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Culture, Race & Economy

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  1. Started by harry brown,

    A. New. Movie. The. Color. Purple. To. Be. In. Theatres. On. Christmas. Day. ...Maybe. It. Will. Be. As. Good. As. The. Original. ,,Movie. ,And. It. Might. Not. Be............A. Black. Woman's. Struggles. In. The. South. In. The. 1900's...Her. Journey. To. Independence...

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  2. Started by ProfD,

    NYC Mayor Eric Adams had to know it was just a matter of time before the federal probe into his campaign financing would catch up to him. https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/12/politics/eric-adams-investigation-cooperate/index.html The media is reporting that Mayor Adams is not the target of the probe but there are less than 6 degrees of separation between him and the folks being investigated. Maybe this trump card is a way of keeping Mayor Adams in check when it comes to those all expenses paid migrants popping up in NYC. 😎

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  3. Started by Pioneer1,

    Just received word that Henry Kissinger has died. I'm not exactly sure why, but something tells me that whether it be for good or bad (or both depending on one's perspective)....this world will NOT be the same as it was before.

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  4. The following is a touchy subject, mostly because men do not like to admit they’ve been abused by another male https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-survivors-are-nearly-invisible-us-catholic-clergy-sexual-abuse-c-rcna127171

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  5. Started by Pioneer1,

    Phillips Sisters Reveal Dad’s ‘Dark Side’ After Incest Claim Actress Mackenzie Phillips has opened up about her relationship with her father, the Mamas & the Papas frontman John Phillips, on her sister Chynna’s YouTube channel on Wednesday. Chynna Phillips, who is married to Billy Baldwin, called their father “one of my favorite individuals in the whole wide world,” but someone who had a “dark” side. “I loved his laugh. Yet there was this whole other side to dad that was kind of, like, monster,” Chynna said. “He had a very dark side,” Mackenzie said, with Chynna saying: “He was so dark, and you just didn’t know who you were going to get, right? It was very…

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  6. MY THOUGHTS 0:10 Jill scott's character in this film is well known, I have only seen two tyler perry films. One is with a black woman who is with a wife beater, and the other is with a black woman who is using a black man's marriage as a cover for her mistresshood to a white man . But it seems he likes to have an abused black woman by a black man. reminds me of "for colored girls" 3:30 I don't think Zenobia shared why the relationship between jill scott's character and said character's husband bother's her so much. It is clearly negative but she wanted to say more i think 4:15 Nike, you found the relationship with the michael j white character side wife…

  7. Started by Maurice,

    Just started watching this on Netflix. Interesting to say the least.

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  8. Started by Pioneer1,

    Does anyone remember this commercial from back in the 80s............ I do. Hadn't even seen it since the 80s until came across it a few weeks ago. Somebody reminded me of it and I went-a-huntin'.....and finally found it. Although I have to admit...... I don't remember seeing so many White folks dancing around in it as I see, lol.

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  9. Started by richardmurray,

    TRANSCRIPT I know one thing though. See, what a sex toy can do, what a good vibrator can do , I don't know one man that can do that job? True that. And that is just facts. You see that rhythm, that consistency that a vibrator has. No man can wiggle his tongue consistently like that , till you come. Sometimes you know, when your doing with a man, he's getting the rhythm, he's getting the rhythm, and then your about to come and then he changes something. And, I am like, oh my goodness, get the fuck out of my face. If, If your partner, is giving you one on one and you've been taking it for years. And then the vibrator just goes like this [mechanical so…

  10. Started by Pioneer1,

    ......not more bullshit and wishful thinking. I met and had a deep conversation with a group of Hebrew Israelites a few days ago, and it made me a bit disappointed. None of these brothers were over 35 and infact most of them were in their 20s and they were very sincere about Black folks and Latinos being the 12 Tribes of Israel and even more disappointing was the fact that they believed slavery was a "curse" from God for breaking the commandments of the Bible. I was taking these brothers and schooling them not just with their own Bible that they hadn't read thoroughly but also with basic common sense and logic like if slavery was a "curse" then wh…

