Culture, Race & Economy

Mufasa has yet to come out but what can be gathered from the end of the year. The highest grossing films, top ten, made in 2024 were all continuations of a prior film in some fashion, and that includes mufasa, if it has similar financial results. The market outside the usa embraces cartoon films more. Films from the usa that display a distinctly usa cultural appeal don't have wings outside the usa. The far east asian [China/Taiwan/South Korea/Russian] market stands alone as a rival to the usa domestic market. To restate, a film can do well domestically in south korea/China/taiwan/russia and not do well outside either and be listed in the highest grossi…

This new term has popped up on YouTube. Sometimes it is Black people tired of BLACK People and other times it is White people tired of Black People. Of course I contributed my 2¢ ======================== This is So Funny! I was suffering from Black fatigue in the 60s. I was swapping science fiction books with White boys in high school while my mother was calling them "Something CRAZY!" When I was with IBM in the 80s a White man asked me why I wanted a computer at home. Around 1999 I was on Black Voices talking about Black people standardizing on Linux. Of course we can't talk about planned obsolescence…

I'm sure most of you have grown up seeing those public service announcements and commercials warning you of the dangers of drug use. How dangerous it and what it does to your brain and body. Remember the dude who used to crack open eggs and fry them in skillets talking about "this is your brain on drugs"....lol. I know that much of the drugs out on the streets are harmful and the negative effects and consequences are clearly observable. However one consequence or negative effect doesn't seem to be quite as observable: INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT. If routine drug abuse supposedly "fries" the brain and ruins it, why aren't most long term drug users retarded o…

HI I AM NEW HERE and i know that this topic was closed below but i has to say reply. http://www.thumperscorner.com/discus/messages/2152/6405.html i read many of the comments in here and when i look at this princess,she looks black too me,so i disagree with one of the posters saying she did not look black in the link above. second i do agree that most african americanslook african even if the average african american has some form of admixture.recent dna test sugggest that most african americans do not even have native american blood.that was a myth told over the years and the show african american lives talk about this awhile ago on pbs. sexond some afric…

LAST NIGHT ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL 2,EXPERTS WERE USING TECHNOLOGY TO FIND OUT IF THE SHROUD IS THE ORIGINAL SHROUD .THE SHROUD WAS WRAPPED AROUND JESUS AFTER HE WAS CRUCIFIED...FACE IMAGE WAS DARK,IMAGES OF LIMBS ARE LIGHT..STAINS ON SHROUD ARE BLOOD ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE TALKING....THE ORIGINAL SHROUD AFTER CENTURIES ,I DO NOT BELIEVE IT.....I SUPPOSE THEY WILL FIND NOAH'S ARK./////

Africa Must Produce or Perish Philip Emeagwali Imagine that it is May 25, 2063, the 100th anniversary of Africa Day, a day for reflecting on Africa's successes and failures. The newspaper headline announces, “Last Remaining Oilfield in West Africa's American Territory Dries Up.” The article continues: “The last patch of rainforest will soon be empty land scarred by oil pipelines, pumping stations, and natural gas refineries. Wholesale pollution will be the environmental legacy for future generations. “Africa's offshore oil reserves will ebb away. Abandoned oil wells could well become tourist attractions, and oil-boom settlements will be transformed int…

"The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America. I know this case has elicited strong passions. And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher. But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken. I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son. And as we do, we should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to widen the circle of compassion and understanding in our own communities. We should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on …

I grew up in a building that looked very much like the one shown in this animation. I clearly recall reasoning that Santa was fiction based upon the fact that we had no fire place from Santa to descend. The projects, however, actually do have chimneys. When I was a kid we would dump our trash down a chute where it was periodically incinerated and the noxious smoke was released through a chimney. Today they use compactors and God know where the smushed-up rubbish goes from there. I recall trying to explain my reasoning to another kid, in an attempt to dispel the myth of Kris Kringle. The kid simply would not believe me. Many years later, I heard the kid we…

De: info@kolakenya.org Enviada: Quinta-feira, 25 de Junho de 2015 11:26 Para: doninelli-pereira@bol.com.br Assunto: Copy of: Direct Free Speech novel needs translation Copy of: This is an enquiry e-mail via http://www.kolakenya.org/ from: Wellington Antonio Doninelli Pereira <doninelli-pereira@bol.com.br> I am a Brazilian writer of African ancestry I have a book I wish I could exchange for free amongst other African ancestry writers. It is written in Portuguese, free copyright, anybody can download and have it, I need a forum in which to post it and see if any American fellow writer can translate it into English. My free e-book: http://www.escritoresalagoanos.com…

I just posed this video unedited as I was anxious to read what Del thought. I'll be editing a more detailed presentation did at the First Reed Expo in Atlanta this weekend.

