(ThyBlackMan.com) Dear MVP Stephen Curry, I am a Dubs fan. Always have been, always will be. I pass by Oracle Arena every day to and from work. Traffic is so bad on 880 I often get to admire, at length, the giant hanging posters adorned with your face and the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When we turn to Deuteronomy 11:16, we read, “Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them.” Take heed to yourselves that your heart be not deceived. If I check myself, I don’t have to worry about you checking ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Discussions in the news media (I’d rather call it the “Views Media”) regarding the use of the word, “Thug,” are intriguing to say the least. The Mayor of Baltimore, the President, and some in the media used the term during the unrest that followed the killing of Freddie Gray. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Post Atlanta cheating scandal, is anybody wondering why the teachers “needed” to cheat? What is wrong with school systems all over this country? It has been reported that our literacy rate is lower than Cuba. Cuba, really? Everybody, including the courts, seems to be content blaming the teachers and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let’s look at Bullying from a good news/bad news perspective. The bad news here is that a large number of youngsters wake up reluctant to go to school or hide somewhere and skip classes on a regular basis. This writer has witnessed this question from the perspective of person ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The art of film has always been a powerful tool in shaping the minds of people. Magnifying an image hundreds of times larger than its actual size creates a power play for dominance in both the conscious and subconscious. Once under its spell those images are emblazoned onto the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Being the only black person working in an office environment can be challenging, and very intimidating; but does it have to be that way? I was in that situation for over 25 years , and while many things in the workplace have changed for the better; being the only ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I recently attended my grandson Austin Ragland’s graduation from pre-school in Buford, Ga. Yes, you read correctly – pre-school. It’s never too soon to begin celebrating academic achievement, as his graduation from pre-school attests. So, PaPa was excited about going to Austin’s graduation ceremony and seeing him don a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Baltimore’s 40th murder in May set a new record for homicides in one month. http://nydn.us/1dFgr0g My friend wrote… “Lloyd The American Legion National Convention is scheduled for late August through early September, 2015 in Baltimore City. Sad to say, I have canceled my reservations as I do not think ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Whenever the world gets too crazy for me, I head down to the soul food restaurant and seek out my mentor, the great ghetto philosopher, Cleophus Leroy Brown. Cleo graciously waived me toward a seat at his usual corner booth. “What’s on your mind, College Boy?” “Everything,” I blurted ...