(ThyBlackMan.com) I see the future of America as a society that is knowledge-based competing and succeeding in the changing dynamics of the modern world. Creating a knowledge-based society involves getting all people on board. In perfecting skills to compete in a global world, it is imperative that education is at ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It seems like 35 is going to be a breeze. I have three weeks and some change before the mid-point of my thirties is in transition. I am at peace with a lot in my life too. I am in love with music. I am in love with experiences. I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Reading a recent article by Dr. Boyce Watkins on R-Kelly as Grand Marshal of a child’s parade warranted a deeper look into the issue of older men dating young girls. ( Article here (—— ) Picture this: A young African American girl, heavy set, tight leggings and a tank top, heavily ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) 1And Moses answered, But behold, they will not believe me or listen to and obey my voice; for they will say, The Lord has not appeared to you. – Exodus 4:1 I am under-qualified… for lots of stuff. The job I currently hold? Under-qualified. So it never ceases to ...
(ThyBlackmMan.com) Does the new film, The Help, show Black actresses playing maids to illustrate truths about a bygone era, or simply as cover to exploit and demean them as the movies have always done? The first feature length movie Hollywood produced was D. W. Griffith’s 1915 film, Birth of A ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) did not attend Wednesday’s movie release of “The Help” from DreamWorks Pictures, based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Kathryn Stockett. Why, you ask? Because I read the book. Last week New York Times op-ed columnist Frank Bruni saw an advance screening of the movie and referred ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I need no picture for what I want to do right now. I just want to write. I think that is my purpose of being in Dallas, Texas this summer. I have not written freestyle in a long time. I have not been on a microphone in a long ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I spent time watching a trailer for the film “Dark Girls,” directed by Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry. Oddly enough, the clip was sent to me by a friend of mine who has spent her life being praised for being “light skinned-ed” and having the long, flowing hair of a black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This piece was written three years ago, but the message is a resonating and resounding one that we, as women, should carry with us daily. — Okay, something I plan to do more of this year is WRITE, which makes sense right seeing as though I have a Master’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We can all accept that the socioeconomic dynamic of relationships have drastically changed over the last 20 years. Women have knocked down so many social and economic walls and many cases are in situations where they happen to make more than their mate. The general social structure of a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Do not talk at me. Talk to me. Please do not use words to distract me from what I need to say and what you need to listen to. “Listen, Sir/Ma’am.” Clearing throat, “Sir/Ma’am excuse me.” “Mr./Ms. May I ask?” Her voice. My voice. Does she still have a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I spent a lot of my childhood wondering why so many white people hate Black people. I wondered why all the other colonized, brainwashed people of color (who white folks also despise) hate Black people. Most of all, I wondered why so many Black people hate being Black and presumably/most ...