(ThyBlackMan.com) The first humans, Anthropology tells us, appeared about 5,000,000 years ago in East Africa. The key difference between humans and other hominids is that we use tools. The oldest tool was a club. Fossils found with bone clubs nearby are characterized as among the first human beings on earth. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Maybe we are all on the same page. Due to the pandemic coronavirus, we are all forced to stay at home and practice social distancing. Because of this unexpected situation, we tend to have extra time doing nothing except for unconsciously scrolling on our social media. So here are some ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I recently met a guy online by the name of Howard, and we rapidly became friends. I won’t give his last name as I’d planned because we had also planned to write this piece together, but it turned out that, that wasn’t meant to be. . Howard and I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Robert Woodward certainly couldn’t have been shocked at Trump’s answer to his very loaded question. The question was whether he could understand any of the racial pain that African Americans feel. Trump stood the question on its head and accused Woodward of “drinking the Kool Aid.” Translated: Why should ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With a 14.2% national unemployment rate, (https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-the-real-unemployment-rate-3306198) at our door step, a black unemployment rate of 19.5%, millions of American workers facing permanent job losses, a relief bill stalled in Congress, evictions taking place, and more looming, and a highly contested presidential election, we can take solace or comfort, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The summer of 2020: one thousand lives a day lost to COVID-19, one million jobs lost a week, with the police murder of George Floyd and shooting of Jacob Blake serving as bookends. None of this needed to happen, should have happened. But it did. Summer surge As we ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I read with interest that our neighbors directly to the south, in Virginia, were experiencing an uptick in the numbers and presence of coyotes. Although dog-like in appearance, these predators threaten outside pets and other small wildlife. In rural areas, wild hogs destroy millions of dollars of commercial agriculture. Even normally non-threatening ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “I feel your pain…” Bill Clinton Whether the quote is apocryphal or not, it is one of the more memorable things Bill Clinton is reported to have said during his first run for president. It captured his ability to make people feel that he cared about them and what ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It doesn’t feel like it but the National Football League’s first slate of games of the 2020 NFL season begins this weekend. The coronavirus pandemic and protests regarding police brutality against Black people have dominated much of the attention over the last several months. Clearly, both of those important ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We’ve gone into the debut full-length of Cleveland metal legends and the first all-Black heavy metal band, Black Death. The self-titled album from 1984 was an album that touched on a few genres of metal without straying too far from traditional heavy metal. Black Death Resurrected has been bouncing ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Renting Luxury Personal Cars in New York It is not easy to be on time in New York. This city is so huge and hectic that you have to pick your route carefully and leave for your destination in advance. Even with an extremely developed subway system and numerous ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We’re going to look at a cult piece of Black rock in A Contract With Satan by The Impaler. I first discovered Anison Roberts—who performs as The Impaler—by chance while looking through playlists on Spotify. Anison Roberts AKA The Impaler It was both different and familiar. The Impaler’s approach ...