(ThyBlackMan.com) In 2015, CNN reported that 49% of Americans thought that racism was a big problem in the United States. Not surprisingly, people of color and Whites had significantly differing views regarding the subject. 66% of Blacks and 64% of Hispanics thought that racism was a big problem, while only ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Then came Peter to him, and said, “Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” Jesus says unto him, “I say not unto you, Until seven times, but until seventy time seven.” (Matthew 18: 21-22) And the Scribes and the Pharisees ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Look back on the great men and women of history. Most of them fare poorly when subjected to modern scrutiny. They launched wars, murdered rivals, enslaved enemies, enriched allies and violated most every moral norm valued by people today. Yet their tombs are venerated, their distinctions are celebrated and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When you look back on the past and the way businesses were run before the information age took hold, it’s amazing how things have changed. From clunky typewriters to sleek laptops and from smoky conference rooms to offices that are completely smoke-free, a lot has changed over the years about ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Please don’t let it be a cell – is the incantation that will ring in your ears when you leave the theater after watching Crown Heights. But it is – it is a film about a black man who spends 21 years, a lifetime, where he does not belong – ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In my line of work, I meet a lot of people. As the Program Coordinator for one of the largest global organization in the United States, I spend most of my time at community and corporate events. So I am always meeting people of diverse backgrounds. One of my jobs ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I wasn’t mad at #45 Trump for his initial mealy mouthed, say no name, whitewash of the white nationalist rampage in Charlottesville. I wasn’t mad at the Republican National Committee chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel ‘s, equally mealy mouthed, say nothing, statement on the racist perpetrators of the violence. My anger only ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) British writer and theologian G.K. Chesterton observed, “It is hatred that unites people — while love is always individual.” The use of hatred to mobilize has a long and bloody history. We should understand why it works so well. It taps into human weakness. It exploits the unwillingness of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Google fired software engineer James Damore for writing a 10-page memo critical of the company’s diversity policy. The memo violated the company’s code of conduct by “advancing harmful gender stereotypes” by suggesting that biological factors were part of the cause for the male/female gap in the tech industry. I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a proud grateful American who happens to be black, I am frustrated by Leftists’/fake news media’s frenzied exploitation of the racial violence in Charlottesville. How can justice, peace, love and unity prevail when leftists are obsessed with using any and every opportunity to further its socialistic/progressive agenda and ...