This Is A Pointless Topic. For The Black .Sheep,Who --.Follow,Corrupt Preachers,It Says In 1 Timothy 3:3 .In. -Choosing -A Church Leader,He Should Be Gentle,Not Violent -And Sober..Black .Preachers Beat Their Wives,3 Have Killed -Their Wives,They Have Children With Mistresses ,And Are -Motivated By Money..They Are Women Preachers Some Are As --,Corrupt As The The Men. They Buy Mansions And Cars -Instead Of Uplifting Communities. Black People Are Spiritually -Enslaved .Another Reason Black .Communities Are The Way -They Are..Most Preachers Should Not Speak Dr. Martin. Luther King Name....I'm. Not Religious ,,Preachers Have Control Of -Their Flock Like Jim Jones Had Ove…

Entertainer Jay Z Has A Twitter War With Racist Lunatic ,President Trump. Trump Says He Is The Reason There Is Low,Black Unemployment. Jay Z Upset With Trump Saying,Africa,Haiti And Emptiness Salvador Are S-Hole -,Countries.. .Trump Has A Problem With Rich Black People ..He ,Hates People Who Are Not White......Black Republicans On The,News Supporting Trump. Annoying..!!!!

During Black Classic Press's 40th Anniversary I had the pleasure of hearing Navasha Daya perform. I was teasing @harry brown in an earlier post by asking who buys music anymore. But I actually purchased Navasha's CD. One is the songs she performed really moved me. It speaks to the struggles of poor people. She is a Baltimore based community activist; her lyrics and music is influenced by people she meets -- pehras that is why it rings true to me.

In. Kentucky. A. Racist. White. Shot,Killed. 2,Elderly. Black. People. At,A. Grocery. Store. Before. The. Racist. White. Man. Shot. The. Elderly,Black,People,He Tried To. Enter A. Black Church,But The,Church. People Stopped Him From Getting In. What Happened,At The Charleston Church In,2015 Could Have Happened,In Kentucky... .All The. Terror. I,Said The Racist ,White,,Want A Race War, ..Then The Black On Black Murder Do,Not. Stop. Black Police. Officer Shot,Killed By A Stupid,Moron,Black. Male,Criminal...

My friend Too Black and I would like to know if you would be willing to share this video on your website. In this video, spoken word poet TOO BLACK and "THE BLACKS" (saxophonist Jared Thompson and drummer Clint Breeze) brings into question the subject of Black Identity and its relevance in today’s society. Throughout the years, the “Black Card” has taken on many different names in the African American community, the “Negro Membership Card,” “The Hood Pass,” The Ghetto Pass,” etc. but rarely do we ever question the requirements for obtaining this card nor do we wrestle with its significance. What is the “Black Card” and who deserves to have it? Is it even necessary to proj…

Many African Americans living along the banks of North Florida’s Suwannee River still refuse to eat catfish caught from its murky waters, knowing that these bottom feeders had at some point dined on the decaying corpses of their lynched relatives. This book chronicles how bolita, from its birth in segregationist Suwannee County in the 1930s to its death in the 1950s, led to Blood on the Suwannee. Bolita’s first casualty was the surreptitious murder of a prominent white bolita queen in the 1930s that inadvertently led to the expansion of bolita and bootleg liquor in the county. The second casualty—the untimely drowning death of fifteen-y…

….just a few years after Dr. King himself was killed.

Looks like an AfroAmerican young lady has thrown her hat into the ring: https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/10/trump-endorsed-kristina-karamo-leads-fundraising-among-republican-sos-candidates-but-trails-benson.html She's already been endorsed by the former POTUS. I doubt that she will become Michigan Secretary of State. But, I'd imagine the GOP will find a landing spot for her if she stays the course. 😎

if you or someone you know live in philadelphia pennsylvania , and want to have a creative sexy night, tonight!! go north to amber for the following event #grandmasplace if you are in harlem, manhattan, nyc, nys check it out , great place to get toys, especially with themes for Black children https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWBfoQaeebw The Talokanil and the Wakandans- One is a magical land of black people in Africa who didn't help the majority of other black people being annihilated by whites... the other is a magical land of indigenous people in America <continental> and didn't help the majority of other indigenous people being annihila…

From Movies That Move We Richard Murray's Corner Episode 1 The Blood of Jesus TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening, wherever you are listening. I am Richard Murray and this is the first episode in the series in Movies That Move We, I call Richard Murray's Corner. The goal of this series is to provide a talk on the oldest Black Cinema, cinema defined as film. I define , I define, you may concur or not, Black Cinema as films that have a majority of Black control or involvement in all aspects of creation. So , in this series, when I say Black Cinema I do not include things like video recordings of Porgy and Bess, a white written sto…

