(ThyBlackMan.com) Democrats always accuse Republicans of what they are doing themselves. “Those evil Republicans are Nazis who are trying to divide the nation” is not only a common sentiment to hear from these people, it’s also wildly divisive. But they operate in a world where no one is going to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Rustin” is a Netflix biopic produced by Barack and Michelle Obama. Bayard Rustin, the underappreciated black 1960s civil rights activist, certainly deserves an ambitious film about his life. After all, the 1963 “March on Washington” that culminated with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I Have a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Mental illness should not be your ticket to death.” This was what one grieving parent told a phalanx of reporters a year ago in Virginia. Her son had serious mental health challenges. Yet he died at the hands of law enforcement. We’ve seen endless variations of this tragic pattern of death ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If Joe Biden and Kamala Harris think the issues of Black American unemployment and economic immigration are going to go away, as the November presidential election approaches, they are sadly mistaken. It is no secret, Black American workers are the first workers laid off, when the economy declines, as it ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The celebration of Juneteenth nationally took a new turn in its bid to become a nationally recognized Black holiday last year in the context of the intensified struggle against police violence and systemic racism. Indeed, ever since the decisive moment of struggle in Ferguson, which was the spark that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Terence Crutcher, a father of four who sang in his church choir, was shot and killed by the police in 2016 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, his twin sister Dr. Tiffany Crutcher saw history repeating itself. Terence, who had his hands up, needed help but instead received a bullet. It was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, former President Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records—in relation to hush money paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels. As an aside, I found the trial taking place almost a decade later interesting given Michael Cohen actually did time for his part ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dear Cornel, What will your legacy be? How will your children and grandchildren view you? Like you, I am concerned about the murder of civilians in Palestine, Haiti, and Sudan. I’m also worried about the lives of civilians in our country. You’re polling at 4% in Michigan, and 3 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At some point, every child, teenager, and young adult should have an awareness of the full story behind the Black Wall Street massacre that occurred in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The story of Greenwood is not only about racial resentment and violence; it is also a success ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “This shows our criminal justice system works!” “No one is above the law, not even the son of a president!” “So much for former President Donald Trump’s hollow cry of being persecuted by a two-tiered system of justice!” This was the reaction of the liberal media following Hunter Biden’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Imagine the shock I got when I opened my mail not long ago and found a moving violation traffic citation. What? Huh? It had been more than twenty years since I was cited by a CHP officer for a moving violation. What was this? The “this” was yet another ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Now that the former President and the candidate for future President has been convicted of thirty-four felonies, he joins 19 million other Americans who have such convictions. Those felons face major restrictions in employment, finance, and housing. For example, federal, state, and local government jobs often require a security ...