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Is it possible our journeys don't always require courage? Instead, we design our journeys to bring forth an experience we may have yet to experience in another incarnation. I distinctly remember wanting to understand the currency of LOVE. During those rough patches, I learned hard times don't require fearlessness. I found out I could be afraid and still do what's necessary. In fact, I knew that while I worked as a flight attendant. During inflight emergencies, I focused on what I could do to get the desired outcome. Even then, I leaned on Love. But I thought that's not LOVE, is it? So, when hardship hit home, I guess life showed me there was no difference. I wouldn't have had the strength if it weren't for LOVE. Love endures all and gives us the endurance to move through hard times. Courage hadn't crossed my mind because I wasn't directly experiencing the effects of the diseases—I was the witness who served everyone in the capacity the best I knew how. I wasn't always successful, either. My daughter shut down on me a few times. I didn't understand what she needed from me. I later found out she needed me to be in the moment. My mother accused me of treating her like an infant -I didn't know how to care for her either. Then I learned caring for someone doesn't mean infantizing them. Through all the fights, I just wanted to understand what I was supposed to know about the experience. And I found that I learned the currency of Love. So, maybe every journey reflects the level of knowledge you want to bring forth.

I am darker skinned unambiguous Black person (for context: about the same color as Kelly Rowland) like, no one ever questions whether I am Black or not. I love my Blackness. I love my skin, my culture. but I have a friend who keeps calling themselves a "dark skinned Black person" and swears that we are just alike and have the same experiences Am I wrong for correcting them sometimes ? Especially when I see people asking them "What are you?" or "What are you mixed with?" at times? People never ask me questions like that, so how are we exactly the same and have the same experiences? I feel as if this person wants to be in solidarity with and relate to me, cuz we are close. I can respect that. But Im actually offended when they say these things because to me, they appear to be mixed race IMO and have a mixed race experience from what I can see. It's almost like when I share an unpleasant experience I had because of my skin, they hop rush to say something like "I can understand as a dark skinned Black person". They don't understand that , based on how I see them, it's kinda minimizing my own experience when they do this. How should I approach this? Here is their picture for reference:

Many people claim they would do X,Y, Z if they didn't have to work and pay bills. I'm slightly curious to see if humans become more creative and productive with more free time on their hands due to a life of leisure.

The literacy rate for African-Americans 15 years and older is around 88%. The rate is indistinguishable between males and females. The rate has been relatively stable for several decades.

true especially for us. do you know the literacy rate for Black boys aged 18 and if that number has changed historically. Guess it is less than 86% and dropping.

Well I’m can’t get bent outta shape over their clowning, nor will I take their actions and make the leap that “this kind of behavior will be encouraged now due to what is going on over there in the Middle East.” i fail to see the connection with want is going on in the Gaza Strip and the dumb video.

The average US literacy rate is around 86%. The average mofo knows how to read. Being able to find a skill or trade and a high-paying job will remain the biggest hurdle.

Any educator worth a damn knows this already and they are so concerned. both of my grandfathers were illiterate one lived on a subsistence level and the, born in 1880 when illiteracy was essentially the norm for black American did quite well for himself even leaving all his descendants a modest inheritance. In the 21st century the average mofo better know how to read. If you have R. Kelly’s talent you’ll get by. The vast majority of us do not have the talent to be a professional entertainer. @Chevdove just create a free account with chatGPT https://chatgpt.com/ and start asking it questions you can for pretty in depth. That is how I got started. There are many tools available that provide a variety of tools.

The problem with race is it is an artificial and subjective assessment but based upon American standards he is Black even with the Anglo lips

I think it can do both but we have to be very careful. The geniuses behind the companies that run AI indeed on AI don’t really care about anything but making money so doing both will be exceedingly challenging. where do I sign up! By the time science is advanced we can cultivate more humans in artificial wombs. have you seen the film Ex Machina? If not I highly recommend it Yes I agree that we are slaves to tech @Delano but it does not have to be way, it is just very lucrative, so there is no incentive to change.

hey handsome! i guess a more appropriate question would be...what would you guess his racial makeup/mixture to be? as you mentioned ethnicity could be anything but we can surely see race. thanks for correcting me. what would your guess be?

