(ThyBlackMan.com) The problems among young black males stem from many areas such as lack of opportunity, low self-esteem, living in a violent environment, drugs, etc. The root of the problem of black males may be the absence of the father in the black family. The relationship between the absent father and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With the inundation of information that streams through all of our devices nowadays, it’s no wonder that some people may feel stressed out and overwhelmed on a regular basis. When you combine the problems of your everyday life — your career, your family, your bills — and the news from ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you are looking for a new sport to get into this year, then you might be finding it difficult to choose between them all. There are so many sports that it is impossible to count them all, and yet it sometimes seems as though so many of them are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When you ask about the right time to start saving for your retirement, you’ll soon find everyone gives the same answer: now! This is because the sooner you start saving for your retirement, the larger is your return of investment, and here is how it works: 1. Compounding. The earlier ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that as of 2008, there were more than 846,000 black men in prison, making up 40.2 percent of all inmates in the system. More African-American men are in prison or jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850, before the Civil ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My 89 year old black preacher dad’s heart attack had Mary and me rushing from Florida to Baltimore Maryland. Dad is doing fine. Praise God. While in town, I visited my 60 something year old cousin in the hospital suffering with diabetes. They amputated half his foot. Sadly, he is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) According to press reports, the topic of Historically Black Colleges and Universities came up in the recent “listening session” at the White House with President Trump and his internal team of black leaders, as part of Black History Month. Reportedly, this piqued the president’s interest, and the discussion continued ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The home-buying process can seem daunting for someone who hasn’t done it before. You know that buying a house isn’t like buying a car, but you don’t understand all the ins and outs, and you get confused by terms like “escrow” and “due diligence.” You may get so overwhelmed that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s only natural to feel a little nervous about getting a mortgage. This is the way that many people feel when they have never had one before but are now thinking of finding one. It can all seem a little complicated and overwhelming. But that doesn’t mean you have to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For many people, the word of advice from our peers and elders is: Get a job and keep it. There’s a couple of ways of seeing how the people around you are right. You do need money in order to have a stable home life, and to buy you the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are so many African-American male authors who have fearlessly examined cultural stigmas, provided intimate life details, presented new ideas and created remarkable fiction through literary works. This list is certainly not limited and can go on forever, but here are five black authors you should know about: Wesley Lowery ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With the government, the courts and the local law enforcement of this country painting targets on the foreheads of African Americans, are we aware of what is happening and how? A better question is how are African Americans contributing to our own demise as a people? Those who seek to ...