I've heard from many UFOlogists that said those who HAVE contacted some of these "extraterrestrials" said that one of their missions is to save human lives by preventing the use of nuclear weapons and preventing a nuclear war to break out. If that's true....and that's a major IF.....then some of my questions would be: 1. If they wanted to prevent nuclear weapons, why did they allow them to be invented in the first place? 2. If they wanted to prevent the USE of nuclear weapons, why did they allow the U.S. to drop them on Japan....twice? 3. Hell, even if you DON'T have nuclear weapons....millions upon millions of people have been killed by CONVENTIONAL w…

"Matthew Lawrence had a second chance at love with Chilli. 'I wouldn’t have been ready for this type of relationship in my early 20s. No way,' Lawrence, 45, exclusively told Us Weekly while discussing his upcoming Hallmark+ reality series, Second Chance Love. Lawrence and Chilli, 54, will serve as cohosts and executive producers for the show, which was filmed on location in Sardinia, Italy. Second Chance Love sees five couples reunite for a rare second chance with the one that got away. Lawrence and Chilli (real name Rozonda Thomas) bring an authentic perspective to the show, as they found love with each other after previously experiencing heartbreak in p…

blacks have been tricked to believe folks of color will be the major group by 2050,but the facts are most hispanics are white in america,most are not folks of color i have just learn. __________________________- White Americans are the largest racial group counted in the 2000 Census, comprising 75.1% of the population. This number is sometimes recorded as 77.1% when it includes about 2% of the population who self-identified as "white" in combination with one or more other races; about 6% also identified ethnically as Hispanic. The largest ethnic groups (by descent) among white Americans were Germans, followed by the Irish and the English. …

So you wanna talk Homer? Let’s Talk the Iliad. Which translation of the Iliad are you talking about? There are over 200. http://www.editoreric.com/greatlit/translations/Iliad.html The one I like now is Richmond Lattimore’s Translation http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226469409/editoreric-20 To wit Richmond Lattimore's acclaimed translation in 1965-7 tries to keep the long lines of the original Greek poetry. Homer used dactyllic hexameter, which is a dum-da-da rhythm with six dums to the line, and Lattimore struggles to at least fit the six stresses into each line. He also tries to stick closely to the Greek text. The result is…

@jrhow2/twitterThe republican attack on public sector union workers is also an attack on blacks. Black public sector union members are a key part of the black middle class. They are the teachers, the hospital workers, the garbage collectors, the social workers, the janitors, the secretaries. At a time when the economic ladder has been pulled out from under so many, we all have a stake in fighting for those still able to support the businesses, churches, and other institutions that sustain the life and vitality of black communities. I marched in my first picket line 50 years ago. None of can say we are too old, too tired, or too well-off to do what we have to do to keep ge…

Wowow, this is BIG news! Those in the mainstream media are really keeping this pretty quiet, but this is big, big, monumental (literally) news! http://www.huffingto..._n_1496120.html 05/07/2012 12:12 pm Updated: 05/08/2012 12:48 am Mt. Rushmore Site Should Be Returned To Indigenous Native American Tribes, U.N. Official Says South Dakota's Black Hills, home to the granite faces carved into Mt. Rushmore, should be restored as Native American tribal lands, a United Nations official recently said. James Anaya, a U.N. special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people, completed a fact-finding mission on Friday that included meetings with a n…

I find this info to be an interesting tid-bit because I am always fascinated with the idea of looking at things in a different way! Thrilled with Gabby's "flying squirrel" nickname? Not so much. The media always finds a way to compare black athletes to animals. Nuts to them!

HISPANIC REPUBLICANS UPSET BECAUSE PRESIDENT OBAMA SHAKING HANDS WITH FIDEL CASTRO'S BROTHER.SO WHAT////ARE THE HISPANIC REPUBLICANS UPSET WITH THE PATRIOT REPUBLICANS WHO SAY THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO STAND AT THE BORDER WITH LOADED GUNS, SHOOTING AT THE MEXICANS THAT COME INTO THE U.S./WERE THEY UPSET WITH GEORGE ZIMMERMAN GUNNING DOWN TRAYVON MARTIN//SOME REPUBLICANS TALK LIKE THEY WOULD LIKE THE MEXICANS IN THIS COUNTRY ROUNDED UP AND SENT BACK TO MEXICO////////ARE THE HISPANIC REPUBLICANS UPSET WITH RACIST VIDEO GAMES MADE IN THE U.S., IN VIDEO GAMES NEO NAZI TROOPS SHOOTING AT…

