(ThyBlackMan.com) Many of my columns speak highly of the wisdom of our nation’s founders. Every once in a while, I receive an ugly letter sarcastically asking what do I think of their wisdom declaring blacks “three-fifths of a human.” It’s difficult to tell whether such a question is prompted by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Mrs. Clinton this investigation is about four dead Americans, not you,” asserted Chairman Trey Gowdy of the House Benghazi Special Committee during Hillary Clinton’s testimony yesterday. But quite the opposite was true. The hearing was only about Hillary and her cavalier, and their arrogant approach to the rules of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recollections of my 1995 article on the business of college athletics danced in my head when I heard the news about the University of Missouri football team’s refusal to play until the President of that University, Tim Wolfe, resigns or is dismissed. The players said, “due to his negligence ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A young woman with 3 kids works at your local fast food restaurant on minimum wage. She can barely pay her bills and she has no money for extra anything. She believes she could do much more for her family if she only made $15 an hour. She may ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At a recent Congressional hearing, Dr. Mandy Cohen of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services explained that almost 700,000 Americans have lost their health coverage because the insurance co-ops formed under ObamaCare to foster competition couldn’t compete with “big, experienced players” in the insurance marketplace. Dr. Cohen was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black people are in the process of being demonized and setup in a very dangerous way. Yes, we’ve always been demonized, demeaned, and disparaged, but this time it’s different, and the accusations are much more dangerous and malevolent. This time we’re being accused of being anti-American terrorists who are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Jeb Bush was recently pilloried for his characterization of the relationship between African-Americans and the Democratic Party. As insulting as his statement was, what’s worse is the lost opportunity it represents. “Our message is one of hope and aspiration. It isn’t one of division and get in line and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Barack Obama endorsed the #Black Lives Matter movement “as something we have to take seriously.” Even though after seven years, Obama has done nothing to improve the lives of black Americans, his most loyal, boot-licking constituents. In contrast, Obama helped give homosexuals gay marriage and illegal aliens, amnesty. Blacks ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black Americans continue to face serious disparities in education, employment, and in economic development. While over 45 million Black Americans have made some type of progress during the past seven years of the Obama Administration, there is still much more to be done to end the vast racial and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dr. Ben Carson’s whole life has been very unusual, so perhaps we should not be surprised to see the latest twist — the media going ballistic over discrepancies in a few things he said. Years ago, when I was writing some autobiographical sketches, I dug up old letters, to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Though no votes have yet to be cast, the biggest loser of the 2016 presidential election cycle is by far the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). Those who follow my columns know that I have been extremely critical of my Republican Party and our presidential candidates for rarely, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) No single group of voters has been more actively suppressed than the black male voter. America has a long history of silencing black people by eliminating any and all ability to exercise basic fundamental rights. The bodies of black men were violated and mutilated before being put to death ...