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The Envelope Please: Who Will Win, Who Deserves to Win, Who Was Snubbed by Kam Williams 12 Years a Slave is benefiting from the most Best Picture buzz as we approach Oscar night, although this is shaping up as one of those rare years when the award for Best Director will probably go to a different film, Gravity. Look for 12 Years to net only a trio of statuettes overall, with Gravity likely landing seven. 12 Years a Slave is the sort of elaborate historical drama the voters just love to recognize, as reflected in such past picks as The King’s Speech, Gladiator, Shakespeare in Love, Titanic, The English Patient, Schindler’s List, Driving Miss Daisy, The Last…

Over two days, there have been two mass shootings in California to make national news. The 1st occurred during Lunar New Year celebration in an Asian community. The Asian gunman killed 10 people and wounded 10 before killing himself. The year of the rabbit is supposed to represent longevity, peace and wealth. This evening, a man killed 7 people and wounded 1 in Half Moon Bay. The shootings occurred in two locations. The suspect has been apprehended. There have been 38 mass shootings in the US since the beginning of 2023. On cue, gun control comes up. Mental health is the real elephant in the room. …

Name me your favorite love songs? Man to woman? Woman to man? Duet? I will choose to present the following, not necessarily my favorite:) man to woman woman to man duet If you are feeling sad

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has declared all diversity efforts illegal, claiming they proactively encourage discrimination. Abbott's office has notified state agencies that the use of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in hiring is illegal, according to a memo obtained by ABC News. Hey, this is just a bad as Florida. Texas outlaws Diversity efforts

I hope I'm not just wasting time and space with this thread. I hope atleast a few people can relate to this. The profound social scientist and philosopher Neely Fuller Jr. coined a term for a tactic of White Racism that is often used in the workplace and society in general called "Environmental Error Factors". It's a broad and kind of vague term but what he talks about actually exists and I've been noticing it for a long time although I didn't have a particular name for it. It goes a little something like..... White racists in positions of authority....whether on the job, in the government, etc...will get together and come up with laws or rules or polic…

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I am hoping authorities sort this out quickly ... Double amputee shot dead by police

Ain't Yall Whaddup Yo Double Negatives ( like "Ain't Nobobdy") These words have been called "slang" and "improper English" for decades and they have been marginalized from what is considered standard or correct English. Well, perhaps it's time for this to change. Perhaps it's time that the words we commonly use but are considered "Black English" become part of Standard American English! Who made the decision to keep them out anyway? Most of us use the words "ain't" and "yall", so why the hell AIN'T they considered standard or correct??? Typical American English wasn't considered correct and STILL isn't considered correc…

Nina Simone's birthday is today, place in the comments a Nina Simone of your choice. My choice is further below, but is superethereal Brother Malcolm spirit flew today, what speech or quote from him do you wish to share? Which Milestone Comic, founded by DWayne McDuffie whose spirit flew today, is your favorite? To Be Young Gifted and Black , from the bright uncontestable beautiful, Nina Simone https://youtu.be/_hdVFiANBTk Malcolm X's Inaugural OAAU speech - Complete Of the purpose of the Organization of Afro American Unity, the saddest element is that, an organization that wanted to or does represent the Black American c…

White communities have been proven to be safer than any other communities as we see in Maine, this is not just a coincidence and is the result of a more focused, functional, and close knit community.

Florida. Governor. Hates. Black. History. Want. To. Stop. It. From,Being. Taught. In. Florida.. Republican. Governor. Just. Like ,,Trump ..Trying. To. Keep. White. Supremacy. Going.....The. Racist,White. Know. Black. History. Better. Than. A. Lot. Of. Black. ,People. .Black. Inventors. Inventions. Help. Evolve. The. World......The. Black. Athletes. In. Florida. Needs. To. Protest. ,,If. The,Colleges. Support. The. Governor. Trying. To. Stop. Black. ,History. Being. Taught. .They. Want. Black. Athletes. To. Help. Win,Games. But. Their. History. Not. Important Enough. To. Be,Taught......Super. Bowl. Eagles. Were. Robbed. Game,. Was. ,Fixed. For. The. Chiefs. Referees. …

Although it is belated, Happy Black History Month. How do many people on this forum celebrate Black History Month? I mostly celebrate it by looking at historic old documentaries that I recorded from TV and Radio regarding the struggle such as Jim Crow, MLK, and tragic events such as Tulsa and Rosewood. My favorite period of black history between the end of slavery and the civil rights era of the '50s and '60s was the Harlem Renaissance. Also, I look at recorded specials on legendary celebrities such as Louis Armstrong, Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, and Tyra Banks as well as different musical genres pioneered by blacks such as jaz…

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Black. Quarterbacks. In. The. Super. Bowl. Black. History. Month......They. The. Sports. Talkers. Talk. More. About. Tom. Brady,Than. The. Black. Quarterbacks. In. The. Super. Bowl..Lot. Of,People. Believe. All. Tom. Brady. Super. Bowls. Were. Fixed. For,Him. To. Win......LeBron. James. The. Scoring. King. After. ,Passing. Kareem. Abdul. Jabbar.....Good. For. Him. .....NBA Trades. ,Kyrie Irving To. Dallas. Durant. To. Phoenix. Milwaukee Bucks ,Fan,,, .Maybe. They. Can. Win. Again.....

