(ThyBlackMan.com) Folks, my political activism is not rooted in winning elections at all cost. It is about preserving who I grew up thinking we were as a country; my corny love for my country, belief that good triumphs over evil and my sense of right and wrong. I know. I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I have a friend who recently started working at a new place. After she’d been there a few weeks I asked her how she liked the new job. She said she was struggling because of the overall demeanor of the people who worked in her department. They were always ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink.” Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. I can hear the backroom discussion now. “We can save money if we stop taking our drinking water from Lake Huron and start using water from the Flint River instead.” Those ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a crisis of health in black America. Don’t believe me? Interview one person from virtually every black home in America. Someone’s parent, grandparent, sibling or extended family member has succumbed to one of the three big killers of black lives: heart disease, diabetes and cancer. The numbers ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Whatever you may think of Bill Cosby, he is definitely not the Cosby Show dad. By now, most of us should know the Cosby Show was an unrealistic look at African American upscale life. Not because of the doctor and lawyer professions, but rather because they never dealt with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Numerous recent articles have attacked LeBron James for his failure to engage in protests in support of Tamir Rice, a youth murdered by police officers who was acquitted of any charges. These responsibilities are unfair, due to Mr. James’ profession as athlete, entertainer, and coon. Commentators on such articles ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Actress and political commentator Stacey Dash recently ruffled feathers by saying she didn’t think Black History Month nor ethnic television networks were necessary. For years, I’ve suggested re-branding Black History Month as, American History Month. This suggestion isn’t an escape from Blackness, as some on both sides of the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Of all the happiness research I’ve studied over the years, one of my very favorite findings is that happiness doesn’t just correlate with success. Happiness actually causes success. In other words, if you want to put a solid success strategy to work for you, make happiness your success strategy. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Alright anyone with any reasonable level of intelligence knows that FOX News ( a poor excuse for journalism) has made Stacey Dash a commentator simply because she is willing to bad mouth her own people and say what white racists really want to say themselves. But because they would ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A puzzling mindset has emerged in some conservatives regarding Ted Cruz. A publisher who usually publishes my articles rejected one touting Ted Cruz for president. The publisher politely lectured me about my support for Cruz; calling it misguided and even non Christian. I love the way when people know ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The importance of adaptation, modification and incorporation of new educational initiatives in instruction for HBCU’s is important for their continued existence, incorporation of STEAM in HBCU’s can be seen in how instruction and R&D is changing in the classrooms of Historical Black Colleges and Universities similar to classes at ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Once Hillary Clinton became desperate over her all but certain loss to Barack Obama in the 2008 primaries, she began to continually allude to the assassination of Robert Kennedy during the 1968 primary. She kept repeating that mantra as justification for why she didn’t simply get out of the ...