(ThyBlackMan.com) What’s your relationship with the word “ni@@a”. Is a word you’ve never used? Do you use it while reciting something? Maybe you actively try to keep it out of your vocabulary. My usage of it is low in every day conversation but it’s more liberal around close relations or ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometimes, I wonder what is wrong with Black America and my African American brothers and sisters? We still have not learned from the past and we continue to make the same mistakes over and over again; even though, racist white America continues to piss, defecate, stomped, humiliate, beat, assault, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I recently ran into a young brother who had brought an interesting problem my way! As we were talking about business building and Black economic success, he seemed a little frustrated in the fact that he could not find any books written by African Americans on business success. You ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Contrary to what one might expect, a high percentage of middle-class Americans do not think that the government should forgive student loans, even though said loans disproportionately affect them. They, along with a substantial number of working-class Americans, often act in ways that work to the detriment of their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A woman’s bronze statue was just unveiled at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Virginia. The heroine’s name: Harriet Tubman, a spy for the United States when the nation was torn apart. Yes, the same enslaved woman who crossed over the Mason-Dixon line to liberty but returned to lead ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In August Wilson’s play The Piano Lesson, the character Doaker issues the following quip about time and how there is no way to stop it. According to Doaker, “Time go long, time go long.” For each of us, “time is the only thing that God ain’t making no more of.” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As college students settle into campus life, many Black Americans remember the multi-generational sacrifices that have established higher education as a bridge to a better life. Despite the continuing pandemic, the rise of inflation, or the nation’s $1.7 trillion in student debt, parents, grandparents and others urge their students ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve been debating the pros and cons of the impact of sports on the Black community with my good friend, and political commentator, Playthell Benjamin for several years now. Playthell is a huge sports fan and is of the belief that sports have been invaluable in their impact on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I play it cool and dig all jive, that’s the reason I stay alive. My motto as I live and learn is dig and be dug in return. -Langston Hughes In 1992, Dr. Richard Majors, along with Dr. Janet Mancini Billson, co-authored a book called Cool Pose: The Dilemmas of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “By forgiving up to $20,000 in burdensome student loan debt, President Biden is giving working and middle class families the financial breathing room the desperately need. Buying a home, founding a business, starting a family, and so much more will now be a financial possibility for millions more Americans. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black women rule the workforce and have the highest labor force participation in comparison to all women, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. In other words, a higher number of Black women are employed or unemployed and searching for work. Breaking down the numbers reveals that Black women ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We put five children through college (one is still attending). We saved up. We never took out any loans, as we didn’t want our kids burdened with debt. Our kids went to William & Mary, Mary Washington, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Pennsylvania. So far, the total ...