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Hello All, Carey, get ready. The Oscar nominations are out and "Precious" has won 5 nominations: Best Picture, Best Actress for Gabby, Best Supporting Actress for Mo'Nique, Best Director for Lee Daniels, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Geoffrey Fletcher (I think that's the brother's name). Now Carey, here's how its going to go down, Mo'Nique has the Best Supporting Actress sewed up, as long as she does nothing stupid or arrogant like Eddie Murphy did when he lost the Oscar for Dreamgirls. Lee Daniels becomes the second AA to be nominated for Best Director. The Oscar is going to go to Bigelow for The Hurt Locker. "Precious" could cause a couple of upset in the Ad…

We need to honor all our best and brightest to combat low self image.

In. Kentucky. A. Racist. White. Shot,Killed. 2,Elderly. Black. People. At,A. Grocery. Store. Before. The. Racist. White. Man. Shot. The. Elderly,Black,People,He Tried To. Enter A. Black Church,But The,Church. People Stopped Him From Getting In. What Happened,At The Charleston Church In,2015 Could Have Happened,In Kentucky... .All The. Terror. I,Said The Racist ,White,,Want A Race War, ..Then The Black On Black Murder Do,Not. Stop. Black Police. Officer Shot,Killed By A Stupid,Moron,Black. Male,Criminal...

From Adam...to Noah....to the Children of Yacub (Israel) in Babylon............ The Old Testament books of the Bible are just a compilation of the early exploits of the Caucasian race....especially in the Middle East. It starts off with a group of Beings (Us/We) making Adam. Adam is not the first man; he's the first Caucasian. And you follow the journey of him and his descendants as they interact with the Original peoples of the planet that they came across for time spans of thousands of years. "Thus we come to CONQUER in the name of our Lord!"

I started think more about this subject over the last year or two as I started noticing that Google's ads have become increasingly irritating -- especially on these forums. The ads are embed in some posts; popup as you go from one page to the next (often without clear way to close them); and the ones I hate the most, the super large images that appear at the top of the page forcing visitors to scroll to see the pages content. These are the worse, because if you are new to the site, it makes it very confusing to know what to do next. Google AdSense allows webmasters to place advertisement on their websites. Advertisements are sold, placed, and administered by…

MY THOUGHTS AS I LISTENED 1:17 the third black disney princess 1:22 Hans Christian Anderson version was so different than this. 2:17 mmessages to children and adults, remember christianity was originally taught through moral tales, not the bible, cause most couldn't read 3:45 good memory research, I never knew Queen latifah played ursula 4:17 why did you like Melissa mccarthy's ursula 4:41 based on inflation , the animated made more 4:58 school time: Cinderella with brandy side whitney : noni rose as tiani in princess and frog; princess of wakanda in the Black Panther series; Halley Bailey as Ariel is fourth 6:26 yeah, t…

From the New York Times: The Faces of American Power, Nearly as White as the Oscar Nominees By Haeyoun Park, Josh Keller and Josh Williams, Feb 26, 2016 "We reviewed 503 of the most powerful people in American culture, government, education and business, and found that just 44 are minorities. Any list of the powerful is subjective, but the people here have an outsize influence on the nation’s rules and culture." The article looks at the faces of the the most powerful people the Times has identified. It is interesting to see white power describe white power as white, then seemingly lament the lack of diversity. It seems disingenuous to me; designed more to gra…

HOWDY YAWL! Whatsup... what's shakin'... how's it hangin'? It's been a while - huh? Well I just noticed that this portion of the discussion board has been named Cynique's Corner. That's great, she deserved it. Yeah... I remember when. Anyway, I dropped this on the other board but after seeing her name over here, I thought, well hell, let me drop this at her doorstep. Btw, that title is actually my motto. You know, I've danced with the devil (and loved it) and kissed the sky, but today i'm just happy to be alive, hence "What about a time called now"? Okay, here we go, my thoughts on election day 2012. --> Sorry for the intrusion but HEY HEY HEY... IT'S ME, A FLAS…

Recently @Pioneer1 and @Chevdove indicated that white racism goes back thousands of years and that Africans were enslaved by white people because they were racist white supremacists. This was an idea that I rejected because there is a great deal of evidence to shows that white racism really emerged, in the west, in an effort to justify race based slavery. Christianity and science were perverted in order to justify race-based slavery. We know Africans moved throughout Europe and were not not discriminated against based upon race There are African Popes and the Greeks went to African to learn from African's was acknowledged as being Black indeed th…

