Culture, Race & Economy

Hey @Troy, For some reason I was thinking about @richardmurray earlier this week and how he posts threads about movies and music. Not sure how easy it is to program but maybe you should think about having a "Movie Night" forum where say....richardmurray or any poster can post a movie we can watch and have a little chat-room next to it so that members can watch it together and comment on it together in real time. Kind of like live videos on Youtube. For example, Somebody post the movie Three The Hard Way. When you first post it....you post it LIVE at a particular time for most of us regular members can log in and watch it together and comment …

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"Religion itself is harmless. It is like a gun. A gun by itself is harmless." The above was an analogy made by Waterstar in I thought it was interesting enough to spawn a seperate discussion on the topic Interesting analogy Waterstar. A gun's sole purpose it to cause harm. Otherwise it would not need to exist. What would you argue is religion's purpose? How has it be used in this country as it concerns Black people? Has it done more harm than good? On a global scale has the impact of religion been good or bad? Note: I'm making a distinction between "religion" and "spirituality".

And this person also looks mixed themselves? What category would you say they fall into?

Deja Taylor, Mother of 6-Year Old School Teacher Shooter in Virginia, is Charged This case is heated! I believe that this case will cause a lot of controversy! I know that I have so many questions that concern me. My first thoughts are that, as a school teacher myself, how should I feel if the law does not offer the teacher adequate relief? She was shot by a kid and she could be dead right now! He shot her in her abdomen! What about other young school shooters such as the Parkland Shooter, was his mother charged? The videos that show the mother, Deja Taylor's comments, only makes me more shocked! She …

According to various estimates, 21% of young Black men will vote for Trump this time around. I am curious to why some believe this is occurring: Because it's no secret that Black women vote in higher numbers than Black men and tend to be much more loyal to the Democratic Party. Black women have always been the most reliable and the most loyal supporters of Dem Party candidates, especially when it comes to House. Believe it or not, a lot of young Black men get emotional over skin hue, a mixed person being called Black (think Kristen Welker) and tend to listen to their favorite celebrities rather than considering true facts. And maybe that is the reason so many you…

Well, social media is all a-twitter over the trending topic fueled by actress Meryl Streep's politicizing her acceptance speech at Sunday's televised Golden Globe's ceremony where she was being honored with a Life-time Achievement Award. Without mentioning his name, she called out Donald Trump for the incident where he made fun of a disabled NY Times reporter during his campaign, saying she was appalled that such a man was about to take office as president. Naturally the room, which was filled with Hollywood's liberal community, was in accord except for a few notable outsiders like Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn whose stricken faces were panned in on by the TV cameras. …

This was referenced in another thread, but I'm starting a separate one to talk just about this issue. A statement attributed to Angela Davis was posted on the web on Nov. 17, saying: On September 24 the FBI raided homes of 14 activists in movements in solidarity with oppressed workers and peoples of Latin America and Israel/Palestine. Read the whole thing here. As far as I can tell from scouring the Web, Davis is the only person in the world who claims to know anything about this. And she isn't sharing any details that would allow anyone to find out any more about it. I'd be very interested to learn more about this alleged incident. But did it really h…

...and I'm not that old. In a few days, God willing I will be 55 years of age. I would like to live to be 100, but I'm not doing anything to help accomplish the feat, but I digress... Sometimes I wonder if why I want to even bother sticking around that long. It is not like the culture values the elderly for their wisdom and experience, but that is a minor consideration. Lately, I feel like I'm surrounded by a bunch of mindless zombies. Case in point; leaving my apartment building yesterday, I got into the elevator with a woman, who was fullly engrossed in whatever she was doing on her phone. I glanced over to see what it was (she did not notice me), and …

The Stars Are Lining Up Again; Ethiopia & Greece Earthquakes; The Great Comet of 2025 Over and over, again and again, scientist report that planet alignments and certain eclipses and other star configurations do not have any effect on earth, but it seems like this kind of programming will soon come to light. Why though? Why do our scientist seem so obsessed on telling us not to believe in these kinds of occurrences? I'm late in sharing the recent events, however, it seems that we are still experiencing some great scientific history now. This subject is huge, but I just want to share a little to mark time. JANUARY 2025 So, thi…

