(ThyBlackMan.com) I was on a Black Women’s organizing call the other week, when one of the leaders challenged each of us to reach out to ten people to encourage them to vote. I don’t know a soul in my close circle who does not vote, and I don’t seek out ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) They say politics makes for strange bedfellows meaning the quest for power often unites the most disparate and unlikely individuals and groups as allies in their quest for power. Total opposites, antagonists and others find themselves linked in pursuit of their goals for power. We are seeing this play ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, two of the nation’s most venerable and well-respected newspapers, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times, decided not to endorse a candidate in this year’s presidential election. Those decisions have been largely met with derision and disappointment, primarily because the assumption is that the papers’ owners are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black Americans do not have a working and genuine press corp of people dedicated, to helping Black Americans navigate a majority white nation. To some extent, this is purposeful, as the white controlling majority benefits from an ill-informed black electorate. In a majority white society where, black own businesses ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With just days to go until Nov, 5, we have officially entered the final stretch of the election. The heat is on, the candidates are feeling the pinch, and the rhetoric we see on our TVs and in our feeds is starting to go off the rails. Case in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Back in 2011, then-President Barack Obama delivered a speech to the Congressional Black Caucus, which had become increasingly critical of him in his second term. In particular, the CBC was urging the president to do more for African Americans, whose unemployment level stood at nearly 17%. At the end ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In just a few days the world will learn who we really are in America. All voters will have a say in the matter whether they use their vote or not. If you don’t vote, you’re helping to make the wrong decision. Whether we vote or not, we’ve seen ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let the record show that having personal agency and stating one’s beliefs is a sign of strength. However, there exists a coterie of folk, black folk who instead of confronting me with a valid argument for reasons that I should not vote for Trump, only hurl insults, attempt to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As we approach the last week in October 2024 the planet and humanity finds itself at a proverbial crossroad and we have to make a decisive choice, which way we will go. We find ourselves confronted with a presidential election in the US, with wars escalating in Eastern Europe ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Even if not a regular churchgoer themselves, many Black men under the age of 50 were raised with patriarchal socially conservative Christian beliefs about women—often through the religious teachings of their parents or grandparents. From the very first book of the Bible, the man has been categorized as being ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Word to the wise: Don’t Boo! Vote! President Barack Obama Hey there, fellow Americans! Election day is just around the corner, and I keep on involuntarily remembering my grandpa. Jeez, that old guy was always getting on my case about voting when I was about 12 years old. He ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Toni Morrison remains one of the most powerful voices in American literature, with her works transcending mere storytelling to examine the complexities of African American life, identity, history, and resilience. Born in 1931, Morrison’s background as a Black woman in the United States shaped her literary vision, as she ...