(ThyBlackMan.com) I’m not going to mention the heckler by name or specifically address her grievances. I have no desire to interview her or provide a platform or forum to further make her case. She deserves none of the aforementioned. I choose not to reward belligerent behavior and neither should you. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The aphorism, “A friend in need is a friend indeed,” is especially relevant to the conversations being held among Black people vis-à-vis our President and our lack of economic progress in this country. The “friend in need” is the collective of African Americans who overwhelmingly voted for Barack Obama ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The leftist assessment of the black conservative is that such a person is angered and frustrated at being born black, which leads to the adoption of conservative views in order to compensate for this perceived “congenital deficiency.” While this is a preposterous accusation to make against all black conservatives, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It seems that Tavis Smiley believes that he’s so important that the President of the United States is engaged in a covert conspiracy against him. . Michael H. Cottman reported in his BlackAmericaWeb.com commentary, “Tom Joyner’s Opinion on Tavis Smiley’s White House Accusations,” that “Smiley told the Associated Press ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Frederick Douglass’ words, “Power concedes nothing without a demand,” have been haunting me lately, because of the pressing issues we face in today’s political world, the dire economic straits in which many of our families find themselves, and the ever-present social problems Black people deal with every day. The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, when I expressed my concerns about the speech given by President Barack Obama at Morehouse College, I was met with both resistance and applause. The article received resistance from those who felt that I was being too hard on the president and that black men are certainly in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The news that Apple paid zero taxes on tens of billions in income on its overseas operations, investments, and sales grabbed a momentary headline but stirred little more than a yawn among Republicans leaders. There’s little surprise here for several well-known and deeply troubling reasons. The tax dodge scheme that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The one factor that contributed most to the downfall of the Democratic Party during the seventies and eighties was allowing conservative Republicans to seize control of the political rhetoric. During that period, much like today, the Democrats simply sat back and allowed themselves, their constituency, and their agenda to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It started with a dignified, matronly lady refusing to give up her seat on the bus, and it ended with more than 100 cities aflame. Martin Luther King did not launch the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, but he soon emerged as its champion and the leader of the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Enough! For many years, the American Left has and continues to shamelessly abuse the American people; slandering, beating up and bullying them into submission by using the easily proven false narrative that America is a racist nation. In other words, the Left recklessly and unfairly plays the Race Card. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I expected to receive some pushback after writing my recent commentary about the speech that President Barack Obama gave at Morehouse College this week. The truth is that no matter how politely one expresses a disagreement with the president, you’re more likely to be attacked by those who seek ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While this country professes to honor the ideals of freedom, independence, liberty, and justice, that’s just lip service. We have a long history of stifling each and every one of those ideals, and anyone who doesn’t believe that should simply try suing a major corporation for an injustice, or ...