(ThyBlackMan.com) I’m sure President Obama’s heart was in the right place. A few years ago, his Department of Education, in conjunction with the Department of Justice, studied school discipline data and came to a troubling conclusion: African American students in the 2011-12 school year had been suspended or expelled at a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My column a fortnight ago, titled “Diversity & Inclusion Harm Even In 2018,” focused on the dumbing down of science, technology, engineering and mathematics curricula to achieve a more pleasing mixture of participants in terms of race and sex. Heather Mac Donald, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, wrote ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you intend on enrolling into a PhD program, you are probably getting all sort of advice from fellow students, administrators, professors, parents, and, of course, the Internet. It’s probably also getting difficult to decide on whose advice you should focus on to make the right decision with a positive ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I recently had an interesting exchange with my best friend, a resident of Brooklyn, New York, regarding where he and his wife were planning to send their four-year-old daughter to attend kindergarten. As to be expected, the educational process in New York City is far different from anything that I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Though the world is advancing in technology there is a large enough portion of our population that is illiterate. Can you imagine not being able to read, write, or count money? Basically, you are crippled in this world, and confined to very limited opportunities. In a world whereby, humanity is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In conversations with most college officials, many CEOs, many politicians and race hustlers, it’s not long before the magical words “diversity” and “inclusiveness” drop from their lips. Racial minorities are the intended targets of this sociological largesse, but women are included, as well. This obsession with diversity and inclusion is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Remember when or if you misbehaved in school and you got sent to the detention room after school, completed an in-school suspension which was torture if you were a popular student or if you were on a first name basis by the principal, you were sent to their office, immediately? ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) School is out, and parents are looking for things to do to keep their children occupied. Many different activities for sports, cheer, dance, art and many other areas will be in full swing leaving parents to juggle a schedule that can be just as taxing as the schedule during the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Often we can all find ourselves at a crossroads in life. It might be to do with your relationship, perhaps deciding what you truly want out of life, or it could be because you feel stuck in your career and not sure where to go or what to do. The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Drones remain the tech revelations of recent years, even though their prices lowered, and production increased. Just about any online store sells drones for the end user who purchases them as hobbies or some new forms of business. Our children already interact with them, as some teachers chose to integrate ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We’re all familiar with the popular proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child.” As a 21st century society, this still holds true, literally and figuratively. For non-millennials, who grew up in a vastly different era, there is a nostalgic mindset that a diverse community of inspiring people interacting ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Black Panther, Chadwick Bozeman, graduated from Howard University with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts (BFA) in 2000. His writing partner is also a HU graduate. Bozeman came back to his alma mater to address the Class of 2018, and to reportedly receive an honorary degree. The Howard ...