(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) 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) If you were asked to describe yourself, would you consider body language? In most cases the answer would likely be, no. Yet, we go through our entire lives being judged or judging other people on their body language. The question was presented to an audience of women at a ...
(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’ve never liked that “Ebony and Ivory” stuff. Many Black people describe each other as “dark-skinned”. As a child, I never really thought about it but when I was confronted with white people who call all people of color who aren’t pale “dark-skinned”, I began to think. Maybe I ...
(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) As I sit here just shy off of my monthly sista circle in which we discussed the ever so challenging presumed identity of the bitter black woman I began to wonder to myself where do people get these ideas from and who told them they were true. We are constantly ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This article is a web writing series in response to Oprah Winfrey’s Lifeclass — conducted virtually via the internet from October 10th through October 15th, 2011 I decided to enroll in Oprah Winfrey’s Lifeclass this past week. The promotion was so enticing. Oprah Winfrey televised a sneak preview of ...