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(ThyBlackMan.com) There comes a point in life when a grown brother has to slow down and really think about how he presents himself. Down South, old heads used to say folks size you up before you even shake their hand. A man can tell his whole story without saying much ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the run-up to the June 2 L.A. mayoral race primary, I once more asked myself how did a white Republican, but worse still, a guy with unabashed MAGA credentials ever get into any serious conversation about being L.A.’s next mayor? If that’s not enough, his main claim to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Seventy-one years ago, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, declaring that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. For generations of Black families, Brown represented more than a legal decision. It represented aspiration, validation, and possibility. It affirmed a simple but transformative principle: Black children ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The brutality of the NFL is evident every NFL season. No professional sport has the injury risk that NFL players face and the collisions and force that players make with each other both thrills the fans but takes a toll on the players themselves. In recent years, the National ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What we are seeing in America today is something that Black people haven’t experienced in a very long time—citizenship with no workable Voting Rights Act in place. Immediately after the Supreme Court’s recent Louisiana v. Callais ruling, five southern states wasted little time in redrawing new congressional voting maps ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Donald Trump’s visit to China this week arrives at one of the most dangerous and morally complicated moments in modern geopolitical history. The optics will be carefully choreographed: towering skylines, ceremonial handshakes, military precision, economic pledges and polished displays of state power. Beijing understands spectacle. The Chinese Communist Party ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The music world lost a real Southern soul giant with the passing of Clarence Carter at 90 years old. For many Black households, his records were part of everyday life. You heard Clarence Carter playing from somebody’s porch radio, inside an uncle’s old car, at cookouts, blues clubs, or ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The May 12 inflation report confirmed what many Americans already know in their bones: while economists debate indicators and politicians boast about growth, ordinary people increasingly feel as though they are running on fumes. Prices rise, stabilize briefly, and then rise again, while wages lag behind the escalating costs ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” — Voltaire (1694-1778) Last week, when the Pentagon resumed its attacks on small boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean, the media barely noticed. The U.S. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Every summer I notice the same thing happening. Parks fill up. Basketball courts get louder. Brothers start jogging through neighborhoods again. Gyms stay packed later into the evening. You can almost feel people trying to shake stress off physically. As an Older fella, I understand exactly why that happens. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In politics, fear has a color. For most of American history, that color has been Black. No ad has taught that lesson more brutally than the Willie Horton ad of 1988. It showed the face of a Black man convicted of murder. It blamed Michael Dukakis for a furlough ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In California, two of the country’s most closely watched political races are unfolding in front of voters — the Los Angeles mayoral contest and the Democrat dogpile to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom. Both races are crowded with progressive candidates, each trying to one-up the others in a bid to ...
