(ThyBlackMan.com) The City of Chicago is experiencing a period of violence that is capturing national and international attention. Every week stories appear in the media that highlight the extreme gun violence in certain parts of the city. Just this weekend, Easter weekend, there were 23 shootings in the city and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Athletes Just Get a Scholarship… Those who oppose the idea of the NCAA sharing it’s billions with the families of student athletes tend to cite the scholarship as a fair and primary form of compensation. The problem for the NCAA is that it’s difficult to rake in more money ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Written in 2000… With all the “talk” about college athletes not getting paid while coaches, directors, and universities earn billions in revenue, I thought I’d go back into the Blackonomics archives to find the following article. Although it has taken 13 years, I am glad to see this topic ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I recently purchased a delicious, ready-made salad from Trader Joe’s, only to discover its surprising caloric intake afterwards. It’s unexpected to find out how something seemingly healthy can wreck your weight loss efforts if you aren’t careful. When you think of a healthy meal choice, a nice green salad ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) SANKOFA: A West African word meaning to retrieve the past in order to live in the future. February, the nationally-recognized, officially-designated month to observe, celebrate, and praise much of Black America’s achievements and contributions to weaving the fabric of the American civilization has come and gone. It seems that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Have you noticed? A new season is just around the corner. Every year, I get giddy when signs of spring whisper promises of winter’s demise. Sure, it might get cold again. But it won’t last! Just hang on a little while longer, and spring will arrive. When that happens, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s a comforting-to-white-people fiction about racism and racial inequality in the United States today: They’re caused by a small, recalcitrant group who cling to their egregiously inaccurate beliefs in the moral, intellectual and economic superiority of white people. The reality: racism and racial inequality aren’t just supported by old ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The most common answer, “He was not blond and blue-eyed like they show him in movies and paintings. He was darker than that, like the people who live in North Africa today.” However, the average American today looks nothing like the average American 500 years ago when Columbus arrived. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On several occasions I have listened carefully as a couple of Black Republican colleagues cite the grievous shortcomings and sins of the Democratic Party. More often than not I found myself in agreement with much of their analysis. After their critique is finished I ask the Black Republicans what ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) How many African-Americans know that the president of the United States (POTUS) recently met with their leaders? How many among the African-American population know what the meeting agenda entailed, who was there, and what was accomplished at, or subsequent to it, regarding our plight and problems? Late Black History ...