Culture, Race & Economy

"My God, the process of aging brings senility. My mind decays and forgetfulness of the things of yesterday has already begun. Feebleness has come and weakness grows. Childlike one sleeps all day. The eyes are dim and the ears are becoming deaf. The strength is being sapped. The mouth has grown silent and does not speak. The bones ache through and through. Good things now seem evil. The taste is gone. What old age does to people in evil is every thing. Thhe nose is clogged and does not breathe. It is painful even to stand or to sit. May your servant be authorized to use the status that old age affords to teach the hearers so as to tell them the words of those who have…

Shown below, is an actual letter that was sent to a bank by an 86 year old woman. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the New York Times. Dear Sir: I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which I endeavored to pay my plumber last month. By my calculations, three nanoseconds must have elapsed between his presenting the check and the arrival in my account of the funds needed to honor it.. I refer, of course, to the automatic monthly deposit of my entire pension, an arrangement which, I admit, has been in place for only eight years. You are to be commended for seizing that brief window of opportu…

Let me say from the jump, I'm not saying either of the two are guilty or innocent of what they are being accused of. I don't have enough SOLID FACTS to make an educated determination one way or the other on the matter. But the way so many AfroAmericans on social media are going after TD Jakes and Puff Daddy over alleged gay sex parties and freakish behavior is disturbing. One or two people start rumors and they spread like wildfire around the internet. Notice you don't see White or Asian people doing this exact same thing with White or Asian celebrities and ministers. No matter how many are started, they dismiss the rumors as crazy gossip until somethin…

Hey, Hoping all is well with you all. Wondering if any of my well-read folks belonging to this group can help me with a bit of dissertation research. Can anyone name a prominent African American writer, soldier, intellectual, athlete or entertainer from the south who experienced an epiphany after traveling/living outside the segregated south/US. Were they emboldened by newly found freedom elswhere? Did they go on to protest inequality in a monumental way? Especially interested in those figures who have published their experiences but fictional short stories or novels are useful too. Seeking names, authors and book titles. Blessings ; )

PRESIDENT OBAMA WANTS TO STOP PEOPLE FROM BUYING AUTOMATIC RIFLES,THAT RESEAMBLE MACHINE GUN, SHOOT LIKE MACHINE GUNS,I AGREE.BUT THIS WILL NOT STOP THE GUN VIOLENCE IN BLACK COMMUNITIES BY GANGS..IN CHICAGO LAST YEAR 500 PEOPLE KILLED, HOW MANY WERE BLACK KILLED BY GANGS....I DO NOT THINK GANGS ARE BUYING GUNS AT GUN STORES, WHERE ARE BLACK GANGS GETTING GUNS//.GUN VIOLENCE BY GANGS IN CHICAGO,PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE, NEWARK ,TRENTON AND DETROIT THE PRESIDENT GUN CONTROL PLAN WILL NOT STOP... . .//THE NAACP,BLACK POLITICIANS AND BLACK PREACHERS SHOULD BUY VIDEO CAMERAS AND VIDEO TAPE THE GANGS, PIMPS, THUGS AND DRUG SELLERS AND TELL…

Charleston. White. Says. Gang. Culture. Worse. Than. Slavery. ..Some. Agreed. With. Him. Some ,,Did. Not...The. Street. Gangs. ,,Have. Genocide. Black. Communities. For. 50. Years.....The. Same,,Racist. White. Evil. That. Enslaved. Our. Ancestors. Is. Dumping. Out. Drugs. And. Guns. For. Black. Genocide. In. Inner. City. Communities. ..Poverty. ,Poor. Schools. ,Taking Jobs. Out. The,,Cities. ..Black. Politicians ,NAACP. ,Black. Church. ,Black. Lives ,Matter. Do. Not. Care. About. Black. Genocide. ......The. Church. ,,Willie. Lynch. Letter. ,,And. How. To. Make. A. Negro. Christian ,,Religious. Instruction. For. The. Negro. Slave.. Religion. Enslaves. ,Black. People. E…

