Culture, Race & Economy

While having a discussion with Troy in another thread over an answer he got from an Artificial Intelligence search engine, I decided to enter in a few questions of my own like the origins of HIV and Crack cocaine in the U.S. Unless you are in complete denial, you pretty much almost KNOW that both HIV is man-made and that Crack cocaine was introduced to Black America to destabilize it. These are called "Conspiracy Theories" but so much evidence is out there proving them that it's almost ridiculous to deny it and play them off as "co-incidences" at this point. So I used several AI powered search engines to ask these questions just to see what they'd say and they…

While sitting up here enjoying my Jamaican style Curry Goat (another invention by Black folks @Jeromex & @Wide awake that people of ALL races seem to enjoy), it just occurred to me....... That shooting in Jacksonville might have been in RETALIATION to that ass beating our brothers gave those devils down in Montgomery a few weeks ago! People all over the planet witnessed those devils getting their asses handed to them and made all kinds of jokes and memes about it.

Im sick and tired of black women acting violent and foolish. Not all black women of course but there is a problem with some of our black sister’s. The Angry Black Woman is not a myth , the angry black woman is perpetuated by the acts of black woman being loud and sometimes violent. I am seeing video after video showing black women engaging in violent attacks in subways, restaurants, parking lots, stores, you name it. Further, they are screaming and using horrible language. This is a bad look for our community and our black culture is in need of a makeover . Of course we see white karen video’s but they really are’nt violent. Whats disturbing to me is those that …

Prigozhin celebrates Niger coup, says his Wagner group can help Story by By Tim Lister, CNN • Yesterday 5:41 AM While the international community, including many African states, have condemned the coup in Niger, Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has his own take. In a long message posted to social media, Prigozhin blamed the situation …

Shawn Alleyne art work https://aalbc.com/tc/search/?q=shawn&quick=1&type=core_statuses_status&updated_after=any&sortby=newest From Shawn Alleyne As Kon 2023 approaches, so does AnimeKon After Dark, the ultimate adults-only pop-culture pyjama party! Join us this Friday, September 1st from 7pm to 1am at the fantastic @aeonbarandgrill to kick off the weekend's shenanigans! Entry is only $20 BBD, and if you have the All Stars Pass, it's absolutely FREE! ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: @thexionnetwork Pop-Culture Trivia hosted by yours truly with prizes the whole night! Dominoes tournament! Massage tables …

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Have any of you been following the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and NATO's response? It seems to me that an actual "hot war" has just begun between NATO and Russia. Not only have several large explosions and mushroom clouds been spotted around Russia these past few days, but some are saying that the situation in Hawaii was a military operation by either Russia or North Korea.

I got an email from a large Black-owned business with the subject line: "Buy Black with Amazon: Black is Remarkable" Amazon is so wealthy it is trivial for them to pay to co-opt the very concept of "Buying Black," as long as you are buying from or through them. I replied to the email saying that; as the owner of a Black-Owned bookstore I am sickened by this email and that the principle of "Buying Black" means buying from Black businesses. Now the company that sent the email does not need Amazon to promote Black-owned businesses. They have a large enough of a platform to do it themselves. Of course, each business would make more money …

For those of you who believe race is ONLY a "social construct" with no genetic basis, or those of you who believe that just because a person "looks" White phenotypically....they could actually really be "Black", I have a question..... We've seen plenty of so-called "Black" people who could obviously pass for White but the Black community accepts them and embraces them as Black despite their appearance. Where are the White people who LOOK Black or Asian but actually are White and are recognized and embraced as fellow White people? Show me the man or woman who LOOKS Black but actually is "White" and is fully accepted as such by the White community. …

Has Fani Willis ‘lost her mind’, with the indictment of Donald Trump and his co-defendant’s in the heart of the ‘old’ Confederacy? Is she trying to restart the Civil War with the indictment of so many White people in Georgia? Fanning the flames of simmering racism. Does she have a devil, as the scribes proclaimed of Jesus in Mark 3:21? In an 2020 election so close, 11,700 votes short by Trump, is his trying to ‘obtain’ those votes by 'any means necessary', worth racketeering charges by Willis in 2023? Is Fani Willis, as they asked of Jesus, 'insane'? Mark 3:21 – Jesus’s friends said, “He is out of His mind.” ‘ Lost his senses’ …

I know in my "True Confessions", I made the noble proclamation that Life was the question and that Love was the answer, but after checking out some of the posts of these right-wing shills who Troy was tolerant enough to let through , "love" was not something that came to my mind. More like toxicity! My reaction to the patented litany of these conservative twits is nothing new. It is one that unfailingly overtakes me when it comes to being subjected to the phony conservative credo. My revulsion to this narrative is so immediate and intense, so instinctive that I'm sure it's in my DNA, maybe dating back to cave man days when my tribe was in conflict wi…

"Books help us understand the world around us, learn about people and histories in a personal and in-depth way, and provide escape and joy when we need it most. However, reading isn’t just enjoyable as a hobby; it also provides long-term benefits for our brains. We’ve compiled a few researched reasons on why and how reading in every stage of life is good for your health." Read the full article at Penguin Random House.

