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Culture, Race & Economy

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  1. 1941. WW 2. Japanese. Attack. Pearl. Harbor. .Navy. Segregated. .Black. Sailors. Did. The. Cooking. ,Serving. Food. The. Laundry. ...When. The. Attack. Happened. Doris. Miller. Came. On. Deck. And. Begin. Helping. The. Wounded. Sailors. .Then. He. Got. To. The ,,Machine Gun. And. Begun. Firing. At. Japanese. Planes. ...Read. He. Received. The. Navy. Cross. .He. Was. On. A Escort. Ship. It. Was. Bombed. By. Japanese. .Doris. Miller. Was. Among. The. Dead..I. Read. There. Was. A. Ship. Named. After. Him. .....Will. He. ,,Be. Remembered. When. On. The. News. They. Talk. About. ,The,Attack. On. Pearl. Harbor. By. Japan. In. 1941....Schools. Talk. About. This. Count…

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  2. Started by ProfD,

    Today marked the first 100 days under the current administration. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I'd imagine those red hats on the table belong to the cabinet members. 🤣😎

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  3. Started by Pioneer1,

    Not sure why but driving around today listening to my favorite music and even being forced to listen to some of that new Gen Z shit kids are calling Hiphop today, for some reason I became AMAZED at how well put together the lyrics are in music in general and in Black music in specific. Both the Rap AND the RnB. Seems to me it would be hard enough to come up with enough words that rhyme with each other to make an entire 5 minute song, let alone an album....AND make it all make sense with themes and story lines! AND make them sound smooth and witty and catchy! One of the songs I was listening to was an old one from Nelly where he said something…

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  4. https://www.npr.org/2025/12/06/g-s1-101090/national-parks-fee-free-calendar-mlk-juneteenth National Parks no longer free on MLK Jr. and Juneteenth holidays. However, the parks are free on POTUS OJ's birthday. Some Black folks want to believe POTUS OJ isn't a racist.🤣😎

  5. Started by aka Contrarian,

    So, I know y'all are dyin to hear about TLC's Chilli and prolific baby maker Nick Cannon catching hell on social media for pro Trump remarks. Nick Cannon, throwing his support to Trump ala Nikki Minaj, declared that the Democrat party founded the KKK and Republican Abe Lincoln freed the slaves. Statements that a swarm of black history put him to dame about. Chilli, meanwhile, is in hot water with Salt 'N Pepper and her TLC partner,T-Boz, for contributing to a Trump fund and posting an unflattering rumor on FB about Michelle Obama's sexuality, causing a fan backlash that's affecting ticket sales for the upcoming tour the 2 acts are about to launch. tsk-tsk …

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  6. Started by Cynique,

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  7. Started by boitumelo,

    I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE SLAVES AT CHRISTMAS TIME. I READ THAT HARRIET TUBMAN HELPED HER BROTHERS ESCAPE AT CHRISTMAS TIME..THEIR SLAVE MASTER WAS PLANNING TO SELL THEM.AFTER CHRISTMAS.SOME SLAVES BELIEVED CHRISTMAS WAS A TIME OF HOPE, TO SOME A CHANCE TO ESCAPE..SOME SLAVE OWNERS ALLOWED THE SLAVES TO PICK OUT A YULE LOG TO BURN .THE HOLIDAY ENDED WHEN THE LOG BURNED OUT...THE HOUSE SLAVES GOT MORE WORK AT CHRISTMAS TIME..... SLAVE MUSICIANS PLAYED INSTRUMENTS,SOME INSTRUMENTS THEY MADE....SOME SLAVES PRACTICED A CHRISTMAS MASQUERADE CALLED JONKONNU.CHRISTMAS TO SLAVES WAS A TIME FOR SPIRITUAL FREEDOM.SLAVES DEVELOPED THEIR OWN STYLE OF RELIGIOUS SONGS, …

