(ThyBlackMan.com) After Roy Moore’s defeat at the hands of Alabama voters—driven by Black voter turnout, especially the votes of Black women—we saw the celebration, credit-taking, and meaning-making that usually accompanies a progressive electoral victory. But one thing was different this time. This time, mainstream media and social media feeds flooded with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Change is scary. Change makes the average individual cling to the familiar. So it’s no stretch to say that at the end of one year and the beginning of another, humans are split down the middle in relation to how we adjust ourselves to change. Some scoff at the need ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Taking a much needed breather from work I necessary to keep us on target to meet the goals we set. However, we know time is an entity that, once gone, can never be recovered. Too often we allow distractions to stand between us, and the goals we have set to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) (“Excerpts from the book titled, “The Fix This Time” @amazon.com/dp/B00MI3PD2M) I write this piece not to alarm you, but to sound the alarm! Republicans are betting on American workers’ and retirees’ disinterest in this topic, (read The Fix This Time!) up until the time the cuts actually happen in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Since 1863, the supposedly absolution of slavery…on into this 21st century…there has been one constant, Black America’s protracted begging, moaning and groaning for equality, looking for its salvation through either the Democratic or Republican political parties. Though there has been some progress, these pleas for the most part, are met ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With 2017 now in the rear view mirror and an important election year ahead, does Donald Trump stand a chance of remaining president and keeping his party infatuated with power; still cruising past 2018? Let us examine the facts with a view to the 2018 Mid Term Elections. Trump has ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are a nation of 325 million people. We have a bit of control over the behavior of our 535 elected representatives in Congress, the president and the vice president. But there are seven unelected people who have life-and-death control over our economy and hence our lives — the seven ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For those who don’t know, hotep is an ancient Egyptian term that means “to be at peace.” This is why it’s distressing to me when I see people trying to use hotep as an insult—some of the writers at the Root are especially at fault for helping degrade the term ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Our nation’s infrastructure is crumbling. Nearly ten percent of our bridges are deficient or decrepit, a quarter of our schools are in fair or poor condition. More than half of all schools need major repairs before they can be classified as good, but 31 states spend less on school construction ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Any time I hear of protests by citizens of nations controlled by despots, I’m reminded of how great we have it here in America, despite arguments to the contrary. The words “the First Amendment” have become so common in our daily vernacular, I’m doubtful that any of us truly takes ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let’s talk about narcissism. It’s something that you probably come into contact with every day and don’t even know it. There are all kinds of people in the world and many of them are so full of themselves that they aren’t even aware of the self-centered things that they do. A ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) 2017 served as a wake-up call for those unaware of how unsafe going to work can be for some women. The allegations, admissions, suspensions and firings that made sexual harassment and assault a hot topic have slowed down, but two messages were received loud and clear: 1) men in power ...