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Culture, Race & Economy

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  1. Biden administration admits it will be giving huge sums to unlawful border crossers but none to Black Folks. Once again it demonstrates Democrats despise Black Americans. It’s sad that has been the case since before the Civil War.

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  2. Started by richardmurray,

    https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2227&type=status

  3. Started by richardmurray,

    enjoy

  4. Started by ProfD,

    There will be a presidential debate tomorrow night (June 27th) at 9 pm on CNN. The debate will be between POTUS Joe Biden and former POTUS Donald Trump. Unfortunately, no other POTUS candidates will be onstage including Cornel West and Robert Kennedy Jr. The debate could be similar to 2020 if the geriatric candidates take whatever medication enhances their cognitive abilities. POTUS PJB seems to forget and freeze. Former POTUS Orange Julius has memory lapses and supposedly has a body odor. It's unfortunate that voters have to hold their noses when voting for either of these Rock em Sock em robots in November. …

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  5. Started by ProfD,

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jack-smith-files-drop-jan-6-charges-donald-trump-rcna181667 One cue, charges have been dropped against the POTUS-elect for election interference and mishandling documents. Over several years, after wasting plenty of taxpayer money, DOJ prosecutor Jack Smith is dropping charges on his way out of the door. As figured years ago when this whole charade started, POTUS OJ has proven to be beyond teflon. I knew he was never going to face any real consequences for any of his direct or indirect actions. Even the fines that he's supposed to be paying for his other case…

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  6. Started by ProfD,

    The all-female crew was Gayle King, Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen and Kerianne Flynn. Well, the expensive 10-minute amusement park ride went off with a hitch. The funniest part of it was billionaire Jeff Bezos' face-plant as he tripped and fell while going to greet his boo thang...Sanchez.🤣 The deposit for a Blue Origin reservation is $150k (fully refundable). The total fee is unknown. However, a seat was once auctioned for $28 million. Needless to type, very few folks will be taking that flight anytime soon.😎

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  8. I CAN'T STAND IT! I have accused the AALBC Brain Collective of being everything--fat, horny, strungout, bodacious, loquacious, medacious, Cretacious, Toms, ROMS, Goms-- but I didn't think you were a bunch of SQUARES Until nobody here knew who Janelle Monae was http://www.jmonae.com/?cmpid=yt_watch/janellemonae_home The Pain! The T fucking PAIN! I'm all curled up now in a fetalposition. Typing this with my nose. Fading away, slowly, slowly....

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  9. Started by boitumelo,

    ON THE NEWS, BLACK DEMOCRATS SPEAK OF EX REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE,HERMAN CAIN'S MISTRESSES AND AFFAIRS, BUT WILL NOT SPEAK OF DEMOCRAT REPRESENTATIVE JESSE JACKSON JR. AFFAIR, HIS MISTRESS..BLACK COMMUNITIES, CHURCHES AND NAACP CONDONED JESSE JACKSON SENIOR'S 5 YEAR AFFAIR WHERE HE HAD A CHILD....NAACP, BLACK POLITICIANS, BLACK CHURCH HAVE NOT CONFRONTED BISHOP EDDIE LONG ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ROMANCING YOUNG BLACK MALES...ON CNN, DEMOCRAT REPRESENTATIVE FROM TEXAS BERNICE JOHNSON GAVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO HE R RELATIVES, NOT SUPPOSE TO DO THAT.HOW .MANY MORE BLACK POLITICIANS WERE GIVING SCHOLARSHIPS TO THEIR RELATIVES ,KNOWING. THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSE …

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  10. Started by Waterstar,

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUw6aNH9itE

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  11. Started by harry brown,

    FOR ALL THE BLACK BIBLE READERS AND BLACK CHRISTIANS, CELEBRATING EASTER/BIBLE DOES NOT SAY JESUS OR GOD IS WHITE//WHY DO BLACK RELIGIOUS BELIEVE THE BIBLE WHEN IT DOES THE COLOR OF JESUS CHRIST..BLACK HEBREW BOOKS SAY THE JEWS ARE FROM A ANCIENT AFRICAN TRIBE,ORGINALLY//WHY DO BLACK PREACHERS NOT PREACH WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS AND PREACH ABOUT AFRICAN REIGION..IN THE BIBLE ETHIOPIANS ARE MENTIONED///THERE IS A BOOK CALLED THE CROSS AND THE LYNCHING TREE..BOOK TALKS ABOUT BLACK HISTORY AND BLACK RELIGION..JESUS ON THE CROSS AND THE HANGING OF BLACK PEOPLE IN TREES…

