(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, XXLMAG.com released a list of the five biggest dance crazes of 2015. Of the five dances listed, “The Quan” accompanied by the song Hit The Quan by iHeartMemphis and the “Whip/Nae Nae” accompanied by the song Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) by Silento, were the two obvious choices for this year’s top dances. For kids ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) American racism is brutal but subtle, demanding that those of African ancestry conform to Eurocentric tenets of society for acceptance. One of the criteria for conformity is an unprecedented disdain for one’s African heritage and natural features. Women are expected to process their hair to reflect the European standard ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Around 2009, a Nevadan Christian woman state legislator was fed up. She was fed up with “politics as usual” and the “good old boy system.” But most of all, she was disgusted with the lack of “courage” in congress. After much prayer, Conservative Republican Sharron Angle stepped forward to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Here’s to the strong African American voices that changed the course of history. From those who took a brave and dedicated stance against slavery to our first African American president, the following names are some of the influential African Americans in U.S. history. Because of these individuals, all Americans ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today in this country African Americans want to blame everyone else for our problems instead of simply looking in the mirror. We want to blame the police for the very thing we do to each other on a much larger scale every week. We want to blame the school ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For African Americans(AA), having some grasp of how the economy works will make a difference in how well the AA community fares in 2016, because African Americans have the highest unemployment rates of any worker group tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). If you don’t understand what ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Metabolism is the rate at which your body uses energy to maintain its performance. Generally, low metabolism equals slower weight loss and lower ebb of energy, while the higher the metabolism the greater the weight-loss and energy level. Low physical energy translates into less mental alertness and functionality as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” Chinua Achebe The story of Africa was a story created by Europeans that is and in some cases still ignorant and in denial to the beauty, intelligence, creative and innovative spirit of ...