(ThyBlackMan.com) The recent massacre of three students and three adults in Nashville is alarming. How and why did a former student invade the school locked and loaded with an automatic weapon and ruthlessly kill innocent students and their caretakers? While it is useless to speculate on the thought process that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The expanding discourse of concern and needful resistance that has developed in the Black scholarly and engaged community around the planned USA tour of Dr. Zahi Hawass, Egyptologist and former Minister of State of Antiquities in Egypt, is understandable and to be encouraged. For he has taken talking points ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As Women’s History Month comes to a close, I’ve been thinking about moms and honoring motherhood. I’ve written before about how my mom instilled values in me, including respect for everyone’s rights – not just my own. Mom also worked multiple jobs to support our family through some very hard ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) An unnamed, unidentified Black man at the raucous Temecula School Board mid-March meeting was the latest to feel the wrath of the countless number of livid, dyed in the wool opponents of anything that smacks of teaching critical race theory in the schools. The man had the temerity to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I look at America with an honest eye, yes I see tremendous opportunity in areas such as entrepreneurship and education.. But those are not the only things looming in the mirror. I also smell the blood of Native Americans and African Americans who were lynched. I see the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The truth is always revealed despite the lies and misinformation sometimes communicated by those in and running for office. Ignorance represents a lack of knowledge or information; therefore, ignorance is the opposite of knowledge. It is surprising how much the ignorance of voters will play a role when it ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a lover of sports, Stephen A. Smith quickly became one of my favorite analysts to watch. Before there was First Take, I loved watching his NBA commentary and The Stephen A Smith Show. He was passionate and willing to speak on matters of sports & current events with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Viola Davis is an actress with such an impact that she inspires thought and inspiration through the many characters she brings to life. I must she between Annalise Keaton in “How To Get Away With Murder”, and Nanisca in “The Woman King” she has inspired me to think about ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Most people with a casual interest in educational matters or those only interested in education processes as they affect their children or grandchildren would not know or consider the wide variety of academic opportunities which supplement traditional learning. Public and private school curricula will typically only include the subject ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Capture their minds, and their hearts and souls will follow.” For once their minds are reached, they’re defeated without bullets.” In reference to the quote, the proceeding information is a sample size of how the hearts, minds, and souls of Black African Americans have indeed been captured but NOT ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Gun violence prevention reality: Gun violence affects society in many ways, including higher medical costs, reductions in quality of life because of fear of gun violence and stresses on the already fragile criminal justice system. The United States has the highest rate of gun-related injuries among developed nations, as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Every year America is “nice” enough to give “us little ole black folks” a whole month to celebrate all the accomplishments of “black” people. February at that, the shortest month of the year. And if you think that is by coincidence, slap yourself and wake up. Apparently America can ...