(ThyBlackMan.com) There are many connotations in the media and society that still portray African-American women in a negative light. I believe that our race needs therapy. I remember when I was in an abusive relationship and I thought the man that I was with loved me. However, I came to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Meet the next target of the “all-regulation-is-bad” crowd: school lunches. Our children face a devastating obesity crisis — and yet some Washington lawmakers are calling even the most commonsense moves to ensure them a healthier diet a “classic nanny-state overreach.” Really? Let’s look at what these simple, straightforward federal ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let me say this up front. Homosexuality is a sin which has long been hated among Asians, Hispanics and African American communities. This is a FACT! Wait, there IS more! Take a stroll through any public school and you will hear male or female students coming down on their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is not about race. It is about a philosophy and agenda that is rather foreign to his predecessors. The thought resembles that of the late Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm who addressed a group of Black manufacturers with this: “I don’t give a damn about businesses. All I am concerned with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When AIDS was first detected 30 years ago, it was considered a White, gay man’s disease. In fact, it was known as GRID – gay-related immune deficiency. Although African-Americans represent only 12.6 percent of the U.S. population, Blacks now represent almost half of all new HIV infections and nearly ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I have worked around 3 Republican presidents (Reagan, Bush, and Bush) and I can tell you for certain that one sure-fire way of learning a president’s priorities, is by who he agrees to spend time with (as in meetings). A president’s time is scheduled to the nth degree. So, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Whenever the “massa” gave the enslaved black man something, no matter what it was, he took it – whether voluntarily or by coercion. Sadly, no matter how demeaning or dreadful the thing may have been, he had no choice but to accept the token, allowing it to become a part ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) He may not yet have the name recognition of Sarah Palin or Mitt Romney, but pizza magnate Herman Cain has something others in the Republican presidential field do not _ his race, and escalating buzz. Cain, an African-American entrepreneur with an impressive corporate resume, has come out of nowhere ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week was the 70th birthday of Bob Dylan, a.k.a. Bobby Zimmerman. His lyrics to “Blowin’ in The Wind,” like those from the Civil Rights anthem “We Shall Overcome,” were the signature cultural statements of the Peace and Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s… How many years can some ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Following Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s speech before the U.S. Congress, it was clear that there will be no peace process between the Israelis and the Palestinians. And maybe that’s not such a bad thing, to know where things really stand. In reality, the die was cast when the ...