A lot of black people are educationists. And it's as bad as classism and racism because they truly believe they are justified in excluding the less educated from life, liberty, and a pursuit of happiness. ... Stop that. 😊

Well, here we go again. What follows is hopefully the last time I will bore AALBC, recalling life as I knew it growing up black in a small interracial midwestern town where "negros" were a tiny minority, confined to their own little community. Bear with me while I take a different approach to revisiting my early years, focusing on the setting that was the back drop for life as I remember it beginning when I was about 5 which would have been 77 years ago. Obviously, everybody had a childhood, a way station in their life's journey which embodied the joys and woes that came with the territory of growing up. To me, what makes anybody's childhood unique is the era i…

Well, the mid-term elections are over and the voters have spoken. The message sent by the majority of these typical Americans who went out and voted was that they are dissatisfied with the current state of affairs. Implicit in this message is that they don’t like Black leaders, Hispanic aliens, Gays, Feminists, or Environmentalists. They’re against same-sex marriage, a woman’s right to choose, separation of church and state, health care for all, raising the minimum wage and lowering the interest rate on college loans. These Fox News junkies reject gun controls, support murderous cops, and approve of a macho military. They’ll tolerate low taxes for the rich but hate h…

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In. Kentucky. Black. Woman. An. EMT. Worker. Was. Shot. And. Murdered. By. Kentucky. Police. When. They. Forced. They. Way. In. To. Black. Woman's. Home,Began. Shooting. She. Was,Innocent. It. Was. The. Wrong. House. Police. Went. To. The. Wrong. House. News. Says.. Black. Woman. Family. Suing. I,Think. . This. Happen. Last. March.. . .As Black. Police. Remain-Silent.....

News , Says Dick Gregory Is Dead At 84. Dick Gregory Was More Than A Comedian. .He Was Friends With Dr. King And Malcolm X. .Was Involved With Civil Rights, He Was An Activist,Writer And,Motivational Speaker..Among His Books,Nigger ,An,Autobiography And Defining Moments In Black -History,Reading Between The Lies...Listening To Sports Talkers,About Quarterback Colin Kaepernick,White People And,The National Anthem,White People Who Are Against Quarterback Colin Kaepernick ,Support Neo Nazi Waving The,U.S. Flag ,With The Nazi ,Confederate Flags. Neo Nazi Walking In .American Streets Wearing Nazi Uniforms Carrying The American-Flag,That Seems To Be Support By White People …

Here is a Black political candidate who is probably gonna match the checkboxes of many folks. He's Black, handsome, a celebrity and will grasp the issues quickly. Black actor Hill Harper wants a US Senate seat

Man, this is getting good to me now that I know how to embed YouTube songs in a post! And I know I am being self indulgent, but who cares. This is more fun than exchanging insults with Carey, and it’s not like other board members, who obvious prefer to lurk, don’t have equal time to do their thing. Moreover, people should always take advantage of an opportunity to broaden their music tastes. With the that said, let’s get esoteric. To my surprise I have discovered that a piano genius who burned up the key board back in the late 50s and early 60s has become increasingly unfamiliar to anybody but the most elite of jazz buffs. Check out this dynamic rendition by the…

“Black films which make an impact on our minds and hearts are also making a sizable impact at the box office. Our top film, The Woman King, bridges the gap between telling important, heartfelt stories, and providing an entertaining experience for movie-going audiences.” —AAFCA president and co-founder Gil Robertson As previously expressed on these forums I would agree with the African American Film Critics Association's (AAFCA) assessment of The Woman King. Now I have only seen three of the films on the list, but The Woman King was one of the best films I've seen in a long time. If Davis does not earn an Academy Award nomination it will be a travesty. …

