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Culture, Race & Economy

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  1. Started by Cynique,

    I can't believe I'm writing this, but the rationale for the lament I am about to make is that you miss a toothache when it's gone and I miss my "frienemy" Chrishayden! He really did contribute a lot to this board with the strident opinions he laced with ridicule and wit. But who could really hate a fella who hated negroes who hated other negroes especially when the other negroes happened to be negroes he liked. Watta guy! I can't believe Crissy didn't cross over. Maybe he's still trying to access the old board, totally confused as to what happened. He was a very knowledgeable dude but - well, you know, sometimes what was obvious didn't register with him or maybe…

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  2. Before I tell you what happened today, let me issue a disclaimer: I don't drink/smoke. All right then.Today, I was all alone in my garden, tending to my vegetables and then, I saw.......a SNAKE! I started to be afraid, but I heard a voice saying, "Just be cool." It wasn't my conscience saying this and I knew I was alone, so I'm kinda wonderin what the heck is going on. Come to find out, it was the snake. It said, "Be cool, I don't use my mouth to bite; I use it to talk." I guess the snake could tell that I was kinda freaked out, so it took out some food and told me to help myself. OKAY... Now, please tell me how many of you believe this story and how many of you…

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  3. Remarks by the President at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Washington, D.C. 10:00 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everyone. It is a great honor to be with you here today. Of course, it is a truly humbling moment to be introduced by Elie Wiesel. Along with Sara Bloomfield, the outstanding director here, we just spent some time among the exhibits, and this is now the second visit I've had here. My daughters have come here. It is a searing occasion whenever you visit. And as we walked, I was taken back to the visit that Elie mentioned, the time that we traveled together to Buchenwald. And I recall how he showed me the barbed-wire…

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  5. CBS 60 Minutes broadcast a segment about the Echelon Network back in 2000. They told about how the NSA monitors ALL electronic communications. Worldwide. It is my understanding that Echelon has been in use since the 1960s and possibly even earlier than that. But now it's OMG! the U.S. Government is listening in on my telephone conversations with my grandmother and reading my texts and e-mails. And as usual, it's all OBAMA's fault. He's stealing our freedoms and stomping on the Constitution. Again. Clownie bozos like Ron Paul, Hannity and all the rest know good and well that this eavesdropping business has been going on since the beginning of time. Wake up people…

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  6. Started by Delano,

    Happy Birthday, Troy.

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  7. Started by Cynique,

    It ain't easy being a celebrity or high-profile public figure these days, unless of course you are Kim Kardashian who makes a lucrative living off of being an airhead exhibitionist. Unlike other female celebs sniveling about the omnipresent paparazzi, or the hackers posting nude pictures of them on social media sites, Kim relishes any opportunity to flaunt her assets. Her popularity is the 8th wonder of the world. Elsewhere, hardly a week goes by where those who have gotten what they wished for, upon getting it, are now burdened with the stress that comes with success. Superstar athletes who, between cheering up their fans were beating up their loved ones, have fal…

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  8. Who knew Orson Welles was a civil rights activist. Isaac Woodard, Jr., often written just Isaac Woodard, (March 18, 1919 – September 23, 1992) was an African American World War II veteran who was attacked by South Carolina police in 1946, while still in uniform, hours after being honorably discharged from the United States Army. His attack and injuries sparked national outrage and galvanized the civil rights movement in the United States. The attack by South Carolina police left Woodard completely and permanently blind. Due to South Carolina's reluctance to pursue the case, President Harry S. Truman ordered a federal investigation. The sheriff was indi…

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  9. 24th Day of ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬ - Zora Neale Hurston’s - Glossary of Harlem Slang

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  10. Started by harry brown,

    Listening To Former Basket Ball Player, Charles Barkley. He ,,,,Says Black Are Brain Washed. Black Children In School,Making Good Grades,Not Getting Into Trouble ,Some,Black People Say They Acting White ..Some ,,Black,People Think You Have To Have A Criminal Record,That,Gives You Street Cred. Black People Will,Never,Be, ,Sucessful As A Whole,Because Of Other -,,Black,People.. I Agree With That Much From ,Barkley. Some,Black People Believe Brain Washing Inside The Church..Saw On A Youtube Black Church Black Children,Man,Said Black Church Is Harming Black Children.Black Children Should Be Taking Out Of The Church..Black Church Mis educating Black Children...Black,Communi…

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  11. Guest Blue Tapestry
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    The world seems so surreal!