I wonder if this is just happening to me or is this a new part this community. Every time I click into a thread, there is a little black and white 'X' box that appears. Even if I click on an icon at the bottom of a post, that 'x' appears. Sometimes, I cannot submit my post unless I click on that little 'x'. Even if I browse without logging in, that little 'x' will appear. If anyone knows why this is happening or if they are getting the same issue, please let me know.

As I was telling the good Professor in another thread, I actually believe that Reparations WILL come, and I mean in OUR lifetime. I kind of questioned it years ago, but now.....as I look at the momentum of FBAs across the U.S......I think something is going to have to happen. I'm a PanAfricanist and not given over to tribalism, but I have to give it to the ADOS and FBA movements. Their largely anti-immigrant and anti-African rhetoric seems to be a unifying factor for a lot of AfroAmericans to rally around. ....and as history has shown us time and time again, one of our greatest strengths is our UNITY. So I truly believe Reparations is coming. …

Here's a treat for some of you Negro Conservatives and Republicans who love to complain about the neglect of Black America by the Democrat Party. Needless to say, I don't agree with much of it. But he DOES have some good point.

Based upon account name alone, how many of these accounts did I approve? Wide awake kiarakelynack5 wabix earle384946155 Naomi Rivers norberto59g957 kwc kelleyb123987 Dashia The Black Diaspora I used to take the time to look at IP address. There are some places that get banned based upon where the account was created. Today I don't even look at IP addresses I look at the account name and the domain that the email address was created. I used to worry about banned a legitimate poster today I'm more concerned about letting a troll in, so I appreciate my heavy-handed approach may be …

Well, Yall. today is my birthday. I made it; the big 9-0. i don't know why I'm still here and so many young blacks are gone, losing their lives on a daily basis to gun violence. Life is a bitch... Here i am, chillin on my daughter's porch, bidding my bucket list "good bye". I have no idea why this picture is sooo huge! In fact, "i know that i know nothing." I may be back sooon to share some of my ignorance with you.

Black Couples & Conflict Resolution I think that some of these skits on social media can be more helpful then spending a lot of money going to a therapist sometimes. Due to technology and this type of media explosion, some of these skits published by talented Black people seems to me to be common issues that many of us have had to deal with in our cultures. This first skit reminds me of my own relationship with my boyfriend many years ago, and of whom is now my husband. He threw every trick in the book to try and not commit and this skit just cracks me up and reminds me of this time. I refused to move in to his apartment. I gathered up my things and left..…

This has always true, but the web has made it far worse. A new poster to this forum with the counterintuitive moniker @Wide awake shared an inflammatory video (below). Wide awake has been bombarding the site with a deluge of racist and antisemitic memes and content. "Wide" shared so much content it was impossible to consume it all, let alone address it. One such obviously untrue meme stated a Black man was the first to own a slave in America, suggesting that this Black man single handedly started slavery in America. When I pointed out how the meme could not possibly be true Wide Wake accused me of cherry picking and ignoring the great number of…

@Chevdove I told some Original Black folks what you said.....lol. I told them that you claimed they were primitive and didn't exist anymore. And they started laughing and gave me a message to give to you! "Helloooooo......." "Vanakum" "Namastay" "We heard you were talking junk about us.....don't do that!!!" "Here we are.....do you see us? We are still here.....hi-eeeeeeee!!!!!"

Another Popular Line Dance! WOW! There seems to be an explosion for Line Dances lately! There is a new one that popped up on my channel called THE TAMIA LINE DANCE, I Can't Get Enough. The song by Tamia, is I Can't Get Enough, and this Line Dance is so popular that it is featured at many venues. I never heard of it until now, but it was made popular back in 2018! I had no idea. I still think Jerusalema is one of the best, I've ever seen, so much so, it was performed worldwide and in many different venues. I mean, it was so awesome it was performed in many places in Europe, India, and all over Africa to the point there was a dance challenge. It was performed in…

By powerless or impotent I mean across all racial lines Phenotypical race: black Gender race: female Religious race: muslim Geographic descendency race: Native American Black people heavily viewed in media complain about the USA being the USA but I never hear them answer if they had power, what will they do? https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2397&type=status

....anybody seen this movie yet? I have, and I think it's excellent and very deep. Infact, It's along the same theme as "Get Out" but much more entertaining.

