(ThyBlackMan.com) Back in 2015, I can distinctly remember telling myself and others that the damage of a Trump presidency would last longer than a four-year term. I knew then I would be right, but, at the time, could not imagine just how right I would be. Anyone who knew Trump, in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Since most players in professional basketball and football are Black, it should come as no surprise that many high-profile Black athletes have become role models to young admirers who are also Black. Athletes such as football legend Jim Brown reached the professional ranks by overcoming tremendous odds with determination, perseverance, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Nestled within the nation’s capital, the historic Howard University stands, its hallowed halls echoing with the pulsating hopes and dreams of a generation eager to carve out their niche in the world. This illustrious institution, a historically Black university, has always been a beacon, a lighthouse guiding ambitious, capable ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 2007 a relatively unknown Senator from Illinois by the name of Barack Hussein Obama entered the frays of the public spotlight by running for President of the United States. His charisma, his young looks, his family, and arguably his mannerisms and articulation made him a very attractive – ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Advocates for gun control can never actually define what gun control means. There is also not a uniformed agreement of what gun control should look like. This is exactly why we have over five-thousand laws on the books from the municipal to the federal level surrounding various gun control ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) People who self-identify as conservative have long advocated the notion that “diversity of perspective” is important. I completely agree. Some of them have advanced the notion that intellectual diversity is the most important form thereof. I completely disagree – at least in our nation’s context. African Americans weren’t enslaved, sharecropped, strung ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So the powers that be have made you terrified of a piece of metal and plastic that goes boom? Have you ever seen a gun jump up and shoot somebody all by itself? Of course not. What we should really be concerned about is the wrong people having guns, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” – Lord John Acton I almost find it uncanny that a long-dead individual can provide such an accurate analysis of current times. Or maybe it’s the predictable nature of humans? However we reason it, the abuse of power is a recurring theme in human ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Over the last seven years the world – mainly the United States had to deal with a unique man, Donald John Trump. But it wasn’t the last seven years, in fact it has been the last 40 years at a minimum. DJT was and arguably still is the most ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The pomp and circumstance of the crowning of King Charles III filled TV sets. The British crown is ceremonial; King Charles will take part in rituals, but not rule – that is in the hands of the British prime minister and the Parliament. Yet, beneath the vast spectacle of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometimes, we all need truthful, and factual information to make a good decision. The national media and newspapers purport to do this, based on some of their catch lines, but have miserably failed us. Recessions, in different, and intense ways, affect all of us. This predicted Economic Downturn, will ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Perils and Practicalities of California’s Reparations Task Force Proposal: A Conservative Perspective… In the quest for recompense for historical injustices, the California Reparations Task Force has taken a bold and controversial step. Recommending payments of up to $1.2 million to every qualifying Black resident, the nine-member panel aims ...