(ThyBlackMan.com) The US has often been called a melting pot. Whether or not this is so ethnically, it is certainly true in the cultural sense. For example, Berry Gordy and his Motown Record Company avidly promoted cultural exchange and intermixture. Before Motown white record companies thoroughly dominated the music industry, deciding ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As teams gear up for the NFL season, President Trump is reviving his destructive and diversionary attacks aimed at turning fans against players. The league office stepped in it by unilaterally declaring that players who do not want to stand during the national anthem should stay in the locker room. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So you say you listen, if someone gives you advice in the “right way“? Really? And what way might that be? Or does your ego kick in when your own people try to share knowledge, educate you with their expertise and lift you up? As a former detective, training instructor, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On February 29, 1968 President Johnson’s National Advisory on Civil Disorders, tasked with finding the causes of the riots of the 1960s, declared that “our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal.” It charged that “the press has too long basked in a white ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Few athletes have ever been under the public spotlight more than LeBron James. It is extremely rare when high school juniors appear on the cover of America’s preeminent sports magazine, Sports Illustrated as James did back in 2002. At the age of thirty-three, LeBron James has been in the national ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I have lived long enough to testify to the following. Most apologies appear after the evil people do in the dark comes into the light. Hence, I view public apologies with extreme skepticism. The above perspective provides ample opportunity for amusing moments when others accept the apologies of professional athletes ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I read that the economy is growing strongly, it makes me happy. But in politics, good news is not enough. You have to decide who gets credit for it. President Ronald Reagan, no ordinary politician, kept a plaque on his desk that said, “There is no limit to what ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Poverty is no mystery, and it’s easily avoidable. The poverty line that the Census Bureau used in 2016 for a single person was an income of $12,486 that year. For a two-person household, it was $16,072, and for a four-person household, it was $24,755. To beat those poverty thresholds is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Irrespective of background, during the academic journey of graduate students, there is the inevitable facing of trials in their adjustment to the university, respective academic programs, surrounding community of the university, etc. However, for the minority graduate student, these trials are typically more extensive and compounded by other factors. As ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Almost a year ago, Mary and I moved from Florida to West Virginia to be closer to our parents. June 1st, my dad passed at age 90. We’ve enjoyed living in small town Trump country USA. I ate tomatoes, a cucumber and a green pepper in my salad from Mary’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some have found peace or strength in silence. However, it seems these days that very silence has become a killer. Suicides are on the rise, and its not just the celebrities we know of…it’s the people in our neighborhood, the veteran we grew up with, and our own family members. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are pivotal moments that serve as “forks in the road” in all of our lives. One of my most pivotal moments flowed from a conversation that I had with my dear mother regarding how I could make the best use of this never-ending gift of life. Moments after I ...