(ThyBlackMan.com) A rock-star is a person who has achieved celebrity status and fanatical admiration in the eyes of his or her followers. There are rock-star musicians, rock-star athletes and rock-star entertainers. In this piece I would like to transfer this ‘rock-star’ phenomenon to the concept of fatherhood, in particular single-dads. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Nothing is more embarrassing to a parent or teacher than to speak with a child for a period of time and get no reaction, the natural response is to say, “Did you hear me?” When children listen, it makes adults feel that what we are saying is really important, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In school we are asked what we want to be when we grow up. Once we have an idea we tend to look for role models to pattern ourselves after. Career role models are very helpful as they give us an idea of the basic steps that are necessary ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While government has a role in improving conditions in the Black community, the ROOT of our problem is a lack of education and knowledge, and we can’t wait for the government to address that issue, because the GOP has dedicated their very existence to dumbing America down, and with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter…” Chinua Achebe Imagine a law that did not allow you to read on certain days of the week, or at certain times of the day. Imagine a law that governed what you ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) None of us want to feel inferior. And as a whole, our people are not inferior to any other race, ethnic group or nationality. BUT TOO MANY OF US ACT LIKE WE ARE. Too many of our people are easily influenced in the wrong direction – packing thee jails, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For young people, a driver’s license represents freedom and the ability to go wherever they want whenever they want. With so much riding on this seemingly innocent piece of plastic, it is no wonder drivers in training put so much pressure on themselves and work so hard to get ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Deee-troit Basketball!” Thanks to the popular chant made famous by John Mason, a Detroit radio legend who doubles as the public address announcer for our city’s professional basketball team, the Detroit Pistons are known by basketball fans across the globe. When the chant caught on—about a decade a ago—as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Having served as Executive Director of a nonprofit that provides mentoring services to minority boys, and having been a mentor to three African American boys, I believe mentoring is needed in the African American community now more than ever before. When Barack Obama was elected as POTUS in 2008, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Please tweet, e-mail , face book and re-post this piece to interested parties! If there is anything certain in the coming months, it is more economic pain for African Americans(AA). One of the major indications of this coming pain was an announcement, on September 24th by Janet Yellen, Chairwoman ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Slavery is not African history. Slavery interrupted African history. ~Mutabaruka The idea of reclaiming the abominable n-word n**ga—a racist term—as opposed to reclaiming one’s [stolen] history is reprehensible and serves as evidence of low self-esteem, simple-mindedness—lacking mental capacity and subtlety. Yet surreal as it may be there are many ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Thomas Theorem, created in 1928 by sociologists W.I. Thomas and Dorothy Swaine Thomas states “If man define situations as real, they are real in their consequences”. Labelling theory draws on this statement to suggest that if people are labeled as deviant, they will act in deviant ways. Deviant is ...