Author Page: www.amazon.com/author/markmakabi BYWORD “A Nation Called out of Their Name” THE BOOK THAT WILL CHANGE THE FACE OF RACE IN AMERICA FOREVER! THE MOST ANTICIPATED AND CONTROVERSIAL BOOK OF OUR TIMES WILL BE LIVE ON AMAZON FRIDAY JULY 8, 2016 DESTINE TO BE A BEST-SELLER! PAPERBACK or E-BOOK Byword “A Nation Called out of Their Name”! What is this thought that sits in the back of every Black person’s mind every day they wake? The answer is, “Who am I? Am I just Black? Am I an African in America? Why was I ever called a Negro, a simple color for a complex peopl…

The following was excerpted from "African Writing Systems – Where Do We Go From Here?" by Amenuti Narmer. I discovered this article in the Blacknificent Life Newsletter, which you may subscribe to here. You can learn about these two sites and hundreds of more Black owned sites here. Ancient Africa has the world’s oldest and largest collection of ancient writing systems. Evidence of such dates to pre-historic time, and can be found in various regions of the continent. By contrast, continental Europe’s oldest writing, Greek, was not fully in use until c. 1400 BC (a clay tablet found in Iklaina, Greece) and is largely derived from an older African sc…

I am taking a break from the hostility. Message when the nonsense has concluded.

There. Is. Talk. And. A. Documentary. About. 50. Years. Of. Hip Hop ,,Rap. Music. .,1979 ,Rappers. Delight ,,Then. Run D. M. C ,,Kurtis Blow ..Hip. Hop. Rap. Becoming. Apart. Of. Culture. In. Fashion. ,In,,Literature. ,Black. Athletes ,Tv. Shows. And. Movies... Male And,Female. Rappers. Hip. Hop. Groups. Then. There. Is. The. Crime.. Murders. Of. Two. Of. The. Greats. Biggie. And Tupac . On,,YouTube. There. Is. Talk. Puffy. P. Diddy. Combs. Was. Involved,In. The. Murders. ,And. Shug Knight. The. Gestapo ,White ,Police. Are. Watching. Puffy. Combs. Saw. On. Youtube. There. Is,,Talk. On. YouTube. Some. More. Greats. Were. Murdered. ,,.Some,Believe. Heavy. D. ,Aai…

Celebrity is to Americans as The Royal Family is the British. I guess there is something in human nature that creates a tendency in the majority of folks to worship celebrity. And this is probably sufficient to answer my question. I draw a line when we begin to value the advice of folks on subject matters they have clearly demonstrated little success in their own lives. I’m not trying to pick on Steve Harvey personally, because I’m sure he is no worse (or better) than any of us. I just chose him of as one example, of many I could have selected, to illustrate my point. In this month Essence magazine, Steve Harvey was on the cover again. This time the …

Dr. John Henrik Clarke said he reads this speech once a year and gets something new from it each time. Clarke emphasized the importance of Washington's message: Self-Reliance. ---------- Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Exposition Speech ADDRESS BY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, PRINCIPAL TUSKEGEE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE, TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA, AT OPENING OF ATLANTA EXPOSITION, Sept. 18th, 1895. Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Board of Directors and Citizens: One third of the population of the South is of the Negro race. No enterprise seeking the material, civil, or moral welfare of this section can disregard this element of our p…

I just read about the March on an issue of The Afro American. i knew it was a big anniversary but for dinner train it was lost on me that there was an actual March. Not a commemoration, but a continuation. It was organized by the leader of black america, in so far as we have one, Al Sharpton. Editorial in the paper indicated turn it was low. I’m firmly convinced the days of a black leader are gone. We are off doing our own thing. Maybe that is the result of “progress.”

Hello Black America, please allow me this opportunity to ask you to consider some important and relevant principal facts about ourselves as a community and a people. Yesterday we celebrated Independence day , the 4th of July. Many of the far right extremes of our community would balk at celebrating America's Birthday, because of the seriously discordant history of Black or Africans in America. We however do not agree with this position, as it fails to acknowledge the ideal of what America has strived to become, and has succeeded in achieving significant change, as well as for the thousands of lives sacrificed in service to this nation by our people. Many would deam …

