(ThyBlackMan.com) Many conservatives – including a few Black accommodationists – are saying that Black people are being bamboozled into voting nearly exclusively for the Democratic Party. This is clearly a republican talking point, either that, or they believe that Black people are so stupid that we can be convinced to vote ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Several of my readers of have questioned why I am writing positive articles about my Republican Party. The simple answer is that they deserve it. In the past, I have been very critical of my party because they have ignored the Black community, disrespected our current president with incendiary ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On several occasions I have listened carefully as a couple of Black Republican colleagues cite the grievous shortcomings and sins of the Democratic Party. More often than not I found myself in agreement with much of their analysis. After their critique is finished I ask the Black Republicans what ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) How many African-Americans know that the president of the United States (POTUS) recently met with their leaders? How many among the African-American population know what the meeting agenda entailed, who was there, and what was accomplished at, or subsequent to it, regarding our plight and problems? Late Black History ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One of the biggest news stories thus far this year was the lead for the top German, Brazilian, Japanese and Canadian Television outlets yesterday. But it wasn’t even mentioned in the coverage offered by CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, or CBS via broadcast transcripts – Thank God for PBS and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The push for the Black vote is on. Black folks are back in style. Black is beautiful again! Since the last election, the mantra has become, “Get more ‘minorities’ to vote Republican;” and Black voters are at the top of that list. Yes, they want to increase their Hispanic ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Keep the faith, baby!” is the title of the 2002 documentary about the life and times of the first Black New York Congressperson, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., starring Harry Lennix and Vanessa Williams. “Keep the faith, baby!” was the favorite saying of this charismatic, revolutionary leader of Harlem, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This week, as I spoke about my campaign with Russell Simmons to get entertainers to help end the War on Drugs, someone immediately took offense that we had the audacity to write an open letter to the president. The person scolded me for thinking that President Obama has ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus got part of it right when he tasked a handful of key, but worried Republicans to come up with some proposals to make the party competitive again in national elections. There really were no surprises in the proposals they came up with. They ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Why do Black Americans allow the war on drugs’ unfair toll on people of color to continue? Instead of putting a stop to the racial disparities and arrests, prosecutions, imprisonments, and lack of rehabilitation programs, Blacks have unknowingly allowed the status quo to continue in their communities. In the 40 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I visited Cleveland a few years ago. As I was heading towards downtown I noticed a sign that showed pictures of blighted structures. There was a quote at the bottom of the sign which read, “Cheer up – we are not Detroit!” I guess all major U.S. cities can ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When unemployment numbers were released on Friday, commentators reacted joyfully. Alan Krueger, who heads the White House Council of Economic Advisors, described the creation of 247,000 jobs as a victory because the predictions were that the economy would only generate 170,000 jobs. Unemployment rates went down to 7.7 percent, ...