  8. I KEW OF THE TUSKEGEE EXPERIMENTS ON BLACK MEN IN ALABAMA FROM 1930'S TO 1972..BLACK MEN WERE SUPPOST TO BE TREATED FOR SYPHILIS .SOME DIED FROM THE EXPERIMENTING,SOME NEVER HAD THE SYPHILIS..EXPERIMENTS THEY WERE RADIATION EXPERIMENTS ON BLACK MEN..THERE IS A VIDEO OF RADIATION ON BLACK MEN, THERE WERE HOLES IN THERE HEAD,BROWN SKIN TURNED FROM BROWN TO STRAWBERRY RED...BLACK PEOPLE TRIED TO SUE THE COMPANY THAT WAS EXPERIMENTING ON THEM YEARS LATER,TOLD THEY COULD NOT.BUT THE COMPANY THAT EXPERIMENTED ON THEM MADE MILLIONS FROM THERE EXPERIMENT RESEARCH...THE COMPANY IN PENNSYLVANIA. SOME OF THE EXPERIMENTING WAS IN THE PRISON.HOLMESBURG PRISON...SOME OF …

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  9. IN 1968, REV. KYLES WAS THERE IN MEMPHIS AT THE LORRAINE MOTEL WITH DR. KING..HE SAID HE STOOD BY THE BALCONY WITH DR.KING WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD KAPOW..HE TURNED AROUND,DR. KING HAD FELL,LAYING DOWN WITH MUCH OF HIS FACE TORN, BLOOD EVERYWHERE..WHEN POLICE CAME, HE IS ONE OF THE MEN POINTING TO WHERE THE GUN SHOT CAME FROM, IN THE INFAMOUS PICTURE...REV. SAMUEL KYLES IS PASTOR OF MONUMENTAL BAPTIST CHURCH IN MEMPHIS...REV. KYLES SEEM TO BE FORGOTTEN IN BLACK HISTORY....TO THIS DAY, BLACK AND WHITE DO NOT BELIEVE JAMES EARL RAY KILLED DR. KING ALONE...MEMPHIS POLICE,KU KLUX KLAN TRASH, FBI ,,WE WILL PROBALY NEVER KNOW.////////

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  10. Started by harry brown,

    A BOOK CALLED SLAVE RELIGION,INVISIBLE INSTITUTION OF THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH/BOOK IS ABOUT THE FORCED TRANSFORMATION OF THE CAPTIVE AFRICAN PLANTATION SLAVES,THEIR AFRICAN RELIGION TO WHITE AMERICAN PLANTATION CHRISTIAN RELIGION//SLAVES COULD NOT WORSHIP WITHOUT WHITE SUPERVISION....THIS GOES ON AS I SPEAK///BLACK CHURCHES CONTROLLED BY ,CAMOUFLAGED, WHITE POLITICIANS AND CLOAKED WHITE CHRISTIANS.BLACK PREACHERS ARE PLANTATION OVERSEER'S....BLACK PEOPLE REMAIN SPIRITUALLY ENSLAVED......IF THEY REALLY READ THE BIBLE IT DOES NOT SAY GOD AND CHRIST IS WHITE.//////DO BLACK PREACHERS SPEAK OF AN…

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  11. I'm sure you've done numerous threads about this issue already but......... I like controversial events like this because it's a good illustration of the compexities of racism in the United States. People in other parts of the West often wonder about the love/hate relationship between the races in this nation. How can White people love Black music, sports, and food so much but yet not like Black people? How can the same White man who has a Black wife, mistress, or girlfriend be racist at the same time? I tell people that White slave masters used to love to bang the hell out of Black female slaves and even give them money and land.....all while lynching Bla…

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  12. Started by harry brown,

    IN BOSTON FBI KILLS ISIS TERROR SUSPECT///AMERICANS WHITE, BROWN AND BLACK SEEM TO BE JOINING ISIS TERROR GROUP///LAST APRIL IN ARIZONA, NEO NAZI GOES ON A SHOOTING SPREE, KILLING ONE PERSON, SHOOTING 5 OTHERS,/HOW DID THE LAW STOP HIM WITH A TASER GUN, TERRORIST SHOOTING PEOPLE, ONE PERSON KILLED, NEO NAZI WITH HITLER TATTOO,S, IS ZAPPED WITH A TASER GUN..U.S. GOVERNMENT, REPUBLICAN STEVE SCALISE, WAS AT A NEO NAZI WHITE SUPREMACIST POLITICAL GATHERING IN 2002/ALL REPUBLICANS, 2 DEMOCRATS SUPPORT STEVE SCALISE/LAST YEAR, WHITE POLICE WERE FIRED IN FLORIDA FOR BEING KU KLUX KLAN ME…

