(ThyBlackMan.com) “I am a Black man in Hollywood-in order to sustain my position, I can’t get caught slipping, not even once, I had to be perfect at all times.” Will Smith wrote this in a candid memoir some years back. They were perceptive, and spot-on words. Unfortunately, in that one ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You can always tell when the scions descended from the earliest humanoid manifestations of Satan have a socio-political albatross around their collective necks. They always turn to their tried and true defense weapons, i.e., the damnable heresy of melanin being synonymous with a human sub-group and the pretense of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at Sunday’s Oscars ceremony, it also placed the hair-loss condition, alopecia, which Will’s wife Jada claims to have, in the public’s eye. Right after the assault, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley tweeted in support of Will Smith, but then deleted it. She originally tweeted “Alopecia ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “In the battle between democracy and autocracy, democracies are rising to the moment, and the world is clearly choosing the side of peace and security,” said President Joe Biden in his State of the Union address. “This is a real test. It’s going to take time.” Thus did Biden ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In recent weeks, like so many, I have been glued to my TV and social media monitoring the war in Ukraine. I know we have all been impressed by the courage and perseverance of the Ukrainian people and their leaders. I have been especially touched by the sacrifices and strength ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The United States added 431,000 new jobs last month, a sign, we are told, of how healthy the economy is. You could have fooled me. I’m not a numbers cruncher. I’m talking about how the economy feels, which translates pretty directly into how voters vote. And it doesn’t feel ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Soft on crime” is the old dog whistle that Republican senators like Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley used to smear Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as they attempted to derail her historic Supreme Court nomination. Their racist deception failed. Jackson is almost certain to be confirmed — and her strong ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It may be April Fools’ Day, but the joke is on Congressional Democrats who supported David Weil’s nomination to lead the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division again. On Wednesday evening, the U.S. Senate rejected The Fissured Workplace author in a cloture vote. By a 53-47 margin, all 50 Republicans ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Larry Summers served as secretary of the Treasury, director of the National Economic Council, and president of Harvard University. He is not a dumb man. He is a liberal Democrat with a Democrat’s understanding of economic policy. On Feb. 4, 2021, writing in the Washington Post, Summers wrote of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Goodness! What a night. During the live broadcast of the Academy Awards, actor Will Smith walked up to the stage and face-slapped comedian Chris Rock. When Smith returned to his seat, he unleashed a profanity-laced tirade — muted by the show’s producer — at Rock. What did Rock do ...
(ThyBlackMan.com)A Congressional meeting room might be the last place people would expect to find joy. But joy was in the air on the opening day of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Joy was in my heart and in the hearts of so many friends and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Education is free. Freedom of education shall be enjoyed under the condition fixed by law and under the supreme control of the state. — Karl Marx The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as ...