(ThyBlackMan.com) We, as a culture, both male and female, tend to have a biased approach to raising our boys by restricting them to a narrowly defined “boys must be boys” mentality. In conditioning young boys to repress the full expression of their humanity, they begin to separate their hearts from their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today’s relationships seem to be so much different from what many of us saw from our parents and grandparents. Our new found “freedom” and “Success” seems to have switched our priorities from unity, family and community building, to independence, instant gratification and materialism. We want everything not now, but right ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Now, guys, before you get your boxers in a wad, allow me to give you a brief synopsis of this experiment. It was created solely for Black Men. Moreover, its purpose is to help you become the person you can aspire to, despite your circumstances. Now brothas without further ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The countdown to President Barack Obama’s last one hundred days began on October 13. Already, the President has committed to spending his waning days in office by campaigning for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee for President. Indeed, he has put his legacy on the line, telling Black people at ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This is the age for women of color and culture to be engaged with technology locally, but thinking globally. This is what I teach my students in my Educational Technology, Social Media and STEM class at Edward Waters College. They all matter in the grand scheme of this developing nation. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The words: Be Inspired To Create, To Read, To Write and to Inspire others were the words of the Florida Heritage Book Festival in St. Augustine, Florida. Authors, writers, bloggers, content creators from across the state participated in book reviews, writing critiques, workshops, book signings and in attendance were over ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is much worse than we can think or comprehend. Millions of African Americans do not know how to read. Suffering in silence, unable to understand, interpret, or comprehend the most basic combinations of written English words. Looking at signs, menus, and important documents as if they are written in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Without mincing words, the world has gone digital and it is important to keep up with the pace so as not to be left behind. Some kids already know how to use smartphones and laptops than most adults. Technology has become the core of major educational institutions globally and a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Chinua Achebe, “We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.” Fathers unless you have your house in order do not complain or ridicule your brother’s house. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb: Onye ji onye n’ani ji onwe ya: “He who will hold ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As black men in this country, we are constantly attacked from all sides because of racialized fears of black men that mainstream America are psychologically brainwashed to believe from a very young age. Intro: Here are several ways that The System in America specifically targets black men. 1. Racist ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are very rare moments in which I watch TV just to tune in to watch a movie that interests me or a collegiate sports game When I do watch the game more closely, I can’t help but to notice that while the black athletes are playing for bragging rights ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Detroit school students, represented by the Los Angeles-based public interest firm Public Counsel, filed suit last month against the state of Michigan, claiming a legal right to literacy based on the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Ninety-three percent of Detroit’s predominantly black public school eighth-graders are not proficient in ...