Heat flushed Natelegé Whaley’s body as she wrote a news article about the shooting by police that killed Breonna Taylor. Ms. Whaley, a journalist, figured she was tired. Then came the mental fog, digestive issues and blurred vision. When these seemingly separate issues snowballed into a panic attack and a trip to the emergency room in late May, Ms. Whaley, 31, who lives in Brooklyn, connected the dots. “I’m writing about the suffering of someone who looks like me,” she said. “We just keep going and going and going and going because we feel like that’s what we must do, and that’s not healthy.” Read the rest at the New York Times. --------------…

All the Hillary Haters are up in arms because the FBI gave her a pass in regard to the E-Mail controversy she was involved in. She wasn't found innocent but there wasn't enough hard evidence to indict and bring her to trial. Prosecutors wouldn't have had a concrete case against her. Apparently if Trump and all the Bernie die-hards had their way she should just be thrown in prison and denied her day in court. Yet another example of how emotional irrationality is fueling this election and how much each side is reacting to what the candidates have allegedly done instead of what they will possibly do if elected. If you believe Hillary Clinton is going to repeat the mistakes o…

Racist. Lunatic. President. Trump. Blames. The. Protesting. ,Looting -Rioting. On. The. Group. Antifa ,-Read. Antifa Protest. Racist. White-Groups Neo Nazi, KKK -And. Fascism. Trump. Wants. Them To. Be-Called. Terrorist. Trump. Supports. Neo. Nazi. With. Guns and --Torches in The Streets . Klan Wearing Klan Hoods Carrying -Guns-.Trump Wants A Race War. He Always Acts Like The-Furher-Adolf Hitler ...Heard On The News Neo Nazi We're Among The-Protesters ,Looting,Rioting... Preacher Barber Talking. About. The. Poor -Poor-Communitues,He. Not. Talking. About. Black. Preachers. Stealing -Millions. Of Dollars. Buying. Cars,Houses,Not. Trying. To.…

After watching the trailer, I'm not all that anxious to see this documentary. It is like being a war vet suffering from PTSD, and watching a grisly war movie. Over the past decade Manhattan has become a much nicer city. The image below shows the old meat packing district which used to be a freaking disaster. Today it is home to some of the most expensive real estate in the country. I don't get it, because I would definitely not want to live in the area. It is far too noisy and busy for my taste, but even for those with a desire to live there, the real estate is WAY out of proportion (think $1 million+ for a 1 bedroom and you still have to pay for mainten…

Andrew Jackson who currently on the $20 bill was a devil. Harriet Tubman would be a much better candidate. I understand some native American reservations don't use the currency. I pulled this image from a web site called http://huzlers.com/ it is such a crazy site. All of the stories are bogus, but they really do not read very differently that other so called news websites. That is what makes the website so funny, it is a parody of what news has become.

The ZiG is Zimbabwe's attempt to shake of the Effects of Western Interventionist Policies consisting of Currency Manipulation and 20 yrs of Sanctions. Slave driver the table has turn....B. Marley Zimbabwe Introduces New Gold Backed Currency To Tackle Inflation

So let me get this straight.................. The 2 race-soldiers** who SHOT our sister to death get to go free with no charges. But the 1 race-soldier** who discharged his weapon but DID NOT shoot our sister is the one who gets charged??? A damn joke. ** In the system of White Supremacy, Caucasians who put on any type of uniform and show a willingness and desire to harm people of color while in that uniform are NOT to be referred to as "police officers" because they have broken their oath and have disgraced their profession. They are to be referred to as what they really are.....SOLDIERS in the race-war waged by White Supremacy.…

YESTERDAY CHECKING CHANNELS, IFC CHANNEL R KELLY MARATHON .HIPHOP OPERA.I LOOKED 1 MINUTE THAT WAS ENOUGH. CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN, WHAT THAT WAS..HE IS SINGING OPERA, WITH BAD ACTING......HIPHOP OPERA,REALLY..///

I keep telling people that the hateful rhetoric and targeted violence mostly comes from ONE side of political divide. But some folks just don't wanna believe ... Meet the newest darling of the mass shooter spectrum. And who does he love? Trump of course. "America, America, the vile aim their guns at thee ..." https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1544084461276368896