@tipsyturv of course there is no way, in many case, to be able tell one’s ethnicity from the way they look. But you asked us to guess using my limited and biased American lens he is a spook just like the rest of us

The Unabomber said that we are slaves to technology. So while I don't condone the violence his premise was correct.

Can we assume that the individuals in question became outstanding after they finally learned to read, not in spite of not being able to read?? I could see the latter being the case when it comes to the Arts, but not the Sciences.

l@Troyas far as happiness goes, any technology that replaces tedious drugery can be a temporary fix. But technology that usurps creativity can replace the joy of discovery. Children, in particular, need to be outside running free, interacting, and improvising rather than being as they are today, cooped up inside, preoccupied with computerized devices. AI is a convenience that saves time to spend on leisure. But It does so at the cost of the creativity and spontaneity which can give rise to enjoyment and - happiness! What if, as ProfD hints, AI comes up with an artificial companion, - an android to satisfy all of our needs, an all-purpose mate. The worst case scenario could lead to humanity becoming obsolete, its members ultimately having no use for each other; science fiction becoming science fact! We may have to find a way for artificial Intelligence to keep itself in check...

Interesting POV. I see your point, but I think that, unfortunately, this kind of behavior will be encouraged now due to what is going on over there in the Middle East. So, I don't believe that Black people will be able to stop it and if this is so, then when/if it escalates then we will be put into a position to have to address it. We did not start this. What has happened to Black people being targeted though, I believe is different. White Jews fall into two categories [1] they are a white ethnic people and [2] they are White, and for this reason their attack against Black people is on a whole other scale and adds to the severe oppression meted out against Black people. If upper class Black students did the same hatred and mockery against innocent White Jewish young male students, I do not believe it would be ignored. It's inevitable and will happen eventually but not until this government is overhauled because America thrives due to Black-on-Black Hatred that was fostered in it's foundation.

Yes, I do believe the pandemic has made an existing issue much worse. Yes, but it's like having 'tunnel vision'. Just because they know how to do that 'in a crazy way' does not add to their whole intellect at all. I wish I understood what Al really is. Months ago, I did understand when I looked into it but now, i've forgotten. I see a recent discussion thread about it, but I haven't commented because I just do not understand. A local library recently offered a class to teach about Al, but I missed that one, however, I hope to take a class because I keep hearing about it and think it might be important to understand. I absolutely agree. I was unaware of this. can you name a couple of examples from the last decade or two? what about Thomas Edison? I think he was so severe and could not keep up that he was expelled from school. He may have been illiterate but I don't remember off hand. And his invention came to completely change this world. I don't know of any recent people a decade or two ago. I just googled and have to edit. I turns out that today, it is said that Thomas Edison is not described as illiterate but had dyslexia. However, some reports say a scientist named Michael Faraday was illiterate and became renown.

I do now wonder about Farrakhan. He is an awesome spokesperson though. But after recent research I am surprised about some of his early support coming from overseas interest and how his fabulous dwelling was financed. That article was very interesting in how some of the brilliant artist were not able to pocket the money that came in from their talent. This reminds me of one of my favorite films about how the Temptations made it to fame. I remember one scene whereby they had to change their name because the earlier woman that produced them owned it.

Yes, and it still is probably going on today. I sat at a table in a 'Black' book clubs years back, and an Islamic 'brother' said pretty much the same thing to me. He told me not to get drawn into the hype about Black talent and that although celebrities like 'Michael Jordan' was indeed talented but in reality you can find and produce many other Black talent to achieve that same level if fortune hunters wanted to do it.

It's in the genes, imo.

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That's right. I would not expect anything less in what could be the victory lap. Cher did it. Believe.