Culture, Race & Economy

A study recently said that 40% of people who live in nyc were born outside of nyc, that explains the problem, half of the people living in nyc don't know anything about new york city. And this connects to a larger problem, cause that percentage doesn't include people who immigrated from within the usa. To be blunt, my bloodline has lived in nyc for a long time and to those that like NYC in a general sense, this explains the problem with nyc of the past in parallel to nyc of today. People who live outside of NYC come from towns or smaller cities, in the usa or outside of it, or come from big cities that are culturally very different from nyc outside of it, and don't have …

************************************************************************************ Ronnie Wilson, who founded the influential funk group The Gap Band with his brothers, has passed away at age 73 Gap Band Founder Ronnie Wilson Has Passed ************************************************************************************

The failure of Black adults to Black children is the speech Black adults, whether parent or not, need to give to Black children. I explain myself in the status post linked below, please read my comments under the articles. https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2064&type=status

A friend had posted this so I am reposting it here, enjoy. https://curiousmindmagazine.com/mindful-habits-to-adopt/ Del

Of course the reason is the system of white racism. However, this video does offer a sensible overview of the differences. A Christian entity produced the video, but I think anyone can learn from it -- even @nels

What's compelling about Internet Forums is what every contributor has in common. Although most preface their statements with an obligatory "IMO", let's face it, nobody enters a discussion with the idea that what they post is wrong . And when everybody feels this way, the stage is set for dissent. Who really believes that those who contradict you, know what they're talking about? No one thinks what their adversary calls facts, are that reliable. Everyone secretly places great significance on their anecdotal evidence. Meanwhile, coming up with a rebuttal takes priority over giving close attention to what is being claimed by your opponent. Plus, how people react or overre…

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Senator John McCain says President Obama will turn America around at a Mitt Romney event and then corrects himself.

Our very own @Mel Hopkins has not one, but two articles in the September 2018 issue of Ebony Magazine! Congrats once again!

HUFFPOST News dentity Of Michael Cohen’s ‘Mystery’ Client Revealed Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, has represented Fox News’ Sean Hannity, a court hearing revealed Monday. Cohen’s lawyers exposed the identity of Cohen’s previously unnamed client in a courtroom in New York after the judge ordered them to do so. ... Hannity addressed the news on his radio show Monday, saying he had never officially retained Cohen as his attorney. @seanhannity "Michael Cohen has never represented me in any matter. I never retained him, received an invoice, or paid legal fees. I have occasionally had brief discussions with him …

WATCHING BLACK ATHLETES, CLEAR THAT JACKIE ROBINSON,ARTHUR ASHE AND MUHAMMED ALI DO NOT EXIST ANYMORE..THE HEISMAN TROPHY AWARD WILL BE ANNOUNCED, THE BAYLOR QUARTERBACK REMINDS ME OF THE EX REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HERMAN CAIN... BLACK PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES ARE BAD ENOUGH, THE BLACK ATHLETES THAT GO TO THE WHITE CONTROLLED RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS,ARE WORST OR AS BAD AS DRUG DEALERS AND PIMPS,DISGUSTING.....FUTURE OF BLACK MEN WITH A PRINCIPLE OF KWANZAA,MIND AND RESPECT FOR BLACK HISTORY IS GLOOMY........

When. Supporters. Of. Trump. Are. On. The. News. There. Are. Black ,People. There. ,Some. With. Signs. Saying. Black. People. For. Trump..,Will. Trump. Support. Herschel. Walker. To. Be. The ,Senator ?,.Pastor. Warnock. Just. As. Whacked. As. Herschel. Walker....,The,Democrats. White. And. Black. Support. Millions. Of,Dollars. To Help. White. Ukraine. ,Poor. Inner. City. Communities ,,Cannot. Get. A. Dime ...There. Is. A. Need. For. A. Black. ,Independent. Political. Party.. White. Democrats. Are. As Racist,As,The. Racist. White. Republicans.......If. Black. Democrats. Are. Giving. Money. To. Preachers. They. Should. Be. Voted. Out...

