Culture, Race & Economy

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…

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

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 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…

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…

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........

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…

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. …

Keechant Sewell left the NYPD because she wanted to reprimand a senior official in the NYPD and the mayor opposed her. Adams said he loved Kechant Sewell but when she wanted to reprimand a high ranking official in the NYPD, the mayor opposed her. Yes she was not from the NYPD but a law enforcement agency in long island, but all the nypd people clapping for like friends or appreciative is bullshit, and adams is a liar. I learned this from local nyc news. I apologize I can't find a clip of this online and I didn't tape it nor do I see it coming on again. So for those looking for raw proof, I can't give it. But Inside City Hall 7/22/2023 last segment, the words w…

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…

I have placed my reply in my email newsletter, 7/30 edition. But I will leave the article for you. It is long so... https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2386&type=status

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. …

A few days ago, Rep. Pramila Jayapal was feeling herself during a speech and called Israel a racist state. She's since walked it back. Yesterday, the House unanimously (412-9) passed a resolution supporting Israel and condemning antisemitism. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-pass-resolution-backing-israel-jayapal-racist-state-rcna94897 They made sure to mention the 9 votes were cast by "The Squad" which consists of "Democrats of color". Otherwise, bipartisan support of this resolution was swift. Nothing like the gridlock they seem to encounter when it comes to any legislation beneficial to AfroAmericans. …

Georgia's state voting laws, hastily enacted after Trump lost the state in the 2020 election, allowed just six right wing knuckleheads to challenge nearly 89,000 voting registrations. Guess what voters they targeted? Ah, but don't take it from me. Stacey Abrams has long been warning folks about this. For those hoping to propel Cornel West into the Oval Office, this should concern you. Tossing folks off voting rolls who lean towards the Left is how Abrams lost her first race for Governor. Of course, West's propensity for going off on folks he's decided are the Devil will never stop. He just accused President Biden of a crime against humanity over the 1994 Crime Bill. …

Look at this madness......... Black Tunisians lie low as violence against Black people worsens (msn.com) That's what happens when you ascribe to the "race doesn't exist" theory. Or claim that religion and culture takes the place of race or erases it....when we KNOW it doesn't. If you pay attention, this is the exact same thing they're doing on the OTHER side of the globe in the Dominican Republic. Persecuting and chasing the Black and dark skinned people out of the cities and into the woods and wilderness. And just like the light skinned Dominicans CLAIM it's not based on race but that they're really going after Haitians who are there illegal…

A Black Trans Woman Was Killed in Her Home in Greece Story by Samantha Riedel • Yesterday 3:24 PM Anna Ivankova, a Black transgender woman from Cuba who was also known as Anna Hernández and Ivanka, was found dead in her apartment in Athens, Greece earlier this week. She was 46 years old. According to information released by Greek police, Ivankova’s body was discovered by her l…

@Pioneer1another conversation asked me to recommend more movies. This is not a “Black” film, but there is an intelligent brother in it. This is one of my favorite films of all time.

Sha'Carri Tosses Wig Off At Nationals! WOW! What a Statement! I believe that Sha'carri has went through a major inner transformation! I am so incredibly happy to see her on the track field. What a strong spirit! My heart goes out to her! Sha' Carri is going to have stiff competition from Jamaica with Shericka Jackson who just ran a 10.65 race in the 100m. It was difficult to find a video of the full race without a lot of commentary. For now, I just wanted to share the race with just a little commentary. Shar'carri also competed in the 200m and tha…

1:02 Thank you for saying the truth. I wonder what your thoughts are to non documentarian biopics influencing how people view identities in history? 1:53 The movie was written by Stefani Robinson < https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/atlanta-writer-stefani-robinson-talks-female-creator-label-1130971/ > I Quote her "Being a woman is not in the forefront of my mind every second of every day. I am a woman, I live as a woman, and my perspective is most definitely female, but there’s this implication that for me (or women) to create a piece of work ?or put myself into the shoes of others, I have to somehow filter it ?through this res…

