(ThyBlackMan.com) Asked about his own position as the most prominent African American in the Republican party these days, Herman Cain is fond of saying he refuses to “stay on the Democratic plantation like he’s supposed to” or that he refused to drink the liberal Kool-Aid. Asked why more African Americans ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The enshrined political article of faith is that presidents and presidential candidates rise and fall on the economy. There’s much to be said for that. And presumptive frontrunner for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination Mitt Romney is loudly claiming that President Obama has failed on the economy. Polls show ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Across the nation, Republican state legislatures and governors are pushing the idea of requiring that voter’s present picture identification at the voting booth. The GOP is rewriting voting laws in at least thirteen states thus far and more may be on the horizon. These efforts are being implemented under ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Do you remember the highway signs that bragged about stimulus money being used to put America to work through “recovery and reinvestment“? “Thousands of contractors who got stimulus money to do such things as build roads and provide social services owe more than $750 million in back taxes, a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Briefs versus boxers, right? Actually, this isn’t necessarily a debate worth bothering with, says sperm expert Dr. Craig Niederberger, professor of urology at the University of Illinois and prospective editor-in-chief of the journal Fertility and Sterility. But there are many things – including some unexpected ones – that have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Columbia University Professor Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, a long-time member of the Your Black World coalition, interviewed Star Jones on Our World with Black Enterprise. In the conversation, Star breaks her silence on the powerful feud she had with Nene Leakes, saying that this is the last time she is going ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) 5.) Flavor of Love If the term “sell out” means you’ll do absolutely anything for money/you sold your soul to the devil/ lost all your moral fiber/ made your family look bad/ made your race look worse/pimp and exploit black women because white men told you too/ then ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Via Tyler Perry Newsletter… Hey there guys, you good? So, I just finished filming a really good movie called GOOD DEEDS. It’s me like you’ve never seen me before. It comes out in February, brace yourself. There were a lot of long days on this shoot, so I wanted ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While many questioned whether Barack Obama was “Black enough,” in the 2008 elections 96 percent of African-Americans cast their vote for him. Today, the question has re-emerged. In a recent critique, African-American scholar Cornel West stated that Obama is “culturally White.” This statement has created new ways to evaluate ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This post is specially dedicated to my thousands of admiring readers who are major political figures (you can’t prove otherwise). It’s time we had a grown-up talk. When Bill Clinton left office I thought it was finally safe for children to watch the news again. But clearly you folks need ...