(ThyBlackMan.com) It was over a decade ago when I, along with hundreds of other politicized African-Americans, attentively listened to Dr. Michael Eric Dyson. At this moment, Dyson was a well-established superstar within the realm of Black public intellectuals. Michael Eric Dyson’s existed in a stratosphere that only the formidable intellectual ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump is waging a nonstop, all-encompassing war against progressive culture, in magnitude analogous to what 19th-century Germans once called a Kulturkampf. As a result, not even former President George W. Bush has incurred the degree of hatred from the left that is now directed at Trump. For most ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Watching this year’s 9-11 remembrances on TV, it was heartwarming to hear commentators repeatedly use “we” and “our” when referring to Americans and America. Commentators said on September 11, 2001, “our” country was viciously attacked by Islamist terrorists. They said, “we” came together as a nation. A WWII vet said ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometimes I allow myself to imagine a world with justice for all—not just in words, but by deeds. Before I go around the world with what I would like to see I want the best there is for everybody no matter where they live. Maybe to some what I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I spoke recently with a highly-experienced Democrat who desperately wants to defeat President Trump come November of 2020. That said, he is deeply concerned that, for self-serving reasons, a number of Democrats, certain liberal media outlets, and groups and organizations which support the Democratic Party, are secretly just fine ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The U.S. Department of Justice has recently sued the Baltimore County government alleging that its written test for police officer recruits was unfairly biased against black applicants. It turns out that black applicants failed the written test at a rate much greater than white applicants. That results in fewer ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I cannot lie, the first day of class is filled with an uneven balance of wonderment and uncertainty. If prodded to be truthful, I have much company among educators in believing that none of us know what to expect on the first day of class. Hence, it is somewhat ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As the 2020 presidential campaign heats up, more emphasis and attention has been paid to “immigrants” and “the border” than to what’s happening to America’s poor. Neither side has addressed the worsening conditions among the low-income cohort of the U.S. population. The Census Bureau has just released its poverty ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the most invisible journalists on TV that you probably have never heard of is Linsey Davis; and that is a good thing. As a matter of fact, for her profession, it is one of the highest compliments a journalist can get. She is not to be confused with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, controversial writer for The Atlantic and former ESPN on-air persona Jemele Hill wrote an article for The Atlantic called “It’s Time for Black Athletes to Leave White Colleges” in which she explained legitimate concrete reasons as to why black athletes should consider taking their talents to HBCUs to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After decades of American predictability, President Donald Trump‘s unexpected decision to cancel a secret Camp David meeting with the Taliban is the latest example of the effectiveness and strength of the strategy of the Trump negotiation team. The White House is no longer predictable. Instead, the president has time ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At first glance, the term “scientific racism” appears both implausible and oxymoronic. But from the middle 1600s to the end of the Second World War, the various branches of pseudo-science purporting to substantiate the anatomical, biological and anthropological differences of the “races” had many adherents who were otherwise considered ...