(ThyBlackMan.com) In 1976, President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month by encouraging the nation to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” Since then, every American president has designated February as Black History Month along with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Anyone under 30 today has no idea what it was like to live in America during the Cold War. That includes the reflexive tendency of liberals and leftists to insist repeatedly that we really shouldn’t lecture the authoritarians in the Soviet Union or China for gross abuses of human ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let me get this straight: Parents are more concerned about books than they are guns? That’s definitely the sense I get as I see so many communities across the country jumping the bandwagon to ban books. Are we all just sheep, blindly following each other down Stupidity Lane? It’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Political mudslinging is as old as politics itself. Indeed, it’s hard to imagine a world in which opposing sides did not lob insults at one another, especially when much is at stake. However, some charges go well beyond the pale. For example, one of the most egregious charges that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The sun rises in the east, sets in the west, NBA player, LeBron James, is a hypocrite, Democrats continue to play Blacks for a fool, the Earth is round, and media appointed Black leaders continue to sell out Black people. Yada, yada, yada. These media appointed Blacks convinced many ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Call it what you will. But as the saying goes, “A rose called by any other name is still a rose.” Racism called by any other name is still racism. So, let’s step away from the naming, and try to find some common understanding based on facts and truths ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The jobs number coming out of the Labor Department, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) was a surprising number, indeed; 467,000 jobs created in January. Think about this; $529 million a day of Consumer Demand (Spending) was removed from the economy, the $529 million a Day Consumer Tax Cut ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let me start off by saying I hope that is not the case. Secondly, GOOD police officers are absolutely necessary to the safety and welfare of the public. Thirdly, there are many law-abiding police officers who risk their lives, do their duty and abide by their oath. They should ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) By now you have heard what was forecast as the inevitable – all Senate Republicans and two Senate Democrats believe the Senate Filibuster Rule to be more significant than the right of millions of (actually all) Americans to participate in free and impartial elections. It stands clear that the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Identity is a nebulous psychological construct that has nothing to do with anything. It is subjective and as such has no root in performance or merit whatsoever. Competence on the other hand, describes a person with the ability to do something successfully or efficiently. For some reason outside of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The easiest thing in the world for me to do is call Republican Mississippi senator, Roger Wicker, a racist. But then the conversation ends there. I believe in the principle of constructive engagement in both politics and foreign affairs. The principle is simple, always try to have an open ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) ProPublica analyzed Chicago traffic cameras and found that they excessively ticket minority drivers excessively. Latino and black drivers are ticketed at much higher rates. Despite this shortcoming, city officials will keep the traffic cameras on. Other cities are also planning to adopt the traffic cameras to discourage dangerous driving. ...