(ThyBlackMan.com) In asking America to focus upon the significance to African Americans of gaining an empowering public education, both historically and today, The Association for the Study of African-American Life and History has done our nation another important service. As the ASALH points out, the barriers and accomplishments that have defined ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I can remember when I believed happiness was “something” I had to buy. I remember thinking once I purchased the latest kicks, I would be happy. Once I felt the feeling of having the freshest shoes, I thought that having the fliest clothes would numb that searching or feeling of void.. When that became old, I purchased a dope car and felt like I had made it BIG. The car was cool for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) He’s back. At least on social media. Perhaps buoyed by several recent – and scarcely reported court victories and even a measure of improving health – legendary comedian Bill Cosby has returned to Twitter to celebrate Black History Month. In a slew of tweets that began during the Martin Luther ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Self-limiting pursuits that serve only to retard personal growth and reject modernity have plagued blacks in America uninterrupted, in the form of identity politics, since the collapse of the oppressive eras of subjugated inequality, i.e., slavery, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and Jim Crow laws that were instituted and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Over the past few years, there has been many school closings across the country, but the vast majority of these closings are happening in predominate African neighborhoods across the country. Back in 2010, The New York School Board voted to close about 20 schools in predominant African neighborhoods because of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Education Minister, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh expressed concerns over the low grades students had in science and math in Ghana this raised increased awareness for African parents that their children may not be prepared for many careers that require science and math skills. GhanaWeb General News 19/Feb/17 Dr. Prempeh understands ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Upon receiving this slick campaign video in my email titled, “How To Resist The Trump Agenda”, I thought it was a joke. http://bit.ly/2kXsvzY After realizing the video was for real, I thought, “What the!” Folks, I’ve been a black tea party guy from its beginning. I penned, recorded and performed ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Looks like the myth that Black films can’t make big money in Hollywood is about to become a thing of the past. In early February, “Hidden Figures” passed “La La Land” as the top-grossing (domestically) Oscar-nominated film in Hollywood this season. “Hidden Figures” focuses on three women who worked ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Republicans agree that Obamacare has failed and must be repealed. But they can’t agree on the replacement “plan.” The one thing they shouldn’t do is devise another grand scheme like the Obama “plan.” The answer is not a new and better big government “plan.” Instead, the president and Congress ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) They had the best, closest and most visible spot in the crowd behind Trump at his much-touted recent pep rally in Melbourne, Florida. They being the handful of blacks that enthusiastically waved the “Blacks for Trump” signs behind him. The black Donald Trump boosters didn’t stop there. They promoted and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently in New York, a single mother by the name of Kiarre Harris had been systematically profiled and targeted by corrupt CPS officials after she told them that she was going to homeschool her two kids after she realized that The Public School System had deliberately failed her kids. And ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The other day, during the NBA’s All-Star Weekend, a few brothers and myself were sitting in front of the TV, making friendly wages on the upcoming game. Ironically, hours before the game aired, President Donald J. Trump was holding a televised rally down in Melbourne, Fl. As we watched the ...