(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) Frugality includes all the other virtues. —Cicero According to Blackdemographics.com: “Black owned businesses in the United States increased 34.5% between 2007 and 2012 totaling 2.6 million Black firms. More than 95% of these businesses are mostly sole proprietorship or partnerships which have no paid employees.” According to Nielsen, The State ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) According to press reports, the topic of Historically Black Colleges and Universities came up in the recent “listening session” at the White House with President Trump and his internal team of black leaders, as part of Black History Month. Reportedly, this piqued the president’s interest, and the discussion continued ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The home-buying process can seem daunting for someone who hasn’t done it before. You know that buying a house isn’t like buying a car, but you don’t understand all the ins and outs, and you get confused by terms like “escrow” and “due diligence.” You may get so overwhelmed that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s only natural to feel a little nervous about getting a mortgage. This is the way that many people feel when they have never had one before but are now thinking of finding one. It can all seem a little complicated and overwhelming. But that doesn’t mean you have to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Nobody wants to think about being injured at work. Obviously, nobody ever wants to injure themselves, but something about the idea of injuring oneself on the job is even scarier. You don’t just have the injury to contend with, but the ensuing aftermath. If you ever are injured at work, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Democratic National Committee was by any standard a wreck and a ruin during the 2016 presidential campaign. It got pounded for misstep after misstep that included: poor, and disconnected leadership, leaked emails, gross favoritism, petty infighting, blatant manipulation of the primaries, and gross cluelessness about the Donald Trump threat. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the eyes of mainstream America, they deliberately pick pseudo-heroes for our community in the form of rich paid bourgeoisie who are not only desensitized from the struggles that the rest of us go through, but also they do absolutely nothing for African people in this country from Michael Jordan ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For many people, the word of advice from our peers and elders is: Get a job and keep it. There’s a couple of ways of seeing how the people around you are right. You do need money in order to have a stable home life, and to buy you the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Brothers, be honest. How often do you go to your doctor. Well maybe this will change your mind. African-American men are 30 percent more likely to die from heart disease than White males 36 percent of Black men are obese 3.7 million of all African-Americans 20 or older have diabetes ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is little question in most academic research that increases in the minimum wage lead to increases in unemployment. The debatable issue is the magnitude of the increase. An issue not often included in minimum wage debates is the substitution effects of minimum wage increases. The substitution effect might ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A tribute to our past, present and future. Here’s to the winner in all of us! When dealing with controversial issues, we often allow our emotions to overshadow our powers of reason. Thus, the debate as to whether Black History should extend beyond its timeframe, pits innovators against traditionalists, with ...