(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 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is the worst of times. At its worst during the Great Recession, in January of 2010, the black unemployment rate peaked at 16.5% and the black male unemployment rate reached it highest point at 17.6%. The labor department reported for July, 2012, the overall black unemployment rate is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Obama, we have been told, had a white American mother and a Black Kenyan father. However, it has recently been discovered that one of his ancestors was an enslaved African American on his mother’s side of the family! Back in 18th century Virginia slavery, that is chattel slavery, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some might think me to be just a naïve sentimental old fart. I still remember living in the projects of Baltimore and seeing my dad walking to work. Every eye was on the handsome young black man in his dress blue uniform with polished brass buttons, starched white shirt ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Americahas always been a country that has claimed to abide by the Supreme Intelligence’s instructions, and to honor “IT” first in all undertakings. This acknowledgement of God is exemplified in every American community, city and town, where a church sits prominently on almost every corner in matriarchal fashion. The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As I fought through the last dreadful miles on my daily slog on the treadmill, I passed the time glancing at the TV screen above. My daily workout is the only time I get a chance to watch TV, and I was glad to see what I saw. On ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A new report released this week shows that poverty is the worst that it’s been since 1965. The typically embattled Tavis Smiley spoke to the issue this week on CBS, stating that we should all be concerned about the problem, and not just in a fleeting sense. According to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Minister Louis Farrkhan, never a man to keep his words to himself, spoke about the hatred being spewed toward President Barack Obama and his family. He goes on to contextualize how this hatred is built from historical resentment of African Americans who either fail to “know their place” or ...