(ThyBlackMan.com) The rapper Lupe Fiasco is not your average hip-hop artist. He doesn’t buy into the buffoonery that has come to define the industry that makes itself into one of the hottest minstrel shows in America. He’s thoughtful, empowered and everything that rappers and black men are taught not to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “…more needs to be done to get Blacks or African-Americans back to work.” Maybe it was the disappointing sentiments of Professor Cornel West or the public spat between the scholar and Rev. Al Sharpton, the latter one of the President’s strongest supporters, but something moved the administration to finally ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I consider myself something of a wordsmith, so I am always amazed in the work of others, especially when they are government bureaucrats. The most recent unemployment figures, which show the unemployment rate rising, and the pace of job creation slowing, are interesting and incisive. The Employment Situation says ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The National Association for the ADVANCEMENT of Colored People, emphasis on the word “advancement,”claims “for 102 years, the NAACP has fought to ensure that all our children have access to high-quality public education.” If this is indeed true, then why would the NAACP, which used to be the most revered ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Rev. Jesse Jackson is going to intervene in the case of Troy Davis, a man whose death penalty case has received international attention. Davis is facing the death penalty after being accused of shooting and killing a Savannah, Ga police officer over 20 years ago. Since that time, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Asked about his own position as the most prominent African American in the Republican party these days, Herman Cain is fond of saying he refuses to “stay on the Democratic plantation like he’s supposed to” or that he refused to drink the liberal Kool-Aid. Asked why more African Americans ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The enshrined political article of faith is that presidents and presidential candidates rise and fall on the economy. There’s much to be said for that. And presumptive frontrunner for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination Mitt Romney is loudly claiming that President Obama has failed on the economy. Polls show ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Across the nation, Republican state legislatures and governors are pushing the idea of requiring that voter’s present picture identification at the voting booth. The GOP is rewriting voting laws in at least thirteen states thus far and more may be on the horizon. These efforts are being implemented under ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Do you remember the highway signs that bragged about stimulus money being used to put America to work through “recovery and reinvestment“? “Thousands of contractors who got stimulus money to do such things as build roads and provide social services owe more than $750 million in back taxes, a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While many questioned whether Barack Obama was “Black enough,” in the 2008 elections 96 percent of African-Americans cast their vote for him. Today, the question has re-emerged. In a recent critique, African-American scholar Cornel West stated that Obama is “culturally White.” This statement has created new ways to evaluate ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This post is specially dedicated to my thousands of admiring readers who are major political figures (you can’t prove otherwise). It’s time we had a grown-up talk. When Bill Clinton left office I thought it was finally safe for children to watch the news again. But clearly you folks need ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The country is in the crapper and the economic outlook for America is bleak. Our debt topped $14 trillion and in two short years, because Obama spent $4 trillion. That’s the same amount president Bush spent during his eight years in office. Unemployment is at 9% and will probably remain ...