After about six months I had given the man an A minus. Now, after a year, an F. Personally, when he failed to do something right away about jobs, gave all that money to the big banks, and went into surge mode in Afghanistan instead of getting out, I was through with him. Practically, when he and the rest of those Democratic clowns allowed Teddy Kennedy' seat to go to a Republican thatwas it. The Democrats are too stupid to live. Too inept to hold on to a seat that had been Democratic for more than half a century in the Bluest of the Blue states (Oh, I know everybody will come in talking about Coakley and the Mass Democratis but Obama is the leader o…

As a black man I've got way too many questions with too few answers. I got tired of waiting for someone else to create the site that tries to answer these questions so we decided to create it. The Black Man's Survival Guide is located at www.afrodaddy.com and it contains articles about basic survival skills for black men as well as information on how to save money and be more efficient. We hope the site provides black men information about things that they don't know but need to know to help themselves and their families. This is a community project and we need the ideas and content of all the positive, literate and intelligent brothers and sisters in this forum. Fir…

@DelI've been experimenting with some time markers, while choosing my numbers for the billion dollar Powerball lottery. I won a grand total of $8.00 on the last drawing. Experimenting with a different approach for the next drawing. Trying to catch up with the future through dreams... Also trying to decide what time of day to go vote on mid term election day. Democrats need all the help they can get.

Mexico Alien X-Ray - Full Video (historic broadcast - scientific analysis) UFO Proof? “Non-Human” Alien Corpses Retrieved From Peru Displayed At Mexico Congressional Hearing are these bodies being real....In my Opinion they are. but it makes me wonder if Spielberg knew something about these being as the do resemble "ET". I am convinced that there is intelligent life in this existence with us humans...we are not alone Are you convinced of ET life and do you think these bodies are real?

America in the year 2014, a country where cameras expose unsuspecting racists. http://www.complex.com/tech/2014/06/racist-woman?utm_campaign=complexmag+socialflow+06+2014&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

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One of America's most prominent black CEOs quit President Trump's manufacturing council on Monday over Trump's initial failure to condemn white supremacists. Kenneth Frazier of Merck (MRK) said in a statement: "America's leaders must honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy." http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/14/investing/merck-ceo-trump-charlottesville/ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Now THIS is a great example of a Black man who stands up for what he believes in and…

A buddy forwarded me this video, I watched the whole thing with interest listening to the numerous examples of white people who held racist views. It was not until the 7:38 mark where he states that we are "...supposed to think that race doesn't even exist." That I realized that I was watching white racist propaganda. This is really well done. The speaker is likeable measured and "sounds" reasonable and rational. Intrigued, I went to youtube to find more videos and my suspicions were confirmed as this video about Trump's comments about Baltimore illustrate. @Pioneer1 do you understand why a belief in "race" is so destructive? …

There are definitely generational differences in how people view the world. I actually grew up in a dangerous neighborhood in a crime ridden city. One could reasonably argue that carrying a weapon was warranted because there was a good chance you would be robbed. But when I was a kid I was not being constantly fed a diet, to a handheld computer, of mass shooting from all over the country every minute of the day. Today I live a a virtually crime free and safe neighborhood in Tampa Florida. but people are more afraid and concerned about security than I have ever been. Packages can be left on my stoop for days and no one will steal them. I can l…

I was speaking to a customer yesterday and you purchased the book, Enoch the Ethiopian: Greater Than Abraham Holier Than Moses. I asked her how she discovered the site and she found it through Google looking for the missing books of the Bible. She told me she read that there were 16 missing books and asked if I were aware of the others. While I was aware that missing books from the bible have been published, I could not recall the details, then I thought about ya'll. What are some books I should recommend?

Minister Farrakhan warned him earlier this Summer to take this seriously and put on a mask.............

During I questioned whether all of the over the top violence had a negative effect on our psyches. I tend to believe if does but there are school of thought that suggests that it is good for us. The idea is pretty interesting and considering the apparent alternative--actual violence I'd have to pick the stuff HBO serves up. SciFri: The Origins of Violence (listen to broadcast) Thursday, April 03, 2014 2:00 PM An anthropologist, a psychologist, and a crime writer ask: Are humans hard-wired for violence?

