Culture, Race & Economy

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 have been wanting to start a thread about China for awhile now. I want to document and share info about the nefarious antics that China and the CCP are up to and what impact this may have on our community. This is not intended to be about COVID, although I might post content about COVID from time to time, it will depend upon what is happening. I intend to post links to articles from various sources, and you all can decide whether it interests/impacts you or not. Please contribute any content that you feel…

I find it interesting yet somewhat annoying that there are many people including clergy who stumble over this question or subscribe to the false notion that God sanctioned slavery. When God released the children of Israel from Egyptian captivity they were a free nation, with their own laws and customs. After being held in bondage ,It is ridiculous to think that the almighty would ordain laws allowing the Hebrews to oppress other nations as they were. What Moses regulated to his people was a system of servitude based on justice not chattel slavery. Chattel slavery as applied in the Transatlantic Slave trade granted the rights of property ownership in human beings. The M…

It's quite apparent now that there was no widespread voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. The contest was the most watched and the most closely examined election in history. And the preponderance of evidence shows simply: THERE WAS NO WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD. Trump lost and even his daughter Ivanka knew it. Barr called Trump's claims "Bullchit!" Rudy Giuliani is now facing facing ethics charges from the Washington, D.C., bar association for going on and on about phony election fraud claims. As hateful as Trump is, it did not surprise me that Lord Dampnut supported Vladimir Putin's vicious invasion of Ukraine. A few other GOP'ers seemed to do s…

Japan's economy , its attachment to the usa and the damages from its attachment https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2202&type=status

Also, take our 2-Minute Survey to Benefit Black Authors: https://qualtrics.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eh543jnw9wZUveS (survey closes May 25, 2024) The survey results provide crucial insights and interesting disparities within the publishing industry. For example, full-time self-published authors invest three times more in marketing than their traditionally published counterparts. Download survey results: https://aalbc.com/pdf/Authors-Guild-AALBC-US-Published-Black-Author-Income-Study-12072023.pdf

Marking History with Astronomy -- 2 Comets This Month October 2024; Comet C/2023 A3 & Comet C/2024 S1 Comet C/2023 A3 I saw this comet! It took me 'forever' to figure out how to use my binoculars and then where to look to see it. I went to my usual spot that I have driven to for the past couple of years but I could not see it from that position. This comet was located in the western skies and like most comets I've looked for, they seem to come into a region near the horizon and also they seem to all head towards the sun. It's like the sun is a 'gas station' for comets because they pick up a lot more energy t…

https://apnews.com/article/investor-visas-trump-immigration-eb5-gold-cards-cdb943dd1633bc234bb715fa20914e05 Most of those reading this thread are probably already citizens. It didn't cost much. POTUS OJ is proposing a $5 million Gold Card as a path to citizenship. This Card would replace the EB-5 visa. No surprise that a supposed billionaire would be willing to sell citizenship to rich fols. The most glaring issue I see is that rich people can freely travel back and forth to the US. They already have homes here too. Surely, there are plenty people who can afford the Gold Card Visa. I just don't see a point in the…

What do you think of a beauty contest only for Black Women in the USA that has existed since the 1968?

ABC News "investigates" why Black Women can't find a Black Man to Marry This was the most popular conversation from the Legacy (old) discussion boards last week. (read the conversation)

You run comparative statistics on posters from time to time. I just noticed the "profile views" count. How about ranking the top posters by profile views? Or better yet, by views per post. I checked a few of those ratios: Cynique gets an average of 15 profile views every time she posts; Thumper gets 50 to 1; and ABM gets 100. I have no idea what that means (in absolute numbers, Cynique has five times as many views as ABM), but I find that intriguing.

PLEASE turn the volume down on your computers the first time you view this. What do you see? Then view it again. Do you see anything different now?

