Culture, Race & Economy

Apparently most of you don't know what an ALLEGORY is. An ALLEGORY is basically a symbolic story. A story used to conceal certain historical events and facts that weren't meant for the public to know. It's not the same as a myth or a fable, it has a specific purpose and that's to conceal truths from the general public and put it in symbolism so that only those in certain societies with the proper "keys" of understanding can figure out the true meaning behind the message/story. The Bible is full of ALLEGORIES. The Bible is a book made up not only of many different books stitched together over thousands of years by different authors and authorities, but e…

Dr. Ben. Carson. Says. Poverty. Is. A. State. Of,Mind.. Black. People. Who. Are. Poor,Want. To. Be. Poverty. . Ben. Carson,HUD Secretary. Used. HUD. Money. To. Buy. Dining. Room. Furniture ,There. Was. A. Uproar. . Will. Ben. Carson,Be. Fired. Next,Since. Lunatic. Trump. ,Has, Fired. His,People. Each. Week?. In. Texas. ,Mail. Bombs. In Black,Brown,Communities,I. Think. 1. Person. Was. Killed. They. Do. Not. Know. Yet. If. This. Is. A. Hate. Crime. If. It. Is,I'm. Not. Surprised. Trump. Has. Brought. Out. Race. Hating. Evil...March. Madness,Seems. Each. Year ,When. The. Tournament. Begins,A. Black. College. Is. In. A. Play. In Game....Did. Not. Mean. To. Put. Harry…

@Troy Am I violating any copyrights, etc? I just wanted to share this article because it was so apropos of what has been discussed on this board. Black Men Rally Behind Leslie Jones with #BlackMenSupportLeslie 4 CULTURE by Elle – August 26, 2016 Leslie Jones was the victim of a vicious hack on her website yesterday, with her nude photos and personal information, including her driver’s license and passport photos being posted. Thousands have voiced support for Leslie, labeling the attack racist and sexist, using hashtags like #LoveforLeslieJ and #SupportLeslieJ. However, a new hashtag came up that may have been a bit of a surprise, …

I'm not dealing with the movie itself, but it's advertisement because far more people will see THAT than will take time to even watch the movie. It has the Black woman portraying a witch and the White girl (who's actually brunette in real life) with her hair dyed blonde and wearing a tiara representing goodness. It's a damn shame so many people don't even see the obvious racist undertones of how this movies is being advertised...as the one before it....and the psychological damage it's doing to Black children. Some of you are sitting up smiling right now wondering what the big deal is. FOOL How many times do we have to go in FUCKING CIR…

I haven't watched ANY of those "Madea" movies. Purposely. Nor have I watched Martin Lawrence's "Big Mamma" movies. I think both franchise films disgrace and insult Black women by portraying them as masculine and ultra-violent, and really those movies make them easier targets for racist violence. While the older White woman is portrayed as a sweet, kind hearted, cookie baking grand ma....Tyler's Madea portrays the older Black woman as a foul mouthed, combative, violent, half-masculine, heathen who not only deserves heavy handed treatment but is strong enough to and built to tolerate as much abuse as you can inflict on her. So the nex…

Founder and Creator of AALBC.com, The oldest website for black literature, @Troy says black middle aged men are invisible? the irony is not lost on me especially since Troy has a wikipedia page - and is noted professional in the Literary field... anyway, in the original thread - I named at least 15 men who are architects of America's current narrative - And I didn't even look seriously at the literary scene. There's no way in hell black middle-aged men are invisible. That is unless they want to be... Robert Smith, Billionaire https://www.forbes.com/profile/robert-smith/#4b12675e61df A former Goldman Sachs investment banker, Smith sta…

I repeat The Black community in the USA need an alternative to Black officials from the Party of Andrew Jackson or Abraham Lincoln Brian Benjamin + Clarence Thomas have one thing in common. They represent the one thing that unifies Black government officials,elected or not, they are just poor.