Are Men Instinctively Different Than Women? I am thinking about this topic due to the thread Pioneer posted about male attractivness versus female attractiveness. I think this is a very broad subject that has expanded over time especially due to western civilization. Today, this idea is extremely varied especially amongst the African American culture from past to present. In America, our culture is based upon the set up of chattel slavery but overtime, it has become diverse. But in the Old World, meaning 'the Mediterranean World', I think that the roles of males were much more defined as being distinct from the roles of females. I think th…

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

One of the difference I've observed between men and women is how who a woman is attracted to can change so easily. With most men, if a woman is attractive to us.....usually physically with a sweet personality....she's ATTRACTIVE. That usually doesn't change. A woman would have to either undergo a physical change OR become so vulgar or heinous in her behavior for her to no longer be attractive to us. Now a woman can do things to piss us off, but as long as it's not TOO bad...we'll either ignore it or stay away from her briefly until she changes her attitude...but we'll STILL find her attractive. Men, am I wrong yet? However what I've OBSERVED.…

I have zero interest in this application — I'm not even curious about it. In a few years. if professionals tell me that Threads is a must-have I may look at it then, but I can't image that day coming. Twitter was always a relatively marginal social media platform. Heavily reliant on bot traffic and outrage... It is not clear how threads will gain relevance, in the long term, without doing the things people complained about Twitter doing. At some point, social media platforms will have to pay people, regular people, for engaging on the platform. Then there is Meta's increasing dominance. They have Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. A…

Although I think BOTH tend to be enemies of the progress and advancement of the AfroAmerican community in general, when compared with eachother I have more respect for the Sell Out and Uncle Tom than I have for the Black gangster and thug. Infact, I'd rather LIVE AROUND the Sell Out and Uncle Tom.....than live around the gangsters and thugs. The threat that the gangster and thug poses is a DIFFERENT type of danger than that of the Sell Out and Uncle Tom. What do I mean? Most Sell Outs and Toms don't pose a danger to the Black community period. They just dismiss and abandon their people and refuse to help them in order to win favor with the Whites…

I never heard about Uptight until I started updating the site with information about the writer, Julian Mayfield. Mayfield stars in, and co-authored the screenplay. Whoever posted the clip mischaracterized the clip as "Blaxploitation" this is an inaccurate description (based upon the clip). Am I the only one who never heard of this flick?

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…

That is the day when the earth is farthest to the sun in its elliptical orbit, now the earth slowly pulls closer to the perihelion I said formerly , thanks to @Stefan for reading , for the record i did say the sun was farthest in the original prose, so I made a human error That is the day when the earth is closest to the sun in its elliptical orbit, now the earth slowly pulls away to the perihelion The sun was farthest from the earth and now the earth slowly gets closer and closer from the sun until the perihelion formerly The sun was farthest from the earth and now the Earth slowly gets father and farther from the sun until the perih…

Black. Democrat. Benny. Thompson. Was. On. The. January. 6 ,,Terrorist. Committee. ....Benny. Thompson. Should. Organize. A,,Committee. To. Find. Out. Who. Is. Dumping. Out. Drugs,Cocaine ,,Heroin. In. Black. Communities. ,,Who. Bringing. Guns. To. Inner. City. Black. Communities. . Have. The. Black. Street. Gang. ,,Terrorist. Arrested. And. Put. On. Death. Row. For. Domestic. ,Terror ......Black. Politicians. Can. Live. Away. From. That. Violence ,,By. Controlling. Black. Votes,,Preachers. By. Stealing. All. The,,Church. Money.. Black. Politicians. ,NAACP. Silent. On. Preachers. Raping. Black. Children. Black. Preachers. Are. In,,,Prison. For. Raping. Children. ,Murde…

