(ThyBlackMan.com) Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again – expecting different results. The question is, are African Americans as a people insane? It is a legitimate question, and one that deserves an answer. As a result of the 2008 Great Recession, the African American(AA) unemployment rate rose ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. — William Arthur Ward It’s interesting how the young folks have started using a term that describes what the older folks should be doing. I hear young people saying, “I’m grinding,” and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Once again, two nights ago, liberal hypocrisy was on full display at the White House Correspondents’ Association’s (WHCA) annual dinner. The dinner was begun in the early 1920s and usually the incumbent president and vice president of the United States attend. It is supposed to be a time of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Joseph Goebbels said, “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” While I realize that Goebbels was Hitler’s Propaganda Minister, in no way am I comparing Donald Trump’s campaign to Hitler. Such comparisons are over-the-top nonsense. Trump is not ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump is good for African Americans. No I have not hit my head and no I am not on drugs. I realize he has no real plans for anything but to build a wall. I am very aware that he insults Hispanics, Muslims, women and handicapped people. I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What would you think if famed Hall of Fame NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who stands 7’2, claimed to be five foot tall? What would you think if South African president, Jacob Zuma claimed to be president of the U.S.? What would you think if I told you the Washington ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Much has been made about polls that purportedly show that a significant number of Bernie Sanders’ backers say they won’t vote for Clinton no matter what. Now Sanders has made it clear as recently as an MSNBC Townhall that he will do whatever it takes to “make sure” no ...
(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 ...