(ThyBlackMan.com) I have known violence much of my life. As I have spent the past six to eight months writing and rewriting my 12th book, a memoir from my childhood to the present, it has painfully and uncomfortably reminded me how violence is so much a part of our lives, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As we know the Sisters of Deflection roll deep! In order to become a deflector, here are some roles one must master. 1. The Coy Manipulator- Coy is is defined as: (Especially with reference to a woman) making a pretense of shyness or modesty that is intended to be ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Skin bleaching has grown increasingly common among celebrities, and the general populace is following suit. Traditionally skin whitening has been viewed as originating from a feeling of self-hate and a desire to appear as someone else. This in combination with the negative health consequences of skin whitening has given ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve taught Finance at the college level for over 20 years. I also learned more about Finance by the age of 25 than most experts learn in a lifetime. But one of the funny things about stuffing all of this knowledge into my brain is that I found that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In recent conversations, the theme “be you” came up several times. And when themes emerge, I always like to seek the lesson for myself and eventually share it with you. If you feel like sometimes you struggle with saying what you mean, doing what you love or relaxing around ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The summer of 2009 will always occupy a permanent space in my heart and soul. I was a rising senior in high school and during that summer, I lost 25 pounds playing basketball with friends and family, and also had my high school sweetheart by my side. I went ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On the eve of the Viet Nam War, Malcolm X declared, “[As] long as the white man sent you to Korea, you bled. He sent you to Germany, you bled. He sent you to the South Pacific to fight the Japanese, you bled. You bleed for white people. But ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I wrote my book, Financial Lovemaking, I did it because I found that there are a huge number of similarities between money and love. So, when teaching Finance to my students at Syracuse University, I would often explain financial concepts to them in ways that related to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Liberal’s love living the American Dream, they just can’t afford for their constituent’s to know it. Hillary Clinton is determined to convince people that she knows what it’s like to struggle to earn a living; Joe Biden and Michelle Obama have jumped on the bandwagon as well. They don’t ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am a big sports fan. I have been since I realized in middle school that in spite of having speed to burn, my height would most probably prohibit me from even being invited to actively participate in organized team sports. Tall and slow was far preferable to short ...