(ThyBlackMan.com) In an apparent off the cuff remark, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan gushed that he thought it was a “cool thing” that an African-American was president. But Paul Ryan’s rapture with President Obama didn’t last past the first sentence. In the next breath he quickly added that he didn’t like ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Scholar John McWhorter wrote a piece for “The New Republic” about the recent Sikh Temple massacre and the man who caused it, Michael Wade Page. Wade Page was one of the few white supremacists who turned his anger toward people of color into real violence, killing six and wounding ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some pundits say Obama has so successfully transformed America into a “gimme society” that the food stamp president will win reelection in a landslide. Other political wizards say the bloom is off the rose. A majority of Americans realize that Obama is a far left, radical, socialist/progressive, anti-American, lawless ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The perception is Black women fall into one of four categories: The Mammy The Jezebel The Sapphire The Welfare Queen Mammy the asexual woman who raises other people’ children (read: white babies) over her own and is grateful to live a life of servitude can accurately be described as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The debate about Olympic Champion Gabby Douglas and her father Timothy continues. A recent article in Newsone questions whether or not Douglas was there for his daughter or not, and there are other reports stating that Timothy Douglas was not the doting father that he appeared to be when ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Harry Belafonte, who did a great deal of work for the black community during the Civil Rights Movement, is making no secret of the fact that he’s very disappointed in many young black celebrities when it comes to to social activism. Speaking this week with the Hollywood Reporter, Harry ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you have not been keeping up with track & field, one of the more popular Olympic sports, then you missed the much publicized American track star Lolo Jones’s failure to obtain an Olympic medal in the women’s 100-meter hurdles in her second try. However, Olympic athletes like Lolo ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Just 7 days ago I had the nerve to question did women win the war on women because seven key provisions of women’s health must be covered by insurance companies under the Affordable Care Act. I surmised in the end the provisions did not signal a decisive victory and ...