(ThyBlackMan.com) I dislike the geographic parameters imposed by the term “African history.” It relegates the history of African people, which, as you note later, is synonymous with “human beings,” to a specific place. I will use the Jewish people here to construct a point. I perceive the Jews as a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Julian Castro dropped his copy of “Paso a Paso” and staggered, like a punch-drunk boxer, catching himself with one arm against a wall. It was as if he felt Hillary Clinton cross his name from her list of potential vice presidential candidates to flank her this summer. She doesn’t ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As the proud owner of NBC 25 in Flint, Michigan, it is important for us to understand the community and to become a part of it as much as we can. As a station owner, we have the ability to elevate the needs and concerns of the downtrodden, hold ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Two months before the 2014 mid-term elections President Obama issued this statement that read in part: “The president’s foremost political goal is helping Democrats do well in the midterms — and Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is doing a great job in that effort.” Obama was horribly disappointed in his ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The increases in African American(AA) unemployment rates are critical, as AA unemployment rates are leading indicators of the condition of the country’s economy. Normally unemployment rates are considered lagging indicators of the economy’s overall state of health. The reason for this is that lay-offs occur after conditions, such as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) By now, if you have ever read any of my articles, you know I drill far below the surface on key issues. Today I want to thank Donald Trump for what he is doing, though he may not realize it or intend to do it. Donald Trump represents corrupt, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is seldom that the fate of a nation can be traced to what happened on one particular day. But that may be what happens in the United States of America on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. That is because the front-runners in both political parties are not merely inadequate ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As Rwandans plan to remember those who perished 23 years ago this 6th of April. One must first look at what has been achieved in the past years and more importantly whether the current regime understands the challenges that lie ahead if they do not live up to the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The more I listen to Donald Trump’s refrain about how dishonest the media is, the more I am beginning to agree with him. The media should be thoroughly embarrassed by their coverage last week of North Carolina’s now infamous punch throwing incident at a Donald Trump rally. Rakeem Jones ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was a teacher. Among other things, I taught Special Education. I’ve always been told “Once a teacher, always a teacher,” so I decided to give Donald Trump a little instructional upgrade. Everybody knows that when Donald Trump was asked by a reporter if he would disavow David Duke, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We all have a right to our feelings, and opinions. However this doesn’t make them fact nor should we always act on them. Throughout our history in this country, as Black People, we have been fighting oppression. So many different leaders have been at the head of harming us ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Permit me please to paraphrase Mahatma Gandhi. First they oppose you. Then they ridicule you. Then they ignore you. Then you win. This has been the 85-plus year history of the Nation of Islam in North America. First established on July 4, 1930, in the Heavenly Valley neighborhood of ...