Norman Lear created the blueprint for sitcom TV: https://www.vulture.com/2023/12/remembrance-norman-lear-19222023.html Sanford & Son, The Jeffersons and Good Times were among Lear's most popular sitcoms. Those were the days of TV long before cable and syndication. Back in those days, folks had to wait weekly to watch those shows. Nowadays, TV shows can be pulled up on demand or watched as a marathon. Those TV shows were created a half-century ago. Time flies.😎

I will be the first person to my knowledge anywhere (television, online, ect….) to make the prediction that they will RE-OPEN the Jussie Smollett case sometime THIS YEAR and eventually declare him innocent and that he told the truth about his racial attack! So, not only did I make a prediction but I gave you a time frame. Now let's see what happens......

The above is a quote from Kelly Carter Jackson's book, We Refuse A Forceful History Of Black Resistance

ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL ,A SHOW CALLED NAKED AND AFRAID. A MAN AND A WOMAN IS NAKED ON A LOCATION FOR 3 WEEKS HAVE TO SURVIVE..THIS SEASON A BLACK MAN WILL BE WITH A WHITE WOMAN/PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THE SWAMP,AFRICA,,JUNGLES /KILLING AND EATING SNAKES.I WANT TO SEE WHAT THE BLACK MAN IS GOING TO DO FOR 3 WEEKS NAKED WITH A WHITE WOMAN TRYING TO SURVIVE...THE SHOW COMES ON SUNDAY NIGHTS ON DISCOVERY CHANNEL, DONT KNOW WHEN BLACK MAN WILL BE ON..SHOULD BE INTERESTING.I WONDERED WOULD A BLACK MAN AND WOMAN BE ON THERE.//////

Well, now that Spring has officially arrived replete with freezing temperatures and even snow flurries, instead of me feeling ready to emerge from the winter doldrums and take on the world with renewed vigor, i have little enthusiasm for what awaits outside my cave; an arena where i have lost interest in competing. A scenario that has degenerated into a mundane TV rerun of the past. A society that is a growing reflection of what i despise, populated by people who embody what i reject; not only Trump and his ilk, but insipid celebs in the entertainment industry, ubiquitous victims of religious mind control, the droning voices of a black community debating itself. Language,…

Ancient Confession Found: 'We Invented Jesus Christ' Biblical scholars will be appearing at the 'Covert Messiah' Conference at Conway Hall in London on the 19th of October to present this controversial discovery to the British public. London (PRWEB UK) 8 October 2013 American Biblical scholar Joseph Atwill will be appearing before the British public for the first time in London on the 19th of October to present a controversial new discovery: ancient confessions recently uncovered now prove, according to Atwill, that the New Testament was written by first-century Roman aristocrats and that they fabricated the entire story of Jesus Christ. His presentation will …

Honduras Caravan,Of,Immigrants,,. Are. Marching. Through. Mexico. . To. The,U.S. Border. To. Enter. The. U. S. . They. Want. Want. A. Lot. Of,Americans. Want,JOBS. And. A. Good. Living. The. Neo-NAZI Have,Been At The. U. S. ,Mexican Border. Am I The Only One,Feelig. A Race War,Civil War On , The Rise .Christian-Terrorist,Neo,NAZI ,Klan Want A Civil War. Some Black -People,Are,Against The Immigrants Coming In The U. S.,They,Want,What Black People. Want,JOBS,Comfortable Living......