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. …

Many Black descended of enslaved complain that all black people do is complain, not enough action. But the articles linked at the end of this post, are complaints from two groups: one a gender race, the other a linguistic race, not the black phenotypical race. What is my point? Black people in the usa and elsewhere tend to complain that we are the only ones who complain and everyone else are great do-ers, the two articles prove by the words of those in other communities, they are not do-ers. The articles are below if you want to read https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2390&type=status

We have some exciting news! We have officially cast our lead role! Marley will be played by the talented upcoming actress, Alicia Pilgrim! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/moonferguson/skettel/posts/3824274?ref=ksr_email_backer_project_update_registered_users Criblore is an official selection for this year's American Black Film Festival! We will be screening our episode, Florida Water, starring Terayle Hill and Brittany S. Hall. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/moonferguson/criblore-a-horror-anthology/posts/3824304?ref=ksr_email_backer_project_update_registered_users

.....and it's lovely, lol.

When I think of New York State I don't think of a Black< phenotypical race> place. Yes, Black people are human or can live anywhere they want to as humans. But New York State was and is not and I bet against will be a haven or positive place of growth for Black people beyond uncommon individual instances. But thinking on this moment, I wonder, is New York State better as a state in the union , its current form, or a federal district. NY State doesn't financially support its populace well enough<the number of incarcerated people is the proof>, across racial lines. NY State doesn't have an efficient elected official body nor a system that guides gove…

Should Dmitry Popov be tried for a hate crime in the stabbing of O’Shea Sibley, or should he be made a national hero? The article, ‘Brutal stabbing death of NYC dancer O'Shea Sibley will be treated as a hate crime as jury indicts 17-year-old 'good, Christian' teenager’, By Noa Halff for Dailymail.Com, 11 August 2023 Dmitry being the alledged Christian that he is, would surely agree with the scripture, ‘The wages of sin is eternal death. But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.’ -- Roman 6:23 Can there be total unrighteousness, in such a Christian? Regarding C…

Well, it seems Lizzo, the poster woman for fat and fabulous may have landed in some lard: https://www.npr.org/2023/08/02/1191675195/former-dancers-accuse-lizzo-harassment-creating-hostile-work-environment The white media gets a kick out of building n8gglets up and tearing them down. They don't really need any help from us. I have no idea of whether or not the allegations are true. Considering how many black folks they've taken down well before she came along...Lizzo should have known better. All she had to do is keep that flute over her pie-hole. In case nobody told her today...she's not that "Special"...not to…

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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…

Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America by Eugene Robinson Read chapter 3 which describes the history of great Black communities and how they declined, @Pioneer1 and the good @ProfD you'll be familiar with this story. Chapter Three I have not gotten to the part where Robinson discusses when we had agreed upon Black leaders. Chapter 4 talks about Black women and how they have crafted a happy lifestyle devoid of men where they travel freely and all sorts of things alone.

Or can you tell when you are wrong before experience shows you the truth?

Excuse me for rambling on a Sunday morning but I figured I'd share this minor message of hope and inspiration for those who may need a "word" today. As Troy and many of you who work with computers already know, computers are very very complex. Just when you think you know your computer and it's abilities....you continue to be educated on what you THOUGHT you knew but actually DIDN'T know and still DON'T know about it. I'm no computer tech, but every so often when I have a little free time on my hands and I'm bored, I'll go "exploring" my computer. Going through the Settings and Programs checking things out and call myself trying to figure out and find out wh…

Read the article "THE BLACK FAMILY IN THE AGE OF MASS INCARCERATION" by Ta-Nehisi Coates published in The Atlantic

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The tiniest variance makes a story other. I am not suggesting Life Size = Cool World= Barbie ... but I am suggesting that Cool World <barring the lust themes and sequentially audiences that will not see it for that> plus Life Size <barring the TV movie audience limitation > are the same movie as Barbie 2023 <barring BArbie's global brand nature> What is my point? The current hollywood strike is about maintaining a domestic film industry in the usa amidst the simple financial reality that shows can be made cheaper outside the usa, global sentiments to what is funny or good or entertaining , among those who can afford global communication entert…

AALBC. Was. Created. In. 1998. ..25. Years. Of. Troy. Bringing. Black,Books. By. Black. Authors.....Poetry. ,And. Black. News, ,Culture ,,Discussions. .....Congratulations 25 years......Church. ,Sunday. The. Black. Christians. Will. Go. To. Church. Helping. The,Snake. Preachers. Pay. For. Their. New. Cars. ..Amazing........