  12. Started by Cynique,

    Raven Simone of Cosby show fame, is taking a lot of flack on social media for objecting to Harriet Tubman being the choice to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, an opinion she expressed during a recent appearance on The View. Our little black bird is fast gaining a reputation for spouting quirky opinions that veer from the politically correct script. Whatever. In the outlook I currently find myself glaring through, due to a boredom bordering on disgust with everything that exists in this fucked-up world, including self-consuming black issues, I am not that enthusiastic about the HarrietTubman choice, myself. Blasephemy, I know but I tend to focus of the negat…

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  13. Started by Cynique,

    I am soul searching wondering if when it comes to the current political climate i am descending into a state of cognitive dissonance. Facebook has become a twilight zone for me, exposing me to types of people who i cannot for the life of me change my negative opinion about perhaps because l defer to my gut feeling instead of my rational brain. I cannot change my opinion about the harm religion spawns or can i rein in my revulsion for right-wing fascistic conservatives. I cannot accept that these hypocrites and racists are people with integrity. Even Liberals have started to turn me off with their empathy for the neglected, resentful bigots who put …

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  14. Started by Pioneer1,

    She basically spends basically an hour berating Black men for using ALL forms of communication in displaying their attraction towards Black women. I mean just about everything. As far as this woman is concerned, even calling a woman "beautiful" or asking her where she goes to church is an insult....lol.

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  15. LAST FRIDAY MY GPS LED ME TO A CORNFIELD! Are the Magnetic Poles Shifting? Last Friday, I was on my way to attend a funeral service and so, I used my GPS to locate the church. The destination was only about a fifteen-minute drive from my relative’s home. I had never had any problem prior to this day when I used my GPS to navigate in this area. But since I had never been to this church and wanted to arrive on time, I used my GPS as a safeguard. However, it led me in a ‘wild goose chase’ so-to-speak’. After driving for about ten minutes on one road, then I was signaled to make a left turn at a turnabout and then after one mile, the GPS signaled for me to make a…

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  16. The is un-freaking-believable... “Known on Instagram by her handle @lilmiquela, the 19-year-old is biracial and bisexual, loves high-end labels, and for months had a Black Lives Matter shout-out in her bio. She is an influencer—a social media personality who integrates product endorsements into the online documentation of her daily life—and a multi-hyphenate, with side hustles as a singer and a clothing designer. If she seems to check an unrealistic number of boxes, that’s because she isn’t real.” —Read the complete article in The Nation

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  17. In another conversation @Pioneer1 shared the following: For those who think that's ridiculous..... Look at what happened to brown skinned Native Americans: Native Americans of the 1800s "Native Americans" today. Pioneer's comment struck me, because I have noticed this too. Just a couple of days ago I watched a documentary on the Smithsonian Channel, Battle of Little Big Horn. I visited the site of the battle, for I find what as happen to the indigenous peoples of America incredibly appalling. Interestingly, the "Native Americans" speaking in the documentary all presented as white. Not one looked like the Nativ…

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  18. social construct noun Save Word Definition of social construct formal : an idea that has been created and accepted by the people in a society Class distinctions are a social construct. Social Construct | Definition of Social Construct by Merriam-Webster (merriam-webster.com)

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  19. Started by Delano,

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIoudc5_hag

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  20. Kanye. West. Was. Wearing. A. T. Shirt. Saying. White. Lives. Matter ,,Kanye. West. Herschel. Walker. Clarence Thomas. Idiots .Did. They,See. George. Floyd. Choked. To. Death. .January. 6,The White,Christian. Terrorist. Attacking. The. Capitol. Building. ,Calling ,Black. Police. Niggers ...White. Racist. Police. On. Heard. On Tape,Calling. Black. People. Niggers. Racist. White. Police. Officer. In,New. Jersey. Saying. Niggers. Have. No. Value. Racist. White. ,Police. Officer. In. North. Carolina. Saying. I. Want. To. Shoot. Niggers. I. Can't. Wait. For. The. Race. War. So. I. Can. Shoot. ,Niggers ..They. Are. Including. Every. Black. ,Brown. Person. ....They,Are. Bla…

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  21. 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…

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  22. Started by richardmurray,

    Hope she is having fun

  23. Started by Maurice,

    Watched a profile on Faith recently on the BBC. Haven't heard of her before but was a fascinating documentary. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0006wh6/imagine-2019-faith-ringgold-tell-it-like-it-is

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  24. Read the introduction from a book on the subject, The Isley Brothers’ 3+3 by Darrell M. McNeill

