(ThyBlackMan.com) I can remember it like it was yesterday as my family and I walked into the funeral home chapel to the haunting sound of Sam Cookes A change gone come. This song had been chosen by his grandchildren a tribute befitting my seventy-five year old Father who had seen ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Why are we playing tricks on our minds on the eve of the most important election in our lifetime? Why are black pundits, commentators and others posing the question, “do blacks support Mr. Obama because he’s black?” Do we not get that we are alive to witness an event ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During dinner on the Rebuild America Defeat Obama bus tour(http://www.campaigntodefeatobama.com/rebuild-america-tour/ ), a fascinating discussion evolved amongst our team. Someone said he fears who we have become as a people; a nation in which a majority believes it normal to receive government-handouts. He witnessed people using food stamps to purchase ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) the 2012 presidential election approaches, I’m honestly a little concerned about those who guilt trip you into voting for parties that don’t care much about you by telling you how hard our ancestors fought for you to be able to vote. The same Democratic Party that didn’t have a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 40-plus years of political observing, analysis, watching, and of course voting, I have never publicly endorsed a presidential candidate. I have zealously maintained the hard firewall that I believe should exist between being an objective political analyst and an impassioned voter. This presidential election I am tearing down that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve been traveling in and out of Nigeria for the better part of a decade. I’m now in the process of being transferred there permanently by my employer. A few years ago, the US State Department travel warnings cautioned against movement in the South or “south-south” as Nigerians call ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some people still don’t get it. But anyone with eyes, ears and a working brain knows that President Barack Obama has brought out all the racism in America that many people lied about. Many people lied about racism being on the decline and how Obama’s election ushered in a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During the past year, as my columns have been syndicated to more outlets throughout the world, I have been asked by many leaders in the Republican Party why I am so critical of our party. The short answer is that I am very concerned about the direction my party ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) He may not look like Channing Tatum with his shirt off, but this election season Mitt Romney has baby oiled himself onto the political stage, gyrating through so many different positions he should be packaged with an NC-17 Rating. Somehow Magic Mitt has managed to come within two weeks ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What will it finally take for Black people to accept the fact that we have no real political clout? A little influence, yes, but no power. If our voting bloc were as strong as we like to think it is, the Republicans would not ignore us and the Democrats ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There have been few falls from grace as dramatic as Lance Armstrong, who has gone from inspiration, cancer survivor, and American hero to liar, cheater, and pariah faster than the time it takes to shift a bicycle gear. Armstrong has been stripped of his 7 Tour De France titles, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Maria Lloyd recently wrote an article in which it was claimed that the rapper Jay-Z was rejected by a career counselor at Harvard University as an appropriate business role model. I am not sure of the exact circumstances of the student’s allegation, and I am not sure if ...