Culture, Race & Economy

************************************************************************************ ICYMI, this is in the news today: U.S. Ramps Up Plan to Expel Haitian Migrants Gathered in Texas I live on the U.S./Mexico border so I'm not thrilled about what is going on with unknown people coming here from who knows where being shipped all over the nation, with many of them remaining in my local area. One of the reasons I don't like it is because of the criminal elements, there's enough crime already going on here without importing more people who are in survival mode, who don't have any other option than to resort…

Open pulpit to all, speak your peace, I will not reply to this post. But I do offer another question. Garvey didn't think the black community's betterment was living aside whites. Has time proven him right? if you want to have a dialog with me, you can read my thougts to garvey's vision https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1780&type=status

Read. Millions. Of. Donation. Money. Black. Lives. Matters. Received ,,,Millions. Were. Spent. On. A. New. House. ??? Where. Did. All., The,Millions. Of. Donation. Money. Go. ? Who. Was. Over. All. The,Money. Being. Received. ?? .Black. Athletes. Entertainers. ,If,They. Gave. Money. They. Did. Not. Know. Where. Their. Money. ,Was. Going. ?? Black. Lives. Matter. Did. They. Divided. The. ,Money,Up. And. Steal. It. ???? The. Money. Could. Have. Help, ,,Start Black. Businesses. ,Scholarships ,Uplift. Poor. Black. ,,Communities......!!!

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After 100+ Complaints Made an Ohio Judge Was Finally Removed This video came up on my channel a few days ago from Pink Book Lessons blog. Besides my own experience, I never would have imagined that a judge would be allowed to carry on in this manner. But then, she may have learned from watching other White judges who have gotten away with bad behavior and thought that she could do the same type of behavior with no recourse. _____________________________ … to set up a reward system for bad behavior whereby Black people are rewarded to continue to foster Black oppression even to their own detriment … The question should be as…

Part of me always will believe that certain unconscionable individuals mostly remain insulated from the resultant violence, but enjoy the money made from the trafficking of guns. It's our young people who are being slaughtered continuously and relentlessly.

Senators are skeptical of Trump's call for a bipartisan deal on Dreamers MmmmHmmmm...... Already Trump is showing signs of back pedaling on his mass deportation program. If he was willing to make a deal on the "Dreamers" who are also in this country illegally, why didn't he mention this when he was running? Why did he talk nothing but DEPORTATION, DEPORTATION, and MASS DEPORTATION when he was running, but now as he gets closer to stepping into the Whitehouse...all of a sudden he want to compromise? I told people about this shit.

“There is no such thing as a race.” —Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Author, Historian, Educator @Pioneer1 and anyone else who might reject the so-called "white man's science" and continue hold on to the concept of race. Perhaps you will consider the words of Dr. Clarke.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/business/trump-sues-irs-for-usd10-billion POTUS OJ, the head of US government is suing the IRS for $10 billion dollars. The fed allegedly leaked his tax returns. Nevermind that POTUS OJ spent many years ducking & dodging release of his tax returns. Claimed his were more complicated than everybody else's. The fact is that POTUS OJ paid less than $1 thousand dollars in fededal taxes against a supposed worth of billions of dollars. Nonetheless, here is yet another grift by sitting POTUS OJ. It ties back to his grievance; revenge & retribution tour. The main thing is that POTUS…

am i the only one who was sick to their stomach watching that DISGUSTINGLY obese "female", who played precious, sit there at the oscars, grinning from ear to ear? she should be ashamed of herself that she is SO dam fat, and unattractive. ofcourse everyne has to act like they don't see just how DANGEROUSLY unhealthy she really is, so they just shower her with "praise". oprah was on stage just glowing about how wonderful this 450 pound black girl is. very sad and pathetic. the girl is really unhealthy, and disgusting looking, but fake hollywood MUST shower the most pathetic types with this false praise. this girls family should be ashamed as sh…

As I returned to my apartment for the evening, I chanced to come across some new tenants a woman and her small children sitting on the porch.. All three of them, even the little kids (especially them) looked as though somebody had "whupped them with an ugly stick" I spoke to them. They all looked at me evilly. Hmphhh, I hmpph entering my crib. They didn't look too friendly. I likes my colored folks happy and smilin'. Must be mad because they woke up black this morning. Probably blaming all their troubles on the white man. Probably the woman's fault. You know how Black women is, those dusky servants of Satan. I was going on about this when another te…

