(ThyBlackMan.com) Travel through any metropolitan city like DC or Atlanta, and you are likely to see an assortment of luxury vehicles from Mercedes and BMWs to Bentleys and Maseratis most driven by African Americans. Even in some of the most distressed urban neighborhoods it is not uncommon to see high ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I watched curiously as Bryant Gumbel, host of “Real Sports,” referred to NBA Commissioner David Stern as a “modern day overseer.” The comments rocked the world, probably more so than anything Gumbel has ever said in the past. Based on Bryant Gumbel’s remarks over the years, I quietly suspect that beneath the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) No other people in the world have the ugly history with a nation as African descendants with America. We were once property and instead of becoming truly free, we allowed ourselves to be duped into a game of make believe, pretending to be free, but having none of the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The unemployment rate among African-American men will increase dramatically next month thanks to the NBA lockout, because the league and the players union have failed to renegotiate their agreement about the split of basketball revenues. The owners want a 50-50 split of profits on ticket sales, TV rights, souvenir and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You stare in the mirror at the aching arms, busted lip and bruised ego. The constant apologies have now fallen on death ears. The only reason you are still here is to keep your family intact. You finally have to admit that you are a victim and you should ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For the last 15 years rap has evolved from mafia rap of the mid-late 90’s, rap records for the charts in the early 2000’s, and snap music of the mid 2000’s. In the midst of all of that, Shawn Corey Carter, better known as Jay Z, had remained a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) To this point, the economic growth leader of the 21st century is the wireless communications industry. Millions of people regularly use cellular phones. With today’s cell phone, you can talk to anyone on the planet. Inside your cell phone are: a compact speaker, microphone, keyboard, display screen, and a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Because of Blacks’ penchant for assimilation, Black politics is little more than an afterthought to many across America’s mainstream media. Blacks’ political role is to support maintenance of the status quo. Instead of making sure that measures toward curbing Black unemployment and underemployment are being carved into the 2012 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With the NBA lockout reaching a new low (or a return low) with David Stern’s announcement of the cancellation of the first two weeks, the class of pundits have taken to the airwaves to lament the developments, to asses blame, and offer suggestions of where to go from here. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Tragic Events There are tragic stories of young people like 15 year old Phoebe Prince who have taken their lives because of bullying. Even Iain Steele a 15 year old that lived in Chicago and had a promising future in high school and Carl Walker-Hoover 11 years old, even ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Being a good man and a good dad are not entirely mutually exclusive. The days of “Do as I say and not as I do” are over. Today’s kids who are always-on, tech-savvy, and have 24/7 Internet access to information which they can use to dispute you. The following ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The first Friday of the month is a day when economists like me are riveted to the news. We want to know what’s up with the unemployment rate, and with the changes that have taken place in the last month. Last week, our nation learned that we treaded water. ...