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States and cities claiming to study or hand out reparations is definitely a smokescreen to stir up anger and confusion. They are trying to make a mockery of reparations. Trivialize the issue down to nothing. I hope that Black folks interested in reparations keep their eyes on the ball. Don't fall for the BS.

San Francisco mayor quietly signs reparations fund that could lead to $5M payments per person San Francisco mayor quietly signs reparations fund that could lead to $5M payments per person They know good and dog gone well this plan won't lead to anybody getting Reparations. Just like that crap they're doing over in Maryland. .... just a trick or gimmick. CITIES AND STATES DO NOT PAY REPARATIONS Especially cities and states where slavery didn't officially exist...like Portland Oregon or San Francisco California. Reparations are only paid by National/Federal Governments. They KNOW this is going nowhere. The mayor knows it and the media outlets that report on it know it. It's just another bullshit trick-n-pony show designed to piss off and anger White people who read it. That's the ONLY purpose of these "studies" and "proposals" as well as the media coverage of them. Stories like this were designed TO spark controversy and argument and serve as a lightning rod or strawman built up for racist Whites to point to and focus on to justify their anger. Now racist Conservatives have more bullshit to cry about on their podcasts and radio shows. They can point to San Francisco and claim the city is "giving $5 million checks to it's Black residents", just to generate outrage. Just like the entire "critical race theory" controversy a few years ago. It wasn't designed to benefit or help AfroAmericans or truly educate people about AfroAmerican history. Since when did academic curriculums Universities offered, get discussed in the national media? The media purposely reported on it in a way that would anger White people and generate outrage.

Right. Sellouts, bootlicks and shills are no different from coons on the plantation during slavery. The same type of n8gglets that snitched on Nat Turner and got him killed. As long as this line of thinking is the default position, Black folks will never be unified or get UP. That's because we are not training Black folks to be that way. For one reason or another, self-defense is not an automatic thing that is taught in the Black community. Many white folks learn how to kill early in life. The funny thing is that Black folks will join the military where the primary objective is to kill or be killed in defense of the country. The 1st things they do in the military is teach new recruits 1) discipline, 2) physical fitness and 3) how to kill. There is absolutely no reason that FBA/AfroAmericans should be fighting for Africans. I do not recall Africans getting on ships and rescuing our ancestors from slavery. It is funny that other Black folks expect FBA/AfroAmericans to cape for them despite their delineation from and disrespect towards us. I'd rather let our people die on their own terms instead of caping for those who don't give a sh8t about us anyway. Of course, I didn't donate to FDMG Academy. I listen to Dr. Umar Johnson for comedic entertainment.

Right. I'm referring to a ritzy movie theater experience. Bringing the family to see Wicked there will cost several hundred dollars.

I have always found it amusing that Black folks tried to hold Black rappers to a higher moral standard especially when it came to their lyrics. The same Black folks would watch white produced movies filled with violence and nudity. A white man kill up a bunch of folks and f8ck several women...no problem. Blockbuster at the box office. Blacks folks in theaters grinning and eating popcorn while contributing to the profits of those same movies. OTOH, let n8gglets gang-bang and be misogynistic on wax and self-righteous Black folks were ready to call the FBI. Somehow, rap music was destroying the Black community. Nevermind the fact that pimps, prostitutes and dope dealers, gang-bangers and murderers were around before rap music. Also, the same self-righteous Black folks weren't complaining about blaxploitation movies and Richard Pryor, Millie Jackson and Blowfly records. C. Delores Tucker was probably smoking Virginia Slim cigarettes and sipping on a Singapore Sling while watching those same movies or listening to those *dirty* records too. As brotha Malcolm X said..."who taught you to hate yourselves". Young cats like Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole are very intelligent and know how to interview. Again, it's easy for older generation to cast aspersions on the generation behind them. The reality is that there is nothing new under the sun. Same sh8t (game), different players. @Troy nails it in that regard. Just like blaxploitation movies, some pimps had high-pitched voices and permed hair (jheri curls in the 1980s) too.

Although I travel from time to time, I haven't really been to an actual movie theater OUTSIDE of West Michigan in years so it's hard to compare prices but for $100....two adults AND a couple or even 3 children can still have a pretty decent time at a movie theater as long as yall ain't eating or drinking too much....lol. The tickets themselves will be around $15-$20 per adult and $10-$10 per child depending on age. The bulk of the money is with concessions. Now that's the AVERAGE theater....in the day time. If you're trying to go to a ritzy type of theater at night....there's no telling how much it will cost. I don't like to go to theaters when they're crowded anyway. Some of the children in my family wanted to go see that Wicked shit, but we have yet to take them, lol. I would suspect that the prices of entertainment like most other things would be much more expensive in the DMV area or East coast in general than in Western Michigan. The cost of living in the Detroit area is twice as expensive and it's in the same state....lol.

