What Does The Kyle Rittenhouse Acquittal Mean For Black Activists?
November 23, 2021 by Staff
Filed under News, Opinion, Politics, Weekly Columns
Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) I am sure that not a single African-American with at least a cursory understanding of the history of American race relations was surprised by the recent acquittal of white teenaged killer Kyle Rittenhouse. This latest reiteration of America’s Native Son proved that he could kill two civilians during a moment of civil unrest... [Read more...]
Natural Occurrence, Accident or a Crime Against Humanity – Part 2.
November 22, 2021 by Staff
Filed under Health, Opinion, Politics, Weekly Columns
Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) In part one of this series I asked readers to critically rethink what we have been told about the Sars-Cov-2 virus aka COVID-19 and ask some very cogent, pertinent and probing questions: is Sars-Cov-2 a natural occurrence, was it the result of gain of function research, did it accidentally leak from a laboratory, was it bio-terrorism... [Read more...]
In 2021, An Apology for slavery long overdue.
Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) It is time America apologized for the crime of slavery, and President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is the man to do it. It is hard to believe that a simple, national apology for the 400-year-old crime of kidnapping, trafficking, selling, and enslaving millions of free Black women, men, and children would even need to be debated. We... [Read more...]
Method to the GOP’s Assault on Kamala Harris.
Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) There is no other way to put it. The overwhelming majority of Americans think Vice President Kamala Harris is doing a lousy job as vice president. So poor, that her rating in a recent USA Today/Suffolk poll bottomed out at 28 percent approval. This was a historic low. No vice president and that included Bush’s controversial... [Read more...]
Movie; King Richard Wins a Miami Film Fest Audience Award.
November 21, 2021 by Staff
Filed under Ent., News, Opinion, Weekly Columns
Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) King Richard has won the coveted Miami International Film Festival GEMS 2021 Audience Award, and it’s no wonder. It’s a crowd-pleaser! The spirit of the prescient planner, dreamer and barker Richard Williams, the work ethic and faith of his wife Oracene “Brandy” Price coupled with the talent of Venus and Serena molded... [Read more...]
Speak Louder; No Rights Without Voting Rights!!
November 19, 2021 by Staff
Filed under News, Opinion, Politics, Weekly Columns
Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Black women leaders have been working on the issue of voting rights, calling for the passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, the Freedom to Vote Act and the Build Back Better Reconciliation Act, as well as for D.C. statehood. Several leaders, including Melanie Campbell, CEO of the National Coalition of Black Civic Participation,... [Read more...]
Trayvon Martin vs “Kid” Rittenhouse.
Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Kyle Rittenhouse and Trayvon Martin were both the same age-17 years old. They both had some dings on their record. They both wound up in a much-watched courtroom drama. There are of course a couple of differences. Martin was Black and slain. His killer, George Zimmerman, was arrested, tried, and acquitted. Rittenhouse is white.... [Read more...]
$450K apparently is not a lot of money to Pres. Joe Biden and his minions.
Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) It is not often that I read news that leaves even me so dumbfounded that I need to fact check it. Even after my thorough fact check, I had to send the article to my production team to make sure I was not going crazy. Yes, the story in question was, in fact, true. What was the story? A Wall Street Journal report titled “U.S.... [Read more...]
A Tale of Two Cities: Kyle Rittenhouse and Timothy Simpkins.
November 18, 2021 by Staff
Filed under News, Opinion, Weekly Columns
Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Seems that justice may be served in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, at least I hope it will unless the mob has its way. In reality, I did not want to go here but braincells will braincell and I will and I am. I am allergic to both hypocrisy and ineptitude paraded as reasonable thought and no more a clearer example of this can be seen... [Read more...]
5 Top Tips for Labelling Boxes Before Moving Day.
November 17, 2021 by Staff
Filed under Business, Opinion, Weekly Columns
Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) The build-up to moving day is always going to be equal parts exciting and stressful as you begin to pack up all your belongings and get everything ready before the big day. During this period, organisation is going to be key as things gradually get packed away into boxes and then either into storage or waiting to be moved. As... [Read more...]