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Father Time is undefeated. POTUS OJ won't live forever. He's 1 of a kind. There's no successor or heir apparent to him.😎

I’m not familiar with the story @aka Contrarian related but it doesn’t sound like it’s a dozen or so kids—It sounds like it’s hundreds. I think that’s new, if if that is indeed the case. Of course, social media has a hand in facilitating the sharing of this type of activity however, they are not completely the blame. I’m not sure the parents are either. It’s probably a combination of social media poor parenting, kids not knowing what the hell to do for fun. Yeah, I can see every generation thinking the generation before them is worse. When I was a kid, all we needed was a slab of concrete and chalk and we could play all kinds of games all day long.

AfroAmericans would have to use all existing platforms to make the case. The system of racism white supremacy. The only thing white folks understand is violence. Unfortunately, AfroAmericans aren't wiling to kill or be killed in order to overthrow the system of racism white supremacy. Knowledge & intelligence won't change the conditions AfroAmericans face under the system of racism white supremacy. AfroAmericans have ticked every box & jumped through every hoop & overcome every obstacle white folks threw out to keep us down. IOW, there are AfroAmericans tapped into every aspect of USA life. We have access to everything in the house. Yet, AfroAmericans are unwilling to burn it down. Disheartening is telling a knowledgeable & intelligent AfroAmerican they are over-qualified for a position &/or not offering them a better opportunity. 😎

It's not my theft.🤣 Most higher paying jobs require a certain amount of education. Bureau of Labor & Statistics keeps track of that data. Up to a certain extent. Adults are responsible for fixing their own mistakes. Regardless of how it looks, classes exist for a reason.😎

Of course I believe it's better. The AfroAmerican middle class has grown significantly over the past 40 years. There are several metrics proving that AfroAmericans are doing better now than several decades ago.😎

As they are cavalier about it, real people are dying as result those missle strikes. It's not a video game where every comes back alive with a reset button.😎

There's no reason for me to start believing those videos & images. They still haven't put out any real evidence or proof as far as I'm concerned. In the meantime, I'll wait on the crash landing in a Wal-Mart parking lot on a busy day.😁😎

As I remind other old heads, every generation says the generation behind them is worse. Young folks have always moved in mobs & packs & gangs to do dumb sh8t. It isn't new. Social media just makes it easier for them to organize & also for everyone to upload videos reporting it.😎

True..... Some of the videos and files....that have been released - I have seen and read about for years You are alive Now and the information is available......take thought.

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ProfD AfroAmericans have decades worth of data & evidence to make the case for current circumstances, conditions & predicament. True. Continuing with the analogy... The question is when are AfroAmericans going to take action by 1) taking that case to court & 2) changing the conditions. Analysis & studies work up to a point in building a case. Nothing changes without action & effort You make good points as usual. I'll give you 2 things to consider in direct relation to your 2 questions.......... 1. If AfroAmericans DID decide to take their case to court, which court (or legal body) would AfroAmericans plead their case TO? What court (or legal body) in this world has the power to gather and verify the facts concerning our treatment and render a verdict? More importantly, who has the power to ENFORCE the verdict and any penalties and restitution that may accompany it? 2. Changing the condition of a person or people usually involve increasing their level of KNOWLEDGE in order to effectively bring about that change. You exchange a shitty job for a better one by KNOWING how to get and perform that better job. You exchange a raggedy home for a better home by KNOWING how to either purchase a new one or how to properly repair your raggedy one to improve it's conditions. Improvement comes from KNOWLEDGE....either yours or whoever is trying to help you. Knowledge comes from INTELLIGENCE -the ability to comprehend and retain information enough to put it to use. Here's the question............ You ask when will our people "change" their condition. Given what you have observed of our people, do you believe that our community COLLECTIVELY (not as individuals) has the intelligence to ascertain the knowledge needed to change our condition for the better? "Hey there bud...... Let me ask you a question........ You've been living here in this park begging humans for food for years now. Why don't you learn how to build a house and grow your own trees and nuts for food instead of relying on humans?"

I'm going to presume that most of us on this site are over 50 years of age, so we've been around and have observed atleast 2 if not many more generations in order to make a comparison. How many of you think the OVER ALL financial and social conditions in the United States....especially for AfroAmericans...are better today than they were in the 70s or 80s? Whether you say yes or no, please state your reasons.............. I'll go first by honestly saying: I'm not sure. Houses and cars are nicer today than they were 40 years ago.......but homelessness itself seems to have increased. I'm not sure if homelessness has increased relative to the size of the population or if the actual percentage itself has increased since the 70s or 80s. However I believe the percentage of homelessness indeed HAS increased. I think jobs are more plentiful today than they were back in the day, but the relative wages aren't paying the same. It's harder for the "average" person without a college degree to make a decent independent living today than back 40 or 50 years ago. I think dating and finding intimate relationships is either harder or trickier today than 30 or 40 years ago. I'm not determining this based on myself, but based on a lot of the younger men and women I'm seeing and hearing and the problems they are experiencing. A lot more people are dealing with personal trauma, baggage, and even psychiatric issues like autism and ADHD than back in the day. While social media has made it easier for those who ARE attractive to hook up with eachother, it seems as if there are a lot more people with "weird" problems....both men and women....that take them out of the sex/dating pool all together. I also believe that incarceration is far higher today than it was 40 or 50 years ago. Even much higher than the 90s during the so-called Clinton Crime Bill era that has received so much notoriety. Even in the 90s you didn't see or hear about so many private prisons as you do now. Again, I'm not sure if the increase in incarceration is due to the increase in population....or if the percentage has risen.

