(ThyBlackMan.com) We’ve all heard the cliche “you need the right tools for the job.” In most respects, this means having the right skills and experience to do your job well. Sometimes people may mean it more literally and be talking about actual tools like computers, software, pens, hammers, whatever. In ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black farmers make up only a small percentage of total farmers in the US. For a majority of these professionals, farming is a part-time occupation. The growing worldwide demand for food, however, may dramatically change the business of farming. Farmers that add technology to their operations may see sharp ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Almost all the work I do involves a computer, whether I’m at home or on the road. One of those things I always try to do if I have a bottle of something is to keep putting the top on after I’ve taken a drink. It’s time consuming, but ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Communication is one of the most important aspects of the modern business landscape. You have to think about how your business is going to communicate with customers and employees alike. If you fail to do this, your business could have trouble in the future. Here are is how communicating ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A few years ago, BET had a commentary titled “Where Are the Grocery Stores in Black Neighborhoods?” One wonders whether anyone thinks that the absence of supermarkets in predominantly black neighborhoods means that white merchants do not like dollars coming out of black hands. Racial discrimination cannot explain the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) American racism is brutal but subtle, demanding that those of African ancestry conform to Eurocentric tenets of society for acceptance. One of the criteria for conformity is an unprecedented disdain for one’s African heritage and natural features. Women are expected to process their hair to reflect the European standard ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Here’s to the strong African American voices that changed the course of history. From those who took a brave and dedicated stance against slavery to our first African American president, the following names are some of the influential African Americans in U.S. history. Because of these individuals, all Americans ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For African Americans(AA), having some grasp of how the economy works will make a difference in how well the AA community fares in 2016, because African Americans have the highest unemployment rates of any worker group tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). If you don’t understand what ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Have you been struggling to make progress in the job market? The chances are you have been told to keep on trying as it will all work out in the end, but often it can feel as though you’re banging you head against a brick wall. Sometimes just repeating ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Not all divorces end acrimoniously and just because you have both decided that you no longer wish to spend your lives together there is no reason why you can’t part on good terms. As any law firm like IRB Law LLP for example, will tell you, it makes sense ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations. ––Stokely Carmichael Over the last four decades of attrition concerning ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As the University of Alabama football team prepares to line up against Clemson University Jan. 11 in Glendale, Ariz. to decide the national collegiate championship, it’s worth noting that the Crimson Tide wouldn’t be “rolling” in success and the money that accompanies it without its Black players, led by ...