(ThyBlackMan.com) This fall, millions of kids will return to school to resume their academic careers. Will they go back to school or back to the future? Will they lug backpacks of greatness or bags of low self-esteem? Will we only urge them to get good grades or push them to pursue ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “I’m not saying that I will change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.” -Tupac Shakur There are no more 24 hour news cycles of the events. Emotions are no longer boiling and have simmered to a lukewarm state ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black votes matter. If Republicans could get 20 percent of black votes, the Democrats would be ruined. This is highly unlikely, given the approach used by Republicans. However, the point is that Democrats must not only continue to get nine-tenths of black votes, they also need to get a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is an old adage that posits “The more things appear to change, the more they stay the same.” Once again, millions of Americans are engulfed in what has become a reluctant national debate and dialogue concerning race and the urgency to reform the nation’s criminal justice system. Finding ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) How to be a black man that sets a standard and not a statistic. When you look at the politicians and the platforms in which they stand, it is quite often that the black man and woman come into the spotlight. And while we want to have acknowledgement and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Another school year is approaching and parents are gathering their resources to prepare their children for another year of academic success or academic challenge. Parents must be realistic in their child or children’s readiness for the expectations that will be placed on them for academic engagement. All students are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) STEM and STEAM summer teacher at America’s Little Leaders Jr. Academy”A robust and growing economic future for children of color and culture depends on the building of a strong, diverse educational system based on the diversity of STEAM and STEM. This builds a diverse workforce in STEM fields for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The “Call Me Mister” program started at Clemson University 15 years ago, created from a mission and vision to inspire men of diverse cultural backgrounds to enter into education. To be the educators that children of color and culture and diverse backgrounds need to see to inspire educational success, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The writings of Wole Soyinka have inspired millions in Africa and around the world. He is the first African to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in literature and started a literary movement that energized a continent and sought to change a nation. He has inspired those that love the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I was a kid in special ed, I remember the female suburban teachers from my early elementary school days telling my grandma that “I wasn’t as smart as the suburban kids who looked like them” and boy did I prove them wrong 20 years ago when my grades ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the world of 21st century where 7.25 billion people reside, where 8,313 cultures live together, when there are about 50,000 cities comprising of 7 continents each connected to each other by the 5 great oceans and where people speak 6,909 distinct languages the importance of communication for the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that a son of a mine worker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a nation.” ...