(ThyBlackMan.com) Guys brace yourselves! Our little Olivia Kendall has grown up to be Raven-Symone, a foolout character with fruity colored weaves and a mouth that opens to say things which will leaving wondering if baby girl is smarter than a 5th grader. Thursday during ABC’s The View segment entitled “Are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In this particular literary piece, the author is searching for a unifying account as to how a seemingly intelligent and highly talented artist such as Kanye West could display such unconscionable rude and disrespectful antics toward fellow musicians on, apparently, a regular basis. Similar to physics, one would have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Lil Wayne is back in court over some legal differences between Young Money and Cash Money. Rumor has it that shots had been fired. I guess Lil Wayne need to re-establish his Gangsta. I remember one day–about five years ago–my daughter walked in the house wearing a “Free lil ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Teacher of the Year in Duval County Schools Venetia Elementary and Instructor at Edward Waters College in the Education and Urban Studies Department. The availability of conferences allows educators to engage with educational peers, learn new strategies, how to apply differential instruction, how technologies are used to teach students ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was thinking about this the other day and thought I would share. A friend of mine started her own business this year, taking the plunge and leaving her corporate job for what she hoped would be a better life. To say the least, she was absolutely MORTIFIED about ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) News mogul Rupert Murdoch stirred mild fury when he claimed GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson would be a “real black president.” Forget the racial insult, the stock rightwing putdown of Obama, and the fact that this preposterous dig came from Murdoch. What is more interesting is Rupert Murdoch’s rationale ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A Caucasian police officer shoots an unarmed man – we can and should blame the officer, the police department, the policies in place and the society that allows a climate of racism. A Hispanic sociopath hunts down a teenager in a neighborhood and kills him – we should blame ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Tell me why everytime me hear bout Africa a shackles and Chains Tell me why you try fi corrupt the little rasta man brain And you fi tell the youths Africa exits long before the middle passage Me come fi tell the ghetto youths dem fi wise cause babylon ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A mantra I have heard throughout my life, whether from black or white, rich or poor, states that garments bespeak one’s character and social status. During my journey of trying to understand the never-ending masquerade party in which we live, I found that, in truth, clothes do not make ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) An interactive discussion and focus on God’s Word with youth teens and young adults. The recent 42nd Southeastern Regional Lectureship of the Church of Christ was an opportunity to share the brotherhood and sisterhood of the Body of Christ. Held in St. Petersburg, Florida and attended by adults of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Having a serious discussion about Social Media with teens is becoming just as important as talking to them about sex, drugs, finances, driving and potential involvement with law enforcement. Youth, teens and young adults cannot be given free rein on the Internet without training, counseling and realistically behavioral expectations ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As an undergraduate creative writing major, a lot of my writing focused on inner city violence and the violence that I witnessed in my childhood living on the westside of Chicago. Inner city Chicago violence was a topic that was so fresh in my memory and something I thought ...