(ThyBlackMan.com) “The racial wealth gap is intentional. It was created. It was created by the Homestead Act. It was created by urban redlining. It was created by the inequitable distribution of the GI bill. It was created by unfair appraisal values. It was created by racist procurement policies. The racial ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This past weekend, we heard many saying, “Happy Veteran’s Day” to those who have served this nation in uniform. I traveled to Hendersonville, Tennessee, for a Veteran’s Day event. I find it odd that airlines ask about active-duty military status or give boarding preferences to active-duty members but never ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Our nation recognizes Veterans Day by honoring America’s service men and women for their courage, honor, patriotism, and sacrifice each year. As we do so, we cannot forget how national recognition and appreciation were not always free of deceit and hypocrisy. In his book, Half American: The Epic Story of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Throughout Former President Donald Trump’s campaign speeches, a common theme includes his choice to mock President Joe Biden. Furthermore, he has also been frequently questioning whether the current President is mentally fit to hold the position. Interestingly enough, this comes at a time when his campaign trail continues to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While in an airport restaurant during the 2020 presidential campaign, I met a chaplain who serves in the military. “I did not vote for (former President Donald) Trump in 2016,” he told me, “But I intend to do so this time.” When Trump first ran, the chaplain said, he ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This voting season was terrible in terms of participation, and overall turnout. May of us that pay attention to voting trends in Louisiana were concerned where early voting seemed to be forgotten. There was literally too much at stake. Yes, I could say Shawn Wilson [a Black Democrat] running ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Foremost, I write what I think not what I feel. I am cool either way – one can like it or not. As things stand, I have either come to accept or realize that a large collective of folk tends to conflate education with intelligence. This has become more ...
Tommy Tuberville: U.S. Senator for Alabama and Former Football Coach, Advocate of Republican Values.
(ThyBlackMan.com) He prefers to be called “coach” despite being the senior U.S. Senator for Alabama. Even on his official Senate website, he is called “Coach Tommy Tuberville.” Tommy Tuberville spent most of his professional career as a college football coach with stints at the University of Mississippi, Auburn University, and then ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Jeff Landry is the next Governor of Louisiana. He is a far right conservative Republican. He is the former Attorney General of the state and takes a “tough on crime” approach. He opposes congressional maps being adjusted that disenfranchises Black voters. He takes a hard stance against abortion, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The war for equality is in full force between the State of Israel against the Palestinians people who for over 60 years have suffered under the brutality of the Zionist oppression, bias, prejudices, discrimination, double standards, murder, assassination, lynching, land grabbing, red lining and carpet bombing of the Palestinian ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is clear that America is not what it used to be, from the proud and hard-working individuals and families from decades ago, to our momentous institutions and global leadership, there has been a rapid decline in those things that made America America, and Americans Americans. It is not ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is no question how I will vote in a contest between President Joe Biden and the toxic prior President. Biden wins every time. But I’m just me, I’m not the pollsters, the young’uns, the rural votes, and the disaffected. Listing Biden’s accomplishments and comparing them to those of ...