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  11. Started by harry brown,

    Great. Actor. Richard. Roundtree . His. Iconic. Role. In. The. Movie ,,Shaft. . The. Theme. From. Shaft. By. Isacc Hayes. One. Of. The,,Greatest. Songs. Of. All. Time. If. Black. Police. Were. Like. ,,John. Shaft. ..Black. Police. Would. Take. On. The. Racist. Hitler ,,Worshipping. White. Police. ....Patrol. Inner. City. Communities And,,Find. Out. Who. Is. Dumping. Out. Guns. And. Cocaine. For. ,,Black. Genocide. In. Inner. City. Communities. .Because. The,,Church. Will. Not. Do. It,,NAACP. ,Black. Politicians. Will. Not. Do,,It. .But. They. Want. To. Control. Black. Votes. Preachers. Steal,Church. Money. So. They. Can. Live. Away. From. The. Crime,,Politic…

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  12. Click to Join the Conversation via Zoom AI, Google, Social Media, Amazon, The World Wide Web, Independent Websites, Entrepreneurship, Buying Black, The impact of Monopolies and of course Bookselling. This will be followed by a Question-and-Answer Session.

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  13. I've heard from many UFOlogists that said those who HAVE contacted some of these "extraterrestrials" said that one of their missions is to save human lives by preventing the use of nuclear weapons and preventing a nuclear war to break out. If that's true....and that's a major IF.....then some of my questions would be: 1. If they wanted to prevent nuclear weapons, why did they allow them to be invented in the first place? 2. If they wanted to prevent the USE of nuclear weapons, why did they allow the U.S. to drop them on Japan....twice? 3. Hell, even if you DON'T have nuclear weapons....millions upon millions of people have been killed by CONVENTIONAL w…

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  14. Started by Pioneer1,

    Who among you have had DIRECT experience with and/or DIRECT communication with a Higher Power than human beings? Although The SUPREME BEING is the HIGHEST POWER.....I'm not limiting experiences or communications with The SUPREME BEING alone. It could be with Angels, Extraterrestrials, Ascended Masters, any Beings higher than humans. I'm not talking about something you read in a book, something you saw online, or even an experience or communication that is "questionable" where you were half drunk or high or aren't sure who said what but thought you saw something out the corner of your eyes back in 1987. I'm talking about an experience or communicatio…

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  15. Started by richardmurray,

    MORE MOVIES THAT MOVE WE ON AALBC https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?&q="movies that move we"&type=core_statuses_status&quick=1&search_and_or=or&sortby=relevancy

  16. Started by harry brown,

    Black. Men. In. America.....Different. Ways. Of. Black. Genocide....Poverty. ,Racist. White. Politicians. Organize. Guns. And,Hard. Drugs. In. Black. Inner. City. Communities. For. Black. Males. To. Genocide. Black. Communities. .In. Gangs. And. Selling ,Crack. Cocaine .......Black. Entertainment. Has. Black. Men. Wearing ,,Dresses. ...Black men. Wearing. Dresses... Heard. On. YouTube ,,Rappers. Are. Forced. To. Be. Gay. ......Gay. Rappers.....Black. Athletes. And. Entertainers. Are. Obsessed. With. White. Women,,Especially. Black. Athletes. ,They. Worship. White. Women..,The. Church. Black. Preachers. Worship. Money. Enslaving ,,Black. Minds. With. A. White. Jesus. ...…

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  17. Started by Troy,

    This question is in reaction to @Pioneer1's conversation where he asked the question, "Who among you have had DIRECT experience with and/or DIRECT communication with a Higher Power than human beings?" Speaking directly to a higher power would also be considered miraculous. Do you believe in miracles? I think many of us do. I was talking to a someone who related the story of how they prayed over a friend who was at death's door and the person survived -- a miracle to everyone involved. Some would say that survival of any ADOS in this country is a miracle. A great many people have prayed for our survival indeed it is a cliche to sa…

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  18. Started by Pioneer1,

    Last couple minutes of the show............ Tariq could probably make millions doing stand up, or probably have a political comedy show like Bill Maher. But that's true though, I have met women with that musty "side breast" smell from working all day or wearing certain un-breathable clothes.