Someone somewhere suggested Clarence Thomas , a current < 2023> supreme court judge in the usa, is elitist. While I dislike Clarence Thomas I think that label is a mischarecterization. Elitism at its core is a matter of selection, in the same zone as eugenics or a caste system or the phenotypical order in the usa. But I don't see Thomas as someone that champions others based on selection. This is about merit, since he is a lawyer or judge of years he knows merit derives from a sense of gaining no matter the ways or means not the idea in modernity which is earn through acceptible or so called good ways or means. Thomas to me is clearly of the I got mine get yours m…

Conversations with ProfD and frankster have made me think about the times in my life when I've took leaps of faith and the rewards I've gotten were much greater than I even asked for or even imagined. Even at what I considered "low" points in my life, this has happened. I remember when I was homeless and living in a shelter. They only gave us coffee in the mornings and pushed us out of the door by 7am. It reached a breaking point when one young man who was a diabetic who went into sugar shock one morning because he couldn't get any carbohydrates to balance his chemistry. We said they need to give us some donuts or toast or something....not just coffee and …

Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person Story by Kate Plummer • Yesterday 3:41 AM Blue eyed people, listen up. Ever wondered why your eyes are the colour they are? Well wonder no more. Every blue eyed person is descended from a single European who lived around 6,000 to 10,000 years ago, according to scientists. How did they work it out? Originally, all humans had brown eyes in various shades until there was a specific mutation that made the change. The mutation is a gene called HERC2 and it switches off OCA2, the gene that determine…

Ai requires inputs to learn. So when you type a question into ChatGPT you are adding to AI's knowledge base. In addition text prompting may also be utilising AI. I have noticed that if a type a word or a few words text prompting can accurately finish my statement. What this may imply is that text prompting is learning how you thinkor at least mirro=ring it. When this reaches critical mass AI may be said to understand humanity even if it can not think. However if it does gain consciousness, what will be it's objectives and goals. The goal of any organism is self preservation. What do you suppose will happen when AI is not only embedded in most sysytes but is in effect the …

The 4th of JULY 2023 Celebrations--Why Should We Celebrate? I wonder how many African Americans are observing this holiday. For me, I like to come to communities like this and search for other input and try to learn more about this amazing time period in history. So I will pose these questions: What are the main causes that led up to the American Revolution? And, What was the first colony to practice slavery? Some of the information presented today, I do not remember learning when I was young and in school. It was not until I went to college, that for the first time, I heard that one of the…

Part of me always will believe that certain unconscionable individuals mostly remain insulated from the resultant violence, but enjoy the money made from the trafficking of guns. It's our young people who are being slaughtered continuously and relentlessly.

I will not post video because it's disturbing. =========================================================================================== France riots: What we know about Nahel Merzouk - the teenager who was shot dead by police Nahel Merzouk was a member of the Pirates of Nanterre rugby club and also appeared in a music video alongside French rapper Jul. Sunday 2 July 2023 08:11, UK NAHEL MERZOUK …

As the good Professor often points out, one of the biggest differences between AfroAmericans and White Americans is the fact that we don't have a habit of properly CODIFYING our intellectual and technological inventions. White people LOVE to write things down. The have a habit of document them, then pass along the information. But a lot of our people don't want the bother. Too many of our people look at recording and codifying our inventions and parts of our culture the same way some people look at slipping on a condom during the heat of sex.....taking time to do it breaks the momentum, lol. But failing to codify our inventions lead to a number of probl…

Because the United States is supposedly a "free state" founded on the Constitutionally guaranteed principles of freedom of speech and freedom of expression, the elite and powerful racists must find ways to LEGALLY control and manipulate you. They do this in several ways. First of all, most of the media publications are PRIVATELY OWNED....not public. So if you say something on television or in a magazine or on a website that the elite and powerful racists don't like....they can legally suspend you or just kick you off and cancel your show. It's not the government doing it, it's a private entity doing it and since there is no public alternative....you are esse…