I'm sure by now many of you have heard the story of our sister Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who allegedly went missing but was later seen walking back home and is accused of making the entire story up just to get back at her boyfriend. I don't know the full details of the story as much of it is still coming out as to how much of it is fact, how much is fiction, and what was her motivations. However what I DID notice about this story and others similar to it is how the main stream media seemed to know that there was something bogus and didn't add up about this story from day one....but continued to promote it and talk about it. I would read stories where t…

House Oversight committee decided to entertain testimonies regarding UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) commonly known as UFOs (Unidentified Frying Objects). One whistleblower testified that in the course of his job duties he was told there was a "multi-decade UAP crash retrieval and reverse engineering program" but he didn't have access to it. Reads like someone told him I know a secret but I cannot tell anybody else about it. 🤣 The whistleblower doesn't have a picture or document or any shred of evidence. All he's got is *I* know they're (government) hiding something from us. Statistics state that most folks who report UAP/…

Conspiracy or Not? Obama's Chef, Tamari Campbell Drowning Following the news of Campbell's untimely passing, his wife Sherise shared this photo to Instagram noting she was 'heartbroken' I came across this brief youtube video and, although the host says that he believes that 99% this drowning was accidental, however, he also has a 1% doubt. One of the main reasons he says that he believes there could be a deeper reason behind this death is because this is the second incident of a White House Chef who died by accidental drowning. Back in 2015, the Clinton's Chef also died by accidental drowning. Also,…

According to the good, edumucated, GOP folks in Florida, centuries of Chattel Slavery were apparently a great deal for us Black peeples. Why, we should be eternally grateful for all those decades of wanton brutality, vicious lynchings, psychotic mass killings and continuous denials of our humanity - so sayeth today’s Republicans. And since we now know there’s no difference between Republicans and Democrats (according to some in this group) we just oughta bow down in permanent gratitude. Because the goofballs in Florida hath declared that during Chattel Slavery we darkies picked up vital skills that would benefit us all of our born days. And this happened despite…

This popped up in my email box today; the Authors Guild's Open Letter to Generative AI Leaders wants OpenAI, Alphabet, Meta, Stability AI, IBM, and Microsoft to obtain consent, credit, and fairly compensate writers for the use of copyrighted materials in training AI. Good luck with that. As long as these companies have been around, they have exploited people for their content. Meta would not exist were it not for the free user generated content they exploit and monetize. Meta has never paid writers or journalists for content -- indeed many of these folks pay Meta to get people to read the content that they post on their platforms. Don't even get me…

Why We Shouldn't Forget Uncle Remus By Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser - [1] (Note: Original edition featuring this illustration published in 1881; scan this is taken from may be a slightly later printing (this is unclear), but the image itself is identical to that which appeared in the original 1881 edition, thus has the same copyright status)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=99770852 Cropped image from the title page of Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation, by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser. New Y…

This is a quick comment on whether Blacks gained a personal benefit from slavery, as stated by the Florida board of Education and others in their Black curriculum committee. Part of the academic standards states, The whole Florida academic standards can be down loaded at, https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/20653/urlt/6-4.pdf DeSantis says slavery presented 'personal benefits' for slaves. VP Harris said 'no'. Five of the better articles on the subject are, 1. ‘Florida Board of Education passes new standards, requirements for African American History’, …

This news completely surprised me. This is what happens when you actively avoid consuming content on social media I guess. When I connected to Twitter to check on engagement (from a tweet I send out through MailChimp), I saw a flash of a big "X" and then I noticed the same Big X on the upper left had side of my screen. I hadn't even noticed the blue bird was gone. I thought it was a bug; after a quick search, only then did I learn Twitter was killed by Musk in favor of his new social media Platform "X," https://x.com. Nothing has changed. It is probably a publicity stunt (which I'm feeding into). Well if it will get Black peopl…

My constant disagreements and even arguments with Cynique, Delano, frankster, and even Troy on occasion as well as a few others over the years has got me thinking about what the problem could be. While not knowing what's EXACTLY in other people's heads, I'm certain that they are SINCERE in their opinions and assertions...just as I tend to be with mine. As many of you can tell, I DO like debating from time to time....lol...but actually I'd rather agree with and have my ideas supported MOST of the time rather than constantly having to defend them. I'd rather save my debating and arguing for the racist Caucasians and dysfunctional Black people. However unlike a…

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