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  25. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/25/kamala-harris-advisers-options-open-00191393 VP Kamala Harris is telling supporters not to count her out. She might have aspirations for higher office. VP Harris may consider running for governor or California in 2026 or POTUS in 2028. IMO, the former would be better than the latter. Governor of California would be a better look for VP Harris especially if current Gov. Gavin Newsom is being groomed to run for POTUS in 2028. Unless the United States becomes a banana republic, POTUS OJ will not be able to run again 4 years from now. Nevermind that he will be 82 years old as well. …

  26. SURPRISE!--Another Undetected GREEN COMET Has Just Showed Up Near the Sun! Part I As if last month was NOT eventful enough, now reports are out that an unexpected, previously unknown, and undetected comet has just suddenly appeared and it’s already in our inner solar system! CRAZY! April 6th image by M. Jäger & G. Rhemann A newly discovered bright green comet is now visible in Earth's skies. Ahmed Alqallaf / 500px/Getty Images/500px April 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM There's a bright new comet in the sky—and it's green The cosmic visitor was first discovered in late March. By Ariana…

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  27. I still believe every single black person online should be a member of at least one black owned website online. But what is their overall future. When you have so many black people who suggest such a grand business acumen or knowledge of playing the game, or suggest such great foresight plus intellect with their licenses and degrees from various places of education, why haven't said blacks been able to buy and produce great social media websites?

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  28. 2nd longest serving FBI Director in US history, Robert Mueller passed away @ 81 years old. POTUS OJ posts on Truth Social..."Good. I'm glad he's dead". It's no secret that POTUS OJ hated Mueller due to the Russia collusion investigation into the 2016 election. However, a true statesman would have taken a higher road in this moment. Of course, the USA isn't being led by a real leader of the people. The sad & funny part is that on cue MAGA folks are defending crass 🤡 azz POTUS OJ. Somehow he deserves to feel this way because Mueller was an *enemy*. The country has 2.67 years left under POTUS OJ b…

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  29. Hello All, Sunday night, I saw a documentary called The Pig Bomb. I tried to post a link but it would not work. I decided to watch it, because yawl know I was thinking about food. Well, it turns out that the US could be on a brink of a diaster due to the population and nature of our feral pig population. It seems this pigs are dangerous. They are getting bigger, faster and becoming a lot more aggressive, so much so that they are attacking people, chasing folks down. I'm watching this totally amazed. All I could kept thinking that if my uncles were alive, it would be ON! Hell, all that meat just running around. The problem is that there is no good way of hunti…

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  30. Started by Waterstar,

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  31. I was doing some research for a page for Rebecca Walker. Of course, given the was Google search works today Wikipedia comes up on the 1st page of results. Of course I look at the page. The Huria Search Results for Rebecca Walker, are worth looking at, in comparison to a regular search. For example, I found an article in Ebony Magazine that would have been undiscoverable in a regular search. At any rate, I read the Wikipedia citations and learned the following about Rebecca Walker under the category of "Personal Life": Walker is bisexual and previously had a relationship with neo-soul musician Meshell Ndegeocello, whose son she helped raise. Read…

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  32. Started by Cynique,

    From where I sit, observing the world the way I’ve been doing for the last 50+ years, I see one change in particular that is gradually taking place in America. “Political correctness” is receding, and black people are losing their relevancy. Because they no longer fear the stigma of being called racist, having neutralized this term by referring to it as a despicable practice known as “playing the playing the race card”, red state Americans no longer care if their true feelings about Blacks are exposed. Just check out Twitter and FaceBook. They’ve repressed their disdain long enough and if this offends Blacks, well they’ve only themselves to blame. "You people" had your …

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  33. Started by Troy,

    Chris do you know The African Place? One very chill sister I know a speculative fiction writer Sheree Renee Thomas told me about it. You should get to know her. Are you going to the Memphis Noir book event tomorrow? I suspect she'll be there as she is in the Anthology.

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  34. Started by Troy,

    Here, Richard Prince reports on issues important to Black journalists and newspapers, discussed during a countable discussion held late last year. I have strong opinions about all of the issues raised in Richard's article. The fact that this article was not on one of the independent, Black-owned newspapers websites, which many of the participants work for is just a start. I'll give you one guess where I found this article... We have a loooong way to go.