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  19. Started by Pioneer1,

    @Stefan Got an honest question for you............. I know we don't see eye to eye on a lot of topics however I personally see you as an intelligent and quite informed individual. However I'm curious to know why are you a Christian and why do you believe in the Bible? Do you have some sort of personal testimony that influenced your faith?

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  20. Long before any Israelities set foot on any land near the Sea of Galilee, it was the Caananites who had inhabited the property that is called Israel and Palestine. In fact, Melchizedek, who was both a high priest and King of the city of Salem, likely ruled over the forerunner to modern-day Jerusalem. (Hebrews 5:10) When the Israelites departed Egypt around 1513 B.C. under the direction of Moses, there were no Jews living in the Holy Land. So it was not from time immemorial. They did not even enter their Promised Land for another 40 years, having sinned at the foot of Mount Sinai. Only then, under the guidance of their commanding general Joshua, did Jews first …

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  21. Started by Troy,

    For those who don't understand why monopolies are bad for people, this article in Publishers Weekly, might help. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/93662-taking-a-closer-look-at-the-ftc-lawsuit-against-amazon.html?oly_enc_id=6133D7773501B8Z Again, Amazon's monopoly has resulted in higher prices for consumers and lower profits for producers. @Pioneer1let me know what you think.

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  22. Started by Pioneer1,

    Troy, so are you trying to tell me that THIS man- ....is the "leader" of Black America??????

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  23. The answer is: NEITHER ONE Both the Jews and Palestinians are descendants of invaders who came to that land to displace the former inhabitants. Most of the Jews of today are White and of European descent who took the land from the Palestinians after WWII. Most of the Palestinians are mixed raced descendants of Arab and Greeks who invaded and took the land thousands of years ago from the Original owners. If you believe the Bible, the Israelites who USED to live on the land for hundreds of years before becoming dispossessed a couple times themselves took it from the Original owners. Well, who are these "original owners" that I speak of? The Kena'ani…

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  24. Started by Pioneer1,

    I've been watching the footage of the Israel-Hamas war over the past few weeks and I tend to gravitate towards the Youtube channels that claim to offer LIVE footage. But the thing I've noticed is that most of these channels CLEARLY aren't live. You turn on one channel that claims to be live and it's bright and sunny outside. Click on another one and it's midnight dark outside. Yet both of them claim to be "live" from the same region! You click on a channel claiming to be live and you see images of people running out of apartments and being ushered into shelters while sirens go off. The problem is, you saw those EXACT SAME IMAGES 3 weeks ago when the c…

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  25. Started by harry brown,

    Black. Christians. Believe. The. Bible. God. Is. Against. Abortion. ,Not,True. .Bible. God. Is. Evil. ...Bible. God. Orders. Children ,Babies ,,Murdered. ,,Bible. God. Ordered. Mothers. And. Babies., Slaughtered. ... Moses. Was. A. Terrorist.. Black. Children. Lives. Do. Not. Matter. To. The. Black. Communities.....Politicians ,Churches .....Black. Politicians. Support. Billions. Of. U. S. Money. Going. To ,,Ukraine. And. Israel. And. No. Billions Of. U. S. Money. Going. To ,,Poor. Inner. City. Communities. To. Create. Jobs. And. Build., Schools . The. Black. Fathers. Abandon. Their. Children. ,Black. Mothers. Raising. Children. Alone. In. Poverty. Communities....…

  26. One pundit says they are about 10,000. Crops Circles spread over 15 countries with the most being in England around Holy sites.... Something or SomeOne is trying to communicate...is that Entity/Entities In or On the Earth? With some ancient text saying that they about 400,000. humanoid species in our Galaxy....which I think is Accurate - Not to mention Non-Humanoid. Current Western Science using the Drake hypothesis estimate a mere 13,000. in the Universe. Whilst Estimate over 5,000,000,000. Goldilocks (just right for life to occur) planets

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  27. Started by richardmurray,

    Black Lion and Cubs An animation series, an online game. Enjoyed it. How far did you get in the game?

