(ThyBlackMan.com) I applaud Judge Greg Mathis for his transparency when he tells of his upbringing in a single female-headed household. Mathis’ testimony reveals him as a hell-raiser who gave his dear mother, Alice Lee Mathis, more than her fair share of problems. Indicative of so many other black women raising wayward ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Please excuse me for not welling up with empathy for those who are addicted to opioids. Yeah, I know drug addiction is a bad thing, but people make choices and have to live with the consequences. I am old enough to have lived through the crack epidemic of the 1980s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The run-up to the 2018 congressional elections has begun. With 40 Republican representatives deciding not to run again, the party’s majority in the House is at risk. President Donald Trump has announced he plans to stump for Republicans across the country, seeking to make the election a referendum on him. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sen. Bernie Sanders is all over the internet! New York Magazine says he is “quietly building a digital media empire.” Mic.com calls it “one of the most powerful progressive media outfits in America.” This matters because bettors rank Sanders one of the top four Democratic presidential contenders. I resent Sanders’ ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So you call yourself a Democrat or Republican? You champion your party’s platform and its candidate. The Democrats believe African Americans are incapable of taking care of ourselves so we need their help. Thus they come up with entitlement programs that help but control what you eat, how much, where ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hitler had it all planned out. The Games of the XI Olympiad (the 1936 Summer Olympics) to be held in Berlin would showcase his theory of Aryan superiority. A new 100,000 seat stadium was built to house the track and field events. These would be the first Olympic Games to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After a few introductory remarks and recognition of the parents of Trayvon Martin and what they are going through. The president went on to say The second thing I want to say is to reiterate what I said on Sunday, which is there’s going to be a lot of arguments ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A decade ago, the entire nation suffered through a financial crisis that led to the brink of a global financial collapse. While Wall Street reckoned with its risky practices, America’s families suffered lost wealth of nearly $2 trillion—half of it coming from communities of color who were targeted for high-cost and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Without being given much direction, Black youth have seemingly taken matters into their own hands, relative to their future here in America, by strategizing, organizing and mobilizing. Whether on social media or through community activism in the streets, Black youth are proactively pushing the agenda forward and forcing society to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Trump has done more for blacks than Barack Obama did in eight years. As part of his continued effort to reach out to blacks, Donald Trump recently held a White House faith meeting on prison reform with moderate-to-conservative-leaning black pastors. Some of the pastors lead mega-churches. In the meeting, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Can you imagine how much President Donald Trump and NBA superstar LeBron James could accomplish together for the benefit of young black Americans if they set aside their egos and political differences to work together? So, what’s stopping this from happening? I doubt it’s what you think. As distasteful as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently Lebron James opened a phenomenal school for youth, including a food pantry, academic studies where adults can get their GEDs., free tuition, meals, uniforms and transportation for students as well as tremendous help with college. I applaud Lebron for that , no doubt about it. But I have to ...