(ThyBlackMan.com) Because I’ve been fired several times, I personally advocate this as a means of moving a person into their greatness. Don’t look at me sideways. I say this because, people get comfortable and complacent. Generally, it’s not until a person gets the boot, and they’re snatched from their comfort ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the last holdouts in the onslaught of major corporations seeking to take over the black-owned media space was the Johnson Publishing Company, which runs Ebony and Jet Magazines. As Essence Magazine, BET and other outlets found themselves running into the arms of a financial white knight, the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The 21st century global economy will have winners and losers. Will African-Americans be among the winners in this new economy? Have African-Americans accomplished something economically during the first decade of this new century to claim a place on the global scene? After a thorough analysis of our economic infrastructure, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) BLACK CONSUMERS SPEND $2.2 BILLION WITH TOYOTA, YET TOYOTA REFUSES TO THANK BLACK CONSUMERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT… Toyota Motor Sales USA executives have angered National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Chairman Danny Bakewell Sr. and America’s preeminent Black newspaper publishers after the troubled carmaker backed out of a multi-million dollar ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It isn’t clear what is worse: the housing crisis that keeps deepening or the reports of pervasive banking fraud that keep getting exposed. With the banks facing billions in potential damages, perhaps some measure of justice can be done to the homeowners who have been the victims of the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is not about race. It is about a philosophy and agenda that is rather foreign to his predecessors. The thought resembles that of the late Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm who addressed a group of Black manufacturers with this: “I don’t give a damn about businesses. All I am concerned with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Immediate and targeted action by both the public and private sectors is urgently required to address the devastating national unemployment rate for African Americans. With 14 million unemployed Americans of all races, genders and ages, there is certainly much pain that is shared by all. Yet, the degree of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On May 19, we lost Don Barden, a trailblazer for economic empowerment in our communities. Don was born in Inkster, Mich., a Detroit suburb, which was the home of the first Black-owned radio station, WCHB, and was also the abode of the great Stevie Wonder. He was the ninth ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Essence Magazine used to be the preeminent magazine for Black women in the U.S. They, like many Black publications, have lost their relevance; and in the process become an embarrassment to the very group they claim to target. Essence was founded in 1968 by Ed Lewis, Clarence Smith, Cecil ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am pretty brutal when it comes to giving bad businesses second chances. Every dollar that I spend at a store is like a vote. I am saying with my purchase “I love your company, and I trust your business or service enough to know that I will get ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today’s Black megachurches are bigger than ever… Rock climbing walls, kids’ spaces that resemble small Disneylands, bookstores and state-of-the-art sound systems represent today’s Black church – supersized. Black mega churches draw huge numbers of worshippers and receive millions in collection plates. Black Mega churches are successful corporate entities that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In March, the American economy added 216,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 8.8 percent, the lowest in two years. That is the good news. The bad news is that the nation has a mighty long way to go to recoup the 13 million jobs lost during the ...