The Source For Black Male Perspective
As I get older, I’ve noticed that there has been a paradigm shift in normal traditional and cultural practices in this country. Smoking used to be as popular as baseball here once upon a time. Women would even smoke while pregnant! However, now with increased health awareness and state regulations, we’ve seen less smoking indoors, and [...]
If you’re a man like me, you’ve known this woman. You’ve bought her drinks at the bar, she’s sat across the table from you on dates, and she’s laid next to you in bed. She’s been a lover, a significant other, a friend with benefits. She’s perfect, possessed with everything you might ever desire in [...]
I’ve got tons of friends, but contrary to the way others might approach their friends, I manage my friends with expectations. Some people use categories such as; associates, acquaintances, homies, friends, or whatever other terms they develop to explain their relationship with a person, but I use expectations. For this very reason, there are many [...]
Not too long after graduating college, an ex-girlfriend from back home asked me why I didn’t come around anymore and why I didn’t spend time with my best friend from high school. I didn’t have an answer, the best response I could come up with was “I think we’ve grown apart.” The truth was, I [...]
It’s a week before the beginning of winter and the fall is ending. And while choosing the right coat can be perplexing when it’s 30 degrees in the morning, 65 at lunch and 45 during your commute home, it’s important that we begin to bundle up. Three months ago we spent some time looking at [...]
In my former life, you could have expected a post called, “5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Listen to Women.” They way I’m feeling these days, eh… you may see that post one day, but it doesn’t really interest me, probably would have only written it for your entertainment. (This is an example of seeing the [...]
There was a time in this country where all you heard on the radio was Gangsta Rap. Thank the Lord that’s over. I can appreciate Gangsta Rap as much as the next guy, but it was just a little depressing after a while. After Biggie and Tupac died it was obvious that people actually started [...]
Before my laptop crashed, I had a list of people who made it without college degrees. I wasn’t talking about people who dropped out of Ivy League schools. People always want to point to Mark Zuckerberg and say, “See you don’t need a degree to succeed.” My reply, “Aight bet, just get into an Ivy [...]
I have never been able to put my finger on it, but I always wonder when was the point where Black people were convinced that they were “bothering” somebody when they asked for decent liberties at work. I know how they did it though. That much I am 100% sure of. It was when they [...]
My favorite part of the year is the fall, that’s when you can actually really do some damage on the fashion scene. One of the things that most men never realize is that a keen sense of fashion is critical in deciding his social status. Women notice almost immediately when a man has on some [...]
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