I have a series of questions for you @Chevdove concerning your research on the worship of Baal and how it has impacted people and societies around the world through out history. First of all let me state clearly that I ONLY worship The SUPREME BEING. I worship no other Deities. I offer honor and respect and other positive attributes to some other Higher Beings, however my worship and ultimate Honor and Respect goes to The CREATOR of all Existence. Having said that...... You've done an excellent job following and detailing the various forms of "Baal Worship", so a couple questions right from the start are: 1. Is worshipping Baal actually WRONG to do…

“In 2016, the bottom 50 percent of taxpayers (those with AGI below $40,078) earned 11.6 percent of total AGI. This group of taxpayers paid $43.9 billion in taxes, or roughly 3 percent of all income taxes in 2016.“ according to https://taxfoundation.org/summary-latest-federal-income-tax-data-2018-update/ “The In 2016, the top 1 percent of taxpayers accounted for more income taxes paid than the bottom 90 percent combined. The top 1 percent of taxpayers paid roughly $538 billion, or 37.3 percent of all income taxes, while the bottom 90 percent paid about $440 billion, or 30.5 percent of all income taxes.“ The problem is a question of ownership of t…

Black race, African ancestry tied to food allergies By Genevra Pittman, Reuters Health 5 MIN READ NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study of two-year-olds in Boston, black kids were twice as likely as white kids to have an immune response to foods such as peanuts, milk, and eggs, and almost four times as likely to have a “sensitization” to three or more foods. While food sensitization doesn’t necessarily pose any danger on its own, kids who are sensitized to certain foods are more likely to develop full-blown allergies to them in the future. …

Now, were are being told how to think and how we should feel? https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/julianna-margulies-black-people-brainwashed-hate-jews-rcna127626

This video describes Dogon religious beliefs, astrological knowledge, understanding of matter, and the beginning of the universe. How can this knowledge square with Western religion? This brother makes interesting videos.

That’s right Biden is giving away free crack pipes. Now before you say this is a Right Wing Disinformation this activity has been recorded as being done as early as 2014. https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/sf-group-handing-out-free-crack-pipe-kits-expects-to-expand/ To bring the matter current a provocative article in the Free Beacon highlights the safe smoking kits and supplies. https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-admin-to-fund-crack-pipe-distribution-to-advance-racial-equity/ Looking at the grant, its clear that they aren’t talking about nicotine or weed.

I've been locked out of the discussion baords for about a week. I noticed that the window that displays the URL would show the IP address, instead of "aalbc.com". It was one of those things that I said I would get around to fixing when I got a chance (that get aroun to list is very long and is constantly reprioritized). I then noticed that google was indexing the site and showing the IP address which no one would recognize as AALBC.com. Well I decided that I should push fixing the ip address problem higher up in the queue of things to do. So I figured out how to get aalbc.com to persists in the address window, but that broke the connect via faecbook feature…

This video was at the top top of my Feed on Facebook. Leah is the chef at a restaurant called Dooky Chase's in New Orleans. It is a restaurant I've gone to a couple of times. I guess Facebook new I was contemplating going to New Orleans in a few days. This video just about convinced me to go. Remember, don't put no corn in your gumbo! 🙂

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-attorney-adams-trump-6627665d0dd41e766d6e94598fba11ff Corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams have been dropped. Mayor Adams brought the wrath of POTUS PJB,'s administration with his response to immigrants showing up in NYC. That's when charges were filed. When POTUS OJ got elected, I figured charges against Mayor Adams would go away. I doubt that Mayor Adams will win re-election in NYC. He might flip from blue to red as well. While Mayor Adams is still in office, he will work with POTUS OJ's administration to round-up undesirable immigrants. After his m…

While updating my Top 50 Black-owned Websites page. I noticed the Tavis Smiley story. Given all the other crazy news today this story was buried. Shadow and Act a site that covers film and TV quoted Variety: "In March, Smiley was found guilty of breaching his contract due to multiple affairs within the workplace. Earlier in January, an investigation commissioned by PBS found Smiley accused of enacting several types of misconduct, including verbal abuse and sexual harassment." This is beyond unfortunate. The Brother had so much potential. He could not keep his d*ck in his pants for 5 minutes? Why is he sexually harassing people? SMH...