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  13. Started by Cynique,

    Well, The Chicago Cubs ended their 108-year drought and finally won the world series! I went through the motions of celebrating because this year's team really was the best in the league and deserved the honor. But me, my late husband, and one of my sons have been Chicago White Sox fans since day one, and it's extremely hard for die-hard Sox backers to cheer for the Cubs. And vice versa, as demonstrated by the Cub supporters in my family who were luke warm when the White Sox won the pennant in 2005. But, if ever Chicago needed a shot in the arm to deaden the shame of the reputation it has gained as the murder capital of America, it is now. This is a good time to rem…

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  14. Started by Troy,

    Yeah I know, when I started telling people this they all thought I was nuts or going through some crazy personal shit LOL! Well anyone who knows me would not be surprised at all. First, I'm not pulling up stakes here in FL and relocating to Florida (at least not right now), but what I have done is commit to moving to Tulsa for a year as part of a privately funded program, called Tulsa Remote to attract cool people like myself to move to Tulsa and infuse the city with some diversity and class LOL! The program includes a variety of incentives, free co-working space, $10K, deals on housing and more. They also covered a visit to the city (I visited l…

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  15. Started by Pioneer1,

    A lot has been said about it, especially in the Black Nationalist and Pan Africanist communities. You can read the rough draft of the contract here: https://contractwithblackamerica.us/

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  16. Started by harry brown,

    New. ,Movie,,,About,,The. Racist. Murder. Of. Emit. Till. Racist. Thrash. ,That,Murdered. Him. They. Beat. Him. ,Had A. Cotton. Gin. Fan,Barbed. Wire. Tied. Around. His. Body. ,Gouged. Out. His. Eyes ,Threw. Him. In. The. River. ....His. Mother. When. He. Was. Buried. ,Wanting. America. To. See. How. He. Looked. .Haunting. Picture. Of,Emit. Till. This. Movie. Herschel. Walker. ,Kanye. West. ,Clarence Thomas. Need. To. Go. See. The. Street. Gangs,Crack. Sellers,Street,Thugs. Who. Genocide. The. Black. Community. ,Should. Go. See. It ......

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  17. Started by richardmurray,

    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

  18. Here is a list of the 100 Black Bestselling Black Authors in 2024 ranked in order of total sales. Percival Everett James McBride Kimberly D. Moore Malcolm Gladwell Octavia E. Butler Rachel Renée Russell Toni Morrison Victoria Christopher Murray Bell Hooks Isabel Wilkerson Vashti Harrison Michelle Obama Sharon M. Draper Tomi Adeyemi Colson Whitehead Kennedy Ryan Snoop Dogg Amanda Gorman Zora Neale Hurston Angie Thomas Trevor Noah Tia Williams Fawn Weaver Jason Reynolds Margot Lee Shetterly R. H. Sin Cryst…

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  19. Started by harry brown,

    This. Year. 3. Black. Men. Have. Been. ,.. Found. Hung. From. Trees. .. In. Mississippi. 2. Black. Men. In. Wisconsin. Another. Black. Man. Found. Hanging. .. Families. And. The. NAACP. Want ,Investigations. . The. Racist. Christian. Terrorist Want. A ,,Race. War. In. The. Streets. So. Trump. Street. . TRASH. Terrorist Can. .Shoot Down. Black. People. . Where. Is. Black. Lives. Matter. ? Black. People. Are. Missing. .Some. Found. Alive. Some. Found. Dead. Including. Children. . Politics. And. Religion. Stops. Black. Unity. . Black. Politicians. Black. News. Talkers. Not. Talking. About. This. . The. Democrats…