HEARD ON THE NEWS THE REPUBLICANS WERE PLANNING THE SHUT DOWN 2 YEARS AGO/ THE HATRED SO DEEP FOR THE BLACK PRESIDENT..THE TEA PARTY, ,REPUBLICANS BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT WAS BORN IN AFRICA....BIRTH CERTIFICATE WAS FORGED///WHERE ARE THE BLACK REPUBLICANS HERMAN CAIN, TEA PARTY FAVORITE MINORITY DR. BEN CARSON//DO THEY BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT WAS BORN IN AFRICA, BIRTH CERTIFICATE WAS FORGED..//THE BLACK REPUBLICAN- CHURCHES//////..THE REPUBLICANS SMILING ON THE NEWS AMIDST THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN...OH THE SPAWNS OF SATAN...///

STRANGE MAN CLIMBS THE WHITE HOUSE ,FENCE,,GETS TO THE WHITE HOUSE DOOR WITH A KNIFE...PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS FAITH IN HIS SECURITY,WHY//////PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY FEAR A MIDDLE EAST TERROR ATTACK..NEWS SAYS, ISIS TERROR GROUP MAY HAVE TERRORIST IN THIS COUNTRY...BUT, A STRANGE MAN CAN JUMP CLIMB OVER THE WHITE HOUSE FENCE AND GET TO THE WHITE HOUSE DOOR WITH A KNIFE....//IS PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SAFE.//////NEXT TIME MAYBE THE NEO NAZI MIGHT TRY IT.. 2008, THE NEO NAZI WAS PLANNING TO ASSASSINATE CANDIDATE-BARACK - OBAMA...//THEY WERE ARRESTED WITH WEAPONS./////

My opinion on this subject is not as absolute as indicated by the title, but it is pretty close. I've been advocating for Black folks for a long time. While I'm not the Brother that you will see in the street carrying a sign; I make my contribution to the fight in my own way. Obviously, a lot of what I do has to do with books, education, and our presence on the web. Today I discovered that AFFRM, the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement has rebranded itself as ARRAY. The differences in the mission are described below I was disappointed by the news, because whenever I see a change like this, usually, the Black part usually gets marginalized. If you inc…

A. Topless. Woman. Lunged. Herself. At. Bill. Cosby,She. Was,Tackled. By. Police. She. Said. She. Wanted. To. Make ,Bill. Cosby. Feel. Uncomfortable. Like. He. Has. Made. Women. Feel,Uncomfortable. News. Said. He. Paid. One. Of. His. Accusers. Over. 3. Million. Dollars..Dozens. Of. Women. Say,They. We're. Drugged. By. Bill. Cosby. .Trump ,Lawyer,Office,Hotel. Room. Raided By. FBI. Trump. Wants. ,His,Former. Lovers. ,The. Porn. Star,Play Boy Model,Their. Mouths,Shut....He. Does. Not. Know. About. His. Lawyer. Paying. The. Porn. Star. Money,........HA ,HA....

Saw. On. The. News,Atlanta. Black. Po!ice. Want. Community ,Trust??,,Black. Police. Are. Silent. In. Racist. White. Police. ,Murdering,Unarmed. Black. Boys,Black Men. While ,White Police,They Support ,Neo Nazi. In The Streets With Guns,Terrorist With Guns ,Are,Condoned. . What Would Happen If Black Police ,Were,Shooting. At Neo Nazi Who Were Marching Around ,With,Guns In The Streets,Or In A Black Community?? The Black,Democrats ,NAACP Protest ,,When Police Murder Black ,Males,,,No. Protest. By. NAACP,Democrats,Church,When. Gangs,Slaughter. Black. People,Crack. Houses,Black. Men. Prostituting,Teenage. Girls. In. Streets. …

Rodney. Reed. Will. Be. Executed. Before. Thsnksgiving..He. ,Was,Sent,To. Death. Row. Found. Guilty. Of. Murdering. A ,White,Woman. . He. Says. He. Innocent. Jury Was. White... The,White,Woman He Accused Of Murdering,Was A Girl Friend,Of ,A Ex White Police Officer. When The Ex White Police Officer,Was,A Police Officer He Served 10- Years For Kidnapping-Sexual Abuse.. When He Was In Prison He Told A Racist White,Man,His Girl Friend Was Involved With A Black Man,He. Was,Angry. About. It....People. Think. Ex. White. Police. Officer. Murdered. His. Girlfriend. ,. People. ,Celebrities. Are. Protesting. ,To,Stop. Rodney. Ree…

