(ThyBlackMan.com) Congratulations to LeBron James and the Miami Heat on their most recent NBA title.  LeBron carried the team to victory in glorious fashion, securing the regular season MVP award, the NBA title and Finals MVP trophy in one gigantic swoosh.  Oh yea, he had a triple double in the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The academic achievement gap between different ethnic groups has long been a characteristic of the American educational system.  Recent research has begun to shed light on the role that stereotypes play in the relative achievement of different groups. . . During the 2008 Presidential Campaign researchers administered a test ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Today Mitt Romney came to my current home state of Florida. In Orlando he addressed the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. He tried to make his pitch for immigration reform but failed short since 44 stole all his thunder and executively ordered a watered down version of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The state of North Carolina added insult to injury when it recently decided not to compensate women who were victims of unwanted sterilizations.  From 1929 – 1974, the state chose to play God and sterilize thousands of women against their will.  The women were mostly black and brown, and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) LeBron James won his first NBA championship last night as the Miami Heat defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in five games. James was the MVP of The Finals and for the time being silenced many of his critics who range from Cleveland to anywhere a basketball can be bounced. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) At 7:00 this morning the below videos had me on 100. Finally the interrogation tapes in the Trayvon Martin George Zimmerman saga had been released. While George Zimmerman continues to defend himself in the video by saying he defended himself, the way he tells the story makes me almost ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When you think great winners in basketball some names automatically come to mind: Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Larry Bird. How about Mario Chalmers, starting point guard for the 2011-’12 NBA champion Miami Heat? Not exactly who you had in mind huh? Last night Mr. Chalmers joined an ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As, I reflected on the celebration of Father’s Day last Sunday, I thought about what that day should really mean.  But, before I could do that, I had to find out where that day came from. Father’s Day was a direct derivative of Mother’s Day; but the reason for ...