ProfD If you steal a house & fix it up & other folks show up as squatters...are they illegal aliens? They are certainly illegal as well as accomplices to YOUR theft....lol. However whether they're aliens or not depends on their citizenship status. Individuals don't have the power to dictate that they get a livable wage. Unions even have a hard time getting pay increases. That's why I can't be too hard on adult AfroAmericans who are working these low wage and minimum wage jobs. Many of them are taking what they can get to survive. If they could find jobs with higher pay, they'd take them. Feudalism never really went away. Like Slavery, it just transformed itself. And most Central Americans are streaming into the United States to go right along with it and take their place as good peasants for their "lords". The government tries to create rules & safeguards to make life bearable for citizens. Ultimately, politicians end up working within the interests of those who control wealth. The labor market is controlled in such a way to enrich the wealthy while providing the average person with just enough to survive And even THAT is tricky, because who is actually "average" and how do they decide who is average and who is not? Do they factor expensive medical and legal issues into their "averages"? Average people often make stupid and expensive mistakes, do they factor those in? A lot of average people are falling through the cracks because average from their perspective often looks like PERFECT from those in the working class.

We're living in interesting times..... People are firing missiles at eachother and destroying buildings during "cease fires"....lol. First you saw it with Israel and Hamas. Now you're seeing it with the U.S. and Iran. The entire war is carrying on as usual, while both sides are accusing eachother of breaking the "cease fire"....lol. Like Ned the Wino would say: Now what does that tell you? Huh? Huh?

Lol....it just COULDN'T be their brains.

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AfroAmericans have decades worth of data & evidence to make the case for current circumstances, conditions & predicament. Continuing with the analogy... The question is when are AfroAmericans going to take action by 1) taking that case to court & 2) changing the conditions. Analysis & studies work up to a point in building a case. Nothing changes without action & effort.😎

You're right. These racists are using illegal alien as a slur. If you steal a house & fix it up & other folks show up as squatters...are they illegal aliens?🤣 Greed & profits prevent paying livable wages. Individuals don't have the power to dictate that they get a livable wage. Unions even have a hard time getting pay increases. Feudalism never really went away.😁 The government tries to create rules & safeguards to make life bearable for citizens. Ultimately, politicians end up working within the interests of those who control wealth. The labor market is controlled in such a way to enrich the wealthy while providing the average person with just enough to survive.😎

I didn't pose the question as a truth. I'm aware of our history too. To endure a life of slavery & continue procreating over 400 years is a long time.😎

@ProfD Since you don't know all I can say is, keep that truth and the rest of your views. All I will say is I know and I differ.

How would enslaved Black folks born in the USA during the 1800s have known any different or better? During the 1800s, I doubt that enslaved Black folks were receiving postcards & letters from free Black folks letting them know life was better in other countries. 😁 As I mentioned in another thread, despite its warts, the USA must not be that bad considering it seems to an immigration destination for people from all over the planet.😎

While a curfew may be harder to enforce, threaten a Black parents pockets & freedom & maybe they will put clamps on allowing their children to roam aroumd causing chaos & mayhem.😁 Social media is definitely to blame for stirring young folks up to act foolish.😎

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Point well taken.

@Troy I am not going to answer your question outside of the following. I am stateless and think what you will @aka Contrarian like the romani in europe, the okinawans in japan,the nuba in egypt/kemet, many peoples spend so long abused by a larger populace, more potent group that their being dominated becomes a heritage. What Pioneer said led me to realize the key to when this happened, was 1865. From 1492 to 1865 no black person could say the usa was better than canada or mexico , either they were equal to the usa, Or after england banned enslavement or mexico banned enslavement ala jonas caballo, both canada or mexico made slavery illegal while slavery was still legal in the usa. Then from 1865 to 1980 the black wife was still shackled by the white mate, but he spent time explaining why she was enslaved/ alal the prison system + sharecropping+ absent government funding for anything. But in the 1865 time, before and after was key. As henry louis gates jr admited, the black church pondered whether to use violence or nonviolence. I am still trying to find out this meeting and vote, but from what he says, by one vote, nonviolence won and , i argue the rest is history. Pioneer says what country is better, but while modernity, 2026 can argue the usa is better, in the 1800s, the usa wasn't better for black people than any other country. So black leaders embracing the usa as a home was not based on laws or finance, but hope or faith. And sadly, black people, the black wife, paid for that gamble with modernity, consequences. @Pioneer1 thankyou for your prose, You expose a key point in black history in the usa, and how black people are to blame for the current condition en large in the usa. I think aka is correct. as Nina Simone said, black people are willing to march but not willing to die, she blamed malcolm/martin and others death on black people in the usa, saying they are willing to march but not die but you expose the source of that choice and it isn't whites but black people in the past.