Is it a ‘Black as Sackcloth’ Affect or Global Warming? The Recent Solar Eclipse Seen in India, the Middle East, Asia, and all of India INDIA – 99.4% Total Solar Eclipse In Northern India, this Solar Eclipse was almost a total solar eclipse, however this solar eclipse was not viewable to this degree or at all in other parts of our planet. Anuruddha Saxena @AnuruddhaSaxena Captured Solar eclipse on June 21, 2020 – Nikon D3300 #SolarEclipse2020 #solareclipse#SolarEclipsejune2020 #solareclipseindia #solareclipsedehradun@Dehradun Utta…

Please Fam please read, share you must go to the site to comment help it move up the search ranks. This is a warning we are sending to black folks. Posting this everywhere we can please read!!! https://rootsofblack.com/blogs/news/semiconductor-shortage-farming-food-shortages-and-droughts-paying-farmers-to-destroy-food Semiconductors are any class of crystalline solids intermediate in electrical conductivity between a conductor and an insulator. Semiconductors are employed in the manufacture of various kinds of electronic devices, including diodes, transistors, and integrated circuits. This is the simple way of understanding; semi…

thoughts to the xbox bethesda games? the lack of black characters or the ability to make black characters? any background design thoughts?

Tunisia and the reality of democracy https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2200&type=status

... over a week ago, I was in a location where Automated Teller Machines exist and a Black woman, I think Descended Of Enslaved, suggested I needed to be careful. She continued while I merely looked and said, she was in said ATM locale earlier and homeless people were in the place. She felt fear and called law enforcement. I said nothing to her, and just left. But I pondered a few questions. Did said homeless people attack her? Did said Homeless people approach her? Did said homeless people speak to her? She defined her experience. She didn't say she was harmed or approached in any way. She said, using my word choice, she came into the…

Kamala Harris is actually the first Indian Vice President. Although she will go down as the most incompetent VP in history. I actually had this discussion yesterday with a black woman who correctly stated Kamala is basically Indian who masquerade’s as a black for her personal benefit. Kamala’s mother is all Indian and so were the grandparents that helped raise her. She grew up Indian ! Where was Kamala’s black dad ? He took off and bailed out on his personal responsibilities when she was very young. Same with Obama who was raised by a white mom and white grandparents. Obama’s black father also left and bailed on his responsibilities when Obama was very young. Th…

On. You. Tube. It. Seems. That. False. Preacher. T. D. Jakes. Is. Sexually. Involved. With. Rapper. Puffy. Combs. ...People. Saying. ,Preacher. T. D. Snakes. Goes. To. Puffy. Combs. Gay. Sex. Parties. ,,,,Is. He. Having. Sex. With. Men. ,He. Is. Not. Preaching. Sermons. At. Puffy. Combs. Gay. Sex. Parties. .Pastor. T. D. Snakes. Is. A. Fake ,Preacher. Like. All. Preachers. Are. .Puffy. Combs. How. Long Before. He. Is. Behind. Bars. ????Black. Preachers. Are. In Prison. For,,Raping. Black. Children. ,Murdering. Their. Wives. ..Preachers. Worship. Money. All. The. Church. Corruption. ,Preachers. Raping. ,Children. .Black. Lives. Matter. Silent. ,So. Is. NAACP. Church …

An Open Letter to Ted Sarandos Co-Chief Executive Officer of Netflix CEMOTAP Committee to Eliminate Media Offensive to African People 135-05 Rockaway Boulevard South Ozone Park, N.Y. 11420 (347-907-0629) Ted Sarandos Co-Chief Executive Officer Netflix Corporate Headquarters 100 Winchester Circle Los Gatos, CA 95032 Sir, the purpose of this letter is to express outrage at your ill-advised and ill-named release of “Netflix Good Times Reboot.” This insulting cartoon has only the most superficial and negative relationship to the original Good Times TV series. The claim by some of the creators that this is satire is so bog…

https://apnews.com/article/black-lives-matter-mural-washington-dc-c2be76ef2c8af68050788a374c439063 As another politician bends the knee to and/or kisses the ring of POTUS, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has fallen into line. Mayor Bowser will be having removed the Black Lives Matter mural from the street in Washington DC. The mural is one block away from the White House. It was painted there in June 2020 in the wake of George Floyd's murder. The mural area will be renamed Liberty Plaza. Hopefully Mayor Bowser won't sell-out the whole city.😎

Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is still selling tickets to a fight against Republicans that doesn't exist. Rep. Jeffries is vowing that Democrats will continue fighting for Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits. There's no path to Democrats winning a fight when Republicans are majority in House and Senate. Rep . Jeffries House seat may be safe for now. However, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's political future is in jeopardy as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may primary him. Regardless, the Democrats are as stable as a 3 leg chair in Congress. They are powerless. Somebody needs to tell Rep. Jeffries to…

My God this is so tragic. Death toll is based upon destruction there is no firm figures yet. My prayer to the the victims and their families.