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  20. Started by ProfD,

    As the clown foolishness turns, there's a namsake movie premiere featuring the FLOTUS. FLOTUS was reportedly paid $40 million dollars for this movie. The grift that keeps on giving. Preliminary reports suggest the movie will be a flop. Probably should have gone straight to Lifetime or FOX channel.😁 If anyone plans to see it, feel free to report back your thoughts.😎

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  21. Despite a partial government shutdown where TSA agents aren't getting paid, that didn't stop Congress from going on Easter vacation. Congress is responsible for passing the bills that would reopen the closed parts of government. The people responsible for their safely at the airport would get paid. The most arrogant & tone deaf aspect of this whole situation is Congress-folks who take advantage of being escorted through airports to avoid long lines caused by their own inaction. People have been encouraged to take pictures of these elected clowns who refuse to carry out their responsibilities. Congress still gets paid du…

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  22. Started by Cynique,

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  23. Started by boitumelo,

    THIS TIME LAST YEAR I WAS WONDERING CAN BLACK COMMUNITIES AND LEADERS FOLLOW THE KWANZAA PRINCIPLES FOR STRONG COMMUNITIES/NO/ I WONDER THIS KWANZAA TIME THIS YEAR WILL BLACK LEADERS FOLLOW KWANZAA PRINCIPLES FOR STRONG COMMUNITIES../COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT , SPIRITUALITY IN BLACK MEN,RESPECT FOR BLACK HISTORY SACRIFICERS AND AFRICA HISTORY.MY OPINION NO///....

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  24. Fists of Freedom: An Olympic Story Not Taught in School Dave Zirin on July 25, 2012 - 11:16 AM ET Nation readers —Over the next several weeks, I’ll be writing about the 2012 London Olympics. I’m going to try to write about the stories not just on the field but off: the Counter Olympics demonstrators, the workers behind the scenes, the athletes with personal stories that speak less to their desire for athletic success than a desire for human rights. It seemed fitting to start by looking back at perhaps the most political, controversial, inspiring moment in Olympics, if not sports, history: the medal stand black gloved salute of 200 meter runners Tommie Smith and …

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  25. Started by harry brown,

    AUTHOR AND THEOLOGIAN ANTHONY B. PINN HAS INTERESTING BOOKS.ONE IS TRANSFORMING THE BLACK CHURCH//HE ASK, WHAT IS THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THE BLACK CHURCH/WHAT ARE QUESTIONS, FACING BLACK CHURCHES IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY///THE PURPOSE OF THE BLACK CHURCH, DOES SOMEONE KNOW////BLACK CHURCHES HAVE BECOME SLAVE CABINS ON PLANTATIONS, THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLKS ARE ENSLAVED///CONFINED////.HE WANTS TO TRANSFOR BLACK CHURCHES, THAT IS A POINTLESS MISSION/////BLACK CHURCHES USED TO BE A PLACE OF SPIRITUAL UP LIFTING AND CIVIL RIGHTS STRATEGIES WERE DISCUSSED..///I SAW SUNDAY NIGHT …

  26. Started by harry brown,

    KU KLUX KLAN IS PLANNING A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH IN PENNSYLVANIA..TERRORIST ORGANIZATION PLANNING TO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH.WILL THEY WEAR WHITE HOODS COVERING THEIR FACES, NEO NAZI WAR UNIFORMS//KLAN WIZARD SAYS GOD CREATED EACH SPECIES IN ITS OWN KIND,EACH SPECIES/THS A TERRORIST VIOLENT ORGANIZATION KNOWN FOR KILLING,SHOULD THE BLACK PANTHERS ORGANIZE A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH IN PENNSYLVANIA/////KLAN SAYS THEY ARE PROTECTING WHITE PEOPLE,NO.THEY AR RECRUITING TERROR MEMBERS//////.

