(ThyBlackMan.com) Although 8 years old, this article is still one of my favorites – and it still applies. Black folks need to change our conversation. For the past forty years most of our conversation has been about politics. Most of our efforts have been centered on politics. Reminiscent of Reconstruction, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “One picture,” Fred R. Bernard once aptly remarked, “Is worth a thousand words.” But, we need only a few words to describe an unsettling truth vividly depicted in the drawing shown here. On first glance this picture evokes visual images of cruelty, dehumanization, exploitation, racism, injustice, corruption, disenfranchisement, arbitrary ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The revelations by former Essence Magazine editor Constance White both intrigued and concerned me. Not to say that I was surprised, but I admittedly long for the days when my friend Susan Taylor stood at the helm of the magazine, and Essence represented something black, extraordinary and authentic. There was a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dear Dr. Carson, I’d like to start off by saying that my mother loves you. The fact is that had she not met my father, I might be your son. You stand as a hero and champion to millions of people for your determined efforts to succeed in a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Courageous Tea Party Senator Rand Paul confirmed my statement that no one can foresee the future well enough to be totally fatalistic. Since the presidential election, discouraged patriots have been saying we have lost the country. Obama holds all the cards. All hope of restoring our country back to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The last few of years have tested our collective resilience – the economic downturn and layoffs have certainly taken their toll on a lot of individual lives. But even if you haven’t been a victim, it’s a safe bet you still know what it means to have a setback, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This economy is poised for another difficult period of economic upheaval. Blacks are finding themselves facing difficult headwinds as our unemployment rates turn upward. While the national unemployment rate for blacks in February remained at 13.8% overall, there are ominous state unemployment rates lurking behind the national numbers that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’m not here to defend President Obama, because as I pointed out in previous articles, I have an issue or two with some of his policies myself, just like I’ve had with EVERY White president. But I think we owe this brother the benefit of the doubt. He’s plagued ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This morning as I tried to prepare my daughters for school, the whole debate over the federal sequesterian crisis flood into its proper focus. Each of my three daughters attends charter schools where they usually have to wear uniforms each day. On a normal day, my life is relatively ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The National Rifle Association is at it again, seeking to find ways to drum up support for a set of gun laws that don’t quite make any sense. This week, the organization put out a new ad specifically targeted toward African Americans, particularly young black men, stating that the ...