Thought brotha @Pioneer1 started a thread regarding this latest dust-up in the Middle East. Back in June, Israel launched a 12 day war against Iran. The USA dropped operation Midnight Hammer to supposedly destroy Iranian nuclear capabilities. This past weekend, on Saturday morning, all h8ll broke loose when the US & Israel launched a coordinated campaign to wipe out Iranian leadership & nuclear & military capabilities. Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei & 40 members of his leadership group were killed in an airstrike on his compound. Intel from The Mossad & CIA was used to help military forces strategic…

Why do so many of these Black men like Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather INSIST on making these nobody White men rich by even acknowledging their existence? Nobody would even know who this clownish White boy (Jake Paul) WAS unless Tyson agreed to fight him. Then he ends up losing to him. Just helping White men make money. They don't want to fight another Black man and help HIM make a few million. Just pick one no-named White boy after another and prop them up on the world stage so he can win/lose and make a quick $50 million, and then disappear. Meanwhile they're really looking for a "great white hope" who can go down on record as having whooped the …

Please explain to me how brotha Jordan Neely was executed by strangulation on a subway train at the hands of a white guy. I find it hard to believe there were no AfroAmerican men on the train. If AfroAmerican men were on the train, why didn't they intervene and save Jordan Neely's life. The AfroAmerican District Attorney took his time bringing charges against the murderer. AfroAmerican elected leaders haven't shown any outrage. AfroAmerican people are silent. Every time one of these white folks kills a black person it sends a message to the rest of them that they can get away with murder. Black folks need to get…

Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended for 2 weeks from The View for opening her pie-hole about the Jew: https://www.foxnews.com/media/whoopi-goldberg-suspended-from-the-view-following-holocaust-remarks Unbelievable that in 2022, these folks are still taking their chances with antisemitism. Jews don't play when if comes to the holocaust. I'm so jealous that Jews have the power to cancel and shut sh8t down when they've been aggrieved. I wish ADOS had something similar when dealing with racism. 😎

Hey Troy, there seems to be a bit of confusion about what constitutes what is known as the Americas. I said that Haiti, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Jamaica are nations that are part of America. Cynique said NO they aren't and Mel (to my surprise actually) supported her and said this was fact. https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/5840-what-is-african-american-culture/page/2/?_fromLogin=1 I know geography isn't your field but since you are an educator and I assume have a general foundation of geo/political knowledge as part of a well rounded education, so would YOU care to set the record straight? Are Haiti, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Jamaica nations that are part of…

My final take on the "Black Panther" euphoria, has predictably congealed into cynicism. The black panther character first appeared as an antagonist to Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four in 1966. which according to some accounts, was the same year a cabal of young black militants in Oakland, California, inspired by the heroics of this character, envisioned the image of a black panther as a logo for their nascent organization. Subsequently learning that the symbol had already been adopted in 1965 by another political group from Alabama known as the Lowndes County Freedom Organization, Bobby Seal and Huey Newton perhaps made these activists an offer they couldn't refuse and - …

This thread is a rift of @Troy thread 100 best black movies ever.... Please list documentaries about Africa Africans and Blacks you find informative and interesting.....even Lectures are welcome Hidden Colors Full Documentary

Black Girl Clobbers Another Black Girl with Baton During Track Relay--Went Viral! I keep watching this over and over in shock! And get this, the perpetrator is now playing the victim. She claims that it was an accident. I am trying to be objective but, it looks suspicious to me. Kaelen Tucker, a Brookville High School athlete

In a conversation with richardmurray over so many Black women dying their hair blonde THINKING that this somehow makes them more beautiful or attractive, the issue of their freedom to do so....to dye their hair whatever color they please....came up. While I wouldn't take that right away from them. I do think that one of the major key elements for improving our community and repairing the psychological damage that has been done to our community over the centuries is promoting true Black love and Black pride. White society.....through it's media, educational system, and even religious art.....has taught AfroAmericans both directly and indirectly to hate themselv…

There's been plenty of drone sightings lately. Several years ago, folks would have sworn they were UAPs/UFOs. Maybe the US military has had drones for well over 50 years.😁😎

