(ThyBlackMan.com) Recent polls find a majority of Americans believe that “race relations,” since the election of the first black president, have gotten worse, not better. Colin Kaepernick, a National Football League quarterback, is Exhibit A for why so many people feel this way. Colin Kaepernick signed a $114 million six-year contract ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a country we have been constantly facing issues of excessive use of force by the police. Let me just state that, yes, there are police officers that do their job with character and integrity. There are officers that care about people regardless of race, gender or class. We appreciate ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Three years ago, when a reluctant President Barack Obama was about to launch an attack on Syria, supposedly in retaliation for President Bashar al-Assad crossing a “red line” against using chemical weapons, Obama smelled a rat – or rather he sensed a mousetrap. Advised by some of his intelligence advisers ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This election season has been one big circus. Many people are completely disenchanted as it is hard to truly get behind either candidate. The rules of engagement in politics have been broken. Some may feel it’s a good thing, but the hatred that has shown itself is blatant. Many of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Each school year is an opportunity for children of color and culture to learn new skills and abilities to grow. Children of color and culture cannot run away from STEAM, STEM, and STREAM, if parents do not involve their children in learning and hands on opportunities to be involved in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black Superheroes have been around for centuries, from the stories presented from the archives of Stetson Kennedy, author, poet, and community activist to the works of Tangela Floyd who through the theatrical portrayals in the “Reader Theater” performances “The Black Superheroes” and now the creation of movies and comic books, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is something that I have found particularly odd in this election season and there have been many things that have been odd. There have been consistent media reports of interviews with supporters of Republican nominee Donald Trump that indicate that many of them do not take seriously his various ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Something is happening in this presidential election cycle that has some folks totally up in arms. A white GOP presidential candidate is addressing the issues in the black community. And, of course, Donald J. Trump has kicked the hornet’s nest and is consistently castigated with the ultimate denigrating moniker ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You are sick so you go to the doctor, right? That is what most of us have been programmed to think and do and I once thought that way until I woke up. Certainly he/she is a healthcare professional who will have the answers to make you well, right? Because ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The new school year has arrived, parents are concerned about the outward appearance of their children; rightly so, children represent their respective families and generational lineage (family history). No parent wants their children to look scruffy especially the first several weeks of school. The concerns of parents in their dressing ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I saw a dolphin this morning. In honor of our 39th wedding anniversary, a patriot couple whom we have never met gave Mary and me the use of their beautiful condo for a week on the water in Perdido Key, Florida. We drove 9 hours to get here. We were ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hillary Clinton’s efforts to paint Donald Trump as a racist to distract voters from the damning information coming out about the Clinton Foundation are falling flat. Last week, the Democratic Party presidential candidate unleashed a round of attacks against Trump, accusing him of legitimizing hate and making it mainstream. ...