(ThyBlackMan.com) The phenomenal success of the motion picture Hidden Figures shows that there is an audience for well-crafted films featuring African American themes and stars. More importantly, it shows how African Americans are inextricably linked not only to American history, but also to world shaping events. In commemoration of Black History ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In another episode of “What the hell are they thinking,” the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over how the agency is treating people from another country. Enough is enough. We live in the United States ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In case you didn’t know, Nintendo Switch Cardboard Labo Kits are officially coming on April 20. Nintendo has confirmed that you can pre-order your favorite set of Labo Kits and start making cool things with the pieces of cardboard. Labo Kits are specifically designed for kids and their tech-obsessed parents ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Life can be an unyielding monster at times. Everyone is looking for a better way to deal with it, or a way to walk in balance regardless of such. At a certain point we realize life doesn’t have to be a monster. It can be what we desire it to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It would be easy to categorize “Never Stop” as a postmodern Horatio Alger novel set in an urban community. This memoir has all the ingredients of a rag to riches story. But such a reading has the potential to render all of the pain, failure, and life lessons chronicled throughout ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The most recent spate of histrionics from establishment progressives had to do with an early January Oval Office meeting President Donald Trump attended with lawmakers. At the meeting, Trump reportedly criticized the destabilizing effect of our government’s prolonged and continuing importation of those from “s—hole countries” (expletive modified) into the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We hear a lot of different phrases to describe wellness. Alternative medicine, naturopathic medicine, holistic medicine, and more. What does this mean, and how do they differ? They’re all pathways to feeling better, and today, alternative and traditional medicine converge to create integrative medicine, which is holistic, or complete. These ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, I received word that a dear ministry colleague had died unexpectedly. He was fifty years old. I had known this young man for many years; he had taken over a ministry that teetered around two hundred members and guided it to mega-church status. He allowed me to stand in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Not too long ago, I started meal prepping. I heard about it and thought about it, but I never dived in and did it. Finally, at the start of the year I was determined to get myself together and so, I gave it a try. I wish I had started ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Through the tension, unspoken feelings, and presumptions of another person’s emotions, relationships can get pretty tricky. Everyone goes through the ebbs and flows of being with someone. Relationship problems are hard. But, there’s ways to help. You came to this blog to read about driving, but now you’re getting a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Could it be that it is our existence in a society where every moment can be recorded and distributed around the globe with the push of a button that explains the latest “Umar Johnson chronicle?” Consider for a moment that at the present moment, the fermentation process of a “beef” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Our 45th President has traipsed over to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, planning to rub elbows with world leaders, repair some relationships, and possibly shred even more. He had hardly landed before he started threatening to cut off aid to the Palestinians unless they participate in peace talks ...