I'm a Black man, proudly black. I never wanted to live or work anywhere but among Black people. It is what I do now. But I really can't get so bent out of shape over the Confederate battle flag controversy. This media fueled-for-profit outrage does nothing to advance our cause. Before the recent mass murder in Charleston, I posted a photo of this flag which is flying quite prominently over I-95, in VA (see, "Confederate Flag Welcomes Drivers on I-95 to the South"). At the time, I searched for information about this flag, because it just seems so crazy that it would be on display so prominently--I mean it is a BIG-ass flag. I found some information about the flag, but…

Fallout continues from what stole the show at the recently BET awards telecast. The tributes to Prince by various artists were supposed to be the highlight of the night but their performances along with a surprise opening act appearance by Beyonce were all overshadowed when Jesse Williams, a featured actor on the hit TV show, "Greys Anatomy", was presented with a humanitarian award. His acceptance speech turned out to be what I'd describe as a kind of spoken word lament about - you guessed it - race in America. It was a very articulate and dynamic, not to mention provocative indictment of the white power structure, and it brought down the house. Pre…

I have been perusing my saved files containing material about accessing the akashic records, info which i now vaguely remember gleaning from the internet after a discussion about them on this board a long time ago. I am now pursuing the idea that these astral records, also known as "The Book of Life", are just waiting up there in The Universe to be downloaded into the computer of your psyche through meditation, introspection. and soul searching, and I have now become inspired to explore what, in my present incarnation, is influenced by my past existence. I suspect that i was a man in another life, and maybe a misogynistic one at that, because in this life. f…

It appears record executives have created another Nicki Minaj except this one, unlike any other female rapper of the past three decades, has a #1 Single on Billboard's "Hot 100." Arguably this achievement makes Cardi B the hottest female rapper today. Until an hour ago I never heard of Cardi B or this song. Educate2Empower, sent me the following email message. I don't know how I got on their mailing list, but given our recent, and similar conversation about Nicki Minaj, I figured I'd share their email here. Of course there will many who will argue that men have no say on the matter. This is the case of a powerful woman freely exhibiting her sexual…

North Carolina mom whose son, 1, was swept away in Florence floodwaters faces charges A North Carolina mother faces charges after her 1-year-old son was swept away and drowned in Florence floodwaters last month, police announced Monday. Dazia Ideah Lee, 20, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and driving on a closed or unopen highway, Union County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. Lee and her son, Kaiden Lee-Welch, were in a vehicle heading down North Carolina Highway 218 in New Salem in September when she drove around barricades and encountered floodwaters caused by Hurricane Florence. http://www.msn.co…

Troy, I saw this article in the AP and thought of you........

It is difficult reading, well it was for me. https://textureoftime.wordpress.com/2020/02/14/a-fractal-topology-of-time/

Who disputes this fact?

Now just...take a LOOK at this gloss-lipped Negro on here praising Donald Trump: He can BARELY read from the teleprompter ! You do seriously think he need to be in a Senate seat representing a U.S. state????? He needs to take some of that money and open up a hot dog or pizza restaurant chain and enjoy the rest of his retirement...lol

It has been reported that 10 inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail. 3 of the inmates have already been caught. They are offering a reward for the 7 escapees who remain on the lam: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/17/new-orleans-jail-escape-inmates-recaptured/83691551007/ Of course, the inmates had to have help from the inside to pull off the escape. I'd imagine several folks will be fired and possibly face charges when the dust settles. Whoever is throwing away their job in helping the escapees must have already have a healthy retirement fund.😁😎

Black People. In. Church. Christmas. Morning. ..What. Is. The. Sermon. Being. Preached. ? Black. Preachers. Preach. Christmas. Jesus. CRAP. Because. Of. Money. ..There. Is. NO. Proof. Someone. Named. Jesus. Existed. .NONE. NO. PROOF. ... Preachers. Worship. Money. . Congregation. Dancing. Singing ... Christianity. IS. A. SLAVE. CHAIN. . Generations. After. Generations. Worshipping. The. Bible. Made. Up. CRAP. Stories. ...Preachers. Do. Not. Preach. About. The. Bible. Supporting. Slavery. Sex. Slavery. Genocide. Ethnic. Cleansing. ,Exterminating. Races. Of. People. Rape. .. Because. Of. Money. .G…

I worked like a dog for him. I was standing on the mall inauguration day along with tens of thousands of others, thrilled at the prospect of the dawn of a new age. It was not simply that he was the first black man with a serious chance of being elected president. I would have been the first one in line to vote against a Clarence Thomas or a Michael Steele. He spoke in the language of a progressive who would fight to make the United States a fairer place—who would fight for universal health care, for public works programs that would put people back to work fixing road and bridges, for laws that would make it easier for workers to form unions and fight for their own rights,…

Should Mt. Rushmore be returned to indigenous Americans? Why or why not?

