(ThyBlackMan.com) I don’t watch the show “Empire,” so I’d never heard of Jussie Smollett before the story broke that he was physically assaulted in an apparent racist, homophobic attack. I suspect most Americans, like myself, thought his story was fishy from the very beginning. Nonetheless, as Americans tend to do, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week, I wrote about the “State of the Black Union.” I used that column to talk about the state of the Black community and it seemed to catch on like wildfire. In a similar vein, since it is Black History Month, I want to discuss the state of Black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With earbuds in my ears and wired to my phone, I listen to national Christian broadcasts during my daily walk. Back to back, I heard two black pastors with large congregations. It was stunning hearing how clueless both men were regarding the truth of various political issues. Both pastors parroted ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We’re in Black History Month and we still don’t get it, African people have the oldest, longest and most creative history of any people or ethnic group in the planet; but we don’t do the research or study the research others have done to show just how ingenious our ancestors ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), 4,000 people in the United States drown each year. African Americans drown at a rate considerably higher than whites, nearly six times. While considering the disparity rate between races in this country, for things like salary and funding for entrepreneurs, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Social media has been a part of my life ever since the heyday of The Old MySpace and I’ve seen the positives and the negatives of social media which has definitely helped me understand social media more from a personal standpoint. Here are 5 things that I hate about social ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The more I continue to learn about world history, and the roles that Africa and people of African descent played in it, the less enthusiastic I become about celebrating a “Black History Month.” To relegate the recounting of our story to a single month is analogous to the way ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Speller Street Films brought you the award-winning documentary “Wilmington on Fire” about the horrifying history of the 1898 Wilmington Massacre and the hatred that fueled it. Now they bring you “As an Act of Protest”, a narrative film about the psychological effects of racism and the consequences of both accepting ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As we celebrate Black History, our challenge is where do we begin, how do we fill in the blanks and connect the dots to a legacy that is at least a hundred thousand years old? All too often we think our history began with our ancestors’ enslavement and haulage to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When you love your children, you want the best for them. You are willing to sacrifice whatever is necessary for them to have everything they need. It is important for babies to come into this world with a hedge of love and protection around them. As they grow, they begin ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Both of America’s great national parties are coalitions. But it is the Democratic Party that never ceases to celebrate diversity — racial, religious, ethnic, cultural — as its own and as America’s “greatest strength.” Understandably so, for the party is home to a multitude of minorities. It is the domain ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many people assume that the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is simply a matter of brute force, as it were – i.e., achieving political victories that force through the appointment of enough previously convinced pro-life justices to achieve that outcome. Consistent with the injudicious temper of our times, no ...