Sometimes I'm glad I didn't go to college because I'm not sure I could tolerate the extremely strict rules this society has set for so-called professional at a corporate and national level. When I look at those in the media and national spotlight whether they are professionals in entertainment, politics, religion, etc.....it seems you have to be near PERFECT in your thinking, looks, performance, social relationships, and have a near spotless record going back to Kindergarten . "Mr Perfect" ????? When you look at the news, it's full of entertainers and politicians who were otherwise smart and attractive but mad…

Did the CIA Actually Sell Crack in the 1980s? | The War On Drugs Come on come on I see no changes wake up in the morning and I ask myself Is life worth living should I blast myself? I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black My stomach hurts so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch Cops give a damn about a negro Pull the trigger kill a nigga he's a hero Give the crack to the kids who the hell cares One less hungry mouth on the welfare First ship 'em dope and let 'em deal the brothers Give 'em guns step back watch 'em kill each other "It's time to fight back," that's what Huey said Two shots in the dark now Huey's dead I got love for my brother but…

... courtesy of my favorite racist spammer -- Unkel Ruckus. The funny thing is that I had to think a few seconds before I put 2-and-2 together to get the stupid joke. I didn't recognize any of the women.

The way it was described it reminded of the style of playwright I was in High School. I am about to watch this movie 🎥 now. I would love to get your feedback.

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…

Hoo boy, a lot of Conservatives, especially pro-war hawks, are not gonna like this development one bit: President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate retired four star Army General Lloyd Austin to become Defense Secretary. He'll be the first Black man to hold that role if approved by the U.S. Senate. Oh, yeah! I can hear the grousing and gnashing of teeth now. Onward and upward for our people! . . .

I don't want you to feel slighted, Chris, because Troy singled me out to comment on polio. So tell us any recollections you have about chicken pox, - that childhood scourage! I can hardly wait for you to share your memories with us.

It's becoming increasingly obvious that many influencers in these so-called "New Black Media" and "FBA" movements that have been springing up all over social media for the past several years are actually Republican shills masquerading as Black content creators of independent thought. As much as they speak about tangibles for our vote, Reparations, and celebration of our lineage....there are several things they all seem to have in common: 1. They almost never criticize President Trump or the Republican party 2. They constantly criticize the Democrat Party and Democratic politicians both White and Black 3. They are very much anti Black immigrant. It …

So long, too long! Beloved Brother Majek Fashek http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFQIwqxP_Xk&feature=related

On this saturday from 8-12 Houstons' ecotoneurban farm will host a farmers market. As a community one of the best ways to go back to our original/ indigenous way and take back our power from big businessis to support local farmers markets (and even better support our black owned farmers markets). Ecotone urban farm is located on the corner of st charles and holman street. This farm is a black owned non-profit organizationthat i volunteer for and regularly collaborate with. It was started by a lady Named Chef Tarsha who is in collbaroation with Deloyd Parker's shape community center to bring life back to houstons 3rd ward area and supply th…

https://sports.yahoo.com/oj-simpson-dead-at-76-after-battle-with-cancer-family-announces-153653507.html Former gridiron great OJ Simpson passed away from cancer at age 76. Regardless of the circus that his life became after football, OJ Simpson was one of the greatest football players of all time. 😎

Whaddup Fam......... I know it's been a minute. Martin Lawrence used to say: How yall feel ! So much has been going on, now you got this situation with Trump that I might stop by here and get into this weekend, I'm sure yall have covered it like gravy already. But on a similar topic, the Republican National Convention is going on this week and there's been a lot of talk of "family values", which is one of the main political tenets that Republicans CLAIM to support. We know it's a damn lie, but so many people around the nation...including people of color...believe it. At my job as well as elsewhere around the city, I've met so many Africans and…

From the Chrishayden FWYMM collection http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dSvXf0gATo

Two and a half years, Americans were left toiling, unlawfully – like slaves. 30 months in a timeless zone of what they knew; of what they were. For now, forget the ones that survived, for some died not knowing they were free, not knowing their children and grandchildren and great grandchildren have survived their plight. July 4th shall always be stained with the legacy of Juneteenth for that day ALL Americans became free…. I look back through American history, searching for something to grasp, to make me feel like an American. And it’s tough. I see slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, racist policies, the injustice system, the police states, inequality in housing…

BLACK MAN KILLED IN MISSISSIPPI BY KLAN...SOME BLACK PEOPLE THINK THIS HAS STOPPED.. THE BLACK RICH AND FAMOUS..COLLEGE ATHLETES THINK THERE ARE SOMETHING OTHER THAN BLACK.. ..

