(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve always had this gut wrenching feeling that Affirmative Action was on life support. When speaking of it, far too often black people are put in the position to explain why measures such as Affirmative Action is needed. While we are being told others understand our plight in this ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Suppose the President of the United States voices concern over media concentration. The president promises to consider antitrust suits to break up newspaper monopolies and retroactive legislation prohibiting newspapers from owning radio or television stations, including the remedy of divestment. Suppose the Washington Post or New York Times, intimidated by the president’s Sword ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) All I can tell you is what this man is factually, and truthfully doing to us economically, as a race of people. If what we say here is not the truth – then Biden and his administration should say it is not so, and not do it through surrogates. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Damm skipping, yes, I will be voting, “Lord will.” as my mother used to say, in 2025 for a second four year term of President Joseph Biden. I have no hesitation at all. As former President Barack Obama once stated, “Elections have consequences.” In 2016, I could not vote ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As I read about Senator Tim Scott’s nascent presidential run, I thought about the solitary place in which Black Republicans often find themselves. I say “place” rather than “places” because I’m not referring to physical location; people can feel alone even in a crowded room. For a variety of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As children, when my siblings and I did something good, my mother never failed to compliment us. On the other hand, when we did something bad, she never failed to chastise us by providing a bit of corrective action! Whichever we were to face, my mother did it with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On July 16, Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson announced that he would pivot from his role as President of the National Rainbow Coalition to become a university professor and advisor to his successor, the Reverend Frederick Douglas Haynes III, an activist and the pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Tuberville’s attempt to downplay and erase the racism of actual racists echoes attempts to downplay the violence of the largely White mob on January 6. More broadly, it’s part of the attempt to erase and downplay the role of race, racism and racists in American history and culture … ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The United States Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision is a disappointing and unnecessary blow to equal education for all. The extremist majority of this current Court ignored the reality of most Americans: Our country is not yet colorblind, and the playing field is far from level for those who ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We have been working to target resources to communities in need across the entire federal government while recognizing that different targeting measures will work better for different programs. There is an increased focus on “Bidenomics” as President Joe Biden and his administration implement and communicate his economic policy agenda ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In its recently concluded term, the Supreme Court found itself in a storm of consequential cases, overturning precedents and taking controversial stances that shifted society and upheld constitutional values. Democrats have, in reaction, decried the Supreme Court, framing it as a rogue entity—a politicized institution that has lost its ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Is the media trying to make President Joe Biden “look good” instead of reporting the news as news, along with analysis? For example, are we being misled about the condition of our economy? Does anyone not understand the following: If you are not working, you are unemployed? Biden’s claim ...