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I saw this film yesterday. Fela was great band leader and activist, but homie was off the chain. I guess he had to be; to stand up to the Nigerian government the way he did... This bio-pic is definitely worth checking out Finding Fela: Music is the Weapon tells the story of Fela Kuti's life (1938 - 1997), his music, and his social and political importance. This in-depth look at the man who created Afrobeat (a fusion of Jazz, traditional West African rhythms, Funk, Highlife, and psychedelic rock) brings audiences close to Mr. Kuti's fight against the dictatorial Nigerian government of the 1970s and 1980s. With his audacious music and a great deal o…

I started off my career as a father by going to jail on the very same night that my first child was born. It was on a hot, steamy August night in 1972. I was minding my own business , sitting on the sidelines of a neighborhood football game where I was supposed to be playing; a star wide receiver, who was so high on heroin, I was banned from playing. Well, I actually didn’t care because I would rather nod than catch passes. Plus, I never truly believed that the team I played for from Piedmont Courts could beat the North Charlotte Bears, the team my oldest sister's brother, Buddy, played for. In fact, my "brother" played on the same high school team with Dwight Clark, who…

At the Web site The Root, eminent scholar/historian/researcher Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. has posted a fascinating, provocative piece about genetic lineage of American descendants of African slaves. Link: http://www.theroot.com/views/exactly-how-black-black-america In this evidence-based piece, using genetic analysis research he explores and exposes lies and legacies of slavery, racism, and Jim and Jane Crow in America. In the process, he blasts Grand Canyon-sized gaps in longstanding myths and folklore, drawing startling but verifiable conclusions: (1) A whopping 35 percent of all African-American men descended from a white male ancestor who fathe…

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Understanding the Controversy Over Caster Semenya http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/20/sports/caster-semenya-800-meters.html?_r=0 This is another stronger example of the original point I was making in reference to the behavior of Leslie Jones and how Western society has a long and documented history of not only trying to emasculate the image of Black men, but on the flip side masculate the image of Black women. Here you have a "female" who obviously looks like a male....a fully matured young male. I understand that some people are born hermaphrodites and of both sexes. It's relatively rare, but it happens. I'm also aware of the fact that no …

I'm in my mid 50s. That's not old, however I guess that's considered middle aged. I don't feel or look like I thought I would back when I was in my 20s and often wondered about how my life would be if I lived to be this age. It may sound strange but I often compared myself with Mike Tyson who's a few years older than me. Back in the 90s I tried to imagine a young and buff hard core Tyson being a middle aged man of 40 or 50 and what he'd be like.....lol. It was funny to even think about. But this is Tyson...at 58. Not in PERFECT shape but....shit. I wouldn't have thought he'd look like this or even still be trying to half-way fight people …

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Evelyn Santana, BazanPR evelyn_santana@bazanpr.com 212-643-4664 X702 “THE HELP” NAMED BEST FILM OF 2011 BY THE BLACK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE New York, NY (December 20, 2011) – The Black Film Critics Circle (BFCC) has voted “THE HELP” Best Film of 2011, Dee Rees Best Director for “PARIAH”, Viola Davis Best Actress for “THE HELP” and Olivier Litondo Best Actor for “THE FIRST GRADER”. The announcement was made by today by Mike Sargent, co-president, BFCC. Votes were cast and tabulated in NY at the organization’s annual meeting on December 19, 2011. Recognizing achievements in theatrical motion pictures,…

Basketball Star Russell Westbrook. Was. Wearing. A. Dress. And. A,Skirt. .Why. .Black. Men. Have. No. Problem. Wearing. Dresses. And,Skirts. .Tyler. Perry. ,Martin. Lawrence. .Others. ...The. Tv ,Black, Entertainment. Dramas. .Black. Mafia. Family. Black. ,Cocaine ,Business ???..Black. Entertainment. Shows. On. The. OWN ,Channel.. ,Black. Men. By. The. White. Entertainment. Media. ..,Gangs,Drugs. Glamourized Has. Not. Stopped ........ .Does,Black ,,Entertainment. Matter. ?? Lot. Of. Black People. Are. Missing ,Black. Gangs. ,Genocide. Black. Communities ,Crack. Houses ,,Pimp,,Houses ,,Churches. Preachers. Steal. Money. Not. Uplifting ,Black. Communities. ..Do. Bl…

Inc. used to be a reputable source of information for business news. Today they like many other platforms they have sold out and are now one of the "clickbaitiest" platforms on the web. I got a newsletter from Inc. this week. I do not know how I was added to their mailing list (I unsubscribed). Over the years when I've clicked links like the ones below the article NEVER delivered on the promise suggested by the article. Usually, you are just directed to an article spanning multiple pages with a ton of ads. Far too many sites on the web are like this now. They are SEO optimized to maximize advertisement delivery and crowd out better websites tha…

