(ThyBlackMan.com) President Barack Obama is defending VPJoe Biden’s recent and most controversial remarks. In reference to Republican deregulation, Joe Biden said that Republicans are seeking to “put ya’ll back in chains,” an obvious reference to slavery. With an audience that has quite a few African Americans in it, those words ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On Aug. 3, 1980 then GOP Presidential contender Ronald Reagan picked his campaign starting point and his audience deliberately. The spot was the Neshoba County Fair, near Meridian Mississippi. The virtually white, wildly enthusiastic throng that lined Reagan’s motorcade route waved Confederate and American flags. Reagan didn’t disappoint them. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Seems it has become fashionable over the past four years for African Americans to consider themselves to be politically progressives as opposed to liberals. The way I have managed to understand progressivism, in simple terms is that it is a political ideology that states it desires better conditions in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In an apparent off the cuff remark, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan gushed that he thought it was a “cool thing” that an African-American was president. But Paul Ryan’s rapture with President Obama didn’t last past the first sentence. In the next breath he quickly added that he didn’t like ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some pundits say Obama has so successfully transformed America into a “gimme society” that the food stamp president will win reelection in a landslide. Other political wizards say the bloom is off the rose. A majority of Americans realize that Obama is a far left, radical, socialist/progressive, anti-American, lawless ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The perception is Black women fall into one of four categories: The Mammy The Jezebel The Sapphire The Welfare Queen Mammy the asexual woman who raises other people’ children (read: white babies) over her own and is grateful to live a life of servitude can accurately be described as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During a recent interview with Black Enterprise, President Barack Obama was asked about some of the criticism he’s received for allegedly not doing enough to support black businesses. In response to the question, the president had this to say: “My general view has been consistent throughout, which is that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A week from today I will head to a nearby apartment complex to cast my vote in the Florida Primary. When I walk into the precinct I will happily hand over my ID to the poll worker who will then direct me to a private booth to do my ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The monthly racket surrounding the release of how much President Obama and Mitt Romney raised for their campaigns reminds me of a fast talking auctioneer. The race for the White House is not only a horse race between the two men running for President but it is a pound ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Olympics, an international celebration of national pride and athleticism, has long been a platform upon which various competitors make both themselves and their countries known through sportsmanship, perseverance and the spirit of competition. With the recent gold medal performances of two Black American athletes, Gabby Douglas, for women’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I jump on every opportunity to respectfully challenge my 84 year old black dad’s loyalty to Obama. Dad has been a Christian pastor over 50 years. He lives in Maryland and I live in Florida. I called Dad to ask if he participated in Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day. He said, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Mitt Romney is not a racist nor is Obama a revolutionary. Nonetheless, these are the perceptions many are developing. Romney is running as an arch conservative, but his record governing Massachusetts is just the opposite, and none of his stands are set in stone if his past behavior be ...