  28. Started by Troy,

    Google has an effective monopoly in search; they eclipse all other search engines combined. Google's YouTube dominance is so complete I'm sure you're unable to name three competitors. Google has exploited this dominance in many ways that have hurt the web overall -- particularly as it relates to Black people. Now this is nothing new and I have written about this subject over the last 15 years. Given the lack of reaction, particularly from those most effected, I gave up trying to highlight the problems caused by Google's dominance. This is no different than the reactions to my decrying Amazon and social media. But the current trend…

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  29. But I couldn't get one of the 13 versions because I'm not a NY resident! But my daughter is, and she got the "Hard Knock Life" card pictured below. I did get an eyeful of this beautiful "Book of HOV" two-story, 8-section exhibit. The exhibit has been extended twice and will end on December 4, 2023, coinciding with Jay-Z's birthday. The brilliance of the production lies in Jay-Z's storytelling ability. There will be no re-writing of his story. It is a fully interactive exhibit with artifacts, including signage from The Marcy Projects to a replica of the Baseline studio where Jay-Z recorded his multiplatinum albums. The beauty of this endeavor is that nothing stops…

  30. Started by frankster,

    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?

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  31. on facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/162792258578547/permalink/717314409792993/?mibextid=oMANbw

  32. Started by Stefan,

    YUSEF! Never count us out! No matter how many turncoats, traitors and liars try to trip you up --- KEEP GOING! https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-council-election-yusef-salaam-0377cedcbd29f424753c9790551a85de I bet Donald Trump is sulking in his printouts! Ha ha ha. I bet Trump is sulking in his printouts. Ha ha ha

  33. Spare is probably the biggest book to come out this year -- bigger than Michelle Obama's The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times and that was a humongous book! By "Big Book" I mean a book it a multimillion-dollar advance payment to the author and millions spent on marketing. Generally, these bo]ig books would be a boon for booksellers, but... The book retails for $36, but Amazon is selling it for $22.42 (which just about equals my wholesale discount. Michelle Obama's book is still discounted 48% Amazon! This is much lower than my wholesale discount and about what I can get the book for it I purchased it directly from the publisher. I'd…

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  34. An Open Letter from Participants in the Palestine Festival of Literature Ta-Nehisi Coates, Molly Crabapple, Natalie Diaz, Maaza Mengiste, Solmaz Sharif, et al. "We call for the international community to commit to ending the catastrophe unfolding in Gaza and to finally pursuing a comprehensive and just political solution in Palestine." "We are writers and artists who have been to Palestine to participate in the Palestine Festival of Literature. We now call for the international community to commit to ending the catastrophe unfolding in Gaza and to finally pursuing a comprehensive and just political solution in Palestine. We have exercised our privi…

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  35. Started by richardmurray,

    Know any black programmers experienced in the stated tools https://automattic.com/work-with-us/job/systems-engineering/

  36. Started by Pioneer1,

    Brother Rich asked an excellent question about the help from other more powerful Black Beings.......... If there is indeed a real life "Wakanda" type civilization somewhere on this planet or in our solar system, it doesn't SEEM like the White power structure feels threatened by Them.