On this saturday from 8-12 Houstons' ecotoneurban farm will host a farmers market. As a community one of the best ways to go back to our original/ indigenous way and take back our power from big businessis to support local farmers markets (and even better support our black owned farmers markets). Ecotone urban farm is located on the corner of st charles and holman street. This farm is a black owned non-profit organizationthat i volunteer for and regularly collaborate with. It was started by a lady Named Chef Tarsha who is in collbaroation with Deloyd Parker's shape community center to bring life back to houstons 3rd ward area and supply th…

I am wondering if we will see any black faces on Oscar night? It does not look good, does it? Well, I want to get Thump's opinion because that man don't miss. For those of you thats been following this site, you know Thumper picks the winners as if he has a crystal ball. So, if anyone happens to see my guy, tell him to hit me. Here's my big head... in review. http://www.youtube.c...DAeNxu8&index=2 Yeah, that's me behind the mic. Eat your heart out, Kola. :-)

Hill Harper discusses his latest book, "The Wealth Cure," with Miss Black America Baltimore 2011, Alexandra Morton. Also featured in this episode is Tananarive Due's "My Soul to Take." Go to http://www.TheBookLook.com to view the show.

ONYXCON HAS BEEN CELEBRATING BLACK/AFRICAN DIASPORA ART, LIT & COMICS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE VENUE CARRIES ON THE STRONG TRADITION OF MASTERS LIKE DWAYNE MCDUFFIE AND OTHER LEGENDS OF THE GENRE. THIS IS CULTURE, COMICS, ART & LIT AT ITS BEST! CHECK OUT FOOTAGE FROM LAST YEAR'S ONYXCON IN THE ATL! FOR MORE INFO ON THIS YEAR'S EVENT, GO TO http://www.onyxcon.com

In Mexico and Peru Professor Gates explores the almost unknown history of the significant numbers of black people—the two countries together received far more slaves than did the United States —brought to these countries as early as the 16th and 17th centuries, and the worlds of culture that their descendants have created in Vera Cruz on the Gulf of Mexico, the Costa Chica region on the Pacific, and in and around Lima, Peru. Watch full episode. Another Louis Gates documentary: Also, Dr. Ivan van Sertima, author of "They Came Before Columbus" (about African Presence in Ancient America) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nceKy72vV0

The works of 25 African-American Master Artists and their Contemporaries will be on display for the Black Art In America™ at The Faison Firehouse Theater Art Show and Sale October 3rd - 6th. The public is invited to attend. The Faison Firehouse Theater is located at: Six Hancock Place, NYC 10027 (124th Street between Nicholas & Morningside Avenues).

Social media knows I have no love for the Huffington Post (mainly because they, unnecessarily exploit writers), so in their incessant mission to share things with me that reinforces the my world view (the thing I want the least), I was presented with this message on every social media platform I visited the other day. I contribute to the echo chamber that is now the WWW, and share it here was well, because after BEA this shot also reminds me of mainstream publishing in general. HuffPost is typical. Most of the events I attended at BEA in Chicago last week were dominated by women.

I have said it elsewhere I am done talking about any kind of injustice. It's not pointless just fruitless in an emotional mental and spiritual wasteland that resides in too many ...