North Carolina Policemen Fired For Racist Rant--One Threatened to Slaughter Blacks--Caught on Tape These policemen are not new to their jobs but were employed for about 20 years! So much hate due to issues of Colorism is not new but today, this kind of news is front page! This government is showing this kind of predatory behavior on another level, but imo, it has always happened. Nevertheless, this recent news is sad because it is showing a new reported issue of the divide within the police force. There are White European policemen that obviously not in agreement with how Black people are being targeted and this kind of evil report affects them too. …

https://www.newsweek.com/kash-patel-contradicts-donald-trumps-claim-about-fbi-on-january-6-10793817 Looks like the current administration wants relitigate the Jan. 6th insurrection. Every American with a TV and/or internet access saw what happened that day. It is amazing that in this day and age two people can look at the same thing and draw different conclusions. Folks were assaulting law enforcement officers and defacing and vandalizing the US Capitol. Once inside the Capitol building, these people continued desecrating the place. One of the rioters ended up getting shot and killed. A law endorseme…

New Zealand woman sells souls to highest bidder Mon Mar 8, 11:33 pm ET WELLINGTON, New Zealand – The rare spirits that went under the gavel at a recent online auction in New Zealand weren't aged brandies or hard-to-find liqueurs. Instead, two glass vials purportedly containing the ghosts of two dead people sold for $2,830 New Zealand dollars ($1,983) at an auction that ended Monday night. The "ghosts" were put up for bidding by Avie Woodbury from the southern city of Christchurch. She said they were captured in her house and stored in glass vials with stoppers and dipped in holy water, which she says "dulls the spirits' energy." She said they were…

President Obama just recently returned to Chicago to attend the 50th birthday party that doubled as a fund raiser. 3 million dollars was the take and it will go toward a re-election campaign with the goal of giving him another 4 years to extricate himself from the failure that came with the territory he inherited. In other words he's becoming preoccupied with winning another 4 years to chase his tail. The claim is constantly being made that racism is what is thwarting Obama's effectiveness as President. I most certainly agree. Which is why he shouldn't run for a second term. It'll just be more of the same. If he truly cares about change, he should take on a differen…

HEARD ON THE NEWS THE REPUBLICANS WERE PLANNING THE SHUT DOWN 2 YEARS AGO/ THE HATRED SO DEEP FOR THE BLACK PRESIDENT..THE TEA PARTY, ,REPUBLICANS BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT WAS BORN IN AFRICA....BIRTH CERTIFICATE WAS FORGED///WHERE ARE THE BLACK REPUBLICANS HERMAN CAIN, TEA PARTY FAVORITE MINORITY DR. BEN CARSON//DO THEY BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT WAS BORN IN AFRICA, BIRTH CERTIFICATE WAS FORGED..//THE BLACK REPUBLICAN- CHURCHES//////..THE REPUBLICANS SMILING ON THE NEWS AMIDST THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN...OH THE SPAWNS OF SATAN...///

People need to understand the difference between a MOVEMENT and a CAMPAIGN Movements promote specific agendas with clearer goals (be they good or bad) than campaigns which pretty much parrot partisan rhetoric. Movements tend to be more grassroots oriented, wholistic, and longer lasting, than campaigns. While campaigns typically last less than 4 years, movements can span DECADES. Think.... CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WOMEN'S MOVEMENT LABOR MOVEMENT While a campaign is designed to change the POLITICAL direction of a nation, a Movement is designed to and can change not only the entire political landscape but t…

IMO, the dearth of intellectually heavy television and theatrical productions that (can and / or would) showcase and highlight the true and potentially enormous cerebral capacity and economic and social depth of the black community at large, only serves to perpetuate the adverse black-focused stereotype(s) of crime, sexualization, drugs, guns and worse, that are constantly promoted by the mainstream media, big tech, and other select(ed) segments of corporate America. Thoughts and perspectives? Some references, for general information only... https://www.indiewire.com/2021/07/tv-shows-black-bipoc-creators-2021-2022-list-1234640512/ …

