(ThyBlackMan.com) James Baldwin once asserted that one of the gravest things that every black man realizes is that in America, there will come a time when it is quite simply “his time.” This was Baldwin’s way of informing the world that even the thought of black men causes angst, consternation, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is supposed to “protect” consumers from fraud and predatory lending. But since 45 has ruled the roost, he has empowered exploiters to extract too much money from consumers. And he has exposed himself to implicit bribes, which is why the Consumer Financial Services Association of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “I’m just one vote.” “My vote won’t matter.” “Them White folks gone do what they wanna do anyway.” These are some of the many excuses given by some African Americans when it comes to exercising their right to vote; a right fought for by many people in this country—both ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ten times a day I am compelled to reflect on my past life … and I can never justify to myself… I have sworn an oath to endure no more of it…The subject is exhausted; and so am I…-George Bernard Shaw In 1991, I was in high school when Ms. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Money can’t buy you love or solve all of your problems, but it can alleviate a lot of the stress we feel. Inflation is real! There are very few commodities or services that are the same price (or cheaper) now than they were just a few years ago. With all ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last month, in March 2018, 1ST, the superstar musician, songwriter, businessman, record producer and actor of Senegalese descent Akon was officially invited in the Ethiopian capital as the guest of the monthly talks series program of the African which receives monthly an African personality for debates. Alioume Damala Badara Thiam ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Sammy, our greyhound, is around 100 years old in dog years. His health is failing. Mary and I hate leaving Sammy with our pet-sitter, but we must fly to Arizona to help propel Debbie Lesko to victory in the Congressional 8th district race. https://bit.ly/2J4rRtQ Shockingly, polling shows Lesko and her ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The continent of Africa is still misunderstood, misinterpreted and mistreated. It’s people have too many times been demeaned and portrayed as savages, uneducated, impoverished and unable to govern themselves. Je Vais Ventures – https://www.facebook.com/jevaisventures/ There are so many misconceptions even from the TED Talk “The Danger of a Single Story” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last year, the Sinclair Broadcasting Group agreed to acquire the Tribune Media Company. Since then the competitors of free-to-the-home broadcast television have been among the loudest voices crying “the sky is falling,” and the government — the FCC and DOJ — should deny approval of the merger. This chorus has ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “The company’s business depends on observing users’ online behaviour and selling their attention to advertisers, who pay money to reach specific groups of users based on minute details gleaned about their identities, their interests and where they are. This requires a delicate balancing act between catering to users, whose attention ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is formally testified by the experts. The soils, sea, rivers, fishes, animals, human beings in Martinique and Guadeloupe are massively contaminated with a specifically dangerous pesticide, the chlordecone. The Kannari report declared in 2015 that “90% of the martinicans have chlordecone in their blood”. According to a 2009 report ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Since he took office, the term ‘disgraceful’ is one which has often passed the lips of President Donald Trump. From his reaction to the NFL linebacker killed by an illegal immigrant driving drunk, to the FBI’s recent raid on the property of his personal attorney Michael Cohen, Trump has used ...