(ThySistas.com) As a community, we understand how important it is to use the power of our vote. Our ancestors fought and died for the right to vote and to make sure that their descendants had the right to vote. For the most part, Black women never disappoint when it comes ...
(ThySistas.com) Recently I had a friend explain to me that we live in a post-racial society. He explained that we need to let go of the past and focus on the future as race is no longer stopping us from achieving our goals in life. He wanted me to understand ...
(ThySistas.com) “Since that time I have been engages on a work not yet finished, which I interrupt now to tell the story of the mob in New Orleans, which, despising all law, roamed the streets day and night, searching for colored men and women, whom they beat, shot and killed ...
(ThySistas.com) Sometimes we run to a history book to tell us that yesterday was so much worse than today. If that is the case then even if we have moments of despair progress is afoot. Humanity is evolving, growing, and learning to do better everyday. We look for this narrative ...
(ThySistas.com) Parents use to subscribe to the local newspaper for coupons, and to have their children read articles about current events and give an oral or written report on what they’ve read. Maybe that was the parents in my family and neighborhood. There was a harping among parents about children ...
(ThySistas.com) Recently, I had to edit the column of someone who is vastly different from me. The column in question came from a white, CIS-gender male Baby Boomer and it was filled with images of America that do not resonate with me. It also highlighted some of the inequities that ...
(ThySistas.com) The hamsters in the old Kia Soul commercials knew the power of choice. They knew if you had to choose between the Soul and a toaster that you would probably choose the car. That illusion fueled by choice led to Kia selling millions of cars that were better than ...
(ThySistas.com) Many of us are still dealing with the effects of unemployment due to the Pandemic. The bottom line is this hit women extremely hard as we not only have to navigate employment, but in many cases, we must also deal with childcare. Yes, the stimulus checks helped some that ...
(ThySistas.com) Many of us send our children to school to get an education. For the most part, we entrust their education to the school system. Granted we know History is the one subject we will need to teach ourselves if we want our children to have a balanced understanding of ...
(ThySistas.com) If you will notice, most heroes and investors who were recognized worldwide are often men. People like Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, and Martin Luther King Jr. showcased their knowledge and skills to create something valuable. We may not have highlighted, but there are also a lot of women who ...