(ThyBlackMan.com) It was one for the books. The sight of an African-American viciously assaulting a Trump protester at his Tucson campaign rally. The sight drew gasps and lots of expressions of puzzlement and disbelief. The assault came a few weeks after Trump’s photo-op meeting with some black ministers. He has ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Nonstop Aiding and Abetting in Corrupt Practices” While Black people are bogged down in shallow and meaningless political discourse, our vaunted Black organizations continue to be M.I.A. except for their time in front of the cameras with Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. They say they cannot endorse candidates, but ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As Barack Obama’s presidency counts down its last months, amid the raucous babble of the Republican presidential debate, people are beginning to realize how much we will miss Obama’s leadership. He has served with dignity and grace, increasingly rare attributes in American politics. His family has exhibited the values ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Our Conservative Campaign Committee team has been traveling state-to-state, boots-on-the-ground campaigning for Ted Cruz in caucuses and primaries. After campaigning for Cruz in Fayetteville, North Carolina, we joined a rally led by Heidi Cruz. In her speech Heidi shared how Ted fell in love with and memorized the U.S. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump should be thankful to the protestors who shut down his rally on Friday in Chicago. Their actions ended up boosting support for him – even among some Democrats. The protestors, or rather, Bernie Sanders recruits, snuck into the University of Illinois auditorium disguised as Trump supporters. They ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I recently read an article about the reformation of Riker’s Island, an infamous jail located in NYC. And, I’m thinking, I guess they’re going to make it a bit more comfortable, a bit more inviting, a bit more spacious; and a lot more durable for future generations. They’ll claim ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The political climate leading up to the 2016 presidential election is one of a dystopian Zootopia. One where we’re seeing democratic donkeys and G.O.P. elephants behaving as snake-like savages: One were the chickens have come home to roost in the hate-mongering and xenophobic intolerance of the Republican party as ...
(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 ...