(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometimes the greatest step forward is made while looking back. In America, Black people imagine that they have made progress. The truth is that in many ways, we have gone backwards, but not on purpose. We have gone back to a place in time that was dark indeed, and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida told us, once again, what most of us already knew: Black Division I men’s basketball players are lagging behind white student athletes when it comes to graduation rates. Although the study cites a long-term increase ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As teenagers, Jalen Rose and his Fab Five teammates believed that African-American basketball players who played for Mike Krzyzewski at Duke were Uncle Toms. That sentiment was expressed during The Fab Five, ESPN’s “30 for 30” documentary film about the University of Michigan basketball team of the early 1990s. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “You promised that you would come to my game! Where were you?” “You said you would pick me up at 9:30 – and it’s 10:30! Why do I always have to be the last one to get picked up? You’re always late!” “How could you tell your friends about ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In a recent survey conducted by Fidelity Investments, 4-in-10 respondents claim that they would have to have at least $7.5 million in the bank in order to feel rich. The survey asked one thousand millionaires if they feel wealthy; over 42 percent of them said they did not. “They ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) It appears that Herman Cain, who is expected to be a black presidential candidate, has the race card locked and loaded for his sprint toward the White House. Recently, Cain was asked about race during a New Hampshire campaign speech. When asked about this controversial topic, Cain had this ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Everyone knows that athletes must plan and time their meals and snacks very carefully to reach their performance goals. But what about the rest of us? You try to squeeze in 30-60 minutes of exercise most days of the week. Do you have to be careful about what you eat ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) If the African-American community is going to throw a Holy Ghost party because Dwyane Wade has decided to do what the overwhelming majority of black men refuse to do — take full responsibility and custody of his two sons — then I’m afraid the crisis of absentee fatherhood, perhaps ...