(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump must think Black people are idiots. This week, while Trump is forced to remain in New York for his hush-money criminal trial, his re-election campaign staged a carefully orchestrated photo op at a bodega on the outskirts of Harlem. They billed it as Trump‘s triumphant visit to the Black community but ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometimes I try to make sense of things that are beyond the terms of pragmatism. For example, I do not need to understand why many life forms need water or how gravity works. These are not issues that do not require any serious action other than evaluating and accepting ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) All across these United States of America college and university students are preparing for Spring semester final exams. Well, maybe not so much on the campus of Columbia University, where they are busy chanting intifada and revolution—serious calls to violence. I want to honor this special time, which is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The black community is on a mission to stop racism against them. And we all should raise our voices with them. As of now, the empowerment of the black community is imperative because they are continuously facing many challenges like racism and many social injustices in America and Europe. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black American voters, and protesters have done everything right. It is Black American leaders, from former president Barack Obama down, to local state, county, and city leaders, who have done everything wrong. When ask to get out, and vote, Black American voters showed up at the polls in record ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Former President Donald Trump’s statement that the attack on Israel by Iran “would not have happened if we were in office,” has drawn derision, including from his former National Security Adviser John Bolton. Bolton called the remark “delusional,” saying that Trump “has no idea what to do in the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As to the double murder case against O.J. Simpson, there was so much evidence that his guilt was obvious. This evidence included, but was not limited to, blood at the crime scene and on and in Simpson’s white Bronco; a bloody glove found at the crime scene and a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As the maternal mortality rate in America continues to spike, Black Maternal Health Week is an urgent call to action. American women are dying at a higher rate from pregnancy-related causes than in any other developed nation, and Black women are three times more likely to die of complications ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Black community as a whole can never afford to lose empathy for one another. One of the core challenges in maintaining social justice is communicating the need for empathy. It is most critical to be willing to put yourself in another person’s shoes to understand their feelings, plight, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What a week this has been! The Orange Man has met a Mack Truck. Every time he looks at a woman of African descent, I suspect he must say to himself, “Here comes trouble!” Obviously, he thought Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jeff Hawley, Matt Gaetz, J.D. Vance, Cari Lake, Tommy ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I spent the majority of my childhood living a stone’s throw from 34th and Emerson. For the uninitiated, that area is one of the myriad Indianapolis enclaves that are usually referred to, without malice aforethought, as “the inner city”. The area is sometimes referred to, somewhat more benignly, as “the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) No matter how much the right derides the word, the Black community needs to stay woke. In recent years, we’ve witnessed a disturbing trend that threatens the foundations of our democratic society: the rise of book bans, curriculum censorship, and attacks on historical narratives in our educational institutions. These ...