Facebook, YouTube Overrun With Bogus Cancer-Treatment Claims Facebook and YouTube are being flooded with scientifically dubious and potentially harmful information about alternative cancer treatments, which sometimes gets viewed millions of times, a Wall Street Journal examination found. See More Coverage › Man, the Wall Street Journal really has my number. Above is the email I got today. Again another article I had to read. Unlike the Colin K sneaker story I shared yesterday, this is indeed newsworthy. But since it is in th…

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PATRISSE CULLORS NAMED FACULTY DIRECTOR OF NEW SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ARTS PRACTICE MFA PROGRAM AT PRESCOTT COLLEGE Prospective students will be able to complete the program online with an optional residency in LA at the Crenshaw Dairy Mart Today, Arizona’s Prescott College announced the unveiling of their new Social and Environmental Arts Practice MFA program helmed by Patrisse Cullors, artist, activist, educator/public speaker, Black Lives Matter Global Network co-founder, founder and chairperson of Reform L.A. Jails, as the Faculty Director. The program, strategically designed by Cullors and Prescott, is the first of its kind in the nation to focus a cur…

ON CNN NEWS, BLACK TEA PARTY HERMAN CAIN SAYS AGAIN, ANY OF THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WILL BE BETTER THAN PRESIDENT OBAMA..HERMAN CAIN SAYS AFTER THE PRESIDENT STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH THE TEA PARTY WANTS HIM TO SPEAK AGAINST THE PRESIDENT..THE SAME TEA PARTY THAT DID NOT WANT HIM ,HERMAN CAIN,TO BE THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CHOICE........./.

I got the following text today "Hi, Troy, it's Maria with MoveOn. We have the next seven weeks to finally send the Donald Trump presidency to its rightful place: the ash heap of history! Get your FREE limited-edition 2020 Blue Wave sticker [link removed]." I don't know "Maria" or hiw she got my number, but I've been getting variations of the message for a while. I block all the messages as I never signed up for text messages.... None of the messages explain why I should vote for Biden. I'd preffer some good reasons to go out my way to vote for Biden. Trump will win with this strategy, because people who are not hyoed on Biden are not g…

ON THE NEWS, 2 YEAR OLD BABY BIANCA IS MISSING..FATHER SAYS HE WAS CAR JACKED.POLICE DO NOT BELIEVE HIM....HE HAS A CRIMINAL RECORD,DRUGS,WEAPONS.NEWS SAYS HE FAILED POLYGRAPH TEST.IN MICHIGAN I THINK....MY QUESTIONS, DO THE BLACK CHURCH,BLACK POLITICIANS AND NAACP LOOK FOR MISSING BLACK CHILDREN/NO/. THE ONLY THING INTEREST THEM IS MONEY AND VOTES..ANOTHER QUESTION, WHY DO BLACK WOMEN GET INVOLVED WITH BLACK MEN WHEN THEY KNOW THE MEN ARE CRIMINALS/////....ALSO, ON THE NEWS SCIENTIST CREATED A VIRUS, VIRUS VERSION OF THE BIRD FLU,GENETICALLY ALTERED.MY WONDERING, IF SCIENTIST CAN CREATE A VIRUS, DID SCIENCE MINDS CREATE THE AIDS HIV VIRUS …

In 2022 I asked what is the most common action during Juneteenth. This year it occurred to me that while the Black community in the USA has known of the end of the war between the states since it happened and has praised it , wrote books about it, no celebration is unique to the Black community in the USA, in particular the DOS tribe. Now while it is sad that Juneteenth doesn't have a unique celebration for it after over one hundred and fifty years, talking with another privately, I realize the opportunity to create a unique celebration is present. So, I ask all black people, whether DOS or not. Any ideas for a unique celebration for Juneteenth? I kno…

“The Only One”, was a little self-produced book originally written 15 years ago, and in the process of updating and abridging it for the purpose of serialization, the result turned out to be quite different from the original version. Once I reunited with the characters via of them materializing in my imagination, they sat down with me and helped me re-tell their story. And what a surreal experience that was! I’m someone who sometimes thinks of herself as a young chick trapped in the body of an old hen, and it was exhilarating to stretch out and embrace the freedom of expression that the anonymity of cyberspace allowed me. As my alter-ego took over, I had a good tim…

Movie. Director. John. Singletons. Has. Died. Most. Known. Fir,His,Movie. Boyz In. The Hood. He. Was. The. First. African-American. Director. And. Youngest. To. Be. Nominated. For. A,Oscar-Award. He. Also. Made Poetic Justice And Higher ,Learning...He,Was,Influential. And A Industry. Pioneer.. .He ,Born,In,South Los Angeles..He Was A Talented Man....News,Said,He,Was 51...