September 13, 2022 https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2064&type=status I stated that the Black community was incorrect to itself concerning education. In this very same forum, how often have Black folk complained about a so called lack of education among our own. A demand for this and that in terms of goals in the education system in the USA which black people never controlled or administered in majority. And yes, it matters when someone not black is governing Black people. Said someone is a fellow human but that includes their human dislikes or desires that don't go alongside other humans. Recently I used simple proof th…

I work in a factory where the demographics are pretty much evenly divided between Black folks, Latinos, and non-Latino Whites. A few months after working in there I noticed that the machines seemed to "like" some factory workers more than others...lol. One guy gets on a machine to run it and it breaks down constantly, but another guy gets on it and it runs smoothly his entire shift. Being a Black man who's OBSERVANT and is constantly on the look out for the wiles of the racists.....I also noticed that the machines seem to break down on Black workers more, especially the men. I brought this up to a few of my Black co-workers and wondered out loud if so…

I asked @ProfD in the following forum post a question. What is the solution to get positive Black policy in the USA, without stating something Black people already tried? I repeat, without stating something Black people already tried and failed to do, what is the solution to get positive Black policy in the USA? The point of this post is simply to get black people who may come across to admit one of two thing. They have never stated the community needs to do something different than what was already tried and failed. OR they have a new idea that was too resisted by most other black people. The truth everybody, I am tired of the l…

I asked prior in this forum if the Black community is to harsh on itself based on the activities of other communities And tonight it was proven in the voting arena. Media in NYC continuously complained, why is such low turnout in NYC. But everyone knows the answer, it is the same reason why turnout is low across the board, why turnout in south africa went from 99% across the board to between 30% side 10% , why turnout in the USA's Black community went from over 90% of allowed, cause whites always did whatever it took to stop non violent blacks, whose non violence made it easier. Cause the government fails to return an investment on voting. The city council o…

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(1) My hope is to structure my comment on Black history into two sections, one pertaining to transAtlantic slave trade and the Americas. Second pertaining to the history of the tranSahara slave trade and the African continent But that is the ideality of the matter. (2) Free access to early Black newspapers is below, but other online sites may have the Washington Bee and New York Age more complete holdings. Some bound volumes sold on E-bay may have these two important historical papers. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/?state=&ethnicity=African+American&language= (3) Free pdfs of Black history slave trade book…

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The nation’s top court just handed Black voters another big win. The Supreme Court on Monday, June 26 lifted its hold on a Louisiana case that could force the state to redraw congressional districts to boost Black voting power. The order follows the court's rejection earlier in June of a congressional redistricting map in Alabama and unfreezes the Louisiana case, which had been on hold pending the decision in Alabama. In both states, Black voters are a majority in just one congressional district. Lower courts had ruled that the maps raised concerns that Black voting power had been diluted, in violation of the landmark federal Voting Rights Act. About a thir…

To @Pioneer1's point, I find it interesting that white folks feel comfortable showing up @ AALBC a discussion forum primarily for Black folks. Whenever said white folks do post anything, it's mostly to criticize and/or point out the flaws in Black folks. The same white folks who show up here don't seem to offer anything positive or constructive nor do they provide a solution for what white folks will do to eliminate the system of racism white supremacy. I would dare not show show up on a white extremist or KKK or Duck Dynasty website talking about how white folks need to stop inbreeding, smoking crystal meth, mass killing each other …

This prominent South African brother makes it CRYSTAL CLEAR how he feels about White people coming to Africa trying to tell them that their values should be and trying to influence them. Note how he makes the point that I've been making for years, how they never go to the Arabs and try to force the LBGT Agena on them! I also likes how he says morality isn't determined by popular consensus! I'm going to have to use that one in an an argument....lol. It doesn't matter how many people "agree with" or "support" something. Either it IS RIGHT or it IS WRONG. Popularity or contemporary feelings about a subject doesn't chang…