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2021; It’s Time For Economic Progress.

(ThyBlackMan.com) 2020 was a strange and painful year for all Americans – no need to rehash the obvious. The real question is where do we go from here? I contend that 2021 is a do or die year for Black economic progress. Organizations have been compelled, unlike ever before, to finally do business with Black-owned companies.  Any deviation from this course of action will be met with swift and... [Read the full story]

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Movie Review; The United States vs. Billie Holiday.

(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s a major showcase. Viewers can watch the brilliant musical talent Andra Day take center stage as she crosses over into the world of film acting. With the bright lights on her, she summons up an astonishing, all-in, Oscar-caliber portrayal of Billie Holiday. A feat achieved by Diana Ross five decades ago. Same role, similar story. But Day’s interpretation of “Lady Day”... [Read the full story]

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They Just Love to Tell Lebron James and Other Black Athletes to Shut Up and Play Ball.

(ThyBlackMan.com) If Lebron James had a nickel for every time he’s been told to shut up and just stick to dribbling and shooting the ball, he’d never have to collect a penny from the Lakers. He’d be rich beyond his wildest dreams. AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the latest in the long train of James’s critics to tell him just play ball and say nothing about politics. As he’s done each... [Read the full story]

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Tuskegee University Founder Booker T. Washington and the Many He Influenced.

(ThyBlackMan.com) As longtime admirers of legendary civil rights pioneer and educational entrepreneur Booker T. Washington, we felt compelled to pay tribute to this profoundly influential American during Black History Month. Born into slavery on April 18, 1856 in Hale’s Ford, Virginia, Washington died a free man 59 years later on November 14, 1915 in Tuskegee, Alabama. From a young age, he understood... [Read the full story]

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Justice Clarence Thomas Just Can’t Stop Trying to Get Even.

(ThyBlackMan.com) SCOTUS justice Clarence Thomas embarrasses and disgraces himself and the law so often on the High Court that it has become ritual. Whether it’s the death penalty, voting rights, any discrimination case, blatantly racially based jury cases, or unbridled defense of any and all corporate abuses, Thomas will be the one judge that you can mail in his far out, hard line right wind, wildly... [Read the full story]

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Dear Mr. Elon Musk.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Dear Mr. Elon Musk: I am writing to you to request a favor.  I do not know you personally and I (personally) count this as a blessing from God. But with all loquacious iniquities aside, I have a somber courtesy, or rather request I would like for you to seriously consider and undertake – could you please neural link President Joe Biden’s brain to Donald Trump’s Brain? Now please... [Read the full story]

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Mr. Biden is Failing Middle, Working-Class and Black Voters. Part II

(ThyBlackMan.com) The Democratic Party has no interest in supporting a Consumer Tax Cut. Perhaps, I should say that differently, it has no interest in supporting a plan identified as a Consumer Tax Cut Plan, as stimulus checks are no more than consumer tax cuts. Here is how Investopedia, a financial website, defines a stimulus check; A stimulus check is a check sent to a taxpayer by the U.S. government.... [Read the full story]

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When Being Black is White Supremacy.

(ThyBlackMan.com) I hardly care about what folk say about me. I am a man and a father so call me a trick if you want, I don’t give a fck. What I do concern myself with is what is honest and righteous. I was just made aware of a march in NYC against white supremacy. These marches currently are a dime a dozen, useless and cosmetic activities that Fred Hampton or Malcom X would have never promoted.... [Read the full story]

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2021; I Still Didn’t See A Majority of Blacks in the Line When I Got COVID Vaccinated.

(ThyBlackMan.com) The day I got the first in the series of two COVID vaccination shots at a Kaiser facility in predominantly Black and Hispanic South L.A. there were as many white and non-Blacks in line for the vaccination as there were African Americans. Now bear in mind African American medical groups, civil rights leaders, and elected officials have pleaded, implored, and practically begged African... [Read the full story]

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Biden’s American Rescue Plan Hurts Working-Class Americans and Black America. Part I.

(ThyBlackMan.com) There are three major considerations for us to ponder, when we closely examine what Mr. Biden and Democrats are doing to “better our lives,” when it comes to the American Rescue Plan, or as President Biden and his Madison Avenue marketers like to say, “Build Back Better.” Those considerations are 1) Will the changes be long-term? In other words, in the event the Biden administration... [Read the full story]

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Economics & Politics; Back to the Future.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Although still settling in, President Biden and his administration have hit the ground running.  Focusing intensely on slowing down the spread of the coronavirus in order to bring back economic growth and general well-being.  The U.S. economy shrank by 3.5% last year and, for the first time since 1944, life expectancies fell among all ethnic groups; with black life expectancy dropping... [Read the full story]

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America’s Policing Problem in Black and White.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Police brutality is a common phenomenon worldwide. The only difference is the methods of brutality. For instance, in countries like Pakistan and India, police personnel using physical force on the accused in police stations or demonstrations is not unheard of. Even extrajudicial killings are considered a norm. The civil society or the judiciary do not bat an eye over such events,... [Read the full story]

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Ancestral Worship From Ancient Times to the Present.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Ancestral worship is as old as time itself. Many cultures from around the world pay homage to their ancestors, from the ancient Kemites to modern-day Christians. The rituals that comprise the offering of meat and drink to the ancestors are the ancient traditions of our foreparents in Kemet, and not only Kemet but also Nubia, even the Olmecs (an ancient civilization in the Americas),... [Read the full story]

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Racist Valentine’s Day Card Shows LAPD Still has Work to Do to Break the Code of Racist Silence.

(ThyBlackMan.com) When word hit that a phony Valentine’s Day card was being circulated among LAPD officers that mocked the slaying of George Floyd, a bevy of LAPD police and city officials expressed outrage. All promised a thorough investigation, and tough punishment of whoever the perpetrator is of the obscene, disgusting, and hate filled card. The indignation from on top is all well and good. However,... [Read the full story]

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