Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Black Americans, Asian Americans, Latin Americans and White Americans: Echoes of Valor – Reaffirming Duty, Honor, and Country in a Changing World.

March 19, 2024 by  
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Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) “Duty, Honor, Country…mere words to some” Duty – A moral or legal obligation, a responsibility. A task or action that someone is required to perform. Honor – High respect, great esteem. An adherence to what is right or to a convention standard of conduct. Country – A Nation with its own government,... [Read more...]

Continuing the March: The 2024 State of Black America and the Ongoing Struggle for Civil Rights.

March 18, 2024 by  
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Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) The National Urban League has just released the 2024 edition of its signature publication The State of Black America, and this year the report centered on examining the 60th anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. As the NUL says, “For Black America, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the first time that the United... [Read more...]

Los Angeles: The Modern-Day Shanghai of Unclaimed Souls.

March 18, 2024 by  
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Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) L.A. has yet another tragedy and dubious distinction. It has more unclaimed dead than any other county, maybe even most countries, in the nation. Each year an annual burial rite for the unclaimed dead draws hundreds of people to a cemetery in Boyle Heights where the unclaimed dead are both ceremoniously and more often unceremoniously... [Read more...]

Voting Rights Controversy – The Clash Between New York City’s Bold Law and Constitutional Principles.

March 16, 2024 by  
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Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) The New York City legislature, following in the footsteps of Washington, D.C., passed a ground-breaking bill into law in 2022. The law would have allowed any lawful permanent resident or green card holder to vote in a New York City election. This law was swiftly met with legal challenges as quickly as it was passed, which is... [Read more...]

Haiti at a Crossroads: Despair, Gang Ascendancy, and the Quest for a New Dawn.

March 16, 2024 by  
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Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Haiti has been struggling to exist since 1804, but historians say it had never reached such a low point during the past two centuries; and worse, the impoverished Caribbean country faces now a situation of general despair, disabling it to see the light at the end of the tunnel and to seize its chance. Since the brutal assassination,... [Read more...]

From 1974 to Now – The Evolution of Joe Biden’s Abortion Stance and the Intensified Debate on Reproductive Rights.

March 13, 2024 by  
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Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) I think it went too far. These were the exact words President Biden spoke in an interview about the supremely wrong Roe decision that commercialized the killing of America’s Posterity. “I don’t like the Supreme Court decision on abortion,” Senator Biden explained. “I think it went too far. I don’t think that a woman... [Read more...]

Unveiling the Truth: How Los Angeles’s Crime Drop Challenges the Crime Wave Narrative.

March 12, 2024 by  
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Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Here were the facts about crime in Los Angeles in 2023. The number of homicides plunged. The number of violent crimes plunged. The number of victims shot plunged. The number of property crimes dropped. The number of hate crimes plunged. According to a report by the LAPD on crime in the city and by extension the county crime... [Read more...]

Black Unemployment Rate Rises to 10% as Cicley Gay, Chair of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Contemplates Supporting Black Americans Economically.

March 11, 2024 by  
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Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Here is an excerpt of a statement from Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) in regard to their mission as a result of a recent lawsuit brought by Melinda Abdullah: “The problems we face as a community are too great for us to be divided. The only way to deal with the critical issues of police brutality, ending... [Read more...]

Inflation Through the Lens of Breakfast Cereal: A Tale of Disparity and Disconnection.

March 11, 2024 by  
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Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Remember the parable of the blind men and the elephant? As each approached an elephant and tried to describe it, they came up with wildly disparate answers. One thought it a snake, another a tree, another a trunk. Because they were blind, they could not see the big picture; they described the part of the elephant they could touch. Inflation... [Read more...]

Joe Biden’s State of the Union: A Critical Examination of Leadership, Policy, and America’s Future.

March 11, 2024 by  
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Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) No, I am not some “Debbie Downer,” nor do I bet against America. However, last week’s State of the Union address was political cherry-picking for 77 minutes of carefully chosen bloviating. There are so many polls now showing that the American people do not believe the state of our union is strong. Now, if you are a... [Read more...]

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