I thought about donald trump owing eighty three million to a woman already getting money from him for defamation over years. It occurs to me, black men of nyc who have been in the prison system are settling for too low. IF defamation over ten years can get eighty three million then seven million is too little to someone falsely imprisoned for over two decades. CANNABIS NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today celebrated the opening of Matawana Dispensary, the first Black woman-owned legal cannabis dispensary in Brooklyn. Building on an announcement in his State of the City address last month, Mayor Ad…

Obviously this thread is open to discussion from everyone..... Cynique said something in another thread that I've been meaning to question her on for weeks but when I log on I tend to get so involved in other topics that I forget to ask. She said: "All my female friends tended to be like me. Our tough bitchy facades were almost a litmus test. If a guy could hold his own with us, we'd let down our guards and be nice and sweet. Unfortunately, i think more flunked the test than passed it. We were in the vanguard of ball-bustin' black sistas. (Something I'm not particularly proud of.)" https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/5260-what-do-you-think-of-the-ongoin…

"And to those of you who say I know nothing about Hiphop, if “Blurred Lines” is Hiphop, I don’t want to know anything about it. So let me officially go on record now and say that I hate Hiphop. There are certain artists who claim Hiphop that I dig, but Hiphop as a whole is wack. It’s a parasitic culture that preys on real musicians for its livelihood. I may not know anything about Hiphop, but I don’t have to. Without real artists and musicians like me, you’d have nothing to steal. I know enough about it all to know that." Nicholas Payton in, "An Open Letter To Pharrell Williams (Blurred Lines Vol. 3)" where he castigates Pharrell over his unwillingness to knowledge …

Doing a presentation on October. So I need some charts to present. You ask a question or just day you like some general info. Send three numbers. I post the prediction here and you give feedback. The prediction will involve dates

There are a variety of reasons but one has to do with the nature of the conversations. I was on Lipstick Alley a few moments ago reading a comment posted in a thread I'm following. One of the trending conversation is shown below. The post tickled me because it was so absurdly shallow. There was a time which I was guaranteed to get a laugh visiting these forums, but this was years ago now. I'm not saying forums must post silly shit, like the comment below, to garner participation, but fun has to be mixed in with the seriousness. But alas you need a critical mass of participants in order to generate the humor ---- I'm attr…

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Anyone paying attention to detail may have noticed I don't use our president's name. However the psychopath may actually do us some good. Reuters reported yesterday: "White House probes Google after Trump accuses it of bias." The man actually has a point -- seriously. I noticed this several years ago as Google out ranked negative information about Zane and Terry Mcmillan over their accomplishments. While I'm trying to learn more about their work as writers Google is shoving all the negative stuff they can find about these sisters in my face -- information I'd argue should be private. At any rate,…

I realize many of our brothers and sisters are not concerned with segregation. Many are thinking of how to ensure we as a community do not become another Tulsa or Greenwood. How can we use our literary skills to protect our history, community, and churches against the evils that are transpiring against us? As the Black community, we need to stop trying to hurt each other. We must unite to defeat the enemy, which, unfortunately, can be us.

Many Black Trump supporters, particularly the ones who aren’t famous or super rich, are usually seething inside. They're lacking something socially or emotionally and their false belief they are superior to other Blacks does not fill this void. This is why so many lack empathy for Blacks who are abused, experience misfortunes or are poor. They tend to devalue the misery of those in need. What remains unfathomable to me is how so many blithely ignore Donald Trump’s racism. I blame cognitive dissonance for this. And it occurs in Black Trump supporters because they want to desperately believe he is a successful business man, incredibly moral and smart and supportin…

Can you describe how you think? Its a pretty difficult question. @Troy @Cynique This is open to anyone. A different way if answer the question is as follows. Can you describe the difference between hiw it feels when you are thinking and you solve a problem and when you don't. However dont refer to the emotional or physical sensations. Just use mental ones.