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  27. Started by harry brown,

    ON THE NEWS, MASS SHOOTING IN PITTSBURGH, IN BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD. 5 PEOPLE KILLED. INCLUDING PREGNANT WOMAN/ DONT KNOW WHAT COLOR MURDERERS ARE, PROBALY A GANG// AS WHITE POLICE DELIBERATELY MURDER BLACK MALES, DONALD TRUMP SOUNDING LIKE ADOLF HITLER RESURRECTED , BLACK PEOPLE WILL NOT STOP GENOCIDING THEIR OWN PEOPLE/

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  28. This is another recent incident! This woman, Hilary Thorton, was filmed by the African American young man that she confronted, and his video went viral. Ms. Thorton confronted him at the entrance of the luxury apartment in St. Louis and demanded that he show her proof that he lived their and she tried to block him from going through the door. What is it with these women that are so confident they can just confront a male!? A Black man!? But get this; She was married to a Black man! But she had been separated from her husband and he did respond. He said that they had been separated over a year. Anyway, Ms. Thorton, followed this young man after he got passed h…

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  29. Started by harry brown,

    White. Man. In. The. U. S. Coast. Guard. Was Planning. Terror. Attacks... After. He. Was. Arrested,Lots. Of. Guns,,Ammunition. Was,Found. In His. House. He. Wanted. To. Make. This. A. White-Country. He Liked Neo Nazi,Neo Nazi,Klan Are In The U. S.-Military.He Planned To Attack Democrats. ,Including Corey-Booker. News,Anchors Including Dom Lemon,Journalist. .People ,Against,Trump. .Actor. Jussie Smollet ,Is Now A Suspect.. The ,Actor,Said He Was Victim Of A Hate Crime In. Chicago.. A. Noose ,Was. Put. Around. His. Neck,Called. Names. 2-Black. Men. Said. The,Actor. Organized. The. Attack. On. Him.. Find. Your. Roots,Most. Of,The. P…

  30. Started by harry brown,

    Black. People. Are. Buying. Guns,Joining. All. Black. Gun. Clubs. ,After -The. Murder. Of George. Floyd. Black. People,,Have. A. Feeling. Of -Insecurity-After. George. Floyd's. Murder. And. The. Coronavirus . -Pandemic . Black. Gun. Club. President. Said. 2000-People Joined -36-Hours After The Murder Of George Floyd .... There Are 2-All Black-Gun Clubs In New York... Neo Nazi ,Klan Can Walk Around With-Guns In The Street. There Should Be More All Black Gun Clubs.!!

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  31. Started by Delano,

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  32. Brittney Griner, a Black female basketball player just plead guilty to drug charges in Russia and now faces up to 10 years in prison. Totally ridiculous. That being said, what the heck was she thinking bringing that into Russia! Absolutely stunning !!! Just dumb ! I guess the American Justice System is looking pretty darn good ! The United States has the best justice system in the world. Maybe BLM should go to Russia and start protesting but that would be too much work. BLM goes for the low hanging fruit and they only protest and riot when it can make them money and they can line their greedy pockets. Hopefully they let her go home to her family, its wro…

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  33. During the discussion of The Woman King movie I told you all that Neely Fuller Jr. predicted years ago that there was a plot by the Racists to get Black women to fall in love with each other and become soldiers to fight for White men. I said that movies like The Woman King were just a piece of the puzzle of propaganda promoting this plan. Well, this quote from Neely Fuller that was made OVER 2 YEARS AGO outlining this plot: And now, you have a movie glorifying Black women warriors! Telling little Black girls how honorable and glorious it is to swear off men and dedicate their lives to become soldiers and have each other's backs …

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  34. Started by richardmurray,

    All of the image below were what the party of abraham lincoln wanted to cut from federal budgets. All of this money is going to new york state, not across anywhere, all new york state. It's funny. I look at each of these and the debt of the USA is clear. 1) Rental assistance. First, NYC has high rents. So most people who live in New York City can't even afford to be in the apartments who have legally lowered rent. What is my point? The NYC real estate market is buoyed by welfare. The people making millions for selling a loft are buoyed by a city whose populace is subsidized so that the real estate industry can make profits. It is a …

  35. The conversation took place last in November and pretty much covers my thoughts on the state of the world wide web. At 1 hour and 24 minutes, this is probably the longest video I have even posted. It will be interesting to see how YouTube's algorithm treats this video. If you have time to watch I'm looking for feedback. Does the information resonate or not? Do you care about the subject, why or why not? Do I make a compelling case, or is it mostly boring 🥱

