(ThyBlackMan.com) What do you mean you can’t do math? You invented it! An animal bone, with markings used for counting, discovered in South Africa is estimated to be more than 35,000 years old. Another bone, the Ishango Bone, found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, not only has markings for counting, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For the past year, I have been wrestling with the thought- “What does it means to Black and a Christian.” That may appear as a no-brainer comment with a diluted intent to segregate but that is far from the truth. It unpacks a question that many young black males ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) America’s reputation as a multicultural melting pot is well deserved. We are a nation made out of many to form one. While the world’s best and brightest are drawn to our country to study and to work, the African-American experience has largely been one filled with marginalization. While the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I love my job because it gives me the privilege of keeping my finger on the pulse of consumer trends and purchasing behavior as my company, The Nielsen Company, measures what you watch and what you buy globally. I then have the pleasure of sharing that information with you; ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Much of the time one parent does not realize what they are doing. The effect on the kids is unnoticed. It is usually experienced by the child as stress, tension, anxiety, guilt and depression. Kids may act out or hide it. Parents usually justify it. What is “it?” On ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are a few things that I hold to be sacred: Lakers basketball, Soul music, good vodka, great movies, smart television and literature. I’m offended when the sanctity of any of those listed is compromised, because I believe them to be pillars of our culture and much of my ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (father of the former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court with the same name) once stated, “A mind that is stretched to a new idea never returns to its original dimensions.” I think the sooner African leaders come to understand this, the better off ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Since I have been involved in collecting data and researching statistics about the African American community, I can recall three specific occasions when I have been put on my knees, heartbroken, and crying out to heaven. The first was in 2006 when I was made aware that the out-of-wedlock ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Managing adrenaline flow when anger and anxiety are at an all-time high during an unavoidable divorce is akin to riding the rapids. You try to stay afloat. Anger and anxiety both fueled by adrenaline are useful for short-term emergencies but are quite destructive and unpleasant long-term and often interfere ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It appears that Jalen Rose of ESPN (and the Fab Five at Michigan) wasn’t aware that he was being arrested when he was stopped for DUI. Here is a transcript of Jalen’s interaction with the police officer in the back of a squad car on the night he was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You can make a difference when it comes to insulating your children from the harmful effects of unavoidable divorce. Children of divorce are most affected by ongoing conflict, absent parents, and financial shifts in lifestyle. Moreover, how the child responds to the divorce is modeled by how each parent ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On Thursday, millions of people will watch the NFL draft and see the faces of America’s newest multimillionaires, some just 21 years old and many without any idea how to manage that much money. For some, it may be the only professional contract they ever sign. Career-ending injuries or ...