(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve been to Africa dozens of times. However the trip to Sierra Leone was unique. Why? We went to cover “good news,” make that “wonderful” news stories. We did a story about a professional athlete from the States born and raised there, who returns every year trying to help ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The economy hasn’t been kind to organized labor — especially black organized labor. Why it’s poised for a comeback… Notwithstanding Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s late-summer paean to a phantom economic recovery (does he have imaginary playmates as well?), this Labor Day will be the bleakest for America’s workers since ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Instilling the right way of doing things and helping your child grow up with understanidng good morals and values can be a bit challenging. Here are effective ways to teach and discipline your child. 1. Teach and instruct them in what is right. This includes honesty, respect, integrity, how to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Instilling morals in young people can help them to become polite and respectful when older. Parents who let their children know that integrity and trust go a long way when it comes to good character have a better chance that their kids will grow up to become productive members ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You always hear about how much your wife wants your love, your romance and your time. One thing that isn’t talked about as often is how much she wants your respect. Your wife wants to feel like she is an important partner to you. She wants to feel that you ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Marriage can bring two people in close contact for longer than any other human activity. One of the most common things couples do together is talk, so a happy marriage can mean finding interesting things to talk about. Don’t worry, there’s plenty to discuss. In a lifetime together, a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many marriages get into a rut in the romance or intimacy department, but passion doesn’t have to be a thing of the past. Spicing things up in the bedroom can also spice things up in your marriage as well. Follow these tips to learn what you can do to excite ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With a committed relationship, you’re often expected to share your fears, your goals, your money, your home, your hopes and basically your life with your partner. However, why do people get so hesitant when their partner asks them to divulge something like their email password? For some of us, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A tragic crisis of enormous magnitude is facing black boys and men in America. Parental neglect, racial discrimination and an orgy of self-destructive behavior have left an extraordinary portion of the black male population in an ever-deepening pit of social and economic degradation. The Schott Foundation for Public Education tells ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Mass incarceration has not reduced crime, but it has made prison a more common experience for poor black men than joining a union or doing military service… For decades now, America has been pursuing a deeply punitive anti-crime social policy: the criminal-punishment binge. It is what lies at the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hip Hop promotes blacks living beyond their means, skipping out on education… The debate has raged for centuries about whether art influences society or where society is influences art. In the case of popular hip-hop music, the “art” both creates and justifies society, even at it own expense. As ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The NCAA rule book is not the United States Constitution. If anything, the rule book supporting the bogus concept of “amateur athletics” is akin to the laws that supported Jim Crow, denied women suffrage and upheld slavery. The architect of the modern NCAA, the organization’s former president, Walter Byers, ...