(ThyBlackMan.com) The high toll gun violence exacts on black males is all too well known. Less known is the fact that black women also face a disproportionate risk of lethal violence. That’s what we found in a new study released by my organization, the Violence Policy Center, for Domestic Violence ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I wasn’t schooled in the fundamentals of wealth creation upon my entrance into college and probably many of you. I must say that most of my financial education hinged on observing what took place in my household. We were very frugal (Shopped in bulk, cut coupons, use online coupons from ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A picture of a child who appears to be two or three years old has been circulating all around the Internet. Some people think it’s adorable, some find it shocking. The baby is holding a can of Bud Light, and appears to be gulping it down as quickly as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Grambling State University remains in turmoil after football players boycotted the Jackson State University homecoming game to protest unfair conditions on the team. The players are upset with both the firing of their head coach, along with cuts to their funding, among other issues. According to ESPN, Grambling officials contacted ...
(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. ...