(ThyBlackMan.com) When it comes to the way in which African Americans are likely to vote in the 2024 presidential election, history suggests that President Joe Biden should be confident. To begin, more than 80% of African Americans identify as Democrats. Of that group, at least 87% have voted for the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley spoke truth for many whites about racism. Not that America has not now or in the past been a deeply racist country. You’d have to be on drugs or alcohol to make such an astoundingly asinine statement. She just spoke the truth about how ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) LaPierre helped supercharge the gunning of America, even as he and the NRA skillfully blamed America’s gun problem on everyone but themselves … Over the course of 30 years, tragedy after tragedy should have brought with it, as it did elsewhere, the most minimal and common-sense of regulations. Instead, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Kamala Harris is currently Vice President of The United States of America. She holds the highest office of any woman and person of color. Within her many were able to see themselves represented. Representation is a personal matter of perspective, and for some it can reach beyond the scope ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We are rapidly approaching our 250th birthday as a republic. And the nation is in need of a tune-up. With just a few tweaks of our Constitution, we can put the nation on a path that would allow it to go another 250 years. The Constitution is the supreme ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During a campaign stop in Iowa, a man holding an item walked up to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The man sarcastically said, “Gov. DeSantis, I want to present to you this participation trophy. Now, you’re probably not going to win the election, right? But we’re proud of you for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During his lifetime, Martin Luther King, Jr. repeatedly went to jail for violating many of our nation’s unjust laws, such as peacefully protesting racial discrimination. His indefatigable pursuit of justice compelled him to voluntarily endure this indignity. Generally speaking, he was released from incarceration after a relatively brief period. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is estimated based on population projections that in the year 2045, individuals classified by the US Census as being white will no longer be the majority grouping in the US. In that year, Hispanic/Latinx citizens will comprise 29% of the population followed by Blacks at 13% and Asians ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One can only wonder what would have happened if the tech elites had heeded the prophetic warning of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In 1965, he warned that “unless guided by God’s spirit”, modern technology could transform our society into a “devastating Frankenstein” bringing our earthly life to ashes. Now some 60 ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the midst of our rightful concern and support for the many oppressed and struggling peoples of the world, the people of Haiti must also remain at the center of our moral consideration in ongoing active and effective ways. This is said in full recognition and respect of the numerous sites ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Years ago, young people used to wear a wristband that said WWJD, or What Would Jesus Do? Today, we should have a real or imaginary wristband that says WWMD, or what would Martin Do. Why? On Dr. King’s birthday, January 15, liberals and conservatives invoked the name and memory ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “The Lost Cause mythology was more than bad history. It provided the intellectual justification for Jim Crow — not just in the former Confederacy, but everywhere systemic racism denied Black citizens equal citizenship and economic rights … That’s why the recent retreat to Lost Cause mythos is troubling. One ...