Well, the time is drawing near and I will soon have to decide who to cast my vote for in the upcoming Illinois primaries. My choices are represented by Clinton and Sanders. Everybody else is out of the question, particularly Donald Trump, that ego-maniacal, fascistic xenophobic, ignorant mouthpiece of the worst America has to offer. (Funny how when checking out the Wendy Williams show the other day, watching her toddle around in stiletto heels, almost pitching forward from the weight of her enormous implants, her glassy eyes peeking out from the drapery of her latest wig, lasciviously sharing gossip with her enraptured audience of giddy women and gay men all of whom ha…

Recently acquitted NYC subway killer will be one of POTUS OJ'S invited guests at the Army-Navy football game today. Like Zimmerman and Rittenhouse before him, Penny will be paraded as a hero and he will become well off financially for putting in work as a race soldier.😎

https://apnews.com/live/sean-diddy-combs-sex-trafficking-trial-5-12-2025 The Diddy trial is happening. A jury has been seated. It will be interesting to see if prosecutors can make a s8x trafficking case stick and put Diddy away for years. I don't believe Diddy will be found guilty. His freaky bizness will be put out in the street though. He might have a harder time picking up dates once he's acquitted. 😁😎

“Barack Obama Didn’t Do a Darn Thing For Black People.” —Dr. Claud Anderson Cornel West expressed this sentiment throughout Obama’s Presidency despite aggressively campaigning for Obama. Black folks vilified West for his unrelenting critique of Obama. I wonder how history will record Obama's presidency vis-a-vis Black Americans. You can watch the complete interview here.

It’s about assigning Blacks to an inferior status. what’s your view?

AFRICAN AMERICANS DON'T GAZE ON IT!--DIRECT YOUR FOCUS How do you encourage young people during a time like this!? One thing I know for sure though, is that it is absolutely NOT good to continue to look at the video and images of DEATH and DYING especially of the recent horrific deaths of a young man in Georgia and of the Gentle Giant George Floyd that was filmed. EXERCISE SELF CONTROL. That's how I directed my sons a few days ago. DO NOT WATCH THOSE VIDEOS but certainly some one needs to watch them who is spiritually strong enough to deal with these issues. Look at the script, news reports occasionally but don't obsess on what has…

Straight out of a movie, the US has captured Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro and his wife after launching airstrikes on the country. The Maduros have been flown out of Venezuela. It is being reported that Maduro will stand trial here in the US on drug trafficking charges. I believe end game is the Maduros will be exiled to a friendly country of choice. They will be allowed to live a rich and peaceful life elsewhere. A puppet president will be installed to run Venezuela according to US interests. Textbook regime change.😎

This Trump supporting CEO wouldn't hire me because I am black and old. He called me a boomer and tried to talk like a brother. I passed very coding test, but in the end, he said there is no room for someone as experienced as me. He tried to bond with me calling me a broza and asking if Knicks are my favorite basketball team. CEO is white and clueless. We need to stop racism at work. Please leave a review here: https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Vowel-Reviews-E5492257.htm

Dollar Tree Is Not the Same Anymore I wonder if anyone has noticed the change that has happened in Dollar Tree. Should the owners change the name now because many products in the stores do NOT cost a dollar anymore. At first, the prices went up from a dollar to being a dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25) but now it seems that the store has done a complete change. Now, there are many products that cost much higher than a dollar. Why continue to call the store; Dollar Tree? Since this chain has been connected to Dollar General, then perhaps they will take ownership of Dollar Tree.

All of my sistas here have really done themselves proud in offering explanations about their approaches to interacting with other women - as well as men. Each testament was flavored with their individual personalities and provided clues to why they are so impressive. I have concluded that one difference between them and me is that i am more argumentive and when it comes to engaging with men, i like to question everything they say just to be contrary even as, on this forum, i cringed at their written responses that had little regard for being detailed-oriented or proof read, full of disjointed sentences, misspelled, omitted, improperly-used words, and incorrect punctu…

Cynique writes, "Tell all of my AALBC 'frienenemies' I said, "stay well." I know we all (at least I have) have been jonesing to read something from Cynique about the passing scene: “Welcome to 2020! I always knew things would catch up with this country, but I never imagined that I would be around to see it. Unlike some, however, i don't believe a conspiracy theory is at work via the new world order; the inevitable has just come to pass. I don't think the USA will ever be the same after this pandemic, and the shit is really gonna hit the fan come election time. But, whatever. I'll be doing good to even be around in November. So fa…

The Founders were the original pimps.

