(ThyBlackMan.com) Having taught a class at a local University with a discourse on the subject of Business and Political Ethics; I find it difficult to hold my peace when faced with the political/business upheaval in the land today, based upon the first 100 hundred days of President Donald Trump’s administration. The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Nothing says social justice like modern-day reparations. Strike that. Nothing says racism like modern-day reparations. Just over a week ago, the Western Kentucky University (WKU) student government passed a resolution recognizing slavery as a “debt that will never be paid.” Nonetheless, in a 19-10 vote they attempted to do ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Life poses challenges every day. Some days you may feel that emotionally you are not able to get out of bed. Depression is serious and can range from mild to clinical. In addition to the emotional turmoil depression has serious effects on your body. Headaches, ached & pains, weight gain, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve long observed the state of black children with deep concern. It seems that with all the billions of dollars being spent to educate children in urban areas, this money is going to waste. This waste appears to be a mixture of good old government inefficiency, apathetic parents, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The ousted and disgraced Bill O’Reilly’s blatant anti-black cracks, digs, slurs and putdowns didn’t start last year, two years ago, or even a decade ago. They started almost from the day that he took the helm of the “Factor” the last century. Bill O’Reilly kicked things off with this zinger ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Diabetes is a disease that kills. Many people live with it, and can offset some of its symptoms through exercise, diet and additional lifestyle changes. It is a disease in some cases that can be managed, and though we attach it to obese people there are some that have it ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “I have observed this in my experience of slavery, — that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom.” —Frederick Douglass, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am the youngest of five. I remember our family trips and moving to NYC just so we could be closer to my father as he worked. From the time he worked in Las Vegas to the Cosby show in NYC, he always wanted us to be close, to be ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Today live in an extremely materialistic society. Every time we turn on the television, radio, or even when we are out and about. We are reminded of what we don’t have and how less of a person we are if we don’t have. So how does the constant propaganda urging ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For years now, scientific researchers and civil rights organizations like the NAACP have been documenting the disparate impact of climate change – and its underlying causes – upon Communities of Color. On the streets of our cities, as well as in our more rural communities, pollutants from coal-fired power plants ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In late March, President Trump signed a resolution to invalidate a regulation designed to help implement the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This move will create tremendous confusion among states that are currently in the middle of putting the new law in place in time for the 2017-2018 school year. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Jackie Robinson Museum is one step closer to becoming a reality, as the Jackie Robinson Foundation hosts a groundbreaking ceremony for donors on April 27, 2017. The ceremony will begin with special remarks made by President and CEO of the Jackie Robinson Foundation Della Britton Baeza, Major League Baseball ...