(ThyBlackMan.com) The ancient Greeks referred to the dramatic moment in some of their plays as “deus ex machina,” the god from the machine. The term, introduced by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus, has, according to definition, “evolved to mean a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem is suddenly and abruptly resolved ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If there is one thing that black people need to pay attention to, it’s the way the leaders in our community behave. There are many who call themselves “pillars” amongst us. The individuals, namely black men, that do are held to a higher standard and rightfully so. There is too ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Everyone knows something has to be done for America’s DACA kids. Everyone with a good heart or a working brain knows it’s not their fault their parents sneaked them into the country when they were kids under 16. It’s true that by law they are illegal immigrants. But most DACA ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Suicide is a real problem in the Black community. According to the Center for Disease Control, the suicide rate of Black children between ages 5 and 11 has doubled. Suicide by hanging has nearly tripled among Black boys. Black youth are killing themselves far more frequently than their elders. In ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Young black males are disproportionately impacted by illegal immigration. Where’s the compassion for them? With 75 percent of black children born into single-parent homes, black-on-black crime at alarming numbers across America’s landscape and black unemployment numbers in double digits, the last thing black American youth needs is to compete against ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In President Donald Trump era, Hollywood has become more political and less entertaining, while Washington, D.C., has become more entertaining and less political. The theme of this year’s Golden Globes awards show was “Time’s Up,” the movement to salute the women who have come forward to tell their stories of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Just in case it has escaped the reader’s notice, most black people in America have developed some really bad attitudes when it comes to race and politics. This would certainly be considered a racist statement if a white person uttered it, but this wouldn’t make it any less true. Black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The American Left’s Oprah-mania about her running for president in 2020 is truly absurd. What on earth qualifies Oprah to run our country? I do not consider myself White House material. But if Oprah qualifies, I am a far superior candidate. Years ago when Oprah became a national phenomenon, I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The crux of the most recent public spate involving Donald J. Trump is found in the unfortunate reality that far too many people believe that they are special. It is this belief that leads them to then believe that they should therefore be afforded special treatment regardless of the quality ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a popular axiom that states, ‘A fool and his money shall soon part.’ There is quite possibly no more succinct means of describing the current economic state of Black America. Put simply, we have been foolish, if not completely reckless in regards to our collective economic dealings. Things ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Trump predictably wasted no time in crowing that he was the reason for the big plunge in the black jobless rate. It was part his trademark ego, and part a chance to score political points by digging at the Democrats talking. He bellowed his stock campaign spiel, “what do blacks ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) (Excerpts from the book titled, “The Fix This Time” @ amazon.com/dp/B00MI3PD2M). As a life long Democrat, you hate to see your party going down the wrong path. In borrowing a passage from the Holy Bible which is over 2,000 years old; Democrats need to come back to their “first love.” ...