(ThyBlackMan.com) Dear President Trump, I don’t know why I have become the repository for the frustrations among Black Republicans across the country, but I have. Hardly a day goes by when I don’t get calls from Black Republicans who feel totally and thoroughly ignored not only by you and your fledgling ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My 89 year old black preacher dad’s heart attack had Mary and me rushing from Florida to Baltimore Maryland. Dad is doing fine. Praise God. While in town, I visited my 60 something year old cousin in the hospital suffering with diabetes. They amputated half his foot. Sadly, he is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Not long ago, MSNBC was the first network I turned on in the morning and the last I turned off at night. As opportunities would allow, I was a loyal viewer throughout the day. I counted on it as a primary source of unbiased reporting, “straight” news and great discussion ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “There are [Blacks] who are willing to worship the pyramids of 4,000 years ago but will not build pyramids in the present so their children may see what they left behind as well. We have a leadership who rallies the people to look at past glories but leave their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Frugality includes all the other virtues. —Cicero According to Blackdemographics.com: “Black owned businesses in the United States increased 34.5% between 2007 and 2012 totaling 2.6 million Black firms. More than 95% of these businesses are mostly sole proprietorship or partnerships which have no paid employees.” According to Nielsen, The State ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) According to press reports, the topic of Historically Black Colleges and Universities came up in the recent “listening session” at the White House with President Trump and his internal team of black leaders, as part of Black History Month. Reportedly, this piqued the president’s interest, and the discussion continued ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The home-buying process can seem daunting for someone who hasn’t done it before. You know that buying a house isn’t like buying a car, but you don’t understand all the ins and outs, and you get confused by terms like “escrow” and “due diligence.” You may get so overwhelmed that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s only natural to feel a little nervous about getting a mortgage. This is the way that many people feel when they have never had one before but are now thinking of finding one. It can all seem a little complicated and overwhelming. But that doesn’t mean you have to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Nobody wants to think about being injured at work. Obviously, nobody ever wants to injure themselves, but something about the idea of injuring oneself on the job is even scarier. You don’t just have the injury to contend with, but the ensuing aftermath. If you ever are injured at work, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Democratic National Committee was by any standard a wreck and a ruin during the 2016 presidential campaign. It got pounded for misstep after misstep that included: poor, and disconnected leadership, leaked emails, gross favoritism, petty infighting, blatant manipulation of the primaries, and gross cluelessness about the Donald Trump threat. ...