(ThyBlackMan.com) Dudley Randall’s poem, “It seems to me, said Booker T; I disagree, said W.E.B.” points out an issue that has plagued Black folks for generations. During Booker T’s time, some Blacks said he was working “for the man” as he tried to build an economic foundation for his people ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Although the dictionary calls it archaic, the “management of a household” is one of the definitions listed for the word “economy.” Another definition is “a saving or attempt to reduce expenditures.” Yet another is “a system of interacting elements, especially when seen as being harmonious.” And still another definition ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A week after the great debate over whether Charles Ramsey is an American hero or another American casualty of media-induced racial stereotyping or both after helping save the lives of the three kidnapped Cleveland women, one thing is now clear. Ramsey has done the seemingly impossible. He’s turned racial ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently the unemployment numbers were published for April. Those numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated the black unemployment rate was reduced from 13.3% to 13.2%. The national unemployment rate fell also from 7.6% to 7.5%, while white unemployment remained unchanged and well below double-digit rates at 6.7%. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I moved to Maryland in 2003, my father serendipitously received a promotion to move from Colorado to nearby northern Virginia. We had not lived in the same city since I graduated from high school and I was excited that he’d be just 20 miles away. Despite the close ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Every culture, religion, ethnicity, and shade of human existence praises mothers. Don’t get it twisted Mothers Day is every day globally. “Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise: that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.” Ephesians 6:2, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Exactly when Venus, Neptune, Earth, and Mars are in line, which is about once every 20 years at this point, Hip-Hop enters a Golden Era. Hip-Hop’s first Golden Era came approximately 13 years after the artform’s inception and lasted longer than most critics and fans originally gave it props ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) King David impregnated Uriah’s wife. Then, David ordered that Uriah be killed to cover up his sin. When confronted about his evil by the prophet of God, David fessed-up, repented and begged God to forgive him. We are all capable of evil. Though King David was a flawed human ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Fleeting snippets of news sound bites declaring the horrors faced by the three women allegedly forcibly kidnapped and forced to live with their captors for 10 + years have been over all the networks and especially the national news aka cable news outfits. In all that I have heard and read ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In America, we are taught at an early age to place our hands over our hearts and pledge allegiance to the flag. But many of us have no idea what we are doing. When we pledge allegiance to the flag, we are essentially accepting a full plate of indoctrination ...