I assume, in spite of the controversy, Tavis Smiley and Cornel West are continuing their mission, leveling accusations at President Obama for his lack of focus on black poverty in America. IMO, these 2 self-appointed champions of the underclass need to re-order their priorities. Has there ever been a time when poverty didn’t exist in America? “The poor will always be with us”, goes the familiar dismissal of this segment of the population. And they will, for the simple reason that ministering to the needy is, in itself, an industry, and the have-nots somehow manage to survive with the help of charities and social services. At this point, lamenting the ongoing plight…

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Brittany Griner's Appeal; Will She Be Freed? I wonder if the recent news coverage are published to help keep Brittaney Griner on the front page in hopes to get enough attention so that the Russians will free her through some type of prison swap. Her appeal is up and coming on October 25. She was convicted for 9 years for possession of hashish oil. 9 YEARS!!! That is crazy! I hope she is freed. ______________________________________________________________________________________ The United States has said that her detention and trial were politically motivated and that the Kremlin wants to excha…

It seems, that I have not only seen, but also personally witnessed the degradation, humiliation and systematic dumbing down of the Black Consciousness over the years. I feel as if the self destructive culture that has originated and been perpetuated by Blacks in America have served a vital role in helping those who would want us economically dependant on the same system that brutalizes us. It uses us, it uses Black music, black artists, and ghetto "black" culture, while fetishizing our women and emasculating our men. While they squeeze Blacks in America for every penny they can produce, they simultaneously feed us lies and debauchery, scandalous behaviour and a vehement, …

Why do blacks purposely walk slow when crossing the street? I get this question a lot from people and I believe its mostly black males that do it and its done to disrespect whites, asians, and hispanics. As a black man I also notice it.

I just reviewed information on the people who've registered accounts on this discussion forum over the past 10 years. I will call these folks "members." Members are different from "Guests," people who post here without creating an account. Over the past 10 years 8,050 members joined this forum. However, only 3,131 members revisited our discussion forum after creating an account, and only 608 posted here. The fact that only 8% of the people who create an account actually post, always confounded me. I think it may be that some visitors believe you have to create an account just to read the posts or maybe once they create an account and can't figure out how to …

Just a final post to bid a farewell to The Board. I'm retiring because I have honestly lost interest in the subjects being discussed here. For over 60 years I've been there and heard that, and re-hashing the same ol political and social issues no longer ignites my enthusiasm or inspires my optimism. C'est la Vie. During whatever time I have left on this earth, I'm now more interested in fully immersing myself in spiritual introspection, pursuit of the truth, the nature of reality, the meaning of life, and whatever else that intrigues me. Or will I completely rule out popping up on this site once in a while. I had a dream about PRINCE last week. And now he's g…

Why do so many of these Black men like Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather INSIST on making these nobody White men rich by even acknowledging their existence? Nobody would even know who this clownish White boy (Jake Paul) WAS unless Tyson agreed to fight him. Then he ends up losing to him. Just helping White men make money. They don't want to fight another Black man and help HIM make a few million. Just pick one no-named White boy after another and prop them up on the world stage so he can win/lose and make a quick $50 million, and then disappear. Meanwhile they're really looking for a "great white hope" who can go down on record as having whooped the …

....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... This is one of the very first videos I saw when I first started my study. It is simple and straightforward. Anyway, what I hoped is that all will study to see what it is. The info is out there to either be believed, argued about or dismissed. Do your own research. I just hope that we don't get caught up in the small things wherein we may disagree and not foc…

The first 24 hour Black News Channel is expected to launch November 15, 2019 @6:00 AM. The cable network is the brainchild of J.C. Watts, Jr., former U.S Representative (R-Oklahoma) now BNC chairman and Veteran Journalist Bob Brilliante who will serve as the cable network's CEO. BNC Newsroom management made their rounds at the National Association Black Journalists Job fair in Miami, FL earlier this month. The news channel, headquartered in Tallahassee, Fl, will broadcast to 33 million households nationwide with a major presence in Los Angeles, Atlanta and New York. ~MH You can read the release here: https://blacknewschannel.com/wp-content/uploads/BNC_NABJ-Press-Rele…

