(ThyBlackMan.com) Many older adults end up in a nursing home at some point, as they no longer have the ability to care for themselves safely. While this may be the only option for people without family, those who do have another choice. A family member can keep their aging loved one ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I had a friend ask me about Hugh Masekela after seeing his name trending. I didn’t know where to begin, so I said, “If Bob Marley lived and continued his social activism he would be the Hugh Masekela of the Western Hemisphere.” This wasn’t an attempt to elevate “Bra” Masekela ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is little room to debate that of all the sins British citizens settling the Jamestown colony committed, the most reverberating was the construction of Race. Make no mistake about it, Race has proven to be politically expedient and economic fortuitous for white elites residing on the North American continent ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Amidst the ongoing political noise and distractions in Washington, D.C., President Trump continues to focus on and address the nation’s most deep-seated problems. In the wake of signing a temporary funding bill to get the government back open, the president directed attention to one of our biggest problems. Education. Donald ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) No one is paying much attention, but Congress is preparing a two-year budget that would blow past bipartisan spending caps to the tune of $216 billion through 2019. That might be a best-case scenario. The budget watchers at FreedomWorks estimate that when hurricane disaster relief, funding for the border wall, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am fond of saying, “weak people take strong positions on weak issues.” There is no better example of this than the embarrassing behavior of the weak Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the National Urban League (NUL). These groups have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 1963, speaking to the noted psychologist Dr. Kenneth Clark, James Baldwin describes the experience of meeting a 16-year-old black boy who declared: “I’ve got no country. I’ve got no flag.” Baldwin continues: “I couldn’t say, ‘you do.’ I don’t have any evidence to prove that he does.” Today, some ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The truth is, you aren’t going to be happy in every situation. Not liking a situation doesn’t make you bad, incompetent or unprofessional, nor it makes you lose anything. All you need is to gain control over the situation you are in. And even if it is not possible to ...