(ThyBlackMan.com) Call it what you will. But as the saying goes, “A rose called by any other name is still a rose.” Racism called by any other name is still racism. So, let’s step away from the naming, and try to find some common understanding based on facts and truths ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Every other year it seems we are presented in the African American community and the world at large with a new unearthed chapter of our human origins by scientists working in the fields unearthing skull fragments and the lost tibias of some remote ancestor. Its commonly believed that the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The jobs number coming out of the Labor Department, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) was a surprising number, indeed; 467,000 jobs created in January. Think about this; $529 million a day of Consumer Demand (Spending) was removed from the economy, the $529 million a Day Consumer Tax Cut ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let me start off by saying I hope that is not the case. Secondly, GOOD police officers are absolutely necessary to the safety and welfare of the public. Thirdly, there are many law-abiding police officers who risk their lives, do their duty and abide by their oath. They should ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) By now you have heard what was forecast as the inevitable – all Senate Republicans and two Senate Democrats believe the Senate Filibuster Rule to be more significant than the right of millions of (actually all) Americans to participate in free and impartial elections. It stands clear that the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Are we returning to normalcy? The word “normalcy,” as history buffs know, was used (but not invented) by our only journalist president, Warren G. Harding, to sum up his 1920 campaign. Normalcy was political shorthand for returning to normal times after a European war, prosecutions of peaceful protesters, sharp ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On Jan. 20, Cheryl Hickmon, the national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., passed away. Delta Sigma Theta is part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council of the “Divine Nine” historically Black Greek letter institutions that for decades have produced a pipeline of community and political leadership. They are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The internet has made an impact on our lives since it was introduced on the market back in 1983. The benefits have increased from then until now. We are all in the age of technology, which is driven by the internet and all its uses. It has been shown ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I will not watch the Superbowl. Let me first back up. I am the consummate NFL junkie. I have watched a whole or part of nearly every NFL Monday Night game since its start in 1970. I have watched more Sunday night, Thursday night, and Saturday NFL games than ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With some pundits advocating for price controls to fight inflation, it suddenly feels like the 1970s again. This type of overbearing intervention has never worked as marketed, something President Richard Nixon discovered in 1973 when he lifted the wage and price controls he had implemented two years earlier. Still, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Identity is a nebulous psychological construct that has nothing to do with anything. It is subjective and as such has no root in performance or merit whatsoever. Competence on the other hand, describes a person with the ability to do something successfully or efficiently. For some reason outside of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The easiest thing in the world for me to do is call Republican Mississippi senator, Roger Wicker, a racist. But then the conversation ends there. I believe in the principle of constructive engagement in both politics and foreign affairs. The principle is simple, always try to have an open ...