Well, it looks like they have convinced Justice Stephen Breyer to retire before he pulls a RBG on the bench.😁 The POTUS has already said that his SCOTUS nominee will be a black female. Another historic milestone for our people here in America. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/26/politics/shortlist-breyer-replacement-supreme-court/index.html The link above shows the leading candidates for the nomination. Of course, I will be thrilled if/when one of our sistas is confirmed to the bench. Let's get it. 😎

Yesterday I was visiting a friend and I noticed a Black couple in a movie on his TV and asked him "what movie is that?" He told me the name of the flick which I promptly forgot, because he also said it was on Amazon Prime. I replied, "Well that is one movie I'm not watching, because Amazon is not getting a penny of my money." Generously, the Brother offered me his login, so when I got back home I logged in to see what Prime had to offer. The first thing that popped up was this brand new flick One Night in Miami, A fictionalized account of an evening that Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), Sam Cooke, Jim Brown, and Malcolm X spent with each other after Clay defeat…

I was on a website this morning whose stated mission is quoted in the subject of this post; "Our goal is to empower all Black communities to invest in one [an]other." I have added it to my site list Black-owned websites, but I could not help but think this site has prominent links to Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Pinterest social media platforms! Surely there are Black owned social media platforms we can promote.instead? @NubianFellow can you list a few Black owned social media platforms that provide a social sharing icon that can be used by web sites that purportedly invest and empower Black communities? At some point we…

Anti-lynching Act; Public Law No. 117-107 April 3, 2022 Family, It’s time for us to take a trip back down memory lane, educate ourselves and cease from falling for the banana in the tailpipe. Newsflash: This ‘Act’ is not about justice. It’s another tool by the politicians in Washington to get the collective “Black” community on the Democratic train. The question everyone in the community must ask themselves is ‘Why is Emmett Till’s name attached to the Anti-lynching Act when he was not lynched? The Democrats as well as the Republicans have used our ignorance on our history against us since the first Europeans arrived. Now is the time for us to start c…

https://www.blackenterprise.com/maryland-gov-wes-moore-vetoes-reparations-bill/ 1st Black Maryland governor Wes Moore vetoed a state bill to study reparations. Firstly, there's already been a few studies into reparations for America's original sin of slavery. The interesting part is nobody had to study other reparations i.e. Native Americans, Israel, Japan, Holocaust and Chinese Americans to name a few. Gov. Wes Moore is a rising star in the Democratic party. They may be grooming him for a 2028 POTUS bid. IMO, Gov. Moore is on a trajectory to be POTUS Barack Obama 2.0. Gov. Moore isn't going to do anything to u…

I meant to share this message when I first got it a couple of weeks ago. I got it through text messages and email from multiple sources. I’m surprised no one else posted it. Some sources only focused the boycott on a handful of businesses Amazon, McDonald’s, Walmart… if every black person on earth boycotted Amazon for one day, Amazon would not notice a difference— especially if those same people simply did delayed their purchases by one day. My initial reaction was that this won’t have an impact because it needs to be a sustained effort, basically one in which we stop supporting these businesses until they “give.” Which means we will proba…

Excerpted from the opinion section of today's the Wall Street Journal. @Mel Hopkins are there any standards for truth and accuracy in opinion pieces. If the following is true that's crazy. On April 20 we put out a press release titled “Aytu BioScience Signs Exclusive Global License with Cedars-Sinai for Potential Coronavirus Treatment.” The treatment is called Healight, and it was developed by research physicians at the hospital’s Medically Associated Science and Technology Program. The technology, which has been in development since 2016, uses ultraviolet light as an antimicrobial and is a promising potential treatment for Covid-19. Aytu and Ce…

