(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 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During the early years of the Reagan administration, a Washington news conference was held for me for my first book, “The State Against Blacks.” Before making summary statements about the book, I offered the reporters assembled that they could treat me like a white person. They could ask me ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Question: When men (and a few women) belonging to gangs known to law enforcement agencies for criminal behavior explode in a rampage – using guns, knives, clubs, and chains in trying to kill each other, and police officers, too, that leaves nine dead, nearly 200 injured and hundreds arrested, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) At first glance, the title “Black People Are Protesting the Wrong Way” is click-baity (reminiscent of a highly problematic piece published in CNN called ‘Lord of the Flies’ comes to Baltimore). It begs many questions about who is protesting (not just Black people), why they are protesting, and how ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For the past fifty years most of our conversation and efforts have been centered on politics. Reminiscent of Reconstruction, when Blacks occupied political offices for the first time, many of our politicians are just figureheads, toothless tigers, and lackeys for the establishment. Many of them are simply “employed” and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are starting to get into the 2016 election cycle already – after all, the 24 hour news cycle has to have something upon which to pontificate. Recent polls show that the top two issues concerning Americans are the economy/jobs and terrorism – which I classify as foreign policy/national ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Roses are red, the sky is blue… what time is it? It’s elephant time. We need to talk about the elephants in the room. So many mistakes, so little time. I’ll call this op-ed piece “Elephantine.” The word elephantine is an adjective – and is defined as “of, resembling, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) By the time you read this article millions of college students will have graduated and are now looking for jobs; many will be going on to grad school. Millions will suddenly be faced with paying off college loans or contemplating obtaining a loan for graduate studies. Where the money ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hustlers and people with little understanding want us to believe that today’s black problems are the continuing result of a legacy of slavery, poverty and racial discrimination. The fact is that most of the social pathology seen in poor black neighborhoods is entirely new in black history. Let’s look ...