“I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: ‘I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action’; who paterna…

DESMOND HATCHETT IN KNOXVILLE HAS 30 CHILDREN, HE CLAIMS HE ONLY HAS 24/ ..HE SEEMS TO ,BE STRESSFUL,PAYING, HIS CHILD SUPPORT..SOME OF THE MOTHERS OF HIS CHILDREN GET 1 DOLLAR AND 49 CENTS A MONTH IN CHILD SUPORT....WHY ARE BLACK WOMEN ATTRACTED TO BLACK MEN WHO ARE SEXUALLY HYPED LIKE ANIMALS AT MATING TIME IN THE WILDERNESS/./////

I don't know where I've been. But I was not aware of this film until my wife suggested to check it out. Am I the only one? Now I know I'm not completely out of the pop culture loop because I was totally aware of Girls Trip. The crazy thing is that I would really like to see a film like Detroit and have less than zero interest in seeing Girls Trip, which looks like a Black female version of The Hangover part III. I wonder what the respective marketing budgets are for these films are and where they advertise. At any rate here is Kam's Review. I have not published anything by him lately.

In another thread I mentioned how I've often wondered how on the various jobs I've held in the past....how in the HELL were Caucasian men were able to get married, buy houses, support their children, own cars, AND get drunk every weekend working the SAME low wage jobs I was working on. While I was living at home with my mother. How? How was it economically even POSSIBLE? You are working at Walmart or Denny's washing dishes for only $6.25 an hour (this was back in the 80s and 90s) too! So how in the HELL are YOU able to afford to do so much, unless you got a secret stash of wealth you're supporting yourself with. WHERE is all the money coming from? It's li…

I'm really starting to notice that most black men arent attracted to white women. i use to think the majority of black men prefer white women if given the chance but im starting to notice that the women who turn a majority of black mens heads tend to be black or latina or a dark skinned asian. my conclusion is black mens preference lies somewhere in the middle...light skinned black women and latinas but i even see plenty beautiful dark skinned sisters getting stared down by black men. i think black men jsut on average prefer brown to golden skin and wavy hair on women. rarely do you see a black man staring down a white woman. the mall i work at its like white wo…

THERE IS CONFUSING AMONG BLACK PEOPLE WITH THE BIBLE..WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS/WHAT THE BIBLE DO NOT SAY//HOW,WHEN THEY ARE ALL READING THE SAME BIBLE BOOK/BLACK PREACHERS ARE NOT DR.MARTIN LUTHER. KING/,THE SPIRIT OF DR. KING IS NOT IN BLACK CHURCHES......REASON THERE IS CONFUSION////BLACK RELIGIOUS CONTROLLED BY PREACHERS WHO ARE CONTROLLED BY POLITICIANS/BLACK POLITICANS CONTROLLED BY PREACHERS,MIGHT EXPLAIN HOW MRGA CHURCHES ARE BUILT,,POLITICIANS GIVING PREACHERS MONEY NOT THE COMMUNITY./////////////////DO BIBLE READERS REALLY READ THE BIBLE....//////.///

One could observe that there's never a dull moment on this board because people are always going at it, engaging in verbal combat, something that has become the name-of-the-game on social media. How such confrontations play out here, provide very good material for a spoof served up with a cast of caricatures. Let's shift into the satire zone for a moment and imagine a "mockumentary" about the genesis of a Cynique's Corner smack down. * * * * * * * * * * After a busy day on the job where he holds the position of "head nigga in charge of shuffling papers", Pioneer is back in his digs, flushed with a latte from Starbucks, busy at work putti…

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