(ThyBlackMan.com) Racism is ghastly in whatever form it comes in or whatever shape it takes. We all need to fight against it and here are seven ways you can do so. Learning to understand and recognize your privilege The first step to take when it comes to dealing with racial ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My initial exposure to John Lewis occurred while researching Black Panther Party for Self-Defense co-founder Huey P. Newton’s calamitous attempt to surrender control of his organization to the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). By the late-sixties, Huey P. Newton believed that his cadre had been infiltrated and driven into ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Most Americans did not get a chance to befriend the late, great Herman Cain — but I wish that more people could have, because this man was a true inspiration. In October 2015, Herman and I had the privilege of opening the first ever rally for then-candidate Donald Trump ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is one meeting, among many, I’ve had over the years with Congresswoman Karen Bass that always stands out. Some years back, I was having a heck of a time trying to get my paperwork to get IRS approval for my non-profit organization, the Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump has only one card left to play to stay in the White House. That’s his old favorite, the race card. He’ll play it with a vengeance in the run up to November 3 that might even make the unreconstructed George Wallace blush. Trump kicked it off with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A few weeks ago, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley informed all who would care to listen, that he would introduce a bill to ban the sale and use of middle seats on all commercial airplanes flights as the coronavirus pandemic wages on. Sen. Merkley own personal travel experiences as a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a real possibility that, this coming week, Joe Biden will be selecting the 47th president of the United States. For the woman Joe Biden picks — he has promised to exclude from consideration all men, black, brown, white or Asian — has a better chance of succeeding ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In a recent video taken at a Minnesota Walmart, two white shoppers horrified shoppers by donning masks bearing the swastika symbol. For most forward-thinking people, the swastika is the symbolic equivalent of the “N-word” that carries a heavy legacy of pain that is only rivaled by the African Holocaust. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This is not the first time federal forces have entered a city to restore order. In 1968, federal troops moved into Chicago, Baltimore and Washington in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. In 1957, then-President Dwight Eisenhower ordered federal soldiers to Little Rock, Arkansas, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Take a look at my record, man. … I have a record that is second to none. The NAACP has endorsed me every time I’ve run.” — Joe Biden, May 22, 2020, on “The Breakfast Club,” hosted by Charlamagne tha God. No, the NAACP has not “endorsed” Joe Biden ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At the outset, I have to say that I’ve never been the biggest sports fan on the planet. So it isn’t a big sacrifice for me to say I’m not going to watch professional sports this year, or maybe ever again. I never actively shunned pro sports, and as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Hitler had his Brown shirts and Mussolini had his Black shirts, now Donald Trump has his camouflage shirts.” Thus began a statement signed by 15 distinguished interdenominational religious leaders in Chicago that I joined, including ministers, priests, and rabbis. Comparisons to Hitler are always explosive, but the comparison is ...