(ThyBlackMan.com) My late mother used to say: “It doesn’t take any real amount of brains or even common sense to not step in a pile of manure at the bottom of the steps leading up to your door. However, it does take caring about what you track into the house ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As we draw close to the pivotal 2022 midterm election in November, many are discussing the electoral trend of the Hispanic community away from the Democrat, progressive socialist party. When I was Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, I assessed that the reason why the Rio Grande Valley ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I embrace many identities. I’m a Christian. I’m a father. I’m an American. I’m an athlete. (Well, I was an athlete.) And I’m Black or African American — terms that I use more or less interchangeably. The only identity that some people ever challenge is the last one. By “some people” I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Wanderer child. It is the same child who dies and returns again and again to plague the mother. –Yoruba belief In vain your bangles cast Charmed circles at my feet I am Abiku, calling for the first And repeated time. Must I weep for goats and cowries For ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Soccer is ranked as the most popular sport globally by sports lovers worldwide, and the statistics back this up. People genuinely like this sport, renowned as “the beautiful game,” whether they are participating in it or simply watching. Although it is well acknowledged that soccer is the most popular ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s hard not to admire Elon Musk, currently the world’s richest man. I wouldn’t mind seeing less of him, though. There are those who dislike Musk because he is rich. I don’t mind rich people, especially those who make fortunes doing amazing things. I would like Musk better had ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) NBA superstar Lebron James took much heat for his off-the-cup quip about detained WNBA superstar Brittney Griner. James wondered aloud if America had her back for not immediately bringing her home. When the predictable firestorm of criticism hit, James quickly backpedaled and praised “our beautiful country.” James though was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The month of June 2022 was a historic one for women for two major reasons. First, the U.S. Supreme Court just overturned Roe v. Wade. Prior to that monumental decision, the right to an abortion was protected under the U.S. Constitution, which meant that state lawmakers couldn’t just ban ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In every child’s life, there comes a point where innocence succumbs to life’s cruelty and pain. It is the moment when the child starts to become aware of the cold-hearted world in which we live. “It takes a village to raise a child” is the African proverb that means ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hillary and Bill Clinton attended Yale. But they must have skipped class for the lesson in honesty related in Sir Walter Scott’s epic poem, “Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field”—“Oh what a tangled web we weave /When first we practice to deceive.” Hillary and Bill have struggled with the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week I wrote a column about the deplorable behavior of Sha’Carri Richardson, who holds herself out as a professional track sprinter. She is more like an entertainer, er I mean “sin-ertainer” who thinks she runs track, but I digress. Click on the above link to read last week’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The second Amendment of the United States constitution is the right of all American citizens regardless of race, creed, religion, sexual orientation, political affiliation with the exception of those convicted of certain crimes and those with felonies and or certain misdemeanors. In short, the 2nd Amendment is the right ...