(ThyBlackMan.com) I was raised in a time when the most important aspects of education were being able to think critically, to never accept any perspective without questioning and rigorous debate, and to love my community and country. Not anymore, because of the current direction of education posited by elite extreme ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On Oct. 9, Hughes Van Ellis, who was one of the last three known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, passed away at age 102. The story of the white supremacist mob violence that devastated Tulsa’s Black community is the kind of American history too few students learned ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The latest mass carnage this time in Lewiston Maine, once more brutally, heinously, and nightmarishly underscores one tormenting fact. Congress remains just as totally paralyzed as ever on passing any meaningful gun control legislation. Even when Democratic-controlled state legislatures in such states as California and New York pass tough ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) How do you know if your town or city has dead people voting in it? In the spirit of the season, let’s call them “Halloween voters.” If your town or city does not entirely abide by the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, it is more than likely leaving ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Testosterone is a hormone that plays a crucial role in both males and females, although it’s typically associated with male physiology. It is produced primarily in the testes in men and the ovaries in women, with a small amount made in the adrenal glands. Testosterone is essential for the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My mother used to have a phrase when she was alive. Usually referring to me and my attitude when I thought I had done something particularly noteworthy. She used it when describing somebody who started acting like they were better than someone else or, basically felt their No. 2 didn’t ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ronald Reagan when he was an actor at the end of the General Electric Theater television series which he hosted would say democracy may not be the best form of government but all the others are worst. Apparently, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had expressed a similar point of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was in the grocery store recently and had a women explain to me, for no apparent reason, that she doesn’t believe in racism. She wanted to convey that she didn’t look at color and feels the country would be better for it if we all took the same ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It would be generous to say that the Republican Party is a chaotic manifestation of political madness. Eight miscreants toppled House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and could not select a speaker for nearly two weeks. Indeed, at this writing, Republican leadership is still up in the air, and both former ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Each year during the month of October, the National Faith and Blue Weekend is held in communities throughout the nation. The purpose of this community engagement initiative is to use local faith-based organizations as a means to develop relationships between police department officials, residents, businesses and community groups. The ...