ProfD The sacrifice would be for the greater good of future generations of our people. Dr. MLK Jr. and brother Malcolm X had naysayers while they were alive. It didn't stop them from doing the work. They had a CALLING...Divine in my opinion...to do what they did. If you have a Divine Calling....nothing will stop you except FOR the Divine. However the vast majority of laborers in any movement will not be Divine but will be rank and file human beings looking for human benefits like wealth, fame, prestige, and respect. If they don't see a way of getting those benefits, they aren't going to bother putting in the work. Nobody wants to work their ass off and put their lives in danger only to be called a "coon" or "sell out" by the next generation of youngsters who weren't around to know how much work they put in or how far we actually came. It takes a special person who's willing to lay down their life for others. Especially knowing some are ungrateful and undeserving of the sacrifice. Facts. No intelligent person will expect ALL of the people of a community to appreciate their work and sacrifice. But when it gets to the point where MOST of the people are indifferent to your efforts and don't appreciate them, then the human part of you begins to wonder what's the point of even doing it? That's why so many people end up selling out. They don't see any benefit or reward in being loyal to people who don't care or appreciate one way or the other. The Nigerians agreed with the strike. They didn't execute it themselves. Well, if they truly agreed with it...then there's no problem The blood isn't on their hands. Let another man fight the battles and rest assured that he'll take over the house, bed and women too. Unless he is so powerful he could have done that already IF he wanted to. That's why a handful of Nigerians are driving Bentleys and Benzes on dirt roads up to mansions in the middle of nothing. 1. If America wants to control the oil in Nigeria...they will find a way to do it anyway, strike or no strike...and there's little the Nigerians can do about it. 2. Who's to say that America and the West isn't ALREADY controlling Nigeria's oil reserves? Like Saudi Arabia and these other oil rich nations; they ultimately have to come to the West with their oil to get it refined, on the market, and exchanged for currency anyway. 3. This may sound a little callous but it's better for a HANDFUL of Nigerians to be driving Bentleys and Benzes than for NONE of them to be. People can be broke and poor all by themselves, poverty doesn't need company. You don't help poor people by staying poor yourself, lol. Eliminate the problem. Kill the abuser or have them killed. Most abused people don't have that mentality. If they did, they wouldn't have gotten abused in the first place. Everybody can't be Miss Sofia....lol. "I loves Harpo....Lord knows I do. But I'LL KILL 'EM DEAD 'fo I let him beat on me!" We literally cannot afford to walk and chew gum at the same time in that regard. Let's look at this carefully...... We DIDN'T fight for Africans -and we weren't getting Reparations. We're NOT fighting for Africans right now -and we're STILL not getting Reparations as of right now. Looks to me like NOT fighting for Africans didn't help us...lol. In fact, it was no contact until we had our own sh8t together. If you're waiting until niggaz get their shit together before making contact with others, then..... You're gonna be waiting a minute.....lol. Other than religion, Black men usually do not follow other men who talk a lot and produce nothing. If there is an inkling or proof that a man is full of sh8t, another man definitely won't be following him. Some.Black men gave Dr. Umar Johnson a pass for a little over a decade before they cashed in their chips and left the table. If Dr. Umar Johnson had produced something tangible instead of grifting under the guise of building a school, he would potentially be a leader of men. Most dudes could see through Dr. Umar Johnson within 10 minutes of him talking and blinking and repeating himself. I take it YOU didn't donate to the FDMG Academy! Shame on you Prof D! Just for that, you won't be allowed to visit the school on opening day in the year 20.........LOL

ProfD The older generation didn't think much of those rappers. C. Delores Tucker wasn't impressed with them. She lobbied to get that Parental Advisory sticker on tapes and CDs. Great example. Ms Tucker was right to a certain extent, many of them did disrespect women. I can't blame them. They thought they were contributing to immorality and indecency in the Black community. Actually, Mayor Coleman Young had NWA arrested when they came to Detroit...lol. Today's artists do far more interviews than their predecessors did 35 years ago. But not sit-to-the-table press conferences like NWA and Public Enemy used to do. They do a lot of laid back sitting on the couch interviews while smoking and drinking. Neither them not the hosts are very professional or formal. Many folks clowned Eazy-E's high pitched voice. Definitely had to respect his business acumen His height and his voice. Part of what made him entertaining was that he SOUNDED like how he LOOKED. Actually, his voice is what made him a decent rapper! Like DJ Quik, he had a hollow voice that sounded well on wax and the lyrics came through clearly.

