(ThyBlackMan.com) I read an article recently regarding Ben Simmon’s comments about The NCAA’s “one and done” rule. Here’s what he had to say about The NCAA: “The NCAA is really f—ed up,” Simmons said on “One and Done,” a documentary that aired on Showtime on November 4th. “Everybody’s making money except ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The latest spin out of Washington is that stock-market declines over the last 10 days are due to Donald Trump’s surge in the polls. Well, it is true that Wall Street tends to hate change — even when it’s positive. And if Donald Trump is anything, it is a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The days of using social media sites as a platform for entertainment and communication alone are clearly over. Smart students everywhere have found different ways to integrate them into every facet of their lives. In fact, social media has become an indispensable tool in education. Around 10 years ago, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) How often in our elementary, middle and high schools are children of color provided icons, symbols, visual acknowledgement and even photos of successful women and men of color? African Americans, Latinos, Mexicans, Haitians, Cubans, and other people of proud color and culture should have images of successful people their children ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The call for a moratorium on charter schools by the NAACP is a case of “Throwing the baby out with the bath water.” While most Black folks are concentrating on Hillary and Donald, the largest and oldest “Colored” organization approved an internal resolution calling for a halt to the “expansion ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Promoting unity among Africans and African Americans. The African Diaspora, an interconnected blood line of history, legacy, family, lost and found loves and endangered unification. The connection between African Americans and Africans connected with blood and tears. There is no denying that slavery spread the lives of millions Africans to impregnate ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “new research from LinkedIn and CarringtonCrisp shows that social media can help drive quality at all points of the student journey — from quality candidates to successful graduates.” Ira Amilhussin The use of LinkedIn should be strategic and planned, building reputations, personalities, relationships and developing Brands. “branding is your character ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This article summarizes why African Americans should be eager to vote this year, and why historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), students, and the Black community as a whole should vote for Hillary Clinton for President. Additionally, parents should urge young millennials to support Hillary as well. Voting affects every ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This blog is inspired by Rusul Alrubail | TEDxKitchenerED Raising new generations of scholars is a challenge especially if you’re working hard to change the mentalities of children, youth, teens and young adults. Working to teach and mentor them to see the value in a new way of learning ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Chinua Achebe, “We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.” The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb: Onye ji onye n’ani ji onwe ya: “He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.” The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Back then when I used to be in school, I looked at it as going to work to learn different things, hang out with friends, etc These days, the public school system in America has become more of a toxic, self-destructive environment for our kids to be in I remember ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Both presidential candidates have talked about the importance of infrastructure to our country’s future. New investments in buildings, roads and bridges are a key foundation for our economic success. Even more important to that success is building our human infrastructure — a foundation for preparing our nation’s children for ...