(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 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As Ted Cruz-mania skyrockets exciting millions http://bit.ly/1SHWzWW, I still get emails from professed Christians ripping me to shreds for choosing Cruz over Trump. These anti-Cruz Christians dig deep, coming up with reasons so weak not to choose Cruz that they equal saying Ted Cruz took another kid’s candy when ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Republican National Committee (RNC) is refuting claims that a number of key African-American employees were either fired or forced to resign and officials are pointing to the hiring of Telly Lovelace, the GOP’s newest liaison to the Black media, as proof that the party remains devoted to diversity. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We all know that voting in our local elections is necessary to effect our day to day lives. Voting is very important, however we must be knowledgeable and honest about why we do it…locally and nationally. Let’s be honest…we as African-Americans vote because it’s our right, because it’s our ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Talk about racial silliness run amok. Hillary Clinton with tongue buried deep in cheek tells New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio in a skit at a press dinner that “CPT,” that’s the acronym for colored peoples time i.e. late late later, really means “cautious politician time.” Next thing you ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Who are these people? That’s always my first thought when humanity has been again shaken by another act of terror somewhere around the globe: Who are these individuals and groups who think that killing innocent people is an-forgive the use of this word-effective way to wage war, or just ...