Bush was still much better than Al "The Sky is Falling Climate Change Hoaxer" Gore would have been as the POTUS. I was stating that Barack Obama was an inconsequential blind pawn who was played by the white liberal power structure against the sheer ignorance of Black America, which it can count on to be dumb, stupid, ignorant and grossly uninformed all at the same time every day of the year. A little over a year and a half into his first term, it became more than obvious that he had absolutely no idea what he was doing as a POTUS. Not bad for community organizing orator, whom (Walmart Obama) Hakeem Jeffries gets his talking point cues from. The key lies in not trying to get others think and vote like you do, but to simply get them to pay attention, which is a basic fundamental concept that liberal Black America just can't seem to grasp.

An idiot's effort.

The older generation didn't think much of those rappers. C. Delores Tucker wasn't impressed with them. She lobbied to get that Parental Advisory sticker on tapes and CDs. Today's artists do far more interviews than their predecessors did 35 years ago. Many folks clowned Eazy-E's high pitched voice. Definitely had to respect his business acumen.

Right. There are movie theaters here with full service bar and a food menu. The seats recline and have tray tables attached. The vibe feels like watching a movie while sitting in a restaurant. It's not a cheap movie experience though. The tab will be no less than $100 for two people.

It's no different from people listening to preachers. The fact remains that those who do have a following could make things happen if they were inclined to change their grift into nation-building. The church building fund could become a school especially when the members are already sitting in a big azz church building. The sacrifice would be for the greater good of future generations of our people. Dr. MLK Jr. and brother Malcolm X had naysayers while they were alive. It didn't stop them from doing the work. Despite n8gglets all over the place, things have changed for FBA/AfroAmericans since the time those men were assassinated. It takes a special person who's willing to lay down their life for others. Especially knowing some are ungrateful and undeserving of the sacrifice. The Nigerians agreed with the strike. They didn't execute it themselves. Let another man fight the battles and rest assured that he'll take over the house, bed and women too. Exactly. The US will get rid of your terrorists and control the black gold too. That's why a handful of Nigerians are driving Bentleys and Benzes on dirt roads up to mansions in the middle of nothing. Black folks should own the entertainment they provide. Not just be employees. Eliminate the problem. Kill the abuser or have them killed. Nothing wrong with enjoying entertainment. Right. I can entertainment myself. I don't have to enrich white folks with it. We literally cannot afford to walk and chew gum at the same time in that regard. NF Jr. was referring to as it relates to dismantling the system of racism white supremacy and replacing it with a system of justice. It wasn't necessarily about building alliances with other Black folks. In fact, it was no contact until we had our own sh8t together. It's spread out over various factions and organizations. Other than religion, Black men usually do not follow other men who talk a lot and produce nothing. If there is an inkling or proof that a man is full of sh8t, another man definitely won't be following him. Some.Black men gave Dr. Umar Johnson a pass for a little over a decade before they cashed in their chips and left the table. If Dr. Umar Johnson had produced something tangible instead of grifting under the guise of building a school, he would potentially be a leader of men. Most dudes could see through Dr. Umar Johnson within 10 minutes of him talking and blinking and repeating himself.