Black. Preachers. Do. Not. Preach. About. Their. Bible. God. Supporting. Slavery. .People. Can. Be. Kidnapped. ,Forced. Into. ,Slavery. ,Beaten. ,Tortured. ,Raped ,,Children. Murdered. ,,,Innocent. People. Murdered. ,Girls. Kidnapped. ,Raped. ,Forced. Into. Marriage. ,Genocide. ,Because. Of. Money. ..Gospel. Singers ,Will. Not. Sing. About. This. Because. Of. Money. ....Willie. Lynch ,Letter. ,With. The. Bible. Christianity. We. Control. The. Slaves. For,,Centuries. ,Religious. Instruction. For. The. Negro .....Preachers ,,Worship. Money. ...If. God Provides. Why. Do. They. Steal. ,Black. ,,Preachers. Have. Been. Arrested. For. Stealing. ,,Raping. Children. ,,Mur…

@Pioneer1 the message below was in my in box today: "I don't understand why we just sit around and TALK. when there is a well defined STRUCTURE that makes Black Lives Matter and it is our own National Structure.We can't arrive at this far reaching destination of our lives mattering without a VEHICLE, a well thought out way to make our lives matter. We cannot logically obtain Reparations while we have not liberated ourselves. Reparations do not work well for encapsulated people. Reparations is an International matter as explained by Malcolm X and the only way to obtain COLLECTIVE reparations is that we must be a Self-determining collective, until we realize th…

I can't believe these big city mayors currently making news! Not just content to limit how large a soft drink fast food customers can order in public places, NY mayor, Michael Bloomberg, is advocating that hospitals charge new mothers for the infant formula required should they choose not to breast feed. Puleeze. All of these LaLeche busybodies can't protest enough about bans placed on mothers nursing in public, claiming these mama cats have a right to do so. If this makes onlookers uncomfortable then, tut-tut - or tit-tit in this case. But if a woman decides she doesn't want to fulfill the second step of the ritual/fad that follows showing off her baby bump fo…

Not certain if I already posted this. If you could have three super powers what would they be?

HI I AM NEW HERE and i know that this topic was closed below but i has to say reply. http://www.thumperscorner.com/discus/messages/2152/6405.html i read many of the comments in here and when i look at this princess,she looks black too me,so i disagree with one of the posters saying she did not look black in the link above. second i do agree that most african americanslook african even if the average african american has some form of admixture.recent dna test sugggest that most african americans do not even have native american blood.that was a myth told over the years and the show african american lives talk about this awhile ago on pbs. sexond some afric…

Subject: TwistedSista Ad Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 6:26 PM Please remove the TwistedSista ads from AALC. I come to your site to purchase books, not to view ads designed to stir up hair issues within the black community. Please keep your ads limited to those directly related to books. Concerned Visitor [Editor's Note: an alias] -------------- On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Troy Johnson <troy@aalbc.com> wrote: Hey Concerned Visitor, I appreciate you taking the time to email me your feelings about the Twisted Sista ad campaign on AALBC.com. I have no control over authors or publishers decisions to place ads on AALBC.com. Indeed, book…

Lunatic President Trump Said Football Players Kneeling When The National Anthem Is Played Should Be Fired,The Sons Of,B_Word Should Be Fired. White America ,They Are Disrespecting Our Flag,They Should,Leave,The,Country. .Lebron James Called Trump A Bum..Sports Talker Michael Wilbon Said Trump Was Aiming At,Black Men..Pro Football Owners And Players Standing Together .The Patriots Who Are Friends With Trump,Spoke Against Trump. Where Were The Patriots When Trump .Was ,Supporting Neo Nazi With Torches And Guns In Charlottesville,Last Month..White Veterans Upset Over Players,Kneeling...Are White Veterans Upset Over Neo Nazi,With Torches And Guns In The Streets Of Charlo…

Why is Cynique's profile inside my account? Or is my profile in hers? And the time on when people posted are all off. Am I the only one experiencing this phenomena???

Actually I didn't JUST quit...I quit my job about a week ago. Dozens of us did. I've heard that anywhere from 1/4 to 1/3 of the entire workforce at the company I worked for have quit over the vaccine mandates that they are imposing. ((Don't worry Troy this isn't gonna be an anti-vaxx propaganda post....lol)) They sent us an email and a letter the other month and I told them to go jump in a lake of shit, lol. We walked away a week ago. First a few of us, then more and more as the week progressed. But it wasn't finalized and we thought there might be a chance through litigations and other actions to halt the mandate coming from corporate, but apparently it d…

Faizon Love The dude who played Big Worm in Friday is actually Cuban! His government name is: Langston Faizon Santisima Man, you learn something new every day.

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