(ThyBlackMan.com) Someone told me recently she liked reading my blog but it seemed like everything I wrote about was race. I guess I’m going to live up to that person’s perception today. Admittedly, I write from the perspective of a black woman, so I can’t help notice these type of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It has come to my attention that Justice Clarence Thomas, the lone African American on the US Supreme Court, has not asked a question or spoken in open court in many sessions (since February 2006). While some have questioned the intellectual fire power of the Justice, I wondered if ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Date yourself! Yes, the first step to attracting a date is to realistically look in the mirror and consider if you were on the other side, would you date that person. The second step is to identity five things that make you fun, interesting and appealing and write them ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Metaphorically speaking, it’s been a good year for racism since President Obama’s been in office. It has evolved into a subtle subterfuge of sly innuendo and inference with highlights of classic era/error and flat out bravado! The latter is naturally easy to spot. All you need do is look ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When the demonstrators were in Tahrir Square in Egypt, what did we get? Non-stop coverage on the evening news, the morning news, and on cable news we heard about it 24-7. They have been marching on Wall Street for a month, and all across the country people are now following suit. But ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Howard University, in Washington, DC, is one of the elite Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in the U.S. Howard students are quick to call their school the “real H U!” The reason is so they won’t be confused with another well know HBCU—Hampton University. But after years of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) had the opportunity to sit down with Corey Scales, a filmmaker based in Dallas, Texas. We engaged in an interesting conversation regarding his new film: “The Davaun Mitchell Story.” The movie will debut at the Studio Movie Grill, in Arlington, Texas this November. Tell me a little about yourself professionally ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today’s entry came to me by way of a simple yet profound revelation regarding culture and love. Culture, as I have come to understand it, is a set of beliefs and customs shared by a group of people that distinguish them from others. The structure of a functioning society ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Being an entrepreneur can be extremely rewarding for both financial and personal reasons. Imagine the day when you can tell that crazy boss to kick rocks! Or how about having that extra income from a part time business so you can pay for you kids school clothes, and maybe ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Before I begin, let me quote the late, great, Booker T. Washington who said, “Of all forms of slavery there is none that is so harmful and degrading as that form of slavery which tempts one human being to hate another by reason of his race or color.” For ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It pains me to write this article. It really does. Being that Herman Cain made such a fine pizza, and pizza happens to be my favorite food I had a crisis of conscience. But alas, my rationalism outweighed my taste buds, and so I have to take a brief ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Monday, October 03, 2011, on ABC’s The View, much to Barbara Walters’ surprise, Sherri Shepherd does not like to hear the n-word flow from her or any other white person’s mouth. Barbara Walters was a bit taken back in that in reporting news happenings that involve use of the ...