. WE ARE SHEMITES! One of the first steps to achieving truth is to tell it. Okay, here’s the truth. BLACK FOLKS ARE GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE! That’s right, we are the people mentioned throughout the Bible. I will prove it. Beyond doubt. And as I do so, I will also show you why we are in the condition we are now in. I will present both biblical and scientific proof. Let’s examine the biblical evidence first. Remember on page twelve of this book where I mentioned the fact of Jesus being a brotha? Well, …

No Way!—100 degrees Fahrenheit in Siberia in June 2020! Global Warming!? Temperatures in an Arctic Siberian town hit 100 degrees, a new high Wow! Some reports state that this has never happened in recorded history. Also it has been reported that the average temperature in Siberia during the month of June would be around 68 degrees, but 100 degrees Fahrenheit!? Man! These are the last days before a new ‘day’! This is what some of the article states: An unprecedented heatwave in one of the coldest places on Earth just reached a distressing milestone. Temperatures in the small Siberian town of Verkho…

New. -Orleans. Black. Voodoo. Priest. Was. Arrest. By. The. F. B. I ! -I-Read. He. Paid. Thousands. Of. Dollars. For. Strands. Of Trump's-Hair- He. Bought. On. Craigslist. Online. They. Think. The. Voodoo-Priest. Was. Going To. Use. Trump. Hair. To. Bring. Harm. To. Trump -Or. Use. Trump. Hair. With. A. Voodoo .Doll- The. F. B. I. Do. Not. Believe -In. Voodoo. But. It. Could. Be. A. Federal. Crime. 😄😃😃😃😃😃😃-The. Racist. White. Police. Who. Murdered. Breanna Taylor. Walk. -Around. Free. So. Many. Racist. White. Police. Caught. On Tape. -Saying. Nigger .. Do. Not. See. This. In. The. News..... Trump. Has-Coronavirus,,. Who. Cares. Maybe. The. Voodoo. Priest. Made. It. -…

The latest pothole on the road to cyber riches: Ronin, a blockchain service for online game company Axie Infinity, admitted that hackers managed to steal $600 million by transferring 167,000 ethers to an anonymous ethereum wallet. Apparently, the hackers were then able to steal two different types of cryptocurrencies. The value of what was stolen changes all the time due to volatility of crypto markets. The latest hack “is a sobering reminder of just how vulnerable Web3 marketplaces are to cyber attacks," former SEC chief of security John Reed Stark, told CNN. (Web3 refers to the idea of a decentralized Internet powered by the blockchain, the techn…

So everything in predictive text is helping to improve AI. If you can predict my next word how many steps does it take to predict my next thought.

ENTITLEMENT? Black Women Arrested for Mass Shooting This viral video showed up on Bing this morning however, it happened a few days ago. A young Black woman of Atlanta, Georgia, Raissa Kengne, went on a killing rampage and was caught in the airport trying to flee. She shot and killed two (2) men and wounded another and also attempted to kill another, but she could not find him. The story went completely viral, and the comments and opinions are wildly varied. Raissa has been living in Atlanta for a few years, however, she is from Africa and from Cameroon. She went to college and succeeded in obtaining a degree and t…

India and a glimpse into humanity after the white european imperial era ends https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2203&type=status

60. Years. Later. The. March. On. Washington. .The. March. Was,About. Ending. Segregation. ,Jobs. Fair. Wages. ,Education. ,,Economic. Justice... Unequal. Schools. Remain,Forms. Of. Segregation. Remains. Lack. Of. Jobs. In. Poor. Inner. Cities. ,Poor,Inner. City. Schools. Not. Improved . As. Billions. Of. U. S. Money. Keep ,Going. To. The. Ukraine. Democrats. Can. Explain ,,Why. Billions. If. U. S. Money. Keep. Going. To. The. Ukraine. But,,Poor. Inner. City. Communities. And. Schools. Get. Nothing ,,Before. The. Next. Elections ..... Amazing. A. Black. Trump. Supporter. Is. In. Jail. For. Trying. To. Help. Trump. Overturn. The,,2020. Election. ..He. Is. The. Lea…

Also, what would you guess their relationship to be? I'm conducting a small study on perception and appreciate your responses! I will reveal answer shortly so you can know how close you were.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/politics/al-green-censure-trump-protest-house/index.html Not the "Let's Stay Together" singer but Rep. Al Green (D-TX) got himself censured today. 10 of his fellow Democrtas voted in favor of it. During POTUS OJ's Tuesday night speech, Rep. Al Green decided it was time for him to perform. He was given a chance to settle down. Instead, he kept yelling and the Sargeant at Arms escorted him out of the building. Rep. Al Green didn't get himself kicked out of the Capitol stomping on behalf of Black folks. His concern was Medicaid/Medicare.😎

So now all of a sudden the United States NEEDS immigrants? Left Wing Right Wing Two different wings.....on the same damn bird.