(ThyBlackMan.com) When Donald Trump first spoke about his intentions to run for President and called out Mexicans and Hispanics in general, here’s what happened. Yes, there were protests in the streets by Latinos who felt they had been insulted by Trump, but further action was taken, not by Latinos but ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I love Kanye West’s music. Now that we’ve gotten that out the way, I must say that over the years I’ve loved less and less of the person Kanye West presents himself to be. For me, Kanye ain’t been right since his mama died. Rest in Peace Ms. Donda. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) GOP presidential hopeful Jeb Bush knew exactly what he was doing when he insulted African-American voters by alleging that the Democrats buy their votes with “free stuff.” In fact, it was no accident that he hurled his slur at Democrats at a campaign stop in South Carolina. Bush is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Isn’t it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, you in mid-air… Where are the clowns?” I have a new appreciation for “Send in the Clowns” – as sung by Bernadette Peters, Barbra Streisand, and Frank Sinatra among many others. Ben Carson is a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The political story of the year by far is the sudden resignation of House Speaker, John Boehner. His announcement last Friday sent tectonic shock waves throughout the body politic. Boehner’s resignation was a direct result of Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy; not Trump the person, but rather what Trump represents. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Here is something to think about as we watch the political circus that is currently dominating the news: Black people are nowhere to be found in the real action, nowhere to be found in determining the candidates from which we will eventually choose to compete for the Presidency, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) INTRODUCTION. The year 2017 is near and everyone is watching keenly what Rwandans will have to decide where the polical future of the Country of a “Thousand Hills” is concerned. It has been said that the world is three days i.e., yesterday, today and tomorrow. And if you do ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Ben Carson is not qualified to be President. He is not a politician and that can be a good thing. But it can also mean he does not understand how things work in the world of politics. He has no experience in that world and politics is an entirely ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Every time I think the media has sank below the point of no return on the scale of embarrassment; they prove to the world that there is truly no floor for how low they can go. Of course I am talking about last week’s Republican presidential debate hosted by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In a country with more than 300 million people, it is remarkable how obsessed the media have become with just one — Donald Trump. What is even more remarkable is that, after six years of repeated disasters, both domestically and internationally, under a glib egomaniac in the White House, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What do you consider to be the most important issue facing Black people in America? Jobs, the criminal justice system, the education system, reparations, violence, global warming, immigration? All of these issues and others you may mention fall under the broad auspices of economics and/or politics. The essence of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Before you know it, we will be voting on the next President of the United States – arguably the most powerful office and position on the planet. But amidst all the hoopla over Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and her emails, are we being duped? Bamboozzled? ...