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  12. Guest Ann
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    I notice that many black sisters wear wigs. Actually, buying a wig is an easy way to have different hair styles. So I have had a try and the RoyalMe fake scalp wig is made of human hair. Just want to share my experience. I love its natural looking. Many brands have used the fake scalp technique. They are similar but the wig but I have tried one for the a little pricey cost. Actually, I needn't pluck the hairline and bleach the knots. I can see the fake scalp clearly and it melts down with my scalp. The hair is soft like your real hair. It can lay down naturally from the top of head. It cannot become smaller after washing. No shedding and no tangling. It ca…

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  13. Started by Delano,

    A Myth is something true that never happened.

  14. Started by harry brown,

    Black. Communities. Street. Gangs. Slaughter. Black. People. and ,children. . No. Black. Lives. Matter. Protesting. . In. Democratic -Cities. No. Democrats. White. Or. Black. With. Anger. And. Outrage -Where. Is. Black. Entertainment. Athletes. ? NAACP ,Black. -Political,The. Church. Leading. Up. To. The. Election. They. We're. ,On. The. News. . Minister. Farrakhan. Should. Lead. The. Nation. of ,Islam. Men. Into. Battle. With. Chicago. Gangs. Politicians. James -Clyburn ,Corey. Booker. Hakeem Jefferies ,Stacy. Abrams ,They. ,Showed. Concern. For. Black. People. During. Campaigning. For ,Votes. .The. Streets. Silent. Where Is. Black. Lives. Matters Loud -Protesting. ?…

  15. Started by harry brown,

    News. Says. Navy. Ship. Will. Be. Named. After. John. Lewis. ....I,Believe. Yesterday. Was. 1 Year. Since. His. Death. News. Says,Tennis. Star. Coco. Gauff Out. Of. The. Olympics. Because. Of,Coronavirus .. Hope. She. Gets. Better....

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  16. These are Extra Sensory Perceptions that are the parallels to the five senses. Clairvoyant - See Clairaudient - Hear Clairsentient - Feel Clairgustant - Taste

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  17. While the Black community is still overrepresented at 20% in the poverty category, Black people have reached a "new low"overall. This time, "low" is good because, according to the US Census Bureau, the official poverty rate for the Black Population reached a historic low of 17.1 %. The Black Community was the only group to experience a significant change in poverty between 2021 and 2022! (Say what?) For comparison, in 1959, more than half (55.1 %) of the Black population was beyond broke. I've attached the link to the study below. When you have time to review, you may conclude that COVID-19 programs helped the Black Community immensely because one measurement (Suppl…

  18. I have noticed a number of black women comfortable while the usa burn art #bwcwtub I for one have said it many times, black women, in majority, have made the usa be the country it is today in terms of some level of meritocracy in various fields or the individual allowance that has allowed the lgbtq+ the atheist or other populaces that are usually stymied to death in all other governments in humanity. Not the majority , with varying intensity grades, of : white men/the cruel slaver, white women/the envy-proud trickster slavers wives, black men/the obsessively violent enslaved, First people male or female/the near completely annihilated or contorted , or imm…

  19. I didn't know that the Hebrew Israelites were even over IN Africa preaching...lol. But apparently, they were, and when they went to Kenya preaching that Jesus was a Black man, I guess the locals got offended and started stoning the bruthaz.

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  20. In Ezekiel Chapter 23: 19-20 we read: We know the ancient Egyptians.....before the Greek and Arab invasions....were Black. No need for further explanation.

