(ThyBlackMan.com) While piddling around in my work shop, I heard this sound bite on the radio of Donald Trump talking about his upcoming speech to congress that evening. President Trump said, “All I can do is speak from the heart and say what I want to do.” http://bit.ly/2ltFIyz I thought, “Wow, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On January 27, President Trump instituted his promised “Muslim ban,” an executive order prohibiting all non-citizens from 7 majority Muslim countries—Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, Libya and Syria—from entering the United States. It is important to note that this list was based off of President Obama’s 2015 Visa Waiver Improvement Program ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. routinely would remind those of us who worked for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s about the vital importance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). As we celebrated Black History Month 2017, Dr. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Two weeks ago, Shermichael Singleton, the deputy chief of staff for incoming Housing and Urban Development (HUD) secretary Ben Carson, was unceremoniously fired; with the dismissal, the Trump administration also stripped away his dignity. It all started back on October 24, 2016. Singleton wrote a very critical editorial about ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In recent years, there has been considerable furore regarding individuals or groups within American society, demanding reparations for the descendants of slaves, aka African Americans. Compensation is in the form of Government funded monetary sums, land ownership, or housing commissions. The US Government has previously agreed to repay several groups, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In no area have there been more misunderstanding than the search for the truth by black people of the suppression of black history. Whenever anybody embarks on such a search there seems to be great controversy, great misunderstandings. More than half a century of responsible research by reputable historians outside ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The NBA trade deadline passed without any major trades of big name players other than DeMarcus Cousins heading from Sacramento to New Orleans. One of the NBA teams that was thought to be targeting NBA All-Stars to acquire was the Boston Celtics. The Celtics have a great combination of young ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the biggest issues I personally have with pseudo-conscious people in our community is that they don’t take the time to truly read and understand things about history and life because they see things from a very skewed perspective of reality. Intro: Here are the biggest myths that pseudo-conscious ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Mentoring girls and women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is, no doubt, viewed as one of the most central pillars for equitable and secure sustainable future of Africa. http://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/education/scidev-net-at-large/stem-education-african-girls-women.html The opportunity to build an interest in teens and young adults in the areas of STEM – Science Technology ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Project 1324 calls Kevin Brooks, a Skateboarder. Peace-bringer. Meditator. Revolutionary. Revolutionary indeed. Winner of Sundance Ignite 2016 challenge, he was awarded the opportunity to meet with the likes of Ava DuVernay, be mentored by the greats of film directors and be camera operator for Sundance Festival all while doing what ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Friendships between black men and women can be complex. The mutual affection between two or more people is what makes a friendship. We all know of the homegirl that was initially the girl that a guy wanted as a girlfriend, but has been stuck in the friend zone for years ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The 89th Oscars ceremony was the most diverse in history. At the same time fewer people than in almost a decade watched the telecast. The Oscars attained the high water mark of diversity because of the two year push by civil rights organizations and leaders, namely Project Islamic Hope, the ...