(ThyBlackMan.com) Every now and then, some families get to experience “that intervention moment.”  This is when the uncle who’s been getting high, drunk and abusive every single day finally admits that he might have a problem.  Of course he still minimizes the significance of his issues, but he has at ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Your immune system is like an internal body guard.  Its job is to protect you from the danger of viruses, fungi, bacteria, infections and cancers that may try to attack and invade your body.  Like any well-trained guard, your immune system remembers previous attackers and prepares for the next ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “The Eurocentric educational philosophy will not provide you with the tools to conquer a system that oppresses you.” — Dr. Asa Hilliard, 1933 – 2007 Visualize a circle about the size of a grapefruit, and imagine that the space inside this circle represents an individual’s total, inclusive realm of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There is nothing that says that Black people have to exist. The entire demographics of the nation can be changed. How many Native Americans are still around?  Their numbers are fewer than our own, yet they have land that they can call their own, and protected commerce on that ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) A 2007 study by Roland Fryer and Michael Greenstone has found that graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) suffer a wage penalty relative to their counterparts who attend Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs).  The authors conclude that in comparison to black students who attend PWIs, graduates of HBCUs earn ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Aside from being in a deep financial turmoil, there are other effects of getting into huge credit card debt. You will be stressed out, depressed and irritated all the time. You cannot even sleep at night since your debts will keep haunting you even when you go to bed. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Aaron McCargo, Jr. is one of Food Network’s fastest-rising stars. After winning season four of The Next Food Network Star, McCargo went on to launch his own show, Big Daddy’s House, in August 2008. It was immediately ranked the #1 show in the Food Network’s popular Sunday “weekend block” and can ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As a fan of hip-hop, I couldn’t help but appreciate the talent of the rapper Wiz Khalifa out of Pittsburgh.  Fresh off the release of his new album, “Rolling Papers,” Wiz appears to be on the top of the hip-hop world.  The first thing I thought about when I ...