(ThyBlackMan.com) As our community seeks to understand the tragedy that occurred in Ferguson, Missouri, this might be a chance to reflect on the life of the black male in America. We all want black men to survive, and most of us are sick of police coming into our neighborhoods, disrespecting ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A series of recent reports cite the drastic lack of economic progress for Black people in general and Black men in particular. Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent, wrote “Black men are no better off than they were more than 40 years ago, due to mass incarceration and job losses ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) New York City’s Department of Education, much like its police department or its fire department, is bedeviled by as much fraud, graft, mismanagement, waste, and even outright criminality as any large municipal bureaucracy anywhere in the world. I would know. Years ago, I was one of those intrepid souls ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For the last week or so I’ve been following the reports on the riots after the Michael Brown shooting. This is horrible, I cannot imagine his families grief. The response has been phenomenal: I think it is a good thing that the black community is coming together in protest ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I wanted to speak on a matter that has been argued among blacks for generations , and that is the hypocritical argument of ” Unity “. As we know there are those blacks that get in public for the sake of appearance and argue that there should be more ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let me ask you a serious question. Do you think that God gets angry? I’m not asking you this question rhetorically, I’m asking you actually. How you answer that question reveals the depth of your own relationship with The Lord. Of course God gets angry. The things which anger ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ladies and gentlemen, something very strange is happening right now in Ferguson, MO. The Constitutional rights of American citizens are being violated. Journalists are deliberately being herded like cattle away from certain people and certain places in Ferguson. Police officers fully dressed in riot gear and shields are openly ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The tech and investor mania is cranking up again! Leafly.com (think AngiesList plus marijuana stores) recently closed $50MM in investment capital. Another fly-by-night app, YO (an app the pulls your contacts and merely text them, you guessed it, ‘Yo!’) recently closed $1.5MM in VC money. So whether you are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A trade show is your big chance to show off your newest innovations to industry insiders, potential clients, and the competition. The most important thing to remember about a trade show is that presentation is just as important as the product you are selling. If you want to really ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Outside of your own wallet, one of the most common places you and other entrepreneurs can go to get funding are people close to you. Your family and friends can provide a fast, bureaucracy free way of getting money for your business. In this article we will cover four ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) By 1986, the noted King of Pop, Michael Jackson was fresh off of the release of two commercial and critically acclaimed albums and enjoying his life as a global icon minus the rumors that were spreading about his personal life. Jackson set the goal for his next album, Bad, to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks. ~David Herbert Lawrence It has been said that American slaves were not ready for freedom. Hum? With a hint of sarcasm, I can’t help but wonder why people forced and kept ...