(ThyBlackMan.com) I will never forget the debate that engulfed Black America at the time of the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the US Supreme Court. On the one side was the fact of his conservative record and his not having any semblance of a history as a staunch advocate for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, in a well documented piece, we found the federal government through the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has been and still is understating the black unemployment rate. Additionally, the BLS is understating the national unemployment rate as well (go to the following link: https://thyblackman.com/2015/11/12/the-rip-off-of-african-americans-and-the-unemployment-rates/ ). However, the objective ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The recent finding by the Public Religion Research Institute confirmed what we know about how GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump got to be the front runner, and why he has stayed the frontrunner far longer than thought humanly possible. He got there and stays there because so many middle-aged ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Are black men divided? Is there really a sense of brotherhood between the six or seven million brothers in America? Is it even realistic to expect such unity, given the broad spectrum of personal philosophy, social upbringing and political moorings that define black men in America? It is daunting, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s official! Sen. Ted Cruz’s immigration plan trumps Trump’s! I expected that the unveiling of his plan would take a back seat to the Islamic terrorist attack in Paris, France, and rightfully so. However, in lieu of the chaos, presidents will be forced to make many decisions during their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My pastor preached on this Sunday and although the subject is not new as this column isn’t either, I thought some might need reassurance, as I certainly did. Do you have an addiction, a weakness, something you are aware of but just cannot shake on your own? It may ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Barack Obama is a politically obsessed sap, not a leader. I tweeted as much a few days ago. In the face of the worst war on terror since 9/11, Obama would rather be a champion for Muslims than the protector-in-chief for Americans. In a press conference from the G20 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the wake of the Paris attacks, let’s examine the rise of ISIS. During the last Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton gave this unchallenged “explanation” of why we left Iraq — without a stay-behind force. She said, “I think that what happened when we abided by the agreement that George ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Once upon a time long ago, a Yardie (working class Jamaican) and his cousin from America took in the show at Crossroads Theatre in Kingston. The moviehouse was cavernous. Tier upon tier of seats stretched up to a ceiling high as a cathedral. The screen was a gargantuan affair about ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There was a painful irony when France’s immediate response to the terrorist attacks in Paris was to close the borders. If they had closed the borders decades ago, they might have avoided this attack. Someone once said that the First World War was the most stupid thing that European ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Maybe it’s because of the Bible story from the book Matthew detailing Jesus driving the “buyers and sellers out of the temple” that money lenders are held in such high contempt. Fourteen states and the District of Columbia ban payday loans. Payday loans are a highly-controversial form of credit ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress report, also known as The Nation’s Report Card, shows that U.S. educational achievement, to put it nicely, leaves much to be desired. When it comes to reading and math skills, just 34 percent and 33 percent, respectively, of U.S. eighth-grade students tested ...