(ThyBlackMan.com) Ever wonder what’s at the heart of the differences between older generations and their current offspring? I do, a lot. Sometimes I am amazed that teenaged boys and girls can sit at the same table texting an entire conversation and never speaking a word to each other. The absence ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Do you ever find yourself steaming over what you “should” have said in a conversation, but didn’t because you kept quiet? Do you wish you could apply for a new position, but because you lack all of the qualifications, you don’t bother? Do you ever hold yourself back before ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is no doubt the black community is full of materialistic consumers. Despite being only 13% of the population in the United States, we are large consumers of smart phones, flat screen televisions and other non-essential gadgets and gizmos that give us “status and credibility” in our circles. We ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As I watched the Republican debate on October 10, I thought about Kanye West and the comments he made after Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans. He said, “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people”. Later he tiptoed away from the comment by saying he “regretted” it, but he never ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Republicans love guns as much as they hate big government. Maybe I should say: real conservatives take their right to bear arms and defend themselves under the US Constitution’s second amendment VERY seriously. There’s a reason why you see so many bumper stickers reading “God, country, guns” on Republicans’ ...
(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 ...