(ThyBlackMan.com) There is no example in the history of the world of a civilization, culture, or country that has survived without an intact family unit. Historically, this has meant father, mother, sister, brother, grandparents, and sometimes other extended family members. With the onslaught of the Industrial Revolution came what we ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Now that the litany of jokes and endless speculation about her adopted ethnicity have begun to subside, the real question remains: will the real Rachel Dolezal please stand up? As the very vocal and effective president of the Spokane, Washington chapter of the NAACP (black people make up about ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Do you ever get the feeling that perhaps you are the one who is crazy? It would have been easy for me to feel that way back in 2008. It appeared that every black person in America was giddy with excitement about the possibility of America electing its first ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In recent years payday lenders have had a great time of it charging whatever they want and pretty much on what terms they want. Now that the FCA have introduced tough new regulations what does this mean for the industry? Many payday lenders operating in the UK have long ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Lots has been going on this week Trade Adjustment Assistant (TAA) and Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) as well as the admitted lack of a strategy to deal with ISIS. At the end, it hasn’t been a very good week for the Obama administration — but then again perhaps in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In March of 2007, I wrote an article titled, Obama Drama. Here is the opening paragraph: “Will the euphoria sweeping through our ranks over the possibility of a Black President eventually dominate our collective psyche? Will it overwhelm us with notions of “equality” and “victory,” and ostensibly cause us ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What do you get when add Reince Priebus, the Republican National Convention, the Fox News Channel, CNN, the 2016 Republican presidential candidates’ debates and all rules therein, all national polls on the 2016 GOP candidates for president, the New Hampshire Republican leadership, the Union Leader – the largest and ...
(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 ...