(ThyBlackMan.com) Many years ago, the great Harriet Tubman, in an era much different than ours, said, Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Those words are simple, yet very profound. Why? Because so many people have stopped dreaming big dreams. When people stop dreaming, they lose their connection to a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve known women who have been drunks, drug addicts, liars and worse. I’ve known a woman who was herself a complete train wreck and intentionally turned her child into the same so she could have company. I’ve known women who have thought themselves to be clever when in fact ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a crisis of monumental proportion in our so-called “Black communities;” a crisis that if not checked will prove to be our demise. We are bleeding so badly that we are in a comatose state and on life support right now. But we still have a strong heartbeat; ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We must frankly face the fact that the front runners in both political parties represent a new low, at a time of domestic polarization and unprecedented nuclear dangers internationally. This year’s general election will offer a choice between a thoroughly corrupt liar and an utterly irresponsible egomaniac. The Republican ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The prototypical Donald Trump backer is a poorly educated, slob of a blue collar white male worker or farmer in the backwoods of the Deep South or Midwest who alternately fears and loathes Blacks, Hispanics, gays, liberals of all stripes, Obama, and big government. This is a dangerous, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Blacks gave Obama 96 percent of their votes in 2008 and 94 percent of their votes in 2012. We, by far, are the most loyal voting block for Obama in the entire U.S. According to the Pew Research Center, for the 2012 presidential election turnout by race was: 72 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Being a parent in our time is quite different than being a parent even 20 years ago. Of course, basic things stay the same: you love your kids, you raise them kind, you provide them with education, etc. However, with all the technologies and all the sequential things, parents ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Zika virus tops the news about infectious disease in 2016. In February, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) regarding Zika because of related birth defects. The consequences of Zika are so severe for unborn babies that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced recently ...