(ThyBlackMan.com) In the 1960s, African Americans began being elected or appointed to mayoral positions following achievements Blacks made through the Civil Rights Movement, passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965. These days, Blacks are mayors in more than 500 cities. When Carl Stokes took office ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let’s get this silly non-issue settled once and for all. Black people vote Democratic because it’s in our best interest and we recognize that the Republican Party is toxic to the Black community. While the Democratic Party is not everything we’d like it to be, at least it’s not working ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Rap Mogul Jay-Z is one of the most respected hip-hop artists in the world. His lyrical brilliance is second-to-none, and he does things on the mic that most of us could never dream of. But one interesting thing about money, power and fame is that it can make you ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Bill O’Reilly recently added himself to the list of commentators who made remarks about President Obama’s speech on the Trayvon Martin case and George Zimmerman acquittal. O’Reilly gave Obama credit for “addressing the race issue,” but then proceeded to lecture the president about how he is incapable of correcting ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Almost all but forgotten actress Rae Dawn Chong, who is the daughter of veteran comedian Tommy Chong, lashed out at Oprah Winfrey a few days ago (at the time of this writing) in a radio interview on Matty P’s Happy Hour. It was uncalled for in my eyes and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Why do I say this? Why the sea change in attitude? In presenting to you a logical premise of why Tavis Smiley, Dr. Cornel West and many others, including myself could be wrong in our criticism of this president and the way he has conducted his presidency (especially concerning ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It had become a nuisance. Seemingly each and every day I would receive emails asking… no, begging, me to publicly skewer Geraldo Rivera over numerous wildly inflammatory remarks made in recent months. Each time I would decline the opportunity. As a general rule, I recommend not chasing after random ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the past there were so many hangings, beatings, shootings and bombings. They went without justice being applied. During the past few decades, we have shown national outrage from Emmitt Till, Mississippi civil rights workers shootings, Rodney King, etc., and now we have the heartbreaking death of little Trayvon ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Barack Obama movingly spoke of the “pain” most African-Americans felt at the acquittal of George Zimmerman. But Obama didn’t speak solely because he felt obliged to make a generic observation about the anger of most blacks toward the verdict, or even out of remembrance of the fight he ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The George Zimmerman verdict was a return to Jim Crow justice. The ONLY solid evidence in this case was that George Zimmerman stalked, approached, and killed an innocent Black child. That was proven. Everything else was simply the word of a murderer trying to justify his crime. . We ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I can’t take it anymore. I can’t keep quiet for another second. WE HAVE TO TALK! Come on people! What in the hell is wrong with Rev. Al Sharpton? I know that many of us will have major issues in our marriages to separate and sometimes eventually divorce. But ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the 2008 presidential election, Blacks were the largest voting bloc for Barack Obama (as a percentage)—96 percent. In 2012, Obama received 93 percent of the Black vote, again the largest percentage of any voting bloc. What type of return on their votes has the Black community received? Zero. ...