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New York City has paid 121,000,000 dollars for police misconduct this past year which is is the highest cost to the city in five years but the magnolia center needs 350,000 and has to have a fund raiser. Landmark preservation phase 1 http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0959.pdf Landmark preservation phase 2 http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0957.pdf Go Fund Me if interested, please share https://www.gofundme.com/f/magnolia-tree-earth-center-of-brooklyn Source https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2023/02/02/group-that-helped-make-bed-stuy-green-seeks-funding-for-next-50-years

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When you read an astrological chart, you're interpreting the symbolic expression of space and time. Which may imply that information is encoded within time. Although I am starting to feel that time is information.

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A simple question , you can relate it to any law enforcement agency. I only repeat what law enforcement agencies need is someone to say they are needed while also corrupt. The problem with law enforcement agencies is too many wish to make them out to be honor guards or mythical comraderies when they are simply havens for mostly bullies or reared wrong or financially proud in the worst sense people who serve a necessary function when they are not killing, maiming, spitting, clubbing, violating, cheating, stealing.. or all the other many crimes or illegalities or negatives they are free from being penalized from including not incarcerating or giving testimony to other …

The following is my thoughts to Elliot SMith's ranking of spike lee films interesting that the first movie spike lee didn't appear or use his artistic norms was get on the bus. I have many feelings about the million man march not appropriate for her. Awww crooklyn or school daze got less than chi-raq awwww I oppose that. Mo better blues , da 5 bloods ok clockers is one of his most common appearing films he got game ahhh, is it denzel summer of sam is better than crooklyn aww jungle fever , another provocative movie but is it really better than the one's before? she's gotta hav…

Patrick Mahomes stunned the football word and every friggin' White Supremacist in Super Bowl 57. Mahomes was 21 for 27 for 182 yards and he threw for three touchdowns as the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagle 38-35. All on a high sprained ankle. Jalen Hurts was no slouch either. As I said on Facebook, Black History was made in Glendale, Ariz,. and Black Excellence was on display. I bet Ron DeSantis glared angrily at his TV. Ha ha ha And as I promised, here's Superman!

In order for us to capitalize 😏 Oops! ....gain from the knowledge we collect, we must first determine what IS knowledge vs what is mere words and documentation. Key to recognizing what is knowledge is knowing the difference between EVIDENCE and PROOF. Evidence is just facts/data that support an assertion. Proof...on the other hand...is evidence that not only support it but eliminates all legitimate/reasonable doubt of it being true. For example...... One could assert that violent crime is higher in St. Louis than it is in Cincinnati. Siting statistics found online and in law enforcement and crime data books is EVIDENCE of this, but it's …

I quote @Rodney campbell concerning Bob Marley in italics. I never could embrace his leaf smoking cultural habits. Which became propagandized as being somehow a Jamaican normal behaviour. Which. At that TIME it was not. I respected his position as a spearhead for the black people. I respected his outright denouncement of the racial negativity. But thanks to propaganda the documentaries that focus on those aspects are few and far apart. Instead we have generations of leaf inhalers who have been convinced they are contributing to the black experience by being high. Like that is somehow a black thing. I was not interested in d…

I asked ChatGPT an this was its response. IS anything random or are things so complex that the order isn't apparent? The concept of randomness is a complex one, and different people have different perspectives on it. Some people believe that random events are truly unpredictable and lack any underlying pattern or structure, while others believe that everything that happens is determined by prior causes and that there is no real randomness in the world. In physics, the idea of randomness is closely tie…

In reality, the "New Year" shouldn't begin in January...but sometime in March or April. On January 1st, Winter is just getting started and a lot of animals are hibernating and plant life is dying. How the hell is that a "new year"??? Around the end of March is when things start to thaw out, RENEW, and REJUVENATE, and the land turns green again. That's when the "new" year should start, in my opinion. But all it takes is some slim White man in a top hat and a cane to TELL you "Happy New Year"....and you're half drunk spilling drinks all over the damn place celebrating. 🤨Some of yall will let these White folks trick you into going along with…

I said a couple days ago it seems that many in the media were trying to ENCOURAGE people to get out in the streets and riot over the Tyre Nichols beating video! It appears Tariq Nasheed has noticed the same thing: Clearly the media was trying to ENCOURAGE people to riot over this. Why? Not sure, but it seems to me the biggest factor is the fact that most of the cops involved were Black and the main stream White dominated media MADE SURE the world knew this. I believe a couple White cops....finally after pressure from grass roots organizations....have now been charged in Tyre's death but their pictures aren't being s…