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  37. So my little toddler loves to have books read to her and as you might imagine she has a ton of books. Recently, she indicated she wanted me to read a specific book. So, she hopped off my lap and went to one of several stacks of and struggled to pull one from near the bottom of the stack. The book was Corduroy by Don Freeman. Corduroy was originally published in 1968 and features a young Black girl named Lisa, who has to empty her piggy bank to buy this less than perfect stuff bear. I did not learn about the book until recently, as it was present. I thought the book was well done given the year it was published. I figured more books had to have be…

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  38. @ProfD Remember saying a few days ago...... Looks like somebody was listening.... Police say heavily armed man killed himself instead of carrying out plan to attack Colorado amusement park Story by Associated Press • 19h ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER — A heavily armed man killed himself rather than carry out an apparent plan to shoot up a mountaintop amusement park in Colorado, his body discovered in a bathroom next to words scrawled on the wall, “I am not a killer,” authorities said Monday. Diego Barajas Medina, 20, was found dead in a women’s bathroom at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park…

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  39. Started by ProfD,

    Another mass shooting event in the US. 18 killed and 13 injured. The shooter is a marksman who just 2 weeks ago was in a mental health facility. Not only was this killer allowed to keep his weapons. He made a few statements on social media about killing folks. The FBI is at his house asking him to come out with his hands up. Considering what this killer has already done, the authorities should force their way into his home and take him down. The craziest part is whether it's an active war or shooting event or standoff...the media is reporting live from ground zero. 😎

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  40. Troy, it's funny how earlier this morning I was expressing my distrust of many online pay methods.....just a few minutes after I made my post THIS brutha (Rizza Islam) discussed a new Black owned online payment method that was getting ready to be launched. He briefly mentions it in this interview:

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  41. It's strange how illegal Latino immigrants get "emergency housing" in hotels and college dorms, but Black immigrants have to literally sleep and beg on the streets of New York. Not even a damn shelter or tent being built for them.

  42. Just the tip of the iceberg. https://justthenews.com/government/congress/sheila-jackson-lee-says-shes-regretful-after-recording-leaks-profane-rant

  43. Started by Pioneer1,

    Check out this clip. He clowned so much, atleast one of his jokes WILL take yo ass out.....lol My man Tariq needs to do his own comedy show. This clip is MM 50-1:08 for the comedy, but he does touch on other more serious subjects for the first hour or so.

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  44. Started by richardmurray,

    @aMhayes made a post about voting rights , linked at the bottom of this post, and as always I think of the history in all questions. The question is always, how do you get from there to here. How did the Black populace that was majority anti white in the british colonial form of the usa become majority pro -usa in modernity,multiple centuries? A long process, constant white opposition/suppression of black individuals/groups/leaders who oppose embracing whites or the USA in the black populace in the USA, a persistence among black individuals or groups who want to embrace whites or the usa, whether financed by whites or not. Now what does what was have to do with black…

  45. OCTOBER 14-Upcoming Solar Eclipse! Ancient Halloween & Black Themes Coming Soon: A “Ring of Fire” in the Sky On Oct. 14, 2023, an annular total solar eclipse will be visible to millions across the globe as it sweeps through the skies of the northwestern United States through Mexico and Central America and into South America, exiting the continent in Brazil. Even if you are not in the path of annularity, you will still be able to see a partial solar eclipse if weather conditions are right. https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/2023/09/14/coming-soon-a-ring-of-fire-in-the-sky/ …

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  46. So with all of these White men and women who've been calling the cops lying on innocent Black citizens, falsely accusing them of assault, falsely accusing them of having guns, swatting their homes with 911 calls, filing false police reports on Black folks and in so many of these cases innocent Black folks end up being killed or seriously injured because of LIES told on them -yet the LIARS don't get so much as time in the county jail. Not even a sentence to do community service and pick up some damn trash on the side of the highway. But look who DOES end up getting prison time for a silly attention-grabbing stunt in which NO ONE even got hurt: Woman who faked h…

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  47. Started by Pioneer1,

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  48. Started by Troy,

    https://blackfilmarchive.com/

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