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I'm a big EWF fan. Their music is instantly recognizable, featuring Phillip Baily's high falsetto and a strong horn section, along with funky guitar artistry. Founder and front man Maurice White was from Chicago. Obviously, I didn't know they had ever ventured into folk music territory.

How about this: Social Media IS a Religion Neely Fuller Jr. said that a "religion" is a strong belief backed up by action. Religion isn't necessarily what you CALL yourself or were born into. It's what you believe strongly AND do on a routine and regular basis. Many Italians may claim to be Catholic by the Mafia is their religion. Many Arabs may claim Islam but fighting and making war is their religion. Many people may claim to be Christian but racism is their religion. Likewise.... If you spend over 80% of your waking life on social media either publishing or watching and feel depressed when you don't have access to it, social media IS your religion.

ProfD .....and I wonder why? Troy How can you...as heterosexual Black man who is old enough and intelligent enough to SEE the generational shift and what's going on...say this is pretty much nothing? It's clear and obvious that they are pushing masculinity on our women and encouraging them to be that way or atleast trying to portray Black women as being more masculine. When was the last time you saw an Arab or Indian woman portrayed like that on the cover of any magazine? Asian women are among the most numerous women on the planet, so surely they could have found plenty of Asian women to put on the cover of those magazines. But no... These White publications dug through the pile until they found EXACTLY who they wanted to portray in that manner -a Black woman.

Troy You still haven't answer MY question..lol....do YOU believe these things happened? I asked you weeks ago are you an agnostic, and you have yet to answer that either. I read the Bible as well as other religious books for reference purposes as well as to make conversation and relatability. I can relate to people of other cultures and religions more when I know a little something about what THEY believe, even if I don't believe it myself.

Troy Now that you mention it, I have heard this before. John Oliver did a segment on it with news anchors, saying it and complained. They didn’t know what it meant.. You explained what it meant, but I still don’t get it. Me neither. I did a little research on it but I think it's pretty much meaningless. Some sort of "generational" thing where a lot of younger people are just going around repeating memes they get from each other TRYING to be or sound "cool". in fact, in the photo that you just shared, the white boy looks younger as she does do you know their respective ages? I would not be surprised if he’s actually younger. According to reports online this Andrea Preti dude IS younger than her at 37 (she's 45). I'm not sure how you can tell that big of an age difference simply by looking at those pictures. I don't know a lot of 45 year old women in every day society who look like Venus either in the face or in the body...lol. do you look at successful black men who have married white women and want to find you a white woman because that’s what they did? No, but you can't compare the two. Most Black men and most males in general tend to be LESS influenced by the media than women. They ARE influenced to some degree, but must less than women are. There are some things that women find universally attractive in men regardless of race, nationality, or culture like wealth, strength, etc.....but much of what most women find attractive seems to be heavily influenced by the society they grew up in with heavy influences by their peers, by their family, and by the media both mainstream, online, and social media. Take Asian women for example..... For centuries if not thousands of years Asian women in the far East had never even SEEN a Black man and many of them thought Black men were animals with tails based on what White men told them. But just a few generations ago many Black men eventually had Asian wives, girlfriends, and lovers from Korea, Japan, and the Philippines. Why? Because they got to know a lot of Black men when they went over to these nations as soldiers and occupied their lands. In many cases the women fell in love with these men.

If she wind, that would be quite an accomplishment.

Are you happy to see this Black man humiliated before the national public?

This is just another distraction. Just like the Epstein files. Something for the mainstream media to focus on knowing damn well they aren't going to do anything regardless as to how much wrong doing has been found, instead of focusing on the REAL crimes these politicians are committing. So what if those boats were blown up or seized illegally? Then what? We know nobody is going to be thrown out of office or go to jail over it. It's just something for the media to focus the people's attention on like a soap opera...lol.

I hope she runs and I hope she wins! She's not only beautiful but very intelligence and professional. She's also tough and a fighter. Something I don't necessarily find attractive in a woman, but it's good for her personally and good for the people she represents.

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/09/nx-s1-5637426/democratic-rep-jasmine-crockett-launches-bid-for-u-s-senate-in-texas Rep. Crockett has already been a rising star in the democratic party. She's definitely one ofnits nail fire brand politician. I hope Rep. Crockett has a top notch security detail. She needs to be protected.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-preparing-seize-more-tankers-off-venezuelas-coast-after-first-ship-taken-2025-12-11/ First, the US was blowing up boats under the guise of narco-terrorism. This week, the US has escalated into seizing oil tankers. Clearly, the US is in the process of forcing a regime change in Venezuela. The goal is to force President Nicolas Maduro into stepping down. POTUS OJ wasn't a warmonger during his 1st term. I'm guessing he feels weakened since Russian President Vlady Putin won't stop pummeling Ukraine. POTUS OJ has found a punching bag In Venezuela. There is no real outrage or push-back among Congress nor a majority of the American people.

