(ThyBlackMan.com) Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is a member of Congress. Let me repeat that. Ms. Omar is a member of Congress. So how dare Elliot Abrams, 45’s nominee as Venezuelan envoy presume to interrupt the Congresswoman as she made a statement and interrogated him? He was relatively docile when white people questioned ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In today’s time, it is almost necessary to own a vehicle. It would be almost impossible to usher your kids back and forth to school, get to and from work, and accomplish daily errands without a vehicle. It is also safe to say that crime is rising in certain cities. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) These are uncertain economic times that you are currently living in. It is now harder than ever for the middle class, working families, and small businesses to succeed. This is especially true if you are already piling up debt. Once you get in debt it has that snowball effect. The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I don’t watch the show “Empire,” so I’d never heard of Jussie Smollett before the story broke that he was physically assaulted in an apparent racist, homophobic attack. I suspect most Americans, like myself, thought his story was fishy from the very beginning. Nonetheless, as Americans tend to do, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week, I wrote about the “State of the Black Union.” I used that column to talk about the state of the Black community and it seemed to catch on like wildfire. In a similar vein, since it is Black History Month, I want to discuss the state of Black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With earbuds in my ears and wired to my phone, I listen to national Christian broadcasts during my daily walk. Back to back, I heard two black pastors with large congregations. It was stunning hearing how clueless both men were regarding the truth of various political issues. Both pastors parroted ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We’re in Black History Month and we still don’t get it, African people have the oldest, longest and most creative history of any people or ethnic group in the planet; but we don’t do the research or study the research others have done to show just how ingenious our ancestors ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently I tuned in to a special broadcast by Les Brown, one of my favorite speakers. Just thirty seconds in, Brown dropped this amazing bomb. He said our lives will be governed by three things in the New Year: habits, fears and the opinions of others. I immediately took out ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), 4,000 people in the United States drown each year. African Americans drown at a rate considerably higher than whites, nearly six times. While considering the disparity rate between races in this country, for things like salary and funding for entrepreneurs, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Social media has been a part of my life ever since the heyday of The Old MySpace and I’ve seen the positives and the negatives of social media which has definitely helped me understand social media more from a personal standpoint. Here are 5 things that I hate about social ...