(ThyBlackMan.com) STEAM is a growing educational initiative that encourages hands-on learning that is student centered in learning and teachers as facilitators not lecturers.  The involvement  of Scientific inquiry using experimentation, integration of  diverse Technologies to meet the needs of diverse learning  modalities, using design strategies for problem solving in Engineering, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) A couple of days ago, I made a post on my facebook page  about the television show “Scandal.” At that time I admitted that I hadn’t watched any episodes, but  I understood the synopsis to be that Kerry Washington’s character is having an affair with the President who is ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometime ago I came across a movie on PBS, titled: Arranged Marriage. It was about two female Teachers at a Brooklyn public school. One was an Orthodox Jew, and the other was a Muslim. The two women became  friends upon learning that they were both being subjected to arranged ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The moment Simon Cowell confirmed that his girlfriend Lauren Silverman was expecting his baby and would become his wife, the British media couldn’t wait to cast Sinitta his best friend and lover of nearly 30 years as “the crazy black woman”, something they love to report about. This is ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) If you like to sit in a room of geeks, nerds, intellectuals, innovators, content creators, Blerds, Bloggers, Vloggers, Multimedia Masters and people that just love to Blog and love tech, the #FlBlogCon2013 was the place to be. More youth and teens need to be involved in making positive and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I read about the recent suicide of former San Diego Charger Paul Oliver, I was sad.  The age of 29 is always too early to die, and there is so much life one can experience in their thirties and forties, so it’s hurtful to hear about someone giving ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) My Sister and I were talking about how female lyricists can be given an unworthy crown or position when it comes to how they represented or represent women. We as women have an issue with confusing sex with power, so when a woman speaks about sex in an aggressive ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) This instagram business is getting out of hand. I have a friend who was addicted to instagram, and I don’t use that word lightly. Every day, ALL DAY, you could find her eyes glued to her phone and finger scrolling across the screen looking at instagram pictures and updates. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I went home to Columbus, Ohio this past weekend and learned a little more about my hometown. You see, I went to a high school football game with my friend to support her little brother. Let me paint the picture for you: Team 1: Suburbia Team 2: Inner-city The ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I am writing this for Tiana Parker. It is addressed to all the older black women currently shaping her life and the lives of many black girls. I was raised for a time by my grandmother, so I have a deep respect and love for older women. I want ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) A couple of weeks ago, Bernice King, the Rev. Martin Luther King’s youngest daughter, led an impressive 50th anniversary march in honor of her father’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech. President Obama, two other former U.S. presidents, and many celebrities and dignitaries were in attendance. While participating in ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In Boxing, most Champions come and go like taxi cabs in a airport. The only exception is Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather Jr. Its umpteen years and counting since his pro debut in October 1996, yet Floyd Mayweather Jr. remains undefeated at 44-0.   That’s an amazing stat in boxing. Especially ...