(ThyBlackMan.com) Think about this: How much money – both now and in future earnings – are you losing because you simply don’t have the energy to perform all of your essential, everyday tasks? What if you had more energy to go back to school and complete that degree plan? To ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) through its qualitative easing program(QE) has produced some very impressive unemployment numbers for the month of November. The national unemployment rate dropped from 7.3% to 7.0%. The program attempts to create the right economic environment for job creation. The question is with these good ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Yes, criticism of Mr. Obama is good for black folks, because sometimes, criticism brings about needed change. Many blacks, especially black women, irrationally support this president’s agenda, which has proven by the Pew Research Poll (http://www.people-press.org/2013/11/08/obamas-second-term-slide-continues/ ) to be out of step economically with what is wrong with America. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve been teaching finance at the college level for 20 years, so I know how money works. I’ve also been a black man for as long as I can remember. So, putting these two things together, I can tell you that as a black man, I feel quite strongly ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Who’s On First?” depicts Abbot and Costello going in circles attempting to communicate simple answers to simple questions. In a similar respect, black people have been faced with this daunting task. Since the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation claimed to have freed 4 million enslaved Africans, black people in America have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is no secret, President Obama has been battered over the last few days due to missteps associated with his signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act (ACA). His enemies and indeed, some members of the Democratic Party have vocalized their displeasure in the way he handled the rollout of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During a seminar in Buffalo, New York, a few years ago, noted author and financial adviser, Brooke Stephens, said, “How you handle your money is a reflection of how you feel about yourself.” Many of us may not want to admit it, including myself, but there have been times ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Like a forest fire that is never satisfied, the woes of the national economy are spreading through the black community in the form of double-digit unemployment and are wreaking havoc. In a display reminiscent of the great forest fires of the west, black wealth is being consumed in much ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) But I must own, to the shame of my own countrymen, that I first was kidnapped and betrayed by some of my own complexion, who were the first cause of my exile and slavery; but if there were no buyers there would be no sellers.” Ottobah Cuogoano, 1787 During ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The unemployment numbers for September are finally in and as predicted blacks did not fare well (https://thyblackman.com/2013/09/30/bleak-economic-outlook-for-blacks-based-on-feds-actions/). There is no question; blacks as a working group are in dire straits. When you include the Bush administration, blacks have experienced double-digit unemployment for the last six years without interruption. They ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last time I checked, we aren’t forced to sit in the back of the bus, and we aren’t drinking from separate water fountains. So why in the world would we, the Black community and other minorities, tolerate such blatant disrespect as what corporate America has shown us? As the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You know, we talk a real good game when it comes to economic empowerment. We talk about what we need to do, what we should do, what we can do, and even what we will do. We get together, usually in someone else’s hotel or meeting place, and discuss ...