(ThyBlackMan.com) For those of you who have seen the movie Selma, or intend to watch it on cable or who would just like to know what the film was about, here is some background information on the Civil Rights Movement, the players in the drama and some food for thought… ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is no secret that every since President Obama got in office the first time, the Republican agenda was not to work for the American people as they were elected to do. I am not a democrat, I am an African-American fiscal and social conservative, but the truth is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Silly, sick, demeaning cracks made by such as the canned Univision host Rodner Figueroa likening First Lady Michelle Obama to a Planet of the Apes character are not new. Four years ago, the then CEO of the Tennessee Hospitality Association, Walt Baker, took much heat and lost a lot ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are in a new economy where up is down and down is up. Damn if you do and damn if you don’t. The national unemployment rate for blacks in February clocked in at 10.4 percent. That rate is an increase from January, which was 10.3 percent and matches ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Does the future belong to the young? Does God alone control the future? Do you have a hand in your destiny and the future path of others? Or are there forces, powers, principalities, rulers of this world and spiritual wickedness in high places those who shape and control the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “So what’cha what’cha what’cha want what’cha want? I get so funny with the money that you flaunt. I said where’d you get your information from, huh? You think that you can front when revelation comes?” The aforementioned lyrics are from the classic Beastie Boys song, “So What’cha Want.” It’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This morning (Thursday, March 12, 2015), two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri were shot. The police chief has resigned. The Municipal Court Judge has resigned. The City Manager has resigned and the Missouri Supreme Court has taken away all the municipal court cases, handing them to a higher court. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s always a bad idea for a writer to overstate his or her case or deal in hyperbole. It causes readers not to take the writer seriously, so let me choose my words carefully. The Republican Party has morped into a fascist, bigoted, un-American, and completely inept and irresponsible ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are some things in life which are just obvious – as a matter of fact, I refer to these things as Bravo-Foxtrot-Oscar (Blinding Flash of the Obvious). For example, states run by conservative governors do better than those run by progressive socialists — just compare Texas with California. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As I sat and listened to Hannity on the radio recently, a Caucasian wealthy commentator, I just shook my head. He is representative of so many people in this country in denial because they cannot stomach the racism that exists in America. So they hide from it, make light ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I want you to take a little trip with me. Let’s go to a parallel universe together. Everything there is as it is here with three exceptions: What if all white Americans here and now are black Americans there and then – and vice versa? What if everyone in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) People have ranted and raved about the brilliant and inspirational speech given by President Barack Obama in Selma. I applaud the president’s willingness to speak, and we know that such speeches can serve to inspire those who care about the future of this country. However, it is also important ...