ProfD It starts with looking in the mirror. Build strategic alliances with folks who think similarly. For example, the influencers and podcasters do have a following. Grow from there. Most of their following is as a result of sensationalism and friction....not productivity, facts, and building. Most people who support them and give money do so to hear them gossiping and criticizing and fighting against other Black people. If they start talking about let's build a hospital or school or so something positive...their subscribers would drop like hot rocks...lol. They love the drama. I stay on the bumper of non-FBA folks in my clan. They understand both sides of it. I can't say the same. Although I'm intimate with a few, I don't have any Africans or West Indians that I know of in my family. There's always something to be done about it. People don't want to sacrifice anything especially their freedom or life. Can you really blame them? Especially when you look at the type of "thanks" they often get for making that sacrifice. Look at many of the sacrifices the Civil Rights generation made, and look at how some of these young dudes come on social media with nappy beards dogging them and claiming how they didn't do anything for the community and didn't leave a legacy. It used to be sacrilegious to criticize the Civil Rights generation......not anymore. Who wants to sacrifice for a people as ungrateful and obnoxious as that? The Nigerians should have eliminated Isis if they were a problem in their country. Maybe they didn't see them as a problem. About half if not more of Nigeria is Muslim. The West sees them as a problem, but maybe Nigeria didn't. On top of that.....that's Nigeria's problem to deal with, not the West's That's like China launching strikes into Los Angeles and killing people they called "Crips" while claiming they were doing it to save the lives of the Bloods who were being slaughtered through gang warfare. That's none of China's business...lol. Countries should fight their own battles first. I understand. But it wasn't a sincere fight....Trump was just flexing. Some even say it's really about oil and trying to take Nigeria's resources. There's plenty black folks can do to break the system of racism white supremacy. The main thing is we could stop enriching them in everything from providing entertainment to shopping in their establishments. While you're right...this entertainment is the only thing that keeps some of our people from going crazy UNDER the system. It's like taking the drugs away from a drug addict who is being sexually abused. The reason they started using drugs was because of the sexual abuse. Take the drugs away and they'll have no other way to deal with it and may go stone crazy. Entertainment (and drugs) are often OUTLETS for Black people living in an oppressive system they feel they can't escape. Take that entertainment/escape away from them and that may launch them into a feeling of hopelessness. Even YOU say that you are uplifted and motivated by your music and it gets you high. FBA/AfroAmericans won't benefit from an alliance with them. The Somalis have fled a whole country. Also, they're still fighting among themselves over there. Yesterday, it was announced that Somaliland, an enclave within Somalia, has been recognized by Israel as sovereign. They are cozy with the devil as always. I agree, you can't trust them. Even if they DID connect with Black Americans initially....because of their racial confusion and considering themselves closer to Arab than African you couldn't be sure where their loyalty lays. We don't have anything to do with the injustices they're facing. Our focus should be reparations. I agree that our focus should be Reparations, however there are connections between what we go through and what Africans go through that should be recognized. It's part of being well rounded and what Neely Fuller Jr. called: UNIVERSAL MAN and UNIVERSAL WOMAN There's no singular person in charge among most groups of people. Gotta sit down with the heads of various factions within the group. Besides Minister Farrakhan and the Hebrew Israelites, where is the leadership? You know how independent minded so many of our people are. They claim they don't need a leader and don't want anybody telling them what to do. Say what you will about him but Dr. Umar Johnson is one of the most dynamic conscious speakers in our community today and he doesn't even have 10 men following him...lol. Oh they'll listen to him all day, but wouldn't FOLLOW him to the corner store to buy a bag of chips...lol.

quite right

I would say they are the only folks who can legitimately check the other box on forms.

I agree with most of what you said... There is some among us whom are lucky enough to be born both male and female based on genitalia.... Biologically some are chromosomal xx and xy or xxy, or xo. The following is pure conjecture and no science just fun... 1. Now those that are xx and xy.... I would consider true hermaphrodites. 2. xxy i would consider intersex 3. xo are some thing new 4. lastly they are some chromosomal xx that have a penis and some chromosomal xy that have a vagina what say ye?

It starts with looking in the mirror. Build strategic alliances with folks who think similarly. For example, the influencers and podcasters do have a following. Grow from there. Sure we do. Nope. Conversations with our folks will keep that from happening. I stay on the bumper of non-FBA folks in my clan. They understand both sides of it. Exactly. Some of these people don't even claim being Black. No reason to cape for them any more than we would for Ukrainians. There's always something to be done about it. People don't want to sacrifice anything especially their freedom or life. Again, I'm not suggesting Nigeria should have prevented or confronted the US about the strikes. The Nigerians should have eliminated Isis if they were a problem in their country. Again, that's not the point I'm making here. Countries should fight their own battles first. This was never about stepping to America. It's about getting rid of terrorists in their homeland. The Black folks in positions of power aren't in the game to uplift or help our people. They have accepted a comfortable spot and a paycheck within the system of racism white supremacy. There's plenty black folks can do to break the system of racism white supremacy. The main thing is we could stop enriching them in everything from providing entertainment to shopping in their establishments. FBA/AfroAmericans won't benefit from an alliance with them. The Somalis have fled a whole country. Also, they're still fighting among themselves over there. Yesterday, it was announced that Somaliland, an enclave within Somalia, has been recognized by Israel as sovereign. They are cozy with the devil as always. We don't have anything to do with the injustices they're facing. Our focus should be reparations. We definitely don't have any business trying to help another group of people when our sh8t ain't straight over here. Class clowns in effect. Nothing we can do about them. There's no singular person in charge among most groups of people. Gotta sit down with the heads of various factions within the group. Think of it in terms of how the United States is constructed from 50 states to their representatives at the federal and state levels. Minister Farrakhan oversees one faction among FBA/AfroAmericans. I'm not so sure that he actively runs NOI nowadays. There's someone who's built tough enough to talk to them. No shortage of intelligent gangstas among us. Africans are brainwashed into delineating from FBA/AfroAmericans long before they come to the USA. Again, Africans are tribal within their own countries. The only people they really trust and admire are white folks and other non-Blacks.