I can go on a rant about sport agents or media agents, in the music industry or fashion industry for example, and how they destroy people. But, what say you? is it needed? https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1914&type=status

When there was no Washington DC, the powers that be wanted to form a new federal government that was to be a separate entity from any of the state governments. The feds were to deal with foreign business and leave the states to conduct their own business. Many of the states didn’t go for that, but they got tossed a bone so juicy they couldn’t refuse the offer . First, in exchange for a portion of land from Virginia, and an equal portion from Maryland to establish the new capital in Washington, the federal government agreed to absorb all the debts of the states who all owed money to foreign bankers in Europe which the states used for road construction, schools, h…

The above message is one of the many making the rounds on Facebook pages and the e-mail circuit. Invariably, it is met with approval and a chorus of “amens“. Me, I ask myself why do people trivalize "god" as some kind of petty old man who pits people against each other, picking and choosing who he's going to let gloat, deciding which ones he will allow to survive a plane crash, or win an award or defeat the other team. Is God really on the side of the person or group or country that happens get what they want at the expense of those who have their hopes dashed or lives ended? Any god that's gonna promise me an alternate to revenge by letting me enjoy the suffering of some…

I've been told multiple times that I sound like a white girl( because of a "girly voice") or that I sound educated. I don't really take it as an insult because it's not always meant that way but sometimes it is. I find it troubling that black people think a black woman with a feminine voice sounds white...??? Like??? Or that I sound educated because I sound white to them??? Hmm??? I didn't grow up around white people nor am I college educated, so this how I know people are unapologetically biased against their own. 🙂

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News. Says. Navy. Ship. Will. Be. Named. After. John. Lewis. ....I,Believe. Yesterday. Was. 1 Year. Since. His. Death. News. Says,Tennis. Star. Coco. Gauff Out. Of. The. Olympics. Because. Of,Coronavirus .. Hope. She. Gets. Better....

With more than a billion people spread across 54 countries speaking more than 3,000 languages, Africa cannot -- and should not -- be limited to a single narrative. Africa Straight Up is a more complete story about Africa and its diaspora. http://www.africa.com

IN 1909 I THINK, BLACK AMERICAN MATTHEW A. HENSON ACCOMPANIED EXPLORER ROBERT PEARY ON A U.S. EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH POLE.IN APRIL 1909..IN 2000,NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY IN POSTHUMOUSLY , GAVE A THEIR HIGHEST HONOR A HUBBARD AWARD MEDAL TO HENSON..HIS GREAT NIECE ACCEPTED THE AWARD FOR HIM..MATTHEW HENSON EARTH CONSERVATORY CENTER IN WASHINGTON D.C.///.MORE BLACK HISTORY LESS RICH AND FAMOUS .......THOSE WHO SLITHER THEMSELVES ON STAGE TO GET AWARDS BUT DO NOT MARCH AND PROTEST,IF NOT FOR THAT YEARS AGO THEY WOULD NOT BE WHERE THEY ARE HAVE THE MILIONS THEY HAVE....WE SHOULD PROTEST THE AWARD SHOWS......NAACP,ESSENCE AND TRUMPET.../

************************************************************************************ This really could happen to ANYONE!!! U.S. cops have killed 400 people who weren't wielding knife or gun during traffic stops in last five years: Study finds many of these police interactions occurred in municipalities that rely on ticket revenue U.S. Police Have Killed 400 People During Traffic Stops In Last Five Years ************************************************************************************

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…

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Better order an extra drink when ordering that KFC fried chicken leg or fast food burgers might if you’re in Alabama. Might make swallowing your meal easier after you read this nonsense. Prisoner and labor groups have filed a federal class action lawsuit to dismantle the forced prison labor system in the Yellowhammer State, which generates $450 million a year by leasing prisoners to McDonald’s, KFC, Burger King and Wendy’s, according to Zane McNeil of Truthout.org. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, seeks compensation for folks exploited by the state’s prison labor system. Now, despite a 2015 state law requiri…