(ThyBlackMan.com) As an African American future librarian and published writer, I believe that it is important to be exposed to all types of literature. Paul Auster is one of my favorite authors and is an American literary treasure. I was introduced and assigned to read his work in a post ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A lawsuit filed late November against the communications company Comcast, alleges ethnic based discrimination against employees at one of its facilities located in the South side of Chicago. Allegations of providing inferior service and equipment to customers who are predominately black have also been made. Comcast is one of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The National Medical Association (NMA) joins organizations and persons worldwide concerned about the devastating impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. World AIDS Day, observed annually on December 1st, is the international day of coordinated activism against the continued spread of HIV/AIDS. World AIDS Day provides an avenue to strengthen the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am an African American financial advisor. However, African Americans and people of color have been a very small part of my wealth management business—so small, in fact, that the phenomenon spurred me to discover if what I have experienced holds true across the country. I have come into ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am putting down “Lords of Finance” by Liaquant Ahmed to write this. It is history of the first great depression and Second World War Last week I read an essay on the nation.com written by Melissa Harris-Perry. As most of her commentaries, the focus was on President Barack ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Presidential candidate, Herman Cain, has had another trying week on the campaign trail. Those who follow my columns know that I don’t usually write about issues that are salacious in nature, but, the situation with Herman Cain has caused me to make a rare exception. Cain’s campaign has caused ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was on Facebook earlier this morning and saw this post regarding African American female cartoonists. The site is entitled, The Ormes Society that was featured on the social networking site. The society is named after Jackie Ormes, the first African American Woman Cartoonist. I immediately went online to research her profile ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Conrad Murray is sentenced to 4 years in prison. The judge refused to give him probation because Conrad Murray showed no remorse for his part in Michael Jackson’s death. But because of California’s overcrowded prison problem Dr. Conrad Murray most likely will not serve his complete prison term. He’s ...