Why do I place more value on my personal experiences and observations than on statistics? Statistics and studies can be manipulated and fabricated; unless I'm drunk or high (which is extremely rare) my observations generally can't be. I understand that MY observations and experiences can't always be proved to others, however I take this position for my own personal satisfaction. Especially knowing how the racists love to manipulate figures, stats, numbers, and skew information to fit their agendas.

I thought he would have been in prison by now.

On. The. Sister. Wives. Show. A Black. Man. Has. Two. White. ,Sister ,Wives.. One. Of. The. White. Sister. Wives. Is. Pregnant. .They. All ,Seem. Happy. Together ,They. All. Sound. Happy. Together. ........Thinking. Of. Marcus. Garvey Poem. Wanting. To. Desert....Future. Of. Unity. Of. Black. Men. Is. Gloomy. .....

Baby Girl got her father shook! We know who Emily is bringing home for dinner once she's old enough. And what she saw is exactly what the rest of the world sees - and FEARS. So, let's flip the script here and recognize the power of the Black man. When a Black man speaks, everyone listens. I don't even know if we're aware of it. But I saw three women, powerhouses in publishing, all shut up when Troy, the only black person on the WSJ panel, started speaking. Image consultant and multimillionaire Kevin Samuels passed away last month and is still trending on Twitter. Women will take to the…

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I think Astrology is a soft science, that is only limited by its practitioners.

The AfroAmerican community is very divided but AfroAmerican males are EVEN MORE divided than the AfroAmerican community in general! The root of this division is the lack of a clear MORAL/ETHICAL CODE that exists among us. Simply put, most AfroAmerican men can't agree with eachother on what is RIGHT or WRONG morally or on how one should conduct themselves in society. And because of this we either go by our own OPINIONS or let OTHERS from outside of our demographic including Europeans, Arabs, or even AfroAmerican women whom we want to impress or sleep with influence our thinking and behavior.....and then often end up fighting with EACHOTHER over these externally cre…

Let me ask a provocative question..... What's wrong with a man being jealous and insecure? Not in a timid and scared way to the point that he doesn't take risks or chances. But in a protective and territorial way where he's generally on alert when other men come around and suspicious that they may try to push up on his woma(e)n or take his money. If a man should NOT think like this, WHY shouldn't he?

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…

@Stefan I remember you said in another thread we as AfroAmericans need to form coalitions and alliances with other groups as a political strategy but I forgot which thread it was. At any rate...... How are we gonna link up with other groups when we haven't even united (to a certain degree atleast) among OURSELVES first? AfroAmericans are one of the most divided demographics of this nation. Divided religiously, politically, socially, even sexually. There's even a massive divide and conflict between several GENERATIONS among our people....all pointing the finger and blaming eachother for current and past problems. When you're weak and suffering …

This well help you understand why people like @Delano and 40% of Americans, some very well "educated," are deniers of man made climate change and why those who believe the science not not moved to do anything about it. There are many videos and books on the subject of why people deny science. They explain why people reject the efficacy of vaccinations or even evolution. I've taken a keener interest in this subject recently because when trying to explain the downside of say an Amazon monopoly or the adverse effects Facebook's dominance of internet, I fail. I tend to come at people with data and facts. You really have to find some common ground an…

This is something that has been in the back of my mind for quite sometime, The issue jumped out at me while I was updating this page which includes the most recently reviewed movies I posted on the website. Below are the movie posters of three four of the last five film reviews I added to the website: It seems to me that there are far more interracial couples in film than there are Black couples. Further the interracial couples most often depicts a Black woman with a white man. Finally when a Brother is in a relationship with a sister, in film, the Brother is usually very dysfunctional. I have not attempted to collect data on this but I'd be willing t…