(ThyBlackMan.com) There is so much going on in our country that is frustrating and frightening. Everyday there is doom and gloom on the news, and in our social media news feed. It seems there is no getting around stress and sadness. It’s very easy to internalize our pain, and fears. That ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Professional athletes hold a special place in America. They are among the most visible figures in the country. They promote various products through endorsements in television, print, or radio. Being a professional athlete in a sports league like the NBA, NFL, NHL, and Major League Baseball seems like the perfect ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Being a sports fan is a fantastic thing. There is love for a game, a drive for success, and admiration for the players. However, on occasion, folks can take things way too far. The important rule of thumb is to keep things in perspective. Watching the game on DirecTV’s Sunday ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Rumors of my death are exaggerated. The reason my wife Mary and I dropped off the face of the earth is because we have not had internet for almost a week, which as y’all know feels like an eternity. We drove up from Florida to close on our new home ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last February, #45 Trump had a prized photo-op session in the Oval Office with a pleasantly smiling contingent of presidents and administrators of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Donald Trump gave the clear impression from the photo-op that he’d go out of his way to boost funding and support for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Christian faith seems to have a serious problem between what is holy and acceptable, and come as we are. Everyone has the right to turn their life around and set themselves on a positive path. The church encourages this positive life turnaround. One would think that with all the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hope, optimism and fair chances are all positive attributes to have. However, one must be careful not to squander such things on groups and people that have clearly shown you they have no care for your wellbeing. Now, if we go back to the presidential campaign Donald trump showed black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With the passage of a new health care bill in the House, the corridors of Congress are teeming with lobbyists fighting reform in order to protect the money they get off the government gravy train of current law. When talking about Medicaid, we are talking about big money. Current federal ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Nation- A people who share the same lies about their past, hatred of their present neighbor, and illusions about the future. Ernest Renan This is one of the most cynical, yet truthful, definitions of the word nation I’ve ever read. Ernest Renan was a French philosopher and scholar who lived ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Businesses have a right to impose rules regarding their employees, and protest, to protect their brand. Many of us can understand that concept. When a company chooses this right ALL their employees will be made aware of the policy, and are expected to comply. It is not a new practice ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In House, Jeffrey Henson Scales first monograph, vibrant reflections of life, history and masculinity are in the mirrors of House’s barber shop in Harlem. Men of all walks of life congregated here where the traditions of grooming styles and the oral histories were passed from old to young, and then ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Urban students not just in America, but around the world are being systematically criminalized for being to fully embrace their ancestry and culture. And among those attacks, are these public school dress codes that are created by the white bourgeoisie that’s basically designed to specifically target and criminalize urban students. ...