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  35. Started by Troy,

    Du Bois's speech reminded me of a comment @Delano, made in a conversation I started last week. Du Bois died a year after I was born and was old enough to have personally known black people who were formerly enslaved. It is a crying shame that almost 60 years after this speech was delivered the things Du Bois criticized have only gotten worse. His point on what we now refer to as campaign finance reform was particularly telling. W. E. B. Du Bois Criticizes Capitalism in the audio below. He was 93 when this speech was delivered and was a remarkable human. It seems he was wrong about socialism being the dominant world structure. I guess he was far more confident or …

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  36. Started by harry brown,

    News Says Tennis Star Serena Williams Gave Birth To A Baby ,Girl....On Sad Angry News ,Pregnant 16 Year Old Black Girl,Was Murdered By A Vile Violent Black Man In South Carolina ..Police,Man Hunt Was Organized To Find This Violent Vile,Idiot...Black Leaders Talk Black Lives Matters,When Racist,White Police Shoot Black People Or Someone Not Black,Shoots A Black Person. When It Is Black Harming Black,The Corrupt Black Church And Leaders Do Not Care...Will The Next,NAACP President Be A Black Woman?

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  37. Started by Troy,

    One of the things I like to do when I visit a new city is to check out the indie bookstores. It is almost always a pleasurable experience -- especially when the owner is happy to talk shop. Such was the case at Boarding House Books in Claremore, OK Claremore, OK is a really small town in North Eastern, OK. I have lived in an apartment complex with more apartments than there are people who live in all of Claremore. Its most famous residents include Patti Page and Will Rogers. Claremore, like the rest of state, is Trump Country. I actually went to Claremore for a completely unrelated reason and stumbled across the store strolling down their "mai…

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  38. ************************************************************************************ This discussion is about the trial of the white supremacists that murdered an innocent Black man while he was out for a jog, minding his own business. Their defense for killing him was that they thought he was a burglar, running away from some imaginary crime. For the record, I hope that this scum are found guilty and executed in a most painful fashion. IN TODAY'S NEWS: Three white men on trial for murder of Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery 'KNEW' he was not a burglar, jury hears: Judge allows pho…

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  39. A Reflection Paula Patton On Why She Doesn't Identify As Biracial - Cane referenced a 2010 quote from the actress, "I find [the term] biracial offensive. It's a way for people to separate themselves from African Americans, a way of saying, 'I'm better than that.'” - https://www.bet.com/article/xcvr36/paula-patton-identify-biracial-bet-series-sacrifice?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_6883298&xrs=bet_affiliate_zergnet_none_inbound_us

  40. Started by Greg,

    New movie “ straight outta excuses”. Talks about the excuses made for the black community by fake compassion liberals . The movie will focus on structure, family, and responsibility.

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  41. Started by ProfD,

    https://pagesix.com/2024/11/24/celebrity-news/bishop-td-jakes-suffers-apparent-medical-emergency-during-sermon/ Bishop TD Jakes suffered a medical emergency this past Sunday. In the middle of his sermon, Bishop Jakes dropped his mic and started trembling. Church staff rushed to his side. Bishop Jakes was taken to a nearby hospital. Reads like he's doing fine now. The upside to having 30,000 members in a church is the likelihood that someone will have medical training.😎

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  42. Started by Pioneer1,

    It depends on who "their people" are, or what people you are referring to. There are 2 distinct groups in the United States who are closely linked to eachother and usually overlap: Black American and AfroAmericans. Black Americans are....as the title implies....people of the Black race who are American citizens. AfroAmericans are the descendants of enslaved Africans who are primarily Black but mixed with other races to various degrees. Almost to the point that many aren't even Black at all. Miss "AfroAmerica" can feature light skinned contestants but not Miss Black America, in my opinion ofcourse.

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  43. Most people who follow American politics are aware of Evangelical christians. They heavily influence the Republican Party. Christian Nationalism is another aspect of the evangelical movement. Towns, communities & schools are being set up in a throwback to the 1800s. These people are predominantly white. I doubt liberal white folks will allow the Chrsitian Nationalists to take over the country & force everyone to adopt it. There's always some type of wacky religious movement in the USA. I remember Jonestown, Branch Davidians, Mormons & those folks who committed suicide with $5 in their pockets.🤣 …

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  44. Started by Cynique,

    Just can't resist once again taking pride in how Doc Rivers and Michael Finley of the Celtics, and Shannon Brown of the Lakers are all from my hometown, all graduates of my high school alma mater!!!!! Must be something in the water. Best I was ever able to do, however, was to roll a 220 game for my championship bowling team - back in the day. Go Celkers!

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  45. Started by Cynique,

    Smooth Jazz at its best. http://youtu.be/peON5K7kOBE

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