(ThyBlackMan.com) Attending WordPress and WordCamp conferences can be life changing experiences. Talking to Jon and Josh after their experiences and the excitement that lasted several weeks after each conference because of the exposure to new experiences. The networking opportunity allowed them to speak to industry leaders and innovators. Josh, interested in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Inspired by the movie Hidden Figures and the book by Margot Lee Shetterly Picture accompanying is of Taylor Richardson, Ashya Fox, Breyonna Fox, Alandra Hill How many girls of color are super smart in mathematics, how many want to be engineers, how many girls of color want to be doctors ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a progressive who worked hard to help get Secretary Hillary Clinton elected, it is challenging for me to accept Donald Trump as President. But, he won. At least for now, I have to make the best of a bad situation. Which means progressives like me will have to both ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My wife and I went to see Raoul Peck’s documentary I Am Not Your Negro. It was based upon James Baldwin’s writings and life experiences. It uses archival footage of Baldwin, pictures and footage of American history and Samuel L. Jackson’s voice reading and sharing some of Baldwin’s thoughts ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Growing up as a kid, I didn’t knew what the term sexual irresponsibility meant, but I knew I had 8 other brothers and 1 sister. When I got older however, I finally realized that I was the product of sexual irresponsibility because my mom had 10 kids with 6 baby ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The problems among young black males stem from many areas such as lack of opportunity, low self-esteem, living in a violent environment, drugs, etc. The root of the problem of black males may be the absence of the father in the black family. The relationship between the absent father and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When you ask about the right time to start saving for your retirement, you’ll soon find everyone gives the same answer: now! This is because the sooner you start saving for your retirement, the larger is your return of investment, and here is how it works: 1. Compounding. The earlier ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that as of 2008, there were more than 846,000 black men in prison, making up 40.2 percent of all inmates in the system. More African-American men are in prison or jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850, before the Civil ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dear President Trump, I don’t know why I have become the repository for the frustrations among Black Republicans across the country, but I have. Hardly a day goes by when I don’t get calls from Black Republicans who feel totally and thoroughly ignored not only by you and your fledgling ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My 89 year old black preacher dad’s heart attack had Mary and me rushing from Florida to Baltimore Maryland. Dad is doing fine. Praise God. While in town, I visited my 60 something year old cousin in the hospital suffering with diabetes. They amputated half his foot. Sadly, he is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Not long ago, MSNBC was the first network I turned on in the morning and the last I turned off at night. As opportunities would allow, I was a loyal viewer throughout the day. I counted on it as a primary source of unbiased reporting, “straight” news and great discussion ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “There are [Blacks] who are willing to worship the pyramids of 4,000 years ago but will not build pyramids in the present so their children may see what they left behind as well. We have a leadership who rallies the people to look at past glories but leave their ...