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  21. @aka Contrarian....your home team, Da Bears had an excellent season. Especially compared to the past few years. 1st year Head Coach Ben Johnson deserves a lot of credit for helping QB Caleb Williams and the offense play better. HC Johnson assembled a very good coaching staff too. Defensive Coordinator Dennis Allen earned his money in his 1st year with Da Bears. I thought HC Johnson should have gone for a 2 point conversion after QB Williams threw that miraculous TD to tie the game. If the conversion was successful, Da Bears would have been in the NFC championship game. From a strategic perspective, I understand …

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  22. OSCAR DEVEREAUX MICHEAUX BOOKS PLUS FILMS see many films

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  23. Started by Troy,

    “Niggers and flies, I do despise. The more I see Niggers, the more I like flies.” --Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States This from the brother who succeeded Thurgood Marshall. This quote was obtained from the novel from Clarence's ex girlfriend, Lillian McEwen, who penned the tell-all book (sorry, memoir) D.C. Unmasked & Undressed: A Memoir. You can't make this stuff up.

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  24. Marley - Film Reviewed - Revealing Biopic Chronicles Personal Life and Musical Career of Revered Reggae Icon -- this looks like it is gonna be a goodie! http://aalbc.it/marley2012

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  25. ON MSNBC NEWS, RUSH LIMBAUGH WAS SHOWN SAYING OBAMA WAS A DRUG ADDICTED AT COLLEGE.LIMBAUGH IS ADDICTED TO PRESCRIPTION PILLS..OBAMA WAS THERE DOING NOTHING, AS IF HE GOT THERE FROM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION..EX POLITICIAN REPUBLICAN JOHN SUNUNU SAID OBAMA SHOULD BECOME AMERICAN,IMPLYING HE WAS NOT BORN HERE...THEY THINK BIRTH CERTIFICATE WAS FORGED.......

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  26. A Black man's view of Daniel Handler's Racist Remarks During the National Book Awards. The idea that when I search for Jacqueline Woodson and National Book Awards I don't get information about her accomplishment first, I get news about the "Racist" comments made by the night's MC Daniel Handler (of Lemony Snicket fame). I was at the event it was a sea of white folks. All of the people who were so bent out of shape about the stupid joke could care less that there were virtually no Black people in the audience, at arguably the most prominent book event of the year. Of course the media could care less about us and utilized tremendous energy talking a…

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  27. Started by harry brown,

    IN MIAMI, 11 YEAR OLD BLACK GIRL FOUND DEAD IN FREEZER///MOTHER NEVER REPORTED HER MISSING//SHE WAS ARRESTED/,CHARGED,WITH,HOMICIDE//HER OTHER CHILDREN WAS TAKEN AWAY///IN ST. LOUIS,BLACK CHURCHES BURNED DOWN BY ARSON///////////////IN FERGUSON, NEO NAZI, KU KLUX KLAN WAS THERE////PROBALY ,ORGANIZED BY RACIST KKK POLICE//NEWS SAYS BEN CARSON LEADS TRUMP/TRUMP,VOCALLY ATTACKING CARSON/NOT SURPRISED///DO NOT SEE BLACK PEOPLE IN THE ALL WHITE CROWDS CHEERING BEN CARSON////////

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  28. Started by Troy,

    ... courtesy of my favorite racist spammer -- Unkel Ruckus. The funny thing is that I had to think a few seconds before I put 2-and-2 together to get the stupid joke. I didn't recognize any of the women.

  29. Started by harry brown,

    Dr. Ben Carson Says There Are 2 Donald Trumps. Last Year Trump Said Carson Was Mentally Unstable .. Ben Carson Is Campaigning For Trump. ..Ben Carson Ignoring All The Women, Saying How They Were Sexually Disrespected By Trump, Ignoring The Klan ,Saying Nigger President At Trump Rallies,Carson Has No Problem With Racist Terrorist Supporting Trump,Klan Neo Nazi. . Maybe Dr. Ben Carson Is Mentally Unstable...

