(ThyBlackMan.com) Like most black people I used to like both Tavis Smiley and Cornel West, but after they made public fools of themselves on the very day that Barack Obama announced his intention to run for president, I started researching them. And during that research I found that their images ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some have said that the Republican Party has been the primary obstructionist that keeps President Barack Obama from dealing with African American issues. Even those who acknowledge that the president hasn’t said a word about black suffering are quick to find whatever excuse they can for inaction on the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dear patriot members of the Tea Party, it has been an amazing four years. Allow me to reflect a bit. Our odyssey began with the Socialists’/Progressives’ occupation of America via their perfect Trojan Horse, a handsome, articulate shiny new black man. Barack Obama was the vehicle to usher in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The events at American Embassies in the Middle East and Africa over the past few days have once again shined the spot light on the global clash between the American ideals of freedom and the ideology of radical Islamist. We are again at this pivotal crossroads, just as we ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Every since Washington was carved from two slaveholding states in 1791, it has been a special place for Blacks. Nowadays, most Black Americans know the nation’s capital by the moniker “Chocolate City.” By the 1960s “Chocolate City” was the center for “Black Power” in America. The “most important city ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Now that both national party conventions have ended, it’s time to relfect. Most of the analysis you have seen or heard has been pretty much what was expected. Most of the political pundits live in an echo chamber—they all talk with each other and travel in similar social circles. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Michelle Obama took a visit with Dr. Oz on his TV show, using her popularity to bolster her husband’s chances at reelection. Michelle is a superstar in the Obama campaign strategy, as she is one of the most beloved figures in America. The episode with Dr. Oz, which airs ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This past Friday, the August jobs report was released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the report, total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 96,000 in August, and the unemployment rate edged down to 8.1 percent. Specific employment increases were in food services and drinking places, in the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a mother and a black woman I like most parents worry about celebrities that my child may choose to look up to. Therefore, I have told my child not to aspire to be a rapper or an athlete. Set goals on being their lawyer or agent. I have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Oozing with contempt, bombast, bravado, and arrogance but void of a plan describes the speech President Barack Obama gave to the Democrat National Convention to justify his re-election. Strutting onto the stage before his adoring base, President Obama launched into the same tirade we’ve heard many times before: class ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The recent jobs data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics was not necessarily a boost for the Obama Administration. Black unemployment remained steady at 14.1 percent this month. The number is not as high as the 16.7 percent mark from one year ago today, but is still more ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The unemployment numbers for August were published and showed overall black unemployment stuck at 14.1%, while the national unemployment rate dropped from 8.3% to 8.1%. Moving into more detail regarding the numbers, black male unemployment dropped a bit from 14.8% to 14.3%, black women unemployment increased from 11.5% to ...