Now that you mention it, I have heard this before. John Oliver did a segment on it with news anchors, saying it and complained. They didn’t know what it meant.. You explained what it meant, but I still don’t get it. I guess my brain needs to understand it’s ovation like why is 6/7 anonymous with duh? Not in my opinion. Keep in mind many of the pictures you see of them have been optimized. They’re not exactly candid shots.. Now I’m not saying the sisters look bad. I’m just saying they don’t look like 20 year-old women. in fact, in the photo that you just shared, the white boy looks younger as she does do you know their respective ages? I would not be surprised if he’s actually younger. @Pioneer1 do you look at successful black men who have married white women and want to find you a white woman because that’s what they did? I know humans are generally pretty dumb, but you are giving him zero credit. You may want to emulate someone who successful in a specific field and completely ignore who they’ve chosen as a partner. Women who want to be a professional tennis player can aspire to be like Serena and also understand her partner has absolutely nothing to do. What with what made her successful in tennis.

Thank you so much, Troy!! I truly appreciate the support.

@Ohio University Press Sheffield's Book has been added to AALBC: False Promises: The Struggle for Black Voting Rights in 1800s Ohio by Ric S. Sheffield

@Nicole Carr's book added to AALBC! The Price of Exclusion: The Pursuit of Healthcare in a Segregated Nation by Nicole Carr

I'm a big EWF fan. Their music is instantly recognizable, featuring Phillip Baily's high falsetto and a strong horn section, along with funky guitar artistry. Founder and front man Maurice White was from Chicago. Obviously, I didn't know they had ever ventured into folk music territory.

"Where Have All the Flowers Gone" was written by Pete Seeger. Several artists covered the song including Earth, Wind and Fire (EWF). "That's the Way of the World" was an EWF hit song.

I believe it was The Beatles who sang "where have all the flowers gone?". EARTH, WIND, & FIRE sang "That's the way of the world. You plant a diamond and you grow a pearl".

Yes, this and everything else you wrote help make my point and our conversation about the relative influence of religion versus social media. You’ve invested enough time to read the book multiple times in various languages, and you often quote it to support an argument. To dedicate so much time and effort in it and claim you’re not religious, you must get something out of it. What is it then?

I’d argue that point. Many religious people say they are religious, but that’s all they do., attest to a belief. They don’t regularly attend services or do anything to support their belief. Social media on the other hand is actively used by the majority of people on the planet. Some estimates say 2/3 to 70% of the people on earth are active on social media. I don’t think the same percentage of the planet even goes to a mosque, church synagogue or temple on a weekly basis and if they do, I guarantee you a substantial portion have their phones out scrolling through TikTok while they are there Globally religion is on the decline and social media usage is on the rise.

in the first photo, she’s wearing a dress and looking like Trinity from the matrix. In the second photo, she’s wearing stilettos, earrings, long painted fingernails, a necklace, tattoos, are butterflies and another feminine imagery. I don’t see all the muscles pioneers talking about she’s a petite and an excellent physical condition. She looks more like a woman than a man to me. I did not know she was lesbian until AKA mentioned it just now. Maybe that is why GQ put her in that “man issue” I don’t think that’s a particularly good look, but I don’t care about the magazine. I think positioning Cynthia that way was more of an effort to attract attention. (It worked on Pioneer) than a diabolical plan by the mysterious “They” to masculinize Black women. Even if it was a plan, it’s failing miserably as there are plenty of female, presenting, cis-gender, man loving, black women out there. This is an example of making a mountain out of a molehill a social media, fueled frenzy in increasing white-boy wealth.

Cynthia is an exotic international star, a Nigerian originally from England. I don't consider her a "home girl". She is in the avant gard, rarified atmosphere of gender bending. GQ is an arm of the entertainment industry which is very supportive of the LBGTQ community. They don't have an obligation to cater to any one group. Controversy can increase their sales. That's show biz

Christmas. Eve. Outside. A. Rainy Cold. ,.Wind. Blows. .Inside We. Are. Warm. , Caressing. And. Kissing. Beneath. The. Mistletoe ....

Yep. Sherrone Moore is married to a snow bunny. He was having an affair with another snow bunny and knocked her up. Believe the knocked up snow bunny and her father both work at the University of Michigan. Allegedly, this dumbazz n8gglet proceeds to threaten his knocked up mistress at knife point. Moore has thrown away his *job* after getting fired from the university. He will probably lose his freedom too. All of this for some vanilla snatch box. As Earth, Wind and Fire sang in "Where Have All the Flowers Gone...when will they ever learn".