(ThyBlackMan.com) GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain’s wipe out of the GOP presidential field in the Florida straw poll got much attention partly because he was so far behind presumptive GOP Presidential front runners Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. But it also got attention because it seemed to refute the relentless ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This past week Troy Davis was executed in the state of Georgia. The event was both preceded and followed with loquacious disdain and vehement sadness. Georgia as a state has a history of disparities in executions when the defendant is an African American and the victim is white. That ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was asked to write about DeAndre Cortez Way–aka- Soulja Boy. Something about the young rapper intrigued me, and I wanted to know why people disliked him so much after taking the assignment. I had to have some type of reference to make sense of this young man’s success ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I listened to the GOP Presidential debates last night on Fox News. Of course, my #1 issue is always education. And of course these GOP candidates continue to use 30-year old solutions in a 21st century world. How many candidates say they would abolish the U.S. Department of Education? ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Remember a scant few weeks ago when Indiana Congressman Andre Carson continued his ‘rant’ against the Tea Party, calling them–in short–a bunch of racists who wanted to lynch Black folks. His tirade may have been one of the sparks that started the Florida fire which led to Herman Cain’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In January 1992 in a column written for the inaugural issue of publisher Ray Boone’s Richmond Free Press, I listed eleven wishes for Black people in the upcoming year. Regrettably those wishes are still unfilled in 2011. Here are my wishes: • That we as a people stop trying ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Cereal is the optimal college breakfast food. Easy, quick, and healthful, cereals are great for low-maintenance groggy-eyed mornings before your 9 a.m. class. You do want to be sure to choose cereals that are low in sugar (that’s the most important thing), and high in fiber if you can ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last night the state of Georgia, with the approval of the U.S. Supreme Court, executed a man for a crime that the evidence indicates he did not commit. With callous disregard for the truth, and a bloodthirsty vengeance, our government willfully put to death a man whose only crime ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Growing up I spent a lot of time learning about God. My days were filled at my Christian grade school listening to Bible stories and memorizing scriptures. My weekends were equally active with Saturday ministry groups and Sunday morning children’s church service. The conversation about God was always loud ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I did not watch the fight. After a week in attendance at a conference, I was seeking to relax quietly at home. Then social media went abuzz. An on-line debate concerning sportsmanship began to blaze across my screen; an intense, polarizing debate. Curious as to the impetus for such ...