(ThyBlackMan.com) Well, they’ve done it again. Urban Prep Academy of Chicago, an all-male charter school with kids from the “worst” parts of Chicago, is sending 100% of its graduating seniors off to college. The school, founded in 2006, has stated that its continuous objective is to see to it that all ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Most people who get married, truly want their marriage to succeed; unfortunately, not everyone does the things necessary to make sure it does. This article with ten reasonable tips on how to be a good husband, is for the male half of a marriage. 1 – Be true. Being ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Lawsuits contesting President Obama’s birthplace have been routinely dismissed. The Supreme Court has declined to take up the issue. Hawaiian state officials have repeatedly offered to make copies of Obama’s birth certificate available (now for a fee). And mainstream GOP officials, including defrocked Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele called ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When You’re Expecting… Pregnant women experience a variety of emotions and life changes. But most first-time dads have their own feelings and concerns to deal with, too. If you feel shocked, panicked, overwhelmed, scared, or like you’re just not ready, you’re not alone. Like any big change, this will require ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Short of dropping the n-bomb on someone, there are few things more insulting to many African-Americans than being called an “Uncle Tom.” The term originates from the character in Harriett Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin which was published in 1852. And ever since the term has stirred emotions and sparked ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This past Monday President Obama unveiled his FY 2012 budget submission. In his proposed $3.7 trillion spending plan the president seeks to trim or eliminate 200 federal programs, pledging $1.1 trillion in deficit savings over the next decade. The proposed reductions, which average just over $100 billion each year, will ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With the release of each new Tyler Perry Madea or Martin Lawrence Big Momma movie, the grumblings once again begin as to the supposed negative imagery of African-American men in drag. The arguments never change, from the “emasculation of Black men” to the alleged box office appeal of negative Black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) America is a funny land. Not funny as in “ha ha,” but funny as in strange. So strange that even though cops have historically been at odds with Blacks, people try to pretend that there is something else going on in a so-called justice system that sometimes seems like it ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “I went to a class where the professor said if you didn’t appreciate Beethoven, Bach and Brahms, you were culturally depraved, to which I responded, if you didn’t appreciate James Brown, you were culturally deprived.” – Gloria Ladson-Billings As a recent documentary film suggests, many parents and educators have been ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Despite the advancement we’ve endured over the last 50 years, generational poverty and financial illiteracy continue to run rampant in the Black community. We’ve been able to earn substantially more over time and yet fiscally we remain disproportionately behind our counterparts. If financial education tops the list for why a ...