(ThyBlackMan.com) It is especially painful for me, as an economist, to see that two small cities in northern California — San Mateo and Burlingame — have rent control proposals on the ballot this election year. There are various other campaigns, in other places around the country, for and against minimum ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For the love of humanity, why can’t we let this racist idiom die? When dealing with controversial issues, we often allow our feelings to overshadow our powers of reason. Hence, the N- word, has resulted in a three-ring circus, regarding which races are prohibited from saying it, and which ethnic ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For Black Men, America is The Belly Of The Beast & The Ultimate Death Trap. The bigots within the power structure want us dead not just physically, but also economically, socially, and spiritually. Intro: Here are the top four greatest vices towards black men in America. 1. Alcohol – For ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) How often in our elementary, middle and high schools are children of color provided icons, symbols, visual acknowledgement and even photos of successful women and men of color? African Americans, Latinos, Mexicans, Haitians, Cubans, and other people of proud color and culture should have images of successful people their children ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Keep your business off of Facebook Church Folk!!” In today’s digital environments that resemble real and personal relationships parents must have conversations with their children about how to connect with others in an online environment. A child, teens or young adult’s words, actions and behaviors can be a representation of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I feel strongly that the Supreme Court needs to stand on the side of the American people, not on the side of the powerful corporations and the wealthy. For me, that means that we need a Supreme Court that will stand up on behalf of women’s rights, on behalf of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This country is about to elect a new President. The problem is both Trump and Clinton are awful choices for a variety of reasons. Hillary Clinton’s scandals stretch from Travelgate to Filegate to destroying files to emails to Benghazi to her praise of Margaret Sanger who was a follower of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The call for a moratorium on charter schools by the NAACP is a case of “Throwing the baby out with the bath water.” While most Black folks are concentrating on Hillary and Donald, the largest and oldest “Colored” organization approved an internal resolution calling for a halt to the “expansion ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) GOP presidential contender Donald Trump giddily and predictably wasted no time when FBI Director James Comey announced that the agency was looking at more Clinton emails. For the umpteenth time, Donald Trump branded her a criminal and demanded that Americans not let her “criminal enterprise” into the Oval Office. No ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) By now, we all know that FBI Director James Comey has announced his agency has reopened its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails, just 11 days before the election. Although this development certainly appears to be a major setback for Hillary, knowing that she and other high-ranking Democrats are pressuring Comey ...