(ThyBlackMan.com) My daughter Kathryn recently called me from New York to shout at me incredulously: “Dad, did you realize that the five major beauty pageants this year all have crown holders that look like me!” America’s beauty queens are all Black women! I have told my aspiring daughter since 2nd ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A military dog tag is not the only gift you can give a veteran. Keep reading for 5 gifts veteran gifts your hero will love. We all want to respect and honor those brave men and women who sacrifice to serve our country. Between all three branches of the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you are either black , a felon , disabled or your name is Muhammad you may feel that you have no shot at ever living the American dream. Despite Barack Obama, many of these denominations still feel that the dream is only reserved for someone named Becky or ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The numerical expression “20/20” is widely recognized as synonymous with perfect vision. And given what we have witnessed in 2019, we definitely have to face the year 2020 with eyes wide open. Four news stories this year provide insights to where we are and where we’re headed: The 1619 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Two years ago, my wife Mary and I relocated from Florida to West Virginia to be closer to our elderly parents. We have witnessed traditional American values displayed in our tiny town of 500 which I’ve affectionately nicknamed Trump Country USA. Our two shopping options are the country store/gas ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As the world has grown closer through the internet; our shared concerns as Americans, regardless of race, have also brought us closer together. With a looming economic slow-down on the horizon, working class blacks and whites, have the same issues in common; job security, money and health care cost, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Over the Christmas holiday, Mary and I drove from West Virginia to visited her widow birth mother who lives in Baltimore. I’ll call her Ruth. Mary and I grew up in the Baltimore area. Wow! What a striking decline in our beloved hometown, once renowned as Charm City. http://bit.ly/1eHe2lK We saw ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump is famed for his head-snapping reversals. One day he’s taking troops out of the Middle East; the next he’s sending more in. One day he’s on the verge of an agreement with China on trade; the next he’s tweeting about holding off until after the election. On one ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is very easy to view what is going on in the United States as bad energy, terrible politics, and for some anxiety triggering. These things tend to make one turn off the TV and ignore social media regarding this administration and impeachment. Many of us wish we could ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The battle between church and state is as old as church and state, as is the conflict within religious circles over who supposedly speaks for God. The latest dustup occurred after the departing editor of Christianity Today magazine, Mark Galli, wrote an editorial in which he said President Trump ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We’ve all heard the term bantered about, but what does gentrification really mean? Gentrification was coined back in 1964 by Ruth Glass – a British sociologist – referring to changes in the housing market and structure in inner city London. Gentrification sometimes vilified as a way of displacing Black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You won’t hear young Democrats deride Bernie Sanders with the “OK, boomer” dig. At 78, he’s actually too old for the cohort, but that’s not why he won’t get dinged. He’s the most popular Democrat among the under-35 crowd, and judging by recent polling, he’s the second-most popular Democrat ...