(ThyBlackMan.com) Just when you thought it was safe to stop by your local liquor store. I have often written about examples of racial discrimination and injustices perpetrated against people of color for this publication and others. These are issues I have cared deeply about since working as a teacher in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Personal transformation, the process of growth through the challenges and opportunities of life, is about maximizing your God-given potential. One of the most important parts of the process is being able to see the big picture when faced with a challenge. Psychological research shows that those who are optimistic ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Fathers’ Day is probably one of the less celebrated holidays because of the pandemic impact of fatherlessness in our society. In fact, most churches will pontificate a strong thunderous message about fathers who do not father and overlook the faithfulness of the men who understand the role of a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While sitting in a meeting one day, a beautiful black brother native of Ghana recalled to us his life growing up in the first Black independent nation in sub-Saharan Africa. He told us what life was like having always seen a black president, growing up only knowing black doctors ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I sincerely wish you could see what I’m seeing right now. As I’m writing this particular Op-Ed entry, I’m sitting on an Amtrak train – with the lush and scenic Northern Virginia countryside to my left and to my right. I wish you could hear what I’m listening to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I admire successful women, not necessarily financial success, but women who have pulled themselves from nothing, meager beginnings or adverse situations, and emerged from those adversities to achieve what some only dream about. Maya Angelou was one of those women. Every time she spoke I listened with great anticipation ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’m not trying to #EchoTheSentiments of #JamalHBryant, but I AM admittedly trying to capitalize on them. His mentioning “hoes” in the pulpit reminds me of the importance of context when addressing #ThePeopleOfGod. #CaseInPoint – I readily used this word along with “pimps” and “thots” to speak to the pre-teen ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Most people reading this will already have a good credit rating. Did you know, however, that you can turn your credit rating into a great, or indeed excellent, one? It can be a straightforward thing to achieve, and help is at hand to help you get it. Paying bills ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Of course he existed. Of that there can be no question. But was Martin Luther King not a mythic figure? Around him there has grown quite a bit of lore. He was swaddled in myth and legend from the very day he was born. His namesake, Martin Luther, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The word bullying is a verb which is defined as “using superior strength or influence to intimidate (an individual or group), typically to force him or her or them to do what someone else wants.” This definition succinctly describes the sad state of our current political discourse. Bullying takes ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Kevin Hart may be the hottest comedian in the country right now, but his status is in jeopardy as long as he keeps putting his foot in his mouth. Hart recently did an interview with Playboy Magazine and was asked about the nature of his jokes. Kevin was first ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Imagine the U.S. dollar being worthless. Picture millionaires and billionaires becoming “thousand-aires” overnight. Think about the possibility of two hundred million U.S. citizens being unable to eat unless the government provides food for them. Fathom a day when you check out your 401-k or your bank account and find ...