I had the opportunity to attend a panel discussion this past week titled “Protection is the New Black: Are You Sleeping with Clair Huxtable or Nicki Minaj?” The event was put on and moderated from the stage by Verneda White, founder of Human Intonation—an apparel brand dedicated to using fashion to raise social awareness on [...]
Please Read: Updates and Changes at Single Black Male
February 25, 2011 By 33 Comments
Last week we solicited your opinions on how we could make Single Black Male Dot Org better, more enjoyable, exquisite, delightful, etc. First off, we want to say thanks to everybody that contributed. The feedback was beyond helpful. As a result, we’re implementing several changes; some of which were already in the works before the [...]
Ten Things Black Folk Need To Change Right Away – Righting Our Wrongs
February 24, 2011 By 130 Comments
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“Being born here does not make you an American. I am not an American, you are not an American. You are one of the 22 million black people who are the “victims” of America. You and I, we’ve never see nay democracy. We didn’t see any… democracy on the-the cotton fields of Georgia, wasn’t no [...]
The three month warning: what you need to get in better shape before summer.
February 23, 2011 By 139 Comments
Every first week of January gyms are flooded all over the country, filled with resolutionists, who proclaim that this is “their year” to get in shape. They get a trainer, step on the scale look at the number. They say they’re trying to lose 10 pounds, preparing for Summer. However, around this time of the [...]
I’m Good and Grown. You’re Nuts.
February 22, 2011 By 158 Comments
Single men have never been civilization’s most responsible actors; they continue to be more troubled and less successful than men who deliberately choose to become husbands and fathers. -Kay S. Hymowitz in WSJ So I write for a troubled website? Rush to fatherhood is more responsible than taking my time and getting my life in [...]
Wait: Was that Racist?
February 21, 2011 By 51 Comments
I went to a Primarily White Institute (PWI) for undergrad. The office at … well … pretty much every single job I’ve ever had … has been Primarily White. My grad school right now is … yeah … Primarily White … in a city that is PW. Basically, I have spent a healthy amount of [...]
Seriously, Please Read: Feedback Friday
February 18, 2011 By 135 Comments
When I first started writing for Single Black Male, I was a bursty blogger trying to get my name and my site’s name out there via a more established platform. That was back in 2008. It’s now February 2011 and I’m wondering how the hell I’ve written so many posts here and thinking about the [...]
Ten Things Black Folk Need To Change Right Away – Leading By Example
February 17, 2011 By 90 Comments
“I want to talk to you about morals. The morals of the young people today is going to get them in big trouble. I’m telling you, because they act like they don’t know the difference between right and wrong. And this is the truth. And see, one of the reasons is the parents. The parents [...]
5 secrets about women that men MUST know
February 16, 2011 By 118 Comments
Fellas, Some of you are clueless to the actions and movements of females women. Over the years I’ve noticed certain trends and behaviours that would otherwise go unnoticed by my bretheren. Here are a few observations: When women are done with relationships, they start testing the market like free agents… Just like when u shop [...]
Full Disclosure: Should He Tell You It’s Small?
February 15, 2011 By 105 Comments
Confidence is sexy. And going with that theme, water is wet, the sky is blue, and dehydration leads to charlie horses and hamstring cramps during marathon sex. For those that haven’t experienced intercoursal cramps, think about that time you woke up holding your calf and writhing in pain yelling “why lawd” with your face in [...]
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