(ThyBlackMan.com) Hidden in the announcement of the recent Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report on unemployment for October was the increase in the African American male and female unemployment rates. While the national rate dropped to 5.0 percent from 5.1 percent, the rates for black males and females ticked higher; ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A young woman with 3 kids works at your local fast food restaurant on minimum wage. She can barely pay her bills and she has no money for extra anything. She believes she could do much more for her family if she only made $15 an hour. She may ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At a recent Congressional hearing, Dr. Mandy Cohen of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services explained that almost 700,000 Americans have lost their health coverage because the insurance co-ops formed under ObamaCare to foster competition couldn’t compete with “big, experienced players” in the insurance marketplace. Dr. Cohen was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a huge generational wealth gap between black and white families in this country. That disparity has meant that black families actually get poorer with each generation as opposed to building on the wealth acquired by their predecessors. It’s never to early to start putting money away to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Call Me MISTER National Initiative Mission “To increase the pool of available teachers from a broader more diverse background particular among the State’s lowest performing elementary schools.” The Call Me MISTER program is contributing to the talent pool of excellent teachers by identifying and supporting young men who are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black people are in the process of being demonized and setup in a very dangerous way. Yes, we’ve always been demonized, demeaned, and disparaged, but this time it’s different, and the accusations are much more dangerous and malevolent. This time we’re being accused of being anti-American terrorists who are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Jeb Bush was recently pilloried for his characterization of the relationship between African-Americans and the Democratic Party. As insulting as his statement was, what’s worse is the lost opportunity it represents. “Our message is one of hope and aspiration. It isn’t one of division and get in line and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Barack Obama endorsed the #Black Lives Matter movement “as something we have to take seriously.” Even though after seven years, Obama has done nothing to improve the lives of black Americans, his most loyal, boot-licking constituents. In contrast, Obama helped give homosexuals gay marriage and illegal aliens, amnesty. Blacks ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black Americans continue to face serious disparities in education, employment, and in economic development. While over 45 million Black Americans have made some type of progress during the past seven years of the Obama Administration, there is still much more to be done to end the vast racial and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Numerous reggae musicians both from the past and present are self-proclaimed revolutionaries. Modern society seems to accept their claims, whether or not they have done any revolutionary acts. Though Bob Marley is the commercially accepted king of reggae, his bandmate Peter Tosh holds a grander title: the title of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On December 3, 2015 the Collective Empowerment Group (CEG), formerly known as the Collective Banking Group (CBG) of Prince George’s County and Vicinity, will celebrate a milestone achievement: Its 20th Anniversary. The CEG was established in 1995 by twenty-one churches, in response to discrimination and mistreatment by banks, some ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dr. Ben Carson’s whole life has been very unusual, so perhaps we should not be surprised to see the latest twist — the media going ballistic over discrepancies in a few things he said. Years ago, when I was writing some autobiographical sketches, I dug up old letters, to ...