(ThyBlackMan.com) The sudden appearance of Donald Trump on the political horizon last year may have been surprising, but not nearly as surprising as seeing some conservatives supporting him. Does Trump have conservative principles? Does he have any principles at all, other than promoting Donald Trump? A smorgasbord of political positions ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Donald Trump’s unorthodox style of campaigning for president first took the political world by storm, I thought his ability to connect with the public is a real-life version of the movie, “A Face in the Crowd” In the 1957 film, Andy Griffith played “Lonesome” Rhodes, a drifter discovered ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is with a heavy heart that I have to leave my brothers and sisters from the Rwandan opposition living in the diaspora. I have also with immediate effect relinquished my position as the Legal representative and Founding President of the Association of Rwandan Refugees and Former Refugees living ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump has taken America by storm with his ignorance, arrogance, and racism. What I find disturbing is the constant broadcasting of his racist rants and the racial tension that is surrounding his campaign events. These acts of racism are highlighted in all major media outlets, both print and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 1980, Ronald Reagan’s campaign for the presidency kicked off inside a quagmire where three brutal murders took place. Needless to say, it was a very strange choice for a candidate to begin his campaign to become president, because these weren’t normal murders. Rather, they were a trio of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Does anyone hear us pray? For Michael Brown or Freddie Gray Peace is more than the absence of war.” “If there ain’t no justice then there ain’t no peace.” Baltimore police officials couldn’t have been too thrilled about these lyrics in May, 2015. They were the lyrics in Prince’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) INTRODUCTION. Zambia has been and continues to be a haven of peace and a sanctuary for many Rwandan Refugees and nationals. Some of us were trained in Zambia and everything we are is as a result of the hospitality that was extended to us by the good people of Zambia ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 1991, President George H.W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas, then a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and former chairman of the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, to replace Thurgood Marshall on the U.S. Supreme Court. The rest, as they say, is history. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In any other time and place it would be the most idiotic and unbelievable headline one could imagine. The headline being that Hillary Clinton ranks close to Trump as the two most hated candidates in the history of American presidential elections. That’s a lot of years and a lot ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The recent Wisconsin primary was a serious setback for the front-runners of both parties. Donald Trump’s momentum toward the 1,237 delegates needed for the Republican nomination was slowed by Ted Cruz’s victory, and Hillary Clinton lost yet again to Bernie Sanders, who’s won seven of the last eight contests. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When we think about the right to vote, it is and should be understood to be a civic sacrament in the temple of democracy. However, this presidential election will be the first in 50 years without the full protection of the Voting Rights Act. In 1965, the Voting Rights ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This year’s presidential primaries have highlighted the importance of people of color to the Democratic Party coalition. Hillary Clinton’s lead in the party’s nomination race comes almost entirely from her strength among African-American and Latino voters. When people of color favor one candidate by large margins, they make the ...