Can a black man say he's a choir director without getting a strange look? Come on now, yawl saw Kat Williams in First Sunday. Can a black man say OH MY GOD, without receiving that same piercing glare? Isn't that a term reserved for chicks or white guys? And, instead of saying OMG, black men say, ain't that a bitch, don't they? Real black men wear a mustache don't they? I know there are those that like going O.J. all the way, but I would rather wear tighty whiteys than cut the hair off my lip. Can a black man say he doesn't watch any sports? That's blasphemy, isn't it? I don't know but it's ruff being a black man. See, I can't dunk a basketball and I've n…

BLACK RELIGION NETWORK CALLED THE WORD CHANNEL.. BLACK PREACHERS PREACHING. I WONDER DID ANY OF THEM TALK ABOUT CORRUPTION INSIDE THE CHURCH, BISHOP EDDIE LONG SEX SCANDAL, PREACHERS LIKE JESSE JACKSON, JAMAL BRYANT MARRIED, A MISTRESS,HA D A CHILD..PREACHER HENRY LYONS, MARRIED 3 TIMES,DIVORCED ,LOCKED UP FOR STEALING 4 MILLION DOLLARS.12 0R 13 YEARS AGO,LOCKED UP 5 YEARS.. PREACHERS WHO BEAT THEIR WIVES,AND KILL THEIR WIVES....A NEW SHOW ON TLC CHANNEL, CALLED PREACHERS WIVES. IT WAS SAID ON BLACK PLANET....WHITE PREACHER OLSTEEN ,MINISTRY ACCUSED OF CHILD MOLESTING...PREACHER APPOINT THEMSELVES TO THE PULPIT..MOST ARE A FRAUD.........

Independence Day for Native America By Helen Oliff | Published: July 4, 2011 The Fourth of July holiday inspires feelings of patriotism and freedom for many Americans. We tend to celebrate it with barbecues, picnics, and family gatherings over the long weekend. And thousands of people continue to leave their homelands to come to “the land of the free and the home of the brave” to live out the American dream. Do we ever stop to think how Independence Day might be for Native Americans? Indigenous peoples lived here free and independent for thousands of years before the United States of America was founded in 1776. This audio clip by American Public Mediacalled “…

Another mass shooting yesterday in Philadelphia at a 4th of July parade. The shooters were black men and 2 are now in custody and being charged with murder. At least 3 people were murdered and 2 police officers were injured. .At least 14 people were shot. The city mayor is calling the mass shooting outrageous, heartless, and brazen.

'Discharged from hospital to recuperate at home after a bout with covid flu. That was no fun. Interesting hospital experience, however. Tended by a flurry of nurses, many of whom were effusive gay men, along with Hispanic cha-chas, misled by my Spanish first name. Indian and Asian doctors, of course. Sistas shuffling round, tellin' me, "you gonna be OK, momma." A very interesting pecking order at this state of the art medical center right around the corner from where I live. Prognosis is OK, all things considered which means my age is a factor. Whatever. If anybody watched the Girot Awards on CBS last night, as black folk, we should've been encouraged! …

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TROY! HAVE A GOOD ONE.

I WONDERED WOULD THE U.S. HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED WITH WW 2 IF PEARL HARBOR WAS NOT ATTACKED.THE U.S. HAD NO IDEA WHAT HILER WAS DOING WITH THE JEWS../IT AMAZING THE U.S. GOT INVOLVED IN THE NUREMBERG TRIALS, SAYING HOW BAD HITLER WAS,THE U.S. AS VILE AND EVIL, MURDEROUS AS HITLER....U.S. BLACK SOLDIERS , TREATED LIKE THEY WERE NOTHING , I BELIEVE SOME WERE KILLED AFTER RETURNING ROM WW2...BLACK CHURCHES BOMBED, BURNED, LYNCHING AND HANGING OF BLACK PEOPLE, SCHOOLS SEGREGATED, ,COMMMUNITIES SEGREGATED...IT AMAZES ME HOW U.S. GOVERNMENT WAS AT THE NU…

So according to reports, Trump is supposed to be "arrested" and arraigned Tuesday. My question is, if he's planning on making some sort of speech Tuesday night he either: 1. Doesn't truly believe he'll be arrested or 2. Believes he'll be arrested but for some reason immediately released; which means his arrest was just a formality. I wonder is this the typical treatment of the "average" citizen who is formally charged with the same counts he's been charged with?