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  30. Started by Pioneer1,

    RACE....ETHNICITY....NATIONALITY....what's the difference? The entire RACE/ETHNICITY concept really isn't that complicated. The problem is people have been so miseducated about race, ethnicity, and nationality not only in the United States but around the world that it's hard for them to abandon the false concepts and ideas told to them by their teachers, parents, and other authority figures and decide to think for themselves so they hold on to falsehood and this leads to increased confusion. Well I decided to think for myself and do my OWN classifying based on my own observations and reasoning and this is what I came up with. It's not very scientific, but I c…

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  31. Black businesses matter. There is no debate about this. Go to any major Black populated neighborhood and you will not be able to find Black owned businesses. This is because these businesses do not exist. Coincidence? No. This is by design. Since birth, the biggest ambitions our parents generally have for us is to work for someone else and hopefully end up getting a high paying job. We aren't taught to create jobs and thus, create wealth. We can't even rap about that mess in hip hop music. Bet most people don't find it partly odd that most rappers only rap about non-black owned merchandise and how much they want material things that are not created by Black people. That's…

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  32. Started by Cynique,

    I have been patiently waiting for 2018 to arrive so that i could enjoy the final season of Game of Thrones. This was my incentive for hangin' around another year, and i'll be damned if the fools haven't pushed the airing of the final season up to 2019! WTF! (Thank you, Pioneer.) Suppose i croak before then, and never find out how it ends and whether my human race sweetie, Jon Snow, - Snow as in "white" , (sorry Troy, ) finally gains his rightful place as ruler of the 7 Kingdoms! i'm now trying to convince myself that if i leave this crazy-assed world before 2019, i will have an excuse to take time off from languishing in the spirit realm and come back as a spook so …

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  33. Started by Cynique,

    I grew tired of looking at my face so i have exchanged my profile picture for that of a rainbow encircling a luminous field of light which if stared at might become a focal point to either stimulate thought or clear the mind. And speaking of thoughts...

  34. Started by Delano,

    Causality is magical for the primitive, whereas for the modern it rational. That being said my belief system is more aligned with pre technological world view. So even though I have been culturally educated\endoctrinated as a modern. The central place in my belief system is occupied by sympathetic magic.

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  35. A few months ago I was having a conversation with an older White woman in her 70s and we were talking about the Civil Rights movement and why so many White women today voted for and supported Donald Trump and the Republican party and she said something that made a lot of sense. She said back in the 60s and 70s White women saw the Black Power movement as an opportunity to break the strangle-hold that White men had on the reigns of power in this country and they decided to link up with us and take advantage of that collapse to free themselves. But since then, the Black power movement has waned with integration and White men have slowly gained much of their power back…

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  36. Started by richardmurray,

    A search for the oldest titty of Titty Tuesday

  37. https://centerforblackliterature.org/wild-seeds-writers-retreat/

  38. BAAL & ASHTAROTH Worship In Ancient Black Civilizations--An Introduction By MusikAnimal - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40954313 This is a huge subject and for thousands of years has been a major aspect of ancient Black civilizations. But today it may be better understood due to an overspreading of information on a global level in how this religion was effective in the set up of White Supremacy. As an introduction, I believe that there are two major points that need to be highlighted; [1] The history that surrounds the Sphinx and, [2] the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. [1] There is a lot of i…

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  39. Black. Holocaust. Took. Black. In. This. Country. Still. Does. Racist. White. Terrorist. Police. ..Racist. Politicians. Democrats. And. Republicans. Organizing. Guns. And. Drugs. To. Be. Dumped. In. Inner. City. Communities. For. Black. Genocide. ..Poor. Inner. Schools. Jobs. Taken. Out. ..This. Country. Keep. Sending. Billions. To. Israel. And. Ukraine. ..Are. There. Jewish. Street. Gangs. That. Terrorize. Jewish. Communities. ? Any. Jewish. Crack. Houses. ?,Any. Jewish. Pimp. Houses. ..Jewish. Community. Leaders. Are. Involved. In. Their. Communities. Black. Preachers. Steal. All. The. Church. Money. To. Buy. Cars. Houses. Not. Caring. About. Poor. Black. Commun…

  40. Started by richardmurray,

    https://www.tumblr.com/communities/filmnoirpigeons/post/806241150065410048/noir-city-photos-and-videos-curated-by-gary-meyer

