(ThyBlackMan.com) “Everybody’s got to believe in something. I believe I’ll have another beer.” — W.C. Fields Having lost an election they thought they would win and unable to get over it; having been staggeringly wrong about their predictions that a Trump presidency would be the end of global economies; now putting ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s plenty to celebrate in the December Bureau of Labor Statistics report showing black unemployment at 6.8 percent, the lowest ever since they started reporting the data in 1972. President Trump tweeted out his excitement and, of course, took credit for the good news. Has there ever been a politician ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While being interviewed, I recalled two powerful incidents from many years ago when I sang at monthly Immigration Naturalization Citizenship ceremonies in Maryland. After the thousand or more citizenship applicants in the room took their Oath of Allegiance, the grand finale featured me singing my song, “Celebrate America”. http://bit.ly/2h0Swyv It ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During the mentoring process, one rarely understands why they are being taught certain things. Oftentimes, one could be convinced that their mentor is insane as they seek to prepare you for a “higher purpose” as the next generation of race men/women. There is no doubt that experience has taught the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Excerpts from the book titled, “The Fix This Time” amazon.com/dp/B00MI3PD2M – Here is what Chuck Schumer, the Minority Leader of the Senate said the Democratic Party needed, after the defeat of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the presidential election; “Democrats need a strong, bold, sharp-edged, and common-sense economic ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many are looking for a way to lose weight, and the common thought is you want it done quickly. It is true, you didn’t gain weight overnight and it won’t be lost overnight. Exercise is a reality many have begun to accept to be a necessity in the quest to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., born on January 15, 1929, turned 39 years old fifty years ago. Assassinated on April 4, 1968, he didn’t make it to 40. Yet in his scant 39 years on the planet, he upended the ways we think about race, capitalism, poverty, power, and imperialism. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We have not seemed, as a people, to understand why the need for unity is great. It seems we don’t quite understand that one thing oppressors sought was a way to separate our people, and disfunction was the best method. If we can’t work together we are no longer a ...