(ThyBlackMan.com) A storyteller has many purposes; one is to challenge the reader to look at themselves from outside, and within self. They challenge us to question the things we are silent about and embrace the aspects of self that we aren’t quite willing to acknowledge. As the reader we unknowingly ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I do not believe you can totally separate the issue of colorism from white racism. One is a spin off from the other. While one is external in relation to the black community, the other is internal within it. As a result, a person can actually be oppressed by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Our nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) is a function of consumer spending. We are prodded, cajoled, enticed, and engaged in the spending exercise, and all that happens because money makes the world go round. Between 65 and 75 percent of our GDP is based on consumer spending, which explains ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The fact that the Supreme Court hasn’t ruled on the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health abortion case didn’t stop Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from attempting to delegitimize the decision, accusing Brett Kavanaugh of being “credibly accused of sexual assault on multiple accounts” with “corroborated details.” Yet the court, says Ocasio-Cortez, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Joe Biden scored the first legislative victory of his presidency with his signing of the much-anticipated and hotly contested infrastructure bill. The bill, which was stalled in the Senate for months, was a subject matter that was bipartisan in nature, but with significant differences in the details between ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is always humbling to learn something new. Life is, by design, a continuous journey from the unknown to the known. From the old to the new. My most recent learning experience occurred last week, when I learned of the travesties befalling our country’s youth. We often read depressing ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While visiting a middle school in the Bronx, an 8th grade student asked me, “Why is marijuana becoming legal?” I thought this was a good question. Other than revenue, I did not have a good answer. As an educator, I tend to look at legislation and policies from the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It seems that I am wrestling with the meaning of life, particularly what is and what isn’t a reasonable expectation for myself and those around me. I have concluded that the elements/qualities of love, forgiveness, kindness, sympathy, empathy, and the need for consistency reign supreme in my value system. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A USA Today-Suffolk University poll placed Vice President Kamala Harris’ approval ratings at 28%, 10 points below that of President Joe Biden. The U.K. Telegraph tweeted: “With Kamala Harris looking unelectable, the Democrats are considering the nuclear option. Whispers in Washington suggest Joe Biden’s camp has a plan to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The moment I heard about the film King Richard, I understood that there would be attempts to lessen its impact and message. After all, the film focuses on Richard Williams, the father of Venus, and Serena Williams, the saviors of American Tennis, not just women’s tennis, for an entire generation. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton were doing the right thing when attending the Ahmaud Arbery trial. They demonstrated the solidarity that the Black community has with each other when one of us appears to be lynched. Lynching has reverberations. Each of us, every Black person, is repulsed ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A break-through is something that happens suddenly and changes the course of your life moving forward. Second Samuel 5:20 describes the experience thusly, “The Lord has burst through my enemies before me like a bursting flood…” Whether it is your health, finances, family job, a break-through is coming! But ...