No. Although this episode aired during the early to mid stages of the Women's Movement, I believe they didn't go after them for 2 major reasons: 1. Nichel was a Black woman and since the Women's Movement was primarily led by White women, they didn't concern themselves much with the image of Black women 2. The Women's Movement's initial focus was women getting proper pay and not being abused and killed by their husband and fathers with impunity as was the case for centuries in Western society. They weren't too focused on the sexual objectification of women. If you watched Star Trek on the regular like I used to do, you'd notice that MOST of the women were dressed in skimpy sexy clothes and super short skirts. It wasn't really until the mid-70s that the sexual objectification of women turned from being playful and liberating to being demonized by the Women's Movement. I believe it happened when Lesbians started infiltrating the Women's struggle. Many lesbians are jealous of straight feminine women because men and society in general naturally find them more attractive and pleasant and offer them more benefits and show them more attention. They figure taking the sexual factor away from women will "even" the playing field in the eyes of society.

That how it is now. Kool No never said you were off topic..... Just that you were in error about there being only two types of melanin in the Human Body If you live in the West.....White Supremacy is constant for about the last 500 yrs. Never said it was off topic It is never my intention to cause harm.....please do not take it personal - I am not assaulting you I am attacking the ideas you entertain and share. Whenever you see the Truth as an offense.....it means long held beliefs or ideas are being challenge - defend or accept Do not make it personal I cited you so as not to create confusion..."with a third type of melanin in their whole body". Now if you meant to type "covering" then I can accept that...and move on from there - in the spirit of discovery and sharing. It sounds to me like you are saying that are not Black African I am still confused....the following statements is utterly confusing to me I quote: White Europeans did not come from Black Africans, but all modern humans, whether White Europeans or Black Africans come from one anatomically straight YDNA African male out of Africa; You are saying that both white europeans and black Africans come from"anatomically straight YDNA African male out of Africa;". It sounds to me like you are saying"anatomically straight YDNA African male out of Africa;" are not Black Africans? So my question to you then is what is the anthropological name of "anatomically straight YDNA African male out of Africa;"? Yes we agree that light skin is due to a mutation.....mutated from what - white skin or black skin? I Am doing it.... It is exactly the opposite.....you are the one promulgating the ideology of(socalled) White Supremacy... The idea of distinct races is straight out of (socalled) white supremacist playbook.. The idea of One Human Race is not only scientific but morally sound and Pan-Africanist(Robert Sobukwe) Yes White Racist has created and fostered a false ideology of distinction and difference so as to oppress and abuse through the auspices of Social and Political Manipulation to accomplish Economic Ends and Positions of Power Any one who believes or support the idea of a multiplicity of Races is in actuality further the goals of (socalled)White supremacy and aiding racist and Racism to grow and strengthen. I think I understood that..... Coat color is hair color....in which the Skin can be black or white while the hair can be black gray red blonde or white Am i accurate in my assessment? Hence the reason we ended up discussing Neuromelanin... As some OCA1A Albino are reputed to have no Melanin to which I specified no eu/pheomelanin Then you rebutted with their eye color....I said some thing about light refraction and then later neuromelanin Yep....words and their meaning change.. When in a life and death struggle all rules and roles goes out the window....All is fair in love and war. Playing the role of a husband (and daddy to an adopted child) No....it will revert The biology will not change... Maybe they social constructs will....as they can and has. Your are confusing Linguistics and Biology... Linguistically Words and their meanings and usage can change and differ over time and from place to place. These changes takes place on the whim and wishes of its users Biology can only mutate....meaning that it will carry 99.9% of what it is with it where every it goes Then 1% is whenever it survives where it is and passes on those changes. In other words a flower by another name is still a flower.....but house is not a home. Then we will just have to disagree On the idea of skin color having anything to do with original sin...i disagree I also disagree gender issues is a main issue that has plagued this world. I agree that colorism in all its facets is an issue. Okay let me share with you my belief....not what the science as i understand it is saying The following is my personal belief and i have no modern western science to back it up....that i will present. hence it is a belief not a fact of science as we know it. I believe that we socalled modern human has always been here....all those hominins and hominids are mutation of socalled modern humans that failed to thrive or were subsumed back into socalled modern humans... Yes..... it can be so done Yes

When she showed that Black female magnificence, I wonder if the feminazis came out with pitchforks back when that episode aired.