(ThyBlackMan.com) My mind is still unable to wrap itself around how LeBron James went from being considered to be a great athlete and team player to becoming one of the most hated athletes in all of sport. I hear people talk about LeBron like he’s the devil or a man ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As the 2011 graduation season moves into full swing, Black Americans are reminded that only about two-thirds of students who enter the 9th grade will graduate with a high school diploma four years later. Among minority males the dropout rate is ominous. High school dropout is a national crisis ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many of us have goals and dreams that we would like to accomplish, but how many of us make those dreams a reality by taking action and bringing them to pass? Our intentions say “Hey, I wanna do this” or “I intend on doing that” but if we do not make steps toward ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The number of Americans who are obese or overweight continues to rise. The CDC reports that obesity rates in the U.S. have risen over the past twenty years. Blacks and Hispanics have an increased prevalence of 51% and 21% respectively. Obese individuals are at an increased risk for chronic health ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We cannot police hopelessness and despair! There are those who are angered and surprised by the violence of urban “Flash Mobs” (quickly forming groups of young people using technology to organize), especially crowds of young Black men, descending on mostly White, affluent downtown American cities. However, if we analyze ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) African Americans are less likely than other ethnic groups to visit the eye doctor regularly. And 24% of us said it had been more than two years since their last eye exam. This trend is particularly disturbing because people of African American descent are at higher risk for the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This Fathers’ Day will be a difficult one as it has always been for many people who do not have fond memories of their father. There are stories of abuse, neglect and abandonment, but there are also great stories of fathers and other men coming into the lives of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the month of May, a news story broke about a social experiment that was being performed on a young child named Storm. The parents of said child decided to leave the gender up to him/her to prove that it is something to be learned as opposed to thrust ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In one of the most sickening displays of corporate exploitation, Red Bull has decided to create a basketball tournament that takes place at the infamous Alcatraz prison, dubbed “King of the Rock.” Bringing ballers from around the world, the ad presents imagery of black men dribbling basketballs and dunking ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a child of the Most High God are you Clark Kent disguised as Superman or are you Superman disguised as Clark Kent? There are Christians who pretend to be Superman, super Christian, but lack the fruit of the Spirit in their lives. They are Clark Kent disguised as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If your a basketball fan or just keep up with sports, such as myself, you remember the “big announcement” by Lebron James. His announcement made headlines; we all wanted to know the next NBA team that he was going to join. There was so much speculation about where he ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As the “official” story goes, between the year 1932 and the year 1972, the United States Public Health Service (PHS) conducted a series of secret longitudinal studies on Black sharecroppers who had already procured syphilis. While the official story says one thing, if you ask people about the study, most ...