  36. Started by aka Contrarian,

    Help me out here. Nobody has yet to explain to my satisfaction why Democrats should stand on ceremony and stick with a faltering old fart like Joe Biden because when he was at the top of his game, um - he did some good things. Never mind that he is now feeble and in mental decline, - and not polling well! Ignore that Independents and young people are lukewarm about him. Just humor his obstinacy and don't rock the boat. Prop him up, and let him have his way because, well, he is the president and apparently of the same opinion as his opponent when it comes to a president being entitled to special privileges. And above all, continue to wallow in denial and cling to false h…

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  37. Started by Pioneer1,

    Seriously.... What good is this shit? This is a straight up EMBARASSMENT to Black manhood. You went from actually fighting...literally fighting....racism; to now just throwing up your hands and doing nothing or kneeling down on the ground and getting arrested peacefully. Capitol Police Arrest Pastor During Prayer Protest Story by Jordan King • 3 Rev. William Barber was arrested Monday in the Capitol Rotunda while leading a prayer protest against Republican budget cuts. He and two others were charged with "crowding, obstructing, and incommoding" by the Capitol Police. Newsweek has…

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  38. Started by Pioneer1,

    A friend of mine from work keeps trying to get me to go to South Africa on a visit. He talks about how much I'd love it and wouldn't want to come back. He also loves to send me clips of South African women on the beach like this one: South African Sistas On The Beach Although I love MOST Sub-Saharan African women in all of their diversity, I have to admit that the women in see in the videos he sends me do NOT look like typical African women. I don't simply mean how they dress but even how they look physically. The various lighter skin tones. Being fat with big bellies and cellulite (which I don't mind in most cases....just part of an observation) Hair…

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  39. Started by Pioneer1,

    Earlier, a young African woman at work I often talk to about religion and other issues came around me while I was talking to some American Black folks. With a smile on her face, she kept looking over staring and twisting up her mouth and shaking her head obviously wanting me to see her displeasure. As we were breaking away, the African girl briskly walked up to me with a grin on her face and said: STOP CAROSING! Her accent was heavy so I didn't understand what she was saying and I kept asking her: What? Girl what are you saying??? "STOP CRUISING! STOP.....CAR...CARESSING! WHY DO YOU..... STOP...CUSSALING!!!" I was se…

  40. Started by Pioneer1,

    ....when you realized that fighting was primarily a young man's sport? I went back to Detroit yesterday to handle some family business and happened to see an old man squaring off with some young cats inside a cellphone store. They were grinning and trying to brush him off but he kept insisting for some beef. One of them turned around and braced himself and when the old dude threw a punch he simply stepped back to avoid it and the old man lost his balance, fell, and knocked over a display case in the store. Needless to say the younger dudes all had a laugh and I'm sure atleast one of them had a cell phone to record the incident as is often the cases…

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  41. Started by Troy,

    I'm listening to a Sunday morning talk show here in NYC, while trying to get a newsletter written (first one since late April). The radio hosts talking about the number of murders taking place in Chicago. In one recent weekend, 52 murders took place over a single weekend - including a 1 year baby! This past weekend 40+ murders took place. Virtually all of these murders are of Black people by other Black people... One Brother felt that Black men need to hit the streets and take them back -- policing our own communities. That sounds good, but it will never happen. Most Black people with money do not live in those communities and are not coming back to help. Wo…

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  42. Started by Cynique,

    As we all know, our own Kola Boof claims to have once been the mistress of the notorious Osama Bin Ladin, held prisoner as a love slave by him in a Morrocan hotel during the years from 1996 to 1998. The May 23rd, issue of the NATIONAL ENQUIRER features a story about the murdered terrorist and includes a picture of, and quotes by Kola. Among the things she had to say about this monster who constantly raped and bit her, was that he had awful body odor, was obsessed with Whitney Houston, often talking about making her one of his wives and giving her a mansion he owned, once he got rid of Bobby Brown. Kola further states Osama was a religious hypocrite who regul…