It was very difficult to watch NBC's coverage of the Olympics. If I had to look at Michael Phelps mother's mug for another second I probably would have lost it. So much time was spent on human interest instead of actual competition it was nerve racking. The were so fixated on trying to catch Orsoco in tears they did not even cover other athletes competing. Scores were unannounced -- few routines shown. Why so much coverage of beach volleyball? There is an twitter hashtag #nbcfail where people are venting over NBC's coverage. I have not read many of the tweets, they are not very interesting to me. What is interesting is that athletes are getting booted ou…

ON THE OXYGEN CHANNEL, A SHOW CALLED ALL MY BABIES MAMAS WAS PROTESTED.THE SHOW FEATURING RAPPER SHAWNTY LO,WHO HAS 11 CHILDREN WITH 10 WOMEN I THINK...IS THIS SOMETHING BLACK MEN ARE PROUD OF HAVING MANY CHILDREN WITH MANY WOMEN, THAT IS WHAT A MAN IS ,THEY THINK...IRRESPONSIBLE FATHERS..NAACP DOES NOT PROTEST BLACK PREACHERS HAVING CHILDREN WITH MISTRESSES.NAACP WORSHIPS JESSE JACKSON....3 BLACK PREACHERS IN PRISON FOR KILLING THEIR WIVES, BISHOP EDDIE LONG, NO ONE PROTESTED HIM SEXUALLY ROMANCING YOUNG BLACK BOYS.....BLACK WOMEN BEING DISRESPECTED, NAACP SEEMS NOT TO WANT A BLACK WOMAN TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP, NOT EVEN ASSASSINATED MEMBER MEDGER EVER'S WIFE MERLIE…

ANOTHER GREAT BLACK VOICE GONE...MAYA ANGELOU ALWAYS GAVE THANKS TO HER BLACK ANCESTORS, UNLIKE A LOT OF SUCCESSFUL BLACK PEOPLE,WHO THINK THEY GOT WHERE THEY ARE ON THERE ON//SOME OF HER POEMS ARE REALITY AT THIS MOMENT...STILL I RISE ,I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS..LIKE THE CAGED BIRD LONGING FOR FREEDOM, IN CAGE CONFINED.BLACK PEOPLE ARE SELF CONFINED , DETAINED.GANGS,DRUGS, IRRESPONSIBLE PARENTS, BLACK LEADERS,PREACHERS..YES THE WHITE SUPREMACY HAS NOT CHANGED A LOT.....BLACK MEN TRY TO CONTAINED BLACK WOMEN..POEM STILL I RISE, WHITE SUPREMACY CONTAINING BLACK PEOPLE IN OR…

Maybe it is just me, but I'll never understand why we so strongly believe the tools of the 1% will ever be instrumental in improving our situation. For example it is alarming how few in the online Black community are talking about TPP. Social media was ablaze when on non-issues like Rachel, or Obama's use of the n-word. But virtually quiet on TPP. In fact, I'm cynical enough to believe that Obama dropped the n-bomb and sang Amazing Grace just to divert attention from topics like TPP, which adversely affect all middle class and poor Americans--particularly Black people. At anyrate, TPP does not generate income for social media owners, so it will never be highlighted on …

I'm curious. Does anybody have any theories as to why i am so routinely in disagreement with Pioneer? I, myself, have no clue as to why most of the things he says invoke my opposition. This is not something i have to work at; my rejection is genuine and readily forthcoming when it comes to the majority of Pioneer's assertions, - as opposed to former poster, Chris Burns, who i always agreed with. Strange. i actually disliked former poster Sara as a person, and this fueled my compulsion to dismantle her deviousness. When it comes to Mel, her ideas are so fresh that what she says coaxes my approval. i have normal relationships with Troy and Del, either agreeing or di…

The promise of Facebook was to create a more open and connected world. But from the company’s failure to protect millions of users’ data, to the proliferation of “fake news” and disinformation, mounting crises have raised the question: Is Facebook more harmful than helpful? https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/facebook-dilemma/ Frontline has engaged in some old fashioned investigative journalism. If you regularly use Facebook these videos should be required viewing. I just watched the first episode and the things Facebook are knowingly doing exceeds my worse fears. I will delete -- not just suspend -- but delete my account as a result of w…

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