(ThyBlackMan.com) President Barack Obama has concluded his three-country tour of Africa. He visited Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania. Most presidential trips overseas have a pre-determined outcome: to sign an agreement, to promote a foreign policy objective, or to reward an ally, etc. Not so in this instance. Barack Obama seems to be ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The other day, a friend of mine called to tell me that the Congressional Black Caucus was finally getting a chance to meet with President Obama. I think that he was excited, as if this meeting actually meant something. I looked at my friend with an empty stare and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During his trip to South Africa, President Obama graciously and reverentially praised Nelson Mandela as a leader who inspired people around the world and that included himself. This was more than just praise for one of the planet’s most respected leaders, the man Obama called by his traditional tribal ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) An Open letter To The Chairwoman of The CBC – The Honorable Marcia L. Fudge: In the coming weeks, immigration reform will be debated vigorously in the Congressional House of Representatives, regardless of House Speaker John Boehner saying no immigration legislation will be brought to the floor if ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There was a time when a child’s every remark to an elder was precluded or capped off by a very solemn and respectful, “yes, ma’am; no ma’am’ or “yes, sir; no sir.” During these days of well-mannered up-bringing and children understanding their rank relative to adults, youths would not ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Obama, Democratic Senate leaders, and immigration rights groups heaped praise on GOP Senate leaders for finally getting enough of their party members to pass an immigration reform bill. It was indeed quite a feat considering the long, relentless, and dogged fight by the GOP majority to duck, dodge, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The instant the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act by knocking out the key provision requiring Justice Department pre-clearance before a locale can alter or institute new voting procedures, the call went up for Congress to restore some version of this requirement. President Obama and Attorney General Eric ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black people in the United States live in a society where a segment of the majority white population is attempting to exert control economically and politically. What blacks are experiencing is what blacks experienced in South Africa, prior to the overturning of that racist system. A form of apartheid ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Brother and sister patriots, this is it. This is the big one. If we lose this battle, it is game over unless God intervenes. America as founded will be over. Democrats and socialist/progressives will rule forever. Therefore, this is the Tea Party issue of our times. I am talking ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Paleo-conservatives – both Black and White – repeatedly make the racist and erroneous claim that the Black community is only loyal to the Democratic Party because they want a free ride. Ironically, that’s the very mind-set that makes the Black community look upon most conservatives – and especially Black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I read the recently released report by The College Republican National Committee (CRNC), titled, “Grand Old Party for a Brand New Generation,” I immediately thought of two cartoons: the Flintstones and the Jetsons. The Flintstones was an animated, prime-time TV show that debuted in 1960. It was a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) GOP House Speaker John Boehner recently called border security “laughable.” Boehner was not being funny. That sentiment could have a major blowback effect in the House on the deal that the four GOP Senators crafted to take the issue of border security off the contentious table and move the ...