(ThyBlackMan.com) In this day, and age, there isn’t much a cellphone can’t do. Social media has become the primary source of information in many areas. We get the news, sports, gossip, and even live presidential addresses from social media. Social media is on our computers, tablets, phones, and it’s even on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A ‘man-cave’ is a man’s domain; it is his place of solitude and comfort. For some, though, in a culture where brothers have been demonized and ostracized, the man-cave becomes a place of idleness, a habitat for sameness, where we become deathly afraid to think outside the box. Our man-cave ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There will always be haters, and those that complain but do nothing to make positive change in the community. When you know your value, worth, and skills you use what you have to make change in this world regardless of your title. The current president has done everything he could ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We should know our social security number; we should know our birthplace and date of birth; we should know the day we got married – but is that all we should know? Of course not! Our lives are not golden until we tap into that ineffable source of enlightenment called ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The latest iteration of Obamacare repeal has likely failed. Senate Republicans were unable to pass a watered-down repeal effort that offered states some meager level of federalism in the form of block grants. Now, we’re again going to hear a lot of noise about the need to embrace a “bipartisan” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands drowned while President Donald Trump tweeted. It is hard to conclude otherwise. On Sept. 20, Hurricane Maria — the second major hurricane in less than two weeks — hit the islands, which together are home to some 3.5 million American citizens. Yet for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I wrote “It’s OK to Leave the Plantation” to highlight how success comes from work, dedication and accepting challenges. Why does the NFL and NBA sports industry fail to understand who we are – and stand up? You guys are just entertainers and not performing surgery on me, sending my ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. … There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.” Colin Kaepernick, August 2016 It would be one thing ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Where was the angry left when Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called the national anthem protests “dumb and disrespectful”? Let’s focus on the “dumb” part. NFL player Colin Kaepernick, who started the protests, did so over the supposed widespread instances of police brutality against blacks. Kaepernick said, “I am ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Economic development involves fulfilling your dreams through education and networking. You cannot allow fear and other people’s expectations to dictate your journey. If you are serious about your success act on it. Develop your plan and execute it. You must make a declaration and take full responsibility for your life ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Civil rights leaders and Capitol Hill lawmakers are standing up and speaking out against a recent Department of Education (DOE) decision to sever its working relationship with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In separate and independent actions, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and staff are being challenged and corrected as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With Maine Senator Susan Collins announcing her opposition to the Graham-Cassidy bill to reform Obamacare, she has slammed the door on this latest Republican effort to address our health care crisis. I’m just able to muster up one word to capture my sense of Senator Collins: Irresponsible. Susan Collins expressed ...