(ThyBlackMan.com) It would appear that Toronto Raptors’ guard DeMar DeRozan is living a life that many people would envy. He is a professional athlete who has been selected as an NBA All-Star four times and he will make an eye-popping 27.7 million dollars over the course of this 2017-18 NBA season. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the joys of watching the Black Panther film was enjoying the many ways Afrodescendent women were portrayed. We were protective mamas, and Angela Bassett’s signature lip curl said it all. We were technology-driven pesky little sisters. We were Warrior Queens. We were intimate and affectionate lovers. And we ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Before we discuss violence with guns, I’d like to run a couple of questions by you. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every day nearly 30 Americans die in motor vehicle crashes that involve drunk driving. What kind of restrictions should be placed on automobile ownership? Should ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “March Madness” is upon us as the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments will be in full effect very soon. However, college basketball and college sports has been under a significant microscope lately. The NCAA is being viewed and critiqued in ways that have never happened before as an evaluation ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, the colonial state once again showed why educating African children has never been their top priority when it closed down 4 schools (3 elementary and 1 middle school) all In predominant African communities of the city of Montgomery, Alabama. The Montgomery Public School Board is historically anti-black and it ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At 60 years old, from Kano in the North of Nigeria, he is a multi-billionaire. His net worth is estimated $13,8 Billion as published in Forbes, 2018 Rating, a fortune he could earn into 30 years of investing strategy via his holding Dangote Group. When Forbes proclaimed in 2017 Oprah Winfrey as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “On a fundamental, emotional level, superheroes, whether in print or on film, serve the same function for their audience as Golden Age movie stars did for theirs: they create glamour. If that sounds crazy, it’s because we tend to forget what glamour is really about. Glamour isn’t beauty or luxury; ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Oprah is doing the best she can. She is insecure. She is a liberal. She promotes women, but doesn’t seem to respect men. She does not stand against evil, but rather, promotes it. Oprah Winfrey believes in “racism” (which does not exist, and never has). She said so-called “racist” older ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For the 44 million American consumers who struggle with a still-growing student loan debt of $1.4 trillion, the problems wrought by debt collectors and loan servicers is a nagging problem. Servicer changes and errors, unexplained fees that worsen the debt and difficulty in securing income-based repayment plans are all painfully ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) From attacks on voting rights to police killings of unarmed civilians and growing inequities in earnings and wealth, the civil rights gains of the past six decades are facing threat after threat. But one front in the fight for full equality—meaningful access to higher education—is particularly urgent. With 65 percent ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) FIRST we have to declare that there is a clear distinction between ‘gentrification’ and ‘ethnic cleansing’ the gentrification process can occur naturally and voluntarily the people of a neighborhood who have been long time residents can be approached by large developers or a local government and asked to sell their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I already realize that those who know me well will state that I am biased in regards to speaking about the enormous utility of education in on-going efforts to uplift African-American males out of what most would agree is a death spiral that has already extinguished too many bright futures ...