(ThyBlackMan.com) I love Kanye West’s music. Now that we’ve gotten that out the way, I must say that over the years I’ve loved less and less of the person Kanye West presents himself to be. For me, Kanye ain’t been right since his mama died. Rest in Peace Ms. Donda. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you do not know the name Latausha Nedd (aka Eye Empress Sekhmet), you should and you probably will. Nedd was arrested in September of 2015 in Clayton County, GA after she posted at least two Youtube videos calling for African Americans to take the guns of police officers ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) GOP presidential hopeful Jeb Bush knew exactly what he was doing when he insulted African-American voters by alleging that the Democrats buy their votes with “free stuff.” In fact, it was no accident that he hurled his slur at Democrats at a campaign stop in South Carolina. Bush is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For young people, a driver’s license represents freedom and the ability to go wherever they want whenever they want. With so much riding on this seemingly innocent piece of plastic, it is no wonder drivers in training put so much pressure on themselves and work so hard to get ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Deee-troit Basketball!” Thanks to the popular chant made famous by John Mason, a Detroit radio legend who doubles as the public address announcer for our city’s professional basketball team, the Detroit Pistons are known by basketball fans across the globe. When the chant caught on—about a decade a ago—as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Having served as Executive Director of a nonprofit that provides mentoring services to minority boys, and having been a mentor to three African American boys, I believe mentoring is needed in the African American community now more than ever before. When Barack Obama was elected as POTUS in 2008, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Isn’t it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, you in mid-air… Where are the clowns?” I have a new appreciation for “Send in the Clowns” – as sung by Bernadette Peters, Barbra Streisand, and Frank Sinatra among many others. Ben Carson is a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Please tweet, e-mail , face book and re-post this piece to interested parties! If there is anything certain in the coming months, it is more economic pain for African Americans(AA). One of the major indications of this coming pain was an announcement, on September 24th by Janet Yellen, Chairwoman ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are in a teaching on a new and better covenant, and in this we need to understand the priesthood of Jesus Christ. We have a High Priest that covers us, who allows us to come out and do what we do in the church. A priest oversees the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The political story of the year by far is the sudden resignation of House Speaker, John Boehner. His announcement last Friday sent tectonic shock waves throughout the body politic. Boehner’s resignation was a direct result of Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy; not Trump the person, but rather what Trump represents. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Slavery is not African history. Slavery interrupted African history. ~Mutabaruka The idea of reclaiming the abominable n-word n**ga—a racist term—as opposed to reclaiming one’s [stolen] history is reprehensible and serves as evidence of low self-esteem, simple-mindedness—lacking mental capacity and subtlety. Yet surreal as it may be there are many ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Thomas Theorem, created in 1928 by sociologists W.I. Thomas and Dorothy Swaine Thomas states “If man define situations as real, they are real in their consequences”. Labelling theory draws on this statement to suggest that if people are labeled as deviant, they will act in deviant ways. Deviant is ...