(ThyBlackMan.com) When I was a young kid I always assumed that because a person was grown up or even elderly that they had great wisdom and lived a Godly life because of it! …….nothing could have been further from the truth as I would learn later in life. But that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s funny that so many people like to proclaim, “Everything is not about race,” when it comes to a Black person being blatantly disrespected and/or victimized by someone who is not Black…especially a child. From Trayvon Martin to the recent trial and sentencing for the slain Jordan Davis, we ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) March is a wild and magical time for college basketball fans and 20 years ago this time of year belonged to Nolan Richardson, when his Arkansas Razorbacks won the 1994 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men’s Division I title. In capturing the crown with a 76-72, triumph over fabled ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Seems like there is rarely a mention of Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Libya in the mainstream news anymore, and more importantly, from the oral cavities of U.S. politicians. Maybe we might hear about the occasional bombing that happens in Iraq each day nationally since U.S. forces invaded the country ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Two weeks ago, President Obama launched an initiative called My Brother’s Keeper. As a part of this initiative, he signed a presidential memorandum establishing the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force, chaired by Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary Broderick Johnson. The task force will help determine what public ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I wanted to share a very quick thought about a conversation I had this morning. Someone got mad at me for saying this, but I stand by it till the end: Men who have lots of kids with lots of women damage the black community as much or more than ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We all must learn to conserve our precious “Life Force” so that we can utilize it strategically when the best opportunity arrives to do so. Babbling with fools with hangups and irreparable attitudes will not help you to reach this level of being. Doing this will only distract you ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While the 2012 Economic Census data have not yet been released, I am certain we will see another increase in the number of Black owned businesses in the past five years, since the last census was taken. As a matter of fact Black business start-ups increased at the highest rate ...