(ThyBlackMan.com) I am condemned. There is no apparent crime, yet I stand accused of a crime simply for having the nerve to show up. And I am convicted of the crime of having brown skin, which carries heavy penalties. This crime carries the penalty of being hated, of being prejudged, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am an extremely healthy eater. On January 1, 2011 I began my fifth year as a vegetarian. My consumption of processed food is minimal – I estimate that it occupies about one percent of my diet – and I’ve reduced my sugar intake drastically (chocolate donuts remains my ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dear Mr. President, I listened to your speech last week at Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network’s 20th anniversary dinner, talking among friends and close supporters. This was an annual African American dinner, a very important one. While I know that any Democrat would have fulfilled their promise to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The following is an exerpt from the book, “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about College.” Before I tell you all the great things about college, and all the things that are going to happen before, during and after, we should start with a very basic question: why do ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Are you stuck in a bad debt situation? If yes, don’t feel hopeless. As long as you know the right steps toward credit repair, you can get yourself out of bad debt. This article shows you what to do to get out of debt starting today. Know your debts. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On Friday the International Game Developers Association will honor Jerry Lawson for all he’s done to move the state of the art forward. The honor has been a long time coming. It was back in the mid-1970s that Lawson developed the first video game console system, breaking ground in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A story is making its rounds on the Internet and it is headlined as follows: “New NAACP Leaders Broaden Group’s Mission.” The headline relates to a brewing controversy within the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization: Several local chapters have elected non-African American leaders and the organization is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Barack Obama just opened a new web portal for African Americans. The page drops to significant fanfare, with some feeling less than perfectly optimistic about the White House’s most recent gesture. The most interesting comment came from someone named Slim Jackson, who tweeted: “Can’t help you in real ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Great Car Debate: To Buy or to Lease? Many of us cannot decide whether to buy a new car or lease one when it’s time for us to get a new vehicle. This article will give you the pros and cons of both options to help you make ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Over one-fourth of 326 black women to participate in a study on hair loss were found to have lost hair on the top of their scalp. Additionally, 59 percent of the study’s participants showed signs of central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, otherwise known as CCCA. CCCA is a form of ...