaps you think this a gross exaggeration. It is not. Here is the proof. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When an unplanned pregnancy occurs, sometimes both parents feel that they are unprepared for parenthood. In this case both may agree to give up their rights to raise a child and choose adoption as an alternative. In most cases when this does occur, the acknowledgement of both parents is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has been the talk of DC this week, but for all the wrong reasons. A political newspaper released a story about Cain being accused of sexually harassing two women while he was CEO of the National Restaurant Association (NRA) in the ‘90s. According to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) How often have we been commanded by someone or some entity with the words, “Black folks represent!” I don’t know about you, but this writer is oh so tired of this calling to arms for us to ‘Represent’. Sometimes I just wanna be ME! I don’t want to represent ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The show I raved about even before it hit the air is here. Reed Between the Lines is six episodes in with two more premiering tonight. The BET sitcom starring Malcolm Jamal Warner of Cosby Show fame and our favorite Girlfriend Tracee Ellis Ross is receiving mixed reviews across ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The conversation about whether Herman Cain sexually harassed two women while leading the National Restaurant Association in the 90’s brings to mind another famous case of sexual harassment involving another black conservative in the 90’s. Before the sexual harassment documents surfaced, comparisons between Herman Cain and Clarence Thomas were being ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) ‘For just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to him who sows and bread to him who eats, so shall My word be that goes forth from ...
(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) The debate about how much of your income you should contribute to a company-sponsored retirement plan rages on. Some say 10% and some say 15%, but according to Aon Hewitt the average 401k contributor only contributed 7.3% of her income. What percentage is right for you? How many years ...
(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) The Occupy Wall Street Movement has captured the imagination of the world. We now have Occupy Tokyo, Occupy Berlin, Occupy Mexico, Occupy Australia, Occupy Brazil, Occupy Denmark, Occupy Asia and even Occupy Antarctica. But where are the voices of young people of African descent and why are their voices ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Laurence Fishburne will be the narrator of an upcoming PBS documentary about black workers in the post-slavery South. The film, titled “Slavery by Another Name,” is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas A. Blackmon. Blackmon’s composition is a powerful account of how America surreptitiously maintained slavery under ...