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  41. Started by Cynique,

    Move over Angelina and Brad. Beyonce and Jay-Z are the new #1 power couple of the entertainment industry. And Beyonce did it without adopting a trio of mutants from another planet. She married one instead. And Bey might've won the most awards at the Grammy telecast, but that "drill" she didn't "put a ring on" couldn't compare with Pink's near-nude acrobatic "circus act" which stole the show. And where was Kanye West when we needed him? Taylor Swift has to be the most overrated talent around. She's as boring as Lady GaGa is bizarre. Heidi Klum and her spouse looked like the Little Mermaid and her pet Seal. Nicole Kidman and her hubby looked like a blond Sn…

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  42. Started by John H,

    I recently did some work on my family tree, tracing the Howard line on my father's side back to my great grandmother, Pinneta, born a slave in Tarboro County, North Carolina in 1854. In the course of doing this I came to know who my forebears were and to understand the times in which they lived. This on-going quest to uncover the family past has deepened my knowledge of black history and given me a more sophisticated understaning of the complex era in which we live.If anyone is thinking of exploring their family tree I would be happy to give them some pointers.

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  43. Read the interview with Filmmaker Alrick Brown This film was shot in 16 days!

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  44. Started by Waterstar,

    The documentary "A World Without Cancer" by G. Edward Griffin:

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  45. Started by Waterstar,

    Have you seen this movie? It is a really good movie about the life of the Shawnee (indigenous American) warrior, Tecumseh and his people ,of many nations, whom he sought to unite. Tecumseh, "a fiery orator, a brilliant diplomat, a revolutionary thinker, a political and military genius", a lover of the people for whom he died, a legend. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-PjQ_e5lVM This movie is in multiple parts.

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  46. Started by boitumelo,

    ON ESPN IT WAS SAID WASHINGTON REDSKINS QUARTERBACK ROBERT GRIFFIN THIRD HAS A WHITE GIRL FRIEND AND IS A REPUBLICAN NOT SURPRISED, I SAID HE PROBALY HAD HIS OWN CONFEDERATE FLAG..THERE ARE BLACK PEOPLE THAT CANNOT STAND ROBERT GRIFFIN OR CAM NEWTON...ROBERT GRIFFIN WENT TO WHITE RELIGIOUS BAYLOR UNIVERSITY......SOME PEOPLE HOPE ROBERT GRIFFIN AND CAM NEWTON HAVE SHORT FOOTBALL CAREERS.......

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  48. Started by harry brown,

    ON THE NEWS,EBOLA IS IN AFRICA..EBOLA IS A DEADLY VIRUS..THINK IT BEGAN IN WEST AFRICA, NOW IN LIBERIA,90 PEOPLE DEAD..HEALTH PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN STOP IT FROM BEING WIDE SPREAD.MY QUESTION, DID THE EBOLA VIRUS JUST CAME OR WAS IT CREATED BY UNSEEN HANDS.SCIENTIST PEOPLE CAN CREATE VIRUSES.////./

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  49. Started by harry brown,

    NEWS, SEVERAL WOMEN CLAIM BILL COSBY EITHER FORCED HIMSELF ON THEM OR RAPED THEM/.SAW ON THE NEWS WHITE MAN SAID BILL COSBY PAID WOMEN//WHY DOES BILL COSBY NOT SPEAK ON THIS//ALL THE WOMEN SEEM TO BE WHITE/WHY//FORMER MAYOR OF NEW YORK,MORON IDIOT RUDY GUILANNI ,SAID IF THE GRAND JURY FINDS THE POLICE NOT GUILTY FOR KILLING MICHAEL BROWN,BECAUSE THERE FEAR THEY WILL BE RIOTS ALL OVER AMERICA/NOT JUST IN FERGURSON,MISSOURI//RUDY GUILANNI ,LIKE MOST WHITE POLITICIANS ARE RACIST,PRO WHITE AND SUPPORTING RACIST WHITE POLICE//////THINK I READ SAW FORMER WASHINGTON DC MAYOR MARION BARRY DIED//…

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