(ThyBlackMan.com) If a metaphor could be used for this White House, it might be a two-sided coin with President Trump the head and Vice President Mike Pence the tail. The president tends toward the bombastic to get people’s attention and make his points, while his vice president is calm and measured ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Suppose a crooked prosecutor framed someone and was determined to get a conviction. So he built an entire case on tainted, circumstantial evidence, and testimony from witnesses who had their reasons for wanting the guy in jail. Suppose the prosecutor ignored or hid exculpatory evidence and colluded with the judge ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The 2017-18 NFL football season is barely a month old and already it has been swamped in controversy. The storm centers around language the President of the United States of America used when calling for league players “to be fired” for protesting during the national anthem. The president referred to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In high school, some of us, we are often introduced to fantasy fiction with titles like “The Hobbit”, and “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”. Outside of school many of us read fairy tales, and many other kinds of books. As black people, we don’t read just one thing, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let’s face it – men don’t like to get their prostate checked. I get that going to the doctor is not fun for some people and when it comes to this particular health issue, the procedure is not pleasant for many men. But the discomfort and awkwardness involved flails in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For a lot of people, the end of the workday is a beeline to the gym! But did you know you can get a workout in while you are still at the office? You absolutely can! It’s important because most people are so limited in their movement at work. If ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) George Maxey, Executive Director of New Town Success Zone, Lashontah Holiday, Project Coordinator/Data Analysis Manager and William Jackson, Educator, Community Activist, Social Media Visionary attended TEDxFSCJ with a discussion focusing on the effects of violence and incarceration on youth, teens and young adults in the Jacksonville, Florida community. The life ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) EdCamps are wonderful opportunities for educators of all backgrounds, years of experience and even national or global location. Sharing best practices, classroom management strategies, how to build student and teacher relationships, reinforcing rituals and routines to create wonderful learning opportunities. The success of the classroom begins with a welcoming atmosphere and a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Three decades ago, as communications director in the White House, I set up an interview for Bill Rusher of National Review. Among his first questions to President Reagan was to ask him to assess the political importance of Barry Goldwater. Said Reagan, “I guess you could call him the John ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The NFL will never give up the national anthem salute. The NFL owners in one form or another will make it official when they meet to hammer out a policy on what players must do when the national anthem is played. Let’s be clear, the NFL’s Siamese Twin tie to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On Oct. 3, we honored the civil rights icon and voting rights activist, Fannie Lou Hamer. Born on October 3, 1917, Hamer is fondly remembered and admired for her activism during the Civil Rights Movement while speaking out against the injustices that African Americans faced in Mississippi and across the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Almost immediately after the Las Vegas shooting came the calls for “common sense” gun control. The quest almost always begins with a reassurance that “no one wants to take away your guns.” Not everyone read the memo. Nelson Shields, founder of Handgun Control, Inc., the organization that became the Brady ...