(ThyBlackMan.com) The media attention that surrounded Super Bowl XLVI proved once again that while baseball may be “America’s Favorite Pastime”, the sport of football is undisputedly America’s national religion. The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) reported the February 5 game between the New York Giants and New England Patriots drew a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Yeah It seems Young Mc Diggy Simmons is having beef with rapper J. Cole, and while their burgeoning rap feud may seem sudden and unexpected, it was probably a long time coming. Diggy apparently recorded “What You Say to Me,” a diss track that surfaced this weekend, months and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) No matter what point of view we all take on the state of Black relationships, we can all agree that there some serious, ugly issues. In fact, the depth of the dysfunction that has come to plague the Black family structure is sick enough to make you wonder if we ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black youth both young men and women are being killed, their lives seemingly have no valuable. Just another statistic for vital statistics and crime reports and another one or two minute sound bite for news media. Young men like Trayvon Martin (Sanford, Florida), Ervin Jefferson (Atlanta, Ga.), 20-year-old Kendrec ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was fortunate enough to travel to Philadelphia, PA to attend the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development Annual Conference. One of the most fascinating sessions that I have ever attended had to have been, “Inspiring Black Males to Soar” by Principal Baruti Kafele. Principal Kafele provided all attendees ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The 66 year old Nikki Giovanni; http://nikki-giovanni.com/ is honest and solid in her opinions about Black people (Negros) as she announces, education (every child needs a computer), gays, politics, technology (Negros must learn computers especially inner city youth), women’s rights, men’s responsibilities to their families, sex (teach kids to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a young Big Ten basketball fan in the late 1970s, one of my favorite players was a silky-smooth swingman for Indiana named Mike Woodson. Whenever an Indiana game was shown in the Detroit market, number 42 was my guy. Woodson had a great collegiate career, en route to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a lot of money in male bashing, especially regarding Black Men. I remember when the book “Waiting to Exhale” first came out, I read it and I saw the movie, and like every other Sister in there I cheered Angela Bassett on when she burned up all ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Involved single fathers, the one’s who pick up their children, keep them for the weekend or every other week are still sometimes left out in the cold when it comes the little things. Dads who care want more rather than less information about their children. They want to know ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Adolescence, the period between childhood and adulthood, has grown longer in our time. Kids are experiencing puberty earlier and staying connected to their parents later in life than previous generations. Thus, adolescence in many instances can be just as tough a season on parents as it is on the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve learned over time, that the hype machines seemingly created by the media have never intended to last long. The initial hype behind Ryan Leaf, Daisuke Matsuzaka, JaMarcus Russell, etc. can make a lot of fans and critics alike become skeptical of the next media monster alas Tim Tebow. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hypothetically, let us assume there is a young man who has just finished school, and he is attempting to decide where he will move on to for his personal professional development. In this process, he meets with several interesting entities, of which many offer him incentives to select their ...