(ThyBlackMan.com) According to the Sentencing Project, more than 60 percent of the people in prison are now racial and ethnic minorities. Of black males at least 20 years of age, 1 in every 8 is in prison or jail on any given day. Given the disproportionate number of black males incarcerated, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Obama will meet with former President Clinton today for reasons that go beyond the mounting furor and looming Congressional stalemate over the tax cut deal he brokered with the GOP. Clinton’s presidency by many measures was a success, and much of that success was due to the fact that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was driving out of Atlanta the other day, speaking to my baby sister. She listens to me ramble, and that’s why I love her. Our topic for the day was black men and sports. I mentioned how I turned on ESPN in my hotel room (all 10 million channels) ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” — (John 1:1) “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” — (Genesis 1:3) “And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On a human level, people’s lives and hearts have been broken by social circumstances. Initially, it was by design, when crack cocaine was inserted into poor communities, but the worship of Cash found the crack epidemic affecting all levels who then became the new rich and the new ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Maybe if its ominous presence didn’t live in my own back yard infecting my neighbors, I would be oblivious to its existence. And maybe, just maybe, since no one in my family has been recently diagnosed with this disease, it would just go away and I’ll be asked to only ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Obama has almost certainly heard and read the mounting criticism from immigrant rights, civil liberties and civil rights, and criminal justice reform groups that he is coming close to breaking an unenviable record. The president’s record is not just one of the slowest in modern history to grant pardons ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I felt that today would be a good day to talk about living life to the fullest. I’m no expert on this, but I’ve learned a few things over the years that I can share with you. One thing I can say for sure is that most of us are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I read with great concern about the plight of Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young. This week, Young stormed out of the stadium after getting into a heated argument with Titans coach Jeff Fisher, which is an absolute no-no. He even tossed his shoulder pads into the stands on his ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The headline may catch some readers by surprise. We’re used to talking about what’s going wrong for black males: Over-represented in the criminal justice system, under-represented on payrolls; victims of inadequate health care and neglectful of their family responsibilities. And in education: chronically over-represented in lower-ability groups and special education ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) To rid shaving bumps on black men is very easy and can be done with a shaving brush. Shaving bumps on black men generally occur because the hair curls back into the face itself. This is why a shaving brush is needed to brush over the curled hairs to straighten ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Employers and the EEOC may be heading for a confrontation over the use of credit ratings in hiring. It’s a cruel irony of life that, as Billie Holiday sang, “Them that’s got shall get,” but practices in today’s job market suggest that those in the best position financially have a ...