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  43. Black Women and Fat By ALICE RANDALL Published: May 5, 2012 FOUR out of five black women are seriously overweight. One out of four middle-aged black women has diabetes. With $174 billion a year spent on diabetes-related illness in America and obesity quickly overtaking smoking as a cause of cancer deaths, it is past time to try something new. The was a very popular article as illustrated by the tracking on the bit.ly link tracking (which is justr a subset of the social media lift https://bitly.com/Ix8Vh2+ Most of the conversation online was in reaction, to the reaction, to the article. I can't tell most people never read the actual article. You might r…

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  44. Started by Cynique,

    Well, looks like Obama is one of us, after all. Just in time for the election we learn he's a slave descendant. I knew that pimp walk was authentic. President Obama Related to First Documented Slave in America Research Connects First African-American President to First African Slave in the American Colonies PROVO, UTAH – July 30, 2012 – A research team from Ancestry.com (NASDAQ:ACOM), the world’s largest online family history resource, has concluded that President Barack Obama is the 11 th great-grandson of John Punch, the first documented African enslaved for life in American history. Remarkably, the connection was made through President Obama’s Caucas…

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  45. Jaron Lanier really articulates, in an accessible way, everything I've been complaining about for the last two years. It is hopeful that someone is actually talking about these issues in the mainstream media. While I complain about losing the Black voice on the net from the perspectives of journalism and artists, Lanier talks about it in much broader societal perspective. Of course the Black community, as with all that ails America, is more adversely impacted. Unfortunately, any entities with a broad reach are not raising this issues. which garnered, deservedly, a lot of attention in the Black media a decade ago. Today there is no one in the Black commun…

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  46. 15- Year Old Jordan .Edwards Was Murdered By A -Trash,White,Police Officer In .Texas..He Was With His 2 -Brothers And Friends ,When The Trash White Police -Officer,Was,Shooting At Them. Amazing They All Were -Not,Shot,Dead.. Trash White Police Claim They .Heard Gun -Shots.. I Think Trash White Police Was Fired..Parents Of,Jordan -_---Edwards Say Jordan. Edwards Brothers Have Nightmares -Of Their Brother Murdered In .Front Of Them..The F B I ,Has -Said,White Police Are KKK Members....Where Are Black -Police,When This Happens,.?They Know White Police Are --,Racist, Have Been Fired..What Do Black Police Tell.Their -Sons,When Their Sons Leave Their House?If You .Get -Stopped…

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  47. “Goodreads is one of the bookiest online places to be. It’s got avid readers, book lovers, and tons of reviews. With over 300 million pageviews and 45 million unique visitors a month, GR also very influential and I recommend you join if you haven’t already.” I got this in an email today. Well actually it was linked in an email to an article with the headline, "Goodreads is a great spot for readers." Of course I was intrigued and read the article. The author, who is Black, was promoting a giveaway on Goodreads. Of course this is a reasonable way to promote one's work to a broad audience. However, I did find great promotion of Goodreads, which is…

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  48. Diwali Religious Festival; A NATIONAL HOLIDAY In AMERICA —The White House So much for Separation of Church & State! This OCTOBER FESTIVAL of Lights of the Hindus from India has become an official holiday here in America in which in some areas, schools are closed down for the celebration days. It was first honored by President Bush in 2003 but in 2007 by way of President Obama, it became an official holiday in America and celebrated in the White House. And in the past years, several past presidents attended the festivities held in the White House along with former president Barack Obama. It was said that this Diwali Festival originated as a Hind…

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  49. Started by Pioneer1,

    Something about this entire case and the way the media is covering it doesn't sit right with me..... First of all, even before the media started calling it fake and Smollet was arrested, different bits and pieces of information were being leaked by the media from the start to make people question the case. This makes me wonder if the mainstream media KNEW more about this story being "fake" from being begining and just ran with it anyway. And if so, WHY would they intentionaly follow a false story. Secondly, he's being arrested and charged with filing a false police report that is being called a felony and people are claiming he's facing time in jail. People cons…

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