(ThyBlackMan.com) Anytime people have a hard time understanding something, the first thing they turn to is an easy label. In the case of people with strong voices, the easy label is “crazy.” I’ve heard it a lot over the years, and even more so over the past few months. I’ve ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steels is an Uncle Tom. Not because he’s a black man who chose to be down with the GOP. Being a Republican or a conservative does not – repeat, does not – automatically make an African-American a sell-out. An Uncle Tom is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black conservatives as a political class don’t actively oppose racism. Ditto our Republicans of all stripes. This markedly ethno-escapist vision joins fantasies of the ” Post racial America ” variety. Rednecks and sophisticated ( White ) supremacists haven’t been relegated to the ash bin of history. Too often Black conservatives outdo Plastic Man in contortions explaining ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) WASHINGTON (AP) — Let the count begin. More than 120 million U.S. census forms begin arriving Monday in mailboxes around the country, in the government’s once-a-decade population count that will be used to divvy up congressional seats and more than $400 billion in federal aid. Fast-growing states in the South ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Now we have the Coffee Party movement which I suppose is a liberal counterpart to the Tea Party that emerged in the Washington, D.C. area, led by Annabel Park, a documentary filmmaker, who was horrified by the ugly, menacing and anti-government spirit of the Tea Party crowd that emerged ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Tony Dungy stood before more than 1,700 prisoners Tuesday, sharing a smile and message of hope that has become his life’s work. The former NFL championship coach said he recently visited an inmate in Florida that he had ministered to nearly 10 years ago. The prisoner ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, I read that 90 percent of men are happy with their appearance. Good for you, guys: You’ve got great self-esteem. However, I have a feeling this might be the reason for all those white socks with dark slacks. You know you look good, but do you look and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It should tell you something that Tiger Woods has picked the grandest venue in all of golf on which to stage his long anticipated comeback. No link, no hole or, opponent will be safe from Tiger’s force of freakish nature when it comes time for the Masters early next month, ...