(ThyBlackMan.com) In March of 2007, I wrote an article titled, Obama Drama. Here is the opening paragraph: “Will the euphoria sweeping through our ranks over the possibility of a Black President eventually dominate our collective psyche? Will it overwhelm us with notions of “equality” and “victory,” and ostensibly cause us ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What do you get when add Reince Priebus, the Republican National Convention, the Fox News Channel, CNN, the 2016 Republican presidential candidates’ debates and all rules therein, all national polls on the 2016 GOP candidates for president, the New Hampshire Republican leadership, the Union Leader – the largest and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Rachel Dolezal, president of the Spokane, Washington NAACP has some explainin’ to do. As we heard in recent reports, Ms Dolezal is being accused of perpetrating an African American woman. She has been exposed by none other than her White parents. They have made headlines all over the country ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last summer’s Ferguson, Missouri, disturbances revealed that while blacks were 67 percent of its population, only three members of its 53-officer police force were black. Some might conclude that such a statistic is evidence of hiring discrimination. That’s a possibility, but we might ask what percentage of blacks met ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I was growing up in Florida, one of the high points of summer were block parties. Local DJs would set up in neighborhood parks or on the beach and kids would come from across town to drink, smoke, and dance to the music. Word of these parties would ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Every traveller knows that the easiest way to save money on business class flights is to book tickets well in advance. This approach is undoubtedly effective and has helped thousands of people fly business class and pay less, but there are situations when you need to take off as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Derrick Rose, Chris Paul and Stephen Curry are unofficial symbols for black fatherhood via the NBA, and they are repeatedly being attacked for bringing their children to the press conference podium to answer reporters’ questions. Much ado has recently been made about Stephen Curry bringing his 2-year-old precocious daughter, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I know that this is a blatantly late post about the cancellation of ‘Sorority Sisters’, but since I just wrote about black women and our solidarity issues, this is a good time to address my thoughts on such a shameful episode in black history. If you’re not familiar with the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Once upon a time African Americans respected each other. They were likely our grandparents, great grand parents or even further back than that. And though there are some of us who still respect ourselves and each other, something has gone very wrong. Yes slavery programming and Willie Lynche type ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is very rare that you can turn on the television or listen to the radio and not hear about all of the negative things that are associated with differences. Too many times any people get so caught up in whether or not someone else sees the world the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Am I the only one who is thoroughly offended by ESPN giving Bruce Jenner “The Arthur Ashe Courage Award” during next month’s ESPYS award ceremony? ESPN claims to be the global TV leader in sports coverage and is owned by The Walt Disney Company. Disney is also the parent ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was a bit taken back by this article. In my pondering over the points of the psychological diagnosis spewed by this brother, it resonated with me, that the seemingly endless depth of sickness we suffer, as a people, infects the root at an even deeper layer. It infects ...