With Democrats like the Clintons, the Obamas, Joe Biden, Robert DeNiro, Eric Holder, Maxine Waters, the ex-CIA Director along with CNN all being recipients of mailed bombs, Trump has mounted his soap box and blamed the media for these threats to his enemies. He has totally absolved himself from any responsibility for the example he sets with the incendiary comments he posts on Twitter, - with whom he has a symbiotic relationship. All the Liberal pundits are warning that attacking The Press is a classic tactic of fascist dictators but 45 continues to scapegoat the media, all the while using Fox News to spread his unsubstantiated "facts". So, who is to blame for this Catc…

Black Men and the White Left http://www.counterpunch.org/reed09172010.html Why Some White Progressives Make Me Sick By ISHMAEL REED Ralph Ellison wrote his novel, “Invisible Man,” in an elliptical style because HUAC was breathing down the necks of black writers. Langston Hughes, appearing before the committee, had to renounce his left leaning pro-Soviet poetry. But stripped bare, Ellison’s book is about the left’s abandonment of the issue of housing foreclosures. Progressives of the day turned their attention to saving the Communist revolution abroad, under attack by German fascists. Ellison was furious about what he considered a betrayal. I thought a…

17, YEAR OLD BLACK TEEN KENDRICK JOHNSON BODY WAS FOUND ROLLED UP IN A WRESTLING MAT LAST JANUARY//.PICTURES OF HIM LOOKS LIKE HE WAS BEATEN UP/POLICE SAY A ACCIDENT.///HE GOT IN THE WRESTLING MAT AND ROLLED HIS SELF UP IN IT AND DIED, POLICE SAY//FAMILY AND FRIENDS DO NOT BELIEVE IT////LOOKS LIKE HE WAS BEAT UP AND WAS ROLLED UP IN THE WRESTLING MAT....THIS IN VALDOSTA GEORGIA, LOWNDES COUNTY///LOOK AT THE PICTURES OF HIM, HE WAS BEATEN UP/////

On Friday, 3 October, the judge gave Diddy 50 months in the penalty box and a $500k fine. Diddy has already served 12 months or so. Remains to be seen which federal penitentiary he will be confined. Wherever Diddy lands, the next 38 months or so will be a breeze compared to the detention center he's currently housed. There's also the outside possibility that POTUS OJ could pardon Diddy before he gets comfortable in the fed pen. From the trial circus to the melodramatic sentencing, Diddy will be free before the next election. No need to feel sorry for Diddy. He's still a rich Black man.😎

BLACK ENTERTAINER NICK CANNON TO PROMOTE HIS NEW ALBUM,SENT A INSTAGRAM WITH HIM IN WHITE FACED.HIS FACE WHITE HIM LOOKING LIKE A WHITE MAN, NICK CANNON SAID HE IS OFICIALLY WHITE...HE IS MARIED TO SINGER MARIAH CAREY.KANYE WEST WAS BAD ENOUGH SAYING HE NOW OWNS THE CONFEDERATE FLAG...HOW MANY MORE IDIOT BLACK ENTERTAINERS.... WRITER SHARAZAD ALI SAID SOME BLACK PEOPLE LIKE BEING WHITE, SO THEY TRY TO BE WHITE OR MARRY SOMEONE WHITE//////TANNING SALONS ARE POPULAR IN WHITE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WHITE PEOPLE WANT DARK SKIN SHE SAID///WHAT EVER......