(ThyBlackMan.com) The unfortunate, yet much too common, phenomenon of African-Americans encountering racial bigotry for no reason beyond being at “the wrong place at the wrong time” is known by a host of names. Without a doubt, my favorite term for the occurrence is “the black tax.” If they are being truthful, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Facebook scans the contents of messages that people send each other on its Messenger app blocking any that contravene its guidelines, it has emerged. The scandal-hit firm, still reeling from revelations surrounding Cambridge Analytica, checks images and texts to ensure they are in line with its community standards. While the intentions behind the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “I’m just one vote.” “My vote won’t matter.” “Them White folks gone do what they wanna do anyway.” These are some of the many excuses given by some African Americans when it comes to exercising their right to vote; a right fought for by many people in this country—both ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ten times a day I am compelled to reflect on my past life … and I can never justify to myself… I have sworn an oath to endure no more of it…The subject is exhausted; and so am I…-George Bernard Shaw In 1991, I was in high school when Ms. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Money can’t buy you love or solve all of your problems, but it can alleviate a lot of the stress we feel. Inflation is real! There are very few commodities or services that are the same price (or cheaper) now than they were just a few years ago. With all ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sammy, our greyhound, is around 100 years old in dog years. His health is failing. Mary and I hate leaving Sammy with our pet-sitter, but we must fly to Arizona to help propel Debbie Lesko to victory in the Congressional 8th district race. https://bit.ly/2J4rRtQ Shockingly, polling shows Lesko and her ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The continent of Africa is still misunderstood, misinterpreted and mistreated. It’s people have too many times been demeaned and portrayed as savages, uneducated, impoverished and unable to govern themselves. Je Vais Ventures – https://www.facebook.com/jevaisventures/ There are so many misconceptions even from the TED Talk “The Danger of a Single Story” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Now that the New Year is thirty-days plus in, most people who launched exercise programs for the body of their dreams are either exiting their programs stage left or they are seeing a few results and are actively excited about seeing even more. Like most, you may be wondering what ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last year, the Sinclair Broadcasting Group agreed to acquire the Tribune Media Company. Since then the competitors of free-to-the-home broadcast television have been among the loudest voices crying “the sky is falling,” and the government — the FCC and DOJ — should deny approval of the merger. This chorus has ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is less than one week until the start of the 2018 NFL Draft. For the 256 football players selected during the 2018 NFL Draft, they will get the opportunity to play professional football for the most popular sports league in America. On a seemingly annual basis, the NFL Draft ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “The company’s business depends on observing users’ online behaviour and selling their attention to advertisers, who pay money to reach specific groups of users based on minute details gleaned about their identities, their interests and where they are. This requires a delicate balancing act between catering to users, whose attention ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Fired ex-FBI head James Comey told ABC News “chief anchor” George Stephanopoulos that Donald Trump is “morally unfit to be president”? Think about this. Comey offered this assessment to Stephanopoulos, whose former boss, first candidate and then President Bill Clinton, was credibly accused of rape and sexual assault, had sex ...