(ThyBlackMan.com) In August Wilson’s play The Piano Lesson, the character Doaker issues the following quip about time and how there is no way to stop it. According to Doaker, “Time go long, time go long.” For each of us, “time is the only thing that God ain’t making no more of.” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Without a doubt, China has become the greatest adversarial threat to the United States’ global dominance. While China’s resurgence may surprise those in the West, it comes as no surprise to the rest of Asia. China’s rich history dates back to the Shang Dynasty over 3,000 years ago making ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Inevitably, in my writings the discussion of some topics will recur. By their very nature, some issues are always ‘ripe’ for discussion. One such issue is that of what Dr. Carter G. Woodson called “The Miseducation of the Negro.” Like most discussions involving race, this issue is subjective in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Over the weekend I reflected on some of my experiences trying to deal with some of the radical elite media appointed leaders in the Black community. Many of them are personal friends of mine. They constantly give me a hard time about being Republican and having graduated from Oral ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On January 15, 1991, famed rap group Gang Starr released their legendary album, Step in the Arena. It is no overstatement to say that Guru and DJ Premier’s contribution to Hip-Hop culture still reverberates at the present moment. Some music outlets went so far as to call the album “the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Who’s raising these crazy ninjas? From Cleotha Abston to Ezekiel Kelly, American Negroes have been wild this week in Memphis. This is the week all the crazy ninjas decided to make their move, bucking up at the system but really not doing anything except making things worse for themselves ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Americans should be tired of the games our government is playing with citizens as the ping pong ball. People who only see partisan positions are largely forced to stand with a party regardless of what the party does or stands for. If we scrap both political parties, the government will ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Yes, it is time for Black America to walk away from white America. If you are a black man /woman then it is with great regret to inform you that it is now over for Black America and the DNC with President Creepy Joe Biden have made clear to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Should people who receive government assistance in the form of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), WIC (Women Infants and Children nutritional program) via EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer Card) be drug tested? Should a positive drug test make them ineligible to receive their benefits? At first my conclusion was a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many, if not most, African Americans are believed to be of partial Native American ancestry. William Loren Katz in Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage explored the roots of this Black and Native American admixture. Black contact with Native Americans goes back long before the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth. In ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As college students settle into campus life, many Black Americans remember the multi-generational sacrifices that have established higher education as a bridge to a better life. Despite the continuing pandemic, the rise of inflation, or the nation’s $1.7 trillion in student debt, parents, grandparents and others urge their students ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Charles Diggs, Jr. won election to Congress in Michigan’s 13th District in 1954, he launched nearly seven decades in which the city of Detroit had at least one Black member of Congress. That’s likely to change this year. Because of redistricting, Detroit no longer has majority-Black congressional districts. ...