(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometimes I feel as if I am in a bad dream, it is as if President Obama and President George W. Bush are one in the same, for the policies I was vehemently against while GWB was in office, I am still against and have been put in effect ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The New York Times carried an article titled, “White House Hosts ‘Next Generation’ Young and Rich,” in its Fashion and Style section, of all places, on April 18, 2014. The piece revealed several issues we need to be aware of as we move toward 2050, the year demographers say ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At last weekend’s White House Correspondents Association dinner, President Obama offered this joke about John Boehner’s spray tan: “These days, the House Republicans actually give John Boehner a harder time than they give me – which means orange really is the new black.” Well played, POTUS. Day after day, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My wife and I have three children under the age of 5. We love our children, and we are so thankful for them, but taking care of three little ones does not leave much alone time for us. On our ninth anniversary, we committed to doing something very special ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) No one can deny that racism is holding the Black community down – but it’s not just White racism, it’s also the racist attitudes that some Black people have against other Black people. I’ve said this many times before, but I’m going to say it again. Black people are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) By now, everyone knows the story of Los Angeles Clipper’s owner, Donald Sterling’s banishment from the National Basketball Association (NBA) for his racist comments captured on audio tape last month. What Sterling said was totally stupid and insulting. Period! I don’t think there is any disagreement from anyone on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I fought long and hard and often for the word “Nigga” to be used exclusively between Black people only, as a term of endearment that symbolized our power as a community to take something that originated in pure hatred, and make it into something positive. We failed. The word ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I have come to the realization that the lack of the ability of the majority of citizens of these United States, in particular we African Americans, t think critically is intentional and have taken a turn for the worse. It like clear that the main reason for this is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My Older brother Donald was actually my uncle, but we were close enough in age that he was pretty much a sibling. I’d looked up to him from the day I was born and followed him around for the next 25 years. I followed him to my first trip ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s finally time that we have that long awaited talk about measuring black success. For far too long we have given many a pass when it comes to what they say and how they go about navigating what it means to achieve for the community. No, making money and ...