(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, my black brother shared an unfortunate incident. Years ago, police in two unmarked cars blocked his car. They jumped out pointing guns, demanding that he exit his car. My brother immediately raised his hands, but did not exit his car because he was frozen with fear. An officer ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We African Americans are faced with a dilemma. Most of our people (who vote) are dead set on voting for a democrat, no matter what. Such an action is based on the belief that the democrats are for African Americans and the republicans are not. But that’s not absolutely ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) America, warts and flaws and shortcomings notwithstanding, is seen as the last best hope for humanity. Its foundational documents proclaim equality and pledge to attain “a more perfect Union.” In furtherance of that lofty goal the Civil War was fought, the Civil Rights struggle waged and the Black Lives ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Despite how Blackish the neighborhood appears, the local police department is usually dominated by white officers. Take the city of Baltimore for example: although the majority of residents are Black, their police force does not mirror the ethnicity of its population. The same holds true for Ferguson, Missouri and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are things that clearly reflect a low point in our culture — and on Monday, such a thing happened. As reported by Fox News: The Senate failed Monday to advance a Republican-led measure to halt federal aid to Planned Parenthood, but leaders of the GOP-controlled chamber appear ready to continue the fight, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let me start with a quote from my mentor, the late Arthur A. Fletcher: “If your life becomes so miserable that you want to commit suicide, just check into a VA hospital. It won’t take long.” Art told me that 15 years ago and today the status of Veterans ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A few weeks ago I wrote a column titled, “Republican Presidential Candidates Lack Diversity.” I called out Republican presidential campaigns for not having any Blacks on staff or as consultants. I received several phone calls from various campaigns with them expressing their “disappointment” in my piece; they didn’t deny ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) About a week ago, prospective Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and former Governor Martin O’Malley were on the campaign trail when Black Lives Matter protestors stormed a room at a meeting in Phoenix, Arizona and demanded that the 2016 presidential candidates say the names of black people killed by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My email account was on fire, everyone excited about Sen Ted Cruz calling Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell a liar on the Senate floor. Cruz cited each of Obama’s unprecedented unlawful power grabs and repeals of our freedoms that the GOP promised to block, only to stab us (We ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “For more than a century ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents such as my encounter with Castro to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Since the inception of American slavery, Black women have been the cornerstone of Black life. The majority of them spent many years, months and days slaving over hot stoves simply to quell the hunger pangs of sedentary, satanic slave masters. They were the lucky ones. The not-so-lucky female slaves ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After six years in office, I am amazed that Black folks continue to blindly follow the machinations of president Obama and his administration. In less than eight years, Obama has radically changed the fabric of America more than all the other 43 previous presidents combined. America is totally unrecognizable ...