(ThyBlackMan.com) When I was growing up in Florida, one of the high points of summer were block parties. Local DJs would set up in neighborhood parks or on the beach and kids would come from across town to drink, smoke, and dance to the music. Word of these parties would ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is very rare that you can turn on the television or listen to the radio and not hear about all of the negative things that are associated with differences. Too many times any people get so caught up in whether or not someone else sees the world the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Conservative blogs, webs, newspapers, and pundits are at it again screaming that young black males are killing each other with abandon in city after city. They repeatedly toss out the supposedly raging murder violence in Baltimore, Chicago and now New York City as proof that black on black carnage ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “For The Lord’s sake, respect all human authority: whether the king as head of state, or the officials he has appointed. For the king has sent them to punish those who do wrong and to honor those who do right.” That’s from the New Living Translation of 1 Peter ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Fourteen to one, in favor. That was the Los Angeles City Council vote to raise, over the next five years, the city’s minimum wage from $9 an hour to $15. Of course, as Investor’s Business Daily tells us, the $15 per hour really is closer to $20. How does ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Barack Obama’s stance, expressed in his 2014 State of the Union address, is that the debate is settled and climate change is a fact. Obama is by no means unique in that view. Former Vice President Al Gore declared that “the science is settled.” This “settled science” vision ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Behold, I show you a mystery: We shall not all sleep; but we shall all be changed.” That’s from 1 Corinthians 15:58 of the Bible. And it’s entirely true. My Republican brothers and sisters will not care for this op-ed column of mine one little bit. I know that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Discussions in the news media (I’d rather call it the “Views Media”) regarding the use of the word, “Thug,” are intriguing to say the least. The Mayor of Baltimore, the President, and some in the media used the term during the unrest that followed the killing of Freddie Gray. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Baltimore’s 40th murder in May set a new record for homicides in one month. http://nydn.us/1dFgr0g My friend wrote… “Lloyd The American Legion National Convention is scheduled for late August through early September, 2015 in Baltimore City. Sad to say, I have canceled my reservations as I do not think ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Whenever the world gets too crazy for me, I head down to the soul food restaurant and seek out my mentor, the great ghetto philosopher, Cleophus Leroy Brown. Cleo graciously waived me toward a seat at his usual corner booth. “What’s on your mind, College Boy?” “Everything,” I blurted ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s a reason that William Shakespeare referred to jealousy as a theme in his plays. In “The Merchant of Venice” (1596), Shakespeare likened jealousy to serious illness because on occasion, the skin of very sick people turns a shade of yellowish green. In “Othello” (1604), Shakespeare called jealousy a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A black liberal columnist made the point in his article that the future of the GOP rests on it getting rid of its conservatives. http://slate.me/1Knu8Os Then, the GOP can modernize; attract more young voters of color by embracing open borders, amnesty, abortion and all the other filth coming out ...