There must be a whole bunch of giggling taking place around the world. Even though House Speaker Kevin McCarthy promised that his caucus members would avoid playing childish games during President Joe Biden's State of the Union Speech - they did anyway. MAGA Republicans showed the world just how stupid, immature and psychotic they actually are. Why? Because they knew they could get away with it and they knew their antics would play really well back home. So, to all the Black people who voted for Trump and still lean to the Right because you think solely of your income and how much better you are than those who are poor - this is what you want to be associ…

After Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez managed to get herself elected in a Bronx-Queens, N.Y., district in 2022, Democrats were ecstatic. "She's young! She's smart! She's beautiful. She cares about people" That is what many crowed. I took a wait and see approach. Heady with undeserved praise, AOC believed she was a political goddess. So much so, she decided she was going to end Trump's government shutdown all by herself. So she put on her red lipstick, invited chosen media types to join her as she stomped into the Rayburn Senate Office Building to find Sen. Mitch McConnell and force him to help her. Unfamiliar with the Rayburn building, Ms. Knucklehead got lost. It wa…

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What do yall think of this White man's theory of Reality: I'm sure Rodney, Del, and Cynique will find his observations interesting....lol

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Wind chill factor enough to produce temperatures that feel like -45F degrees. Exposure to sub-zero temperatures can result in frostbite within 5-10 minutes. Stay indoors as much as possible. Dress in layers. Leave a water line open to keep pipes from freezing. Bundle up and stay warm. This too shall pass in a couple days. 😎

Tyre Nichols was beaten to death by 5 black former Memphis police officers. Word is for 3 minutes, those 5 ex-cops beat that 29-year old man like a "human piñata". We'll see the video soon. The whole ordeal stemmed from a traffic stop. Tyre's family says the only reason he tried to run away is because he was scared. No matter how eccentric an individual might appear to be, if they're nonviolent, there's no reason for police officers to abuse them. Police officers have plenty ways of catching up with a fleeing nonviolent suspect too. Let them go. Eat donuts and wait for them to show up at the crib. Police offic…

The purpose of this post is not to bash capitalism or to advocate Marxism or Communism. As people in America and all over the world know, capitalism has provided a very high standard of living. But, there is a dark side to early capitalism. Before businesses were privately or publicly owned, the government sponsored most forms of merchant activity and international trade. The British chartered the East Indian Trade Company in 1600. Later, it became an joint-stock company. This is an organization in which stocks are bought and sold by shareholders…

My answers to the following Valentine's Day 2023 questions are in the link, but the questions are the following What medium or style of art are you most obsessed with? What love-themed artwork(s) do you believe are the most powerful, and why? Has love or obsession inspired you to create a work of art? If so, share it in your comment and talk about how the feeling inspired it! https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2225&type=status

Here are some question for Black History Month 2023, I answered them at the following link. What Black artists have inspired you, and what about their work do you find inspiring? What are some of your favorite artworks that depict African American culture? In what ways do you think art can be used to foster understanding and appreciation across cultures? https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2226&type=status

Now that he is back in power, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is hoping he can convince President Biden to join an attack on Iran, ostensibly to stop Iran from building a nuke. Haven't we heard Bibi's bullcrap before? For two years, Netanyahu told reporters and correspondents that Saddam Hussein's Iraq was building a nuke. And that Iraq was filled with all sorts of dastardly Weapons of Mass Destruction. But Iraq was NOT building a nuke. And it did not have large stockpiles of WMD's. Because none were ever found. However, insistent Bibi was able to convince the U.S. news media, Right Wing Christians and warmongers in the West of his sincerity by holdi…

The following videos are but a few of the hundreds of thousands that highlight the same sad message and state of affairs for America's youth and its future. Yes, there are and may be times when videos can be manipulated, but at this rate and juncture, that probably is 'not' the case here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs9ZpZJPgSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEbWm9Wh-kE

Hello and Thank you to each and every one of you who takes their time to view this blog post. [A double Hello and Thank You to those who actually visit the channel] I wish to introduce to all of you a channel that turns the lens of modern media and works of art to a fresh perspective from an African viewpoint. The video above is an example of the content I aim to publish & the core focus of the one above is to rile up the masses in embracing the elevation of black art, culture and industry within the African continent & even outside. I hope you enjoy it. I am the host and creator of the channel, Uncle Omari, and I would lov…

70+ Japanese & Asian American Organizations Wrote President Biden a letter to give African Americans Reparations. December 2022. I am so grateful for these Japanese and Asian humanitarians! My heart goes out to them. In this video, it was mentioned by the Japanese the awful hardship that they endured in the concentrations camps here in America when they were severely persecuted during the World War, nevertheless, today, some of them have come forward to plead the present status of African Americans today. Again, I believe that there is something going on politically, globally, and at a high level about the issue of African American DOS over here i…