(ThyBlackMan.com) For 50 years, Black people in the United States have celebrated the seven principles of Kwanzaa. Established by Dr. Maulana Karenga in 1966, Kwanzaa is an African-American and Pan-African holiday celebrated by millions. Kwanzaa brings a cultural message which speaks to the best of what it means to be ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My mother is a fierce warrior for education. She is not a teacher or principal. She has never worked in the State House or an authorizer’s office. She has never sold curriculum or owned a tutoring company. What she has done is been a parent. Many parents feel like ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Infant mortality, as defined by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, “is the death of an infant before his or her first birthday.” It is measured by the infant mortality rate (IMR), the number of deaths of infants under the age of one in every 1000 live births, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “It’s about culturally responsive instruction and pedagogy. … When they come into the classroom, each student has genius-level talent. Culturally, if you meet them and access things that are important to them, you’ll get something that you wouldn’t get otherwise. It’s understanding that each person has a genius and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During this gift-giving season, it’s very important that serious Black parents provide their children with at least one gift that either introduces them to or broadens their knowledge of Black history. There is a reason why white supremacists in this country voraciously opposed the teaching of our history in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While visiting a middle school in the Bronx, an 8th grade student asked me, “Why is marijuana becoming legal?” I thought this was a good question. Other than revenue, I did not have a good answer. As an educator, I tend to look at legislation and policies from the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Slavery made perfect sense, so too did Jim Crow in its time, as does mass incarceration today. If it did not, we would long ago have ended it. Why haven’t we? According to Norbert Wiener, we “live in a chaotic moral universe,” wherein “our main obligation is to establish ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With Congress expected to vote on the Build Back Better Act imminently, I pray God will help our leaders and all of us find the will, courage and common sense to end poverty in our time, beginning right now with passage of this transformative package for children and families. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There once was a place called Rwanda, in fact it still exists – it is a real country. In 1994, it was the location of where more than 800,000 people were butchered by Hutu extremists. It was a lesson for the world that showed what happens when race or ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s a moral imperative that all Black children learn to read, not just be functionally literate, but learn to become active, critical readers capable of comprehension of how new ideas and facts change your understanding of what you know or what you thought you knew. I’ve been reflecting on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Biden delivered a message and a warning to our country in a speech that I, along with many others, wholeheartedly agree with: “Any country that out educates us will out-compete us.” He is entirely correct. However, while his words are vital and motivating, they must be accompanied by actions. Biden delivered this ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When one thinks of a career in healthcare, one often thinks of all the training and education that goes into these positions. For example, to become a doctor, you have to go through about 12 years of schooling, plus a few years of residency. This can make entering a ...