With everything that’s going on today, it’s hard not to wonder about the future of Planet Earth, in general, and the USA, in particular. Throughout the world, governments are toppling and those populations that are not protesting are the ones that are starving to death. Whether tropical or urban, jungles are crawling with violence and crime. The debacle occurring in Washington between 2 teams of grown men masquerading as responsible law makers is a disgrace. With all of them grandstanding, hoping their votes will ensure their re-elections, a mockery is being made of government while politics continues to be an unfunny joke. Making matters worse in America is …

I love the idea of space exploration and would like to go into outer-space myself. When the US landed a SUV sized vehicle on Mars I could not help but be impressed by the ingenuity, creativity, concerted effort, time and money that went into the project. Like landing on he moon it was yet more evidence that given the resources and the commitment there is very little man can accomplish. So then, why are some many problems, which are much easier to solve, than placing a mobile laboratory on the Red Planet allowed to fester while people die, stuffer and loose their minds as a result? Of course given on the crop down here on planet Earth I could not help but be remi…

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I cannot stand seeing young girls with something that's not theirs, like I'm not all for wearing hair pieces, i believe in wearing your hair natural. and i wear mines natual all the time, mostly in a Afro, every now and then i would wear my hair in box braids. and some people tried urging me to get a perm, but I'm not doing that, I'm loving my tight curls, i really think, that, wearing hair pieces and perms are a way for the white man to make sure that young black women not to embrace their natural appearance. i think that all young African American women should wear their hair with out perms and hair pieces that's just something i believe in i was watching a debate on t…

You know you've reached a certain level of prominence when racists relentlessly attack you. I had to delete scores of comments on 4 different websites. In some perverse way I feel bad for these folks who vent the racist hatred. Some white folks are angry but they have no clue who the enemy is. Black people were never under any illusions--sure we gun each other down in the streets from time to time, but at the end of the day most of appreciate who the oppressor is. It is not the good 'old boy on the other side of the tracks --any more than it is a rival gang member of the other side of town. Image being a white man in America seeing jobs sold overseas…

Things are really heating up in Cleveland. Latest trending topic sending the media into a frenzy, is the blatant plagiarism committed by Melania Trump, who in her speech at the Republican convention, lifted lines verbatim from a previous speech by Michelle Obama wherein the first lady made references to the ethical values that she shared with her husband, Barack. Melania's faux pas has proven to be a great distraction and Republicans are trying hard to blow it off while the talking heads covering the convention, not to mention gleeful Democrats, and Twitter tweeters are having a field day over this gaffe. Not hard to imagine that all this is a sign of things to come. …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION NAMES MOONLIGHT THE TOP FILM OF HISTORIC 2016 QUEEN SUGAR NAMED THE TOP TV SHOW Denzel Washington, Ruth Negga, Mahershala Ali and Viola Davis Receive Acting Wins from the Nation’s Premiere Black Critics Group Ava DuVernay's 13th and Beyonce's Lemonade also take key honors AWARDS GALA WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE TAGLYAN COMPLEX IN LOS ANGELES FEBRUARY 9th AT 9PM ET/ 6 PM PT Los Angeles, CA (December 13, 2016) – Movies, documentaries and TV shows about the black experience were in abundance in 2016 making it a truly historic year in terms of the number of movies, documentaries and TV s…

Ta-Nehisi Coates, who moved his family to Paris, says it's not much different than living in America meaning there are the same challenges w/ racism but not worse. After visiting more than 20 countries over the last 8 years - America is NOT the best place for black people; it's just familiar. I lived in Germany growing up went to school there and remember having a good life. I like Italy but not every black woman has the same experience I've had there. Canada, Peru and Argentina felt welcoming to me, especially Miraflores, Lima Peru and I spent a lot of time there. People seem better educated in Canada but their News Media doesn't dumb down reports either. Argent…

You all bring so much passion and fire to your posts! I appreciate ALL of your words and look forward to seeing many more thought provoking posts such as the ones I've read. I really do mean it when I say I appreciate ALL thoughts, not just some. Watching the opposition between ideas sharpens me and makes me even more desirous to fall back and detach from views that could be debated all day long. Bottom line, 99% of what we know we get from methods we cannot personally confirm. It's a sad truth. But it is what it is. I lay wait like a lion in the bushes for new information to guide us to truths. Stay lively and keep bringing the fire! …

Chicago. Street. Gangs, News. Says,21. People. Shot,2 Dead,I. Think. Past. Weekend. Some. Black. Males. In. Gangs,Are 2nd ,3rd. Generations. In. Gangs,Black. Man. Said. On. The. News..High. unemployment .. As. Church. Preachers. Drive,In. Rich. Cars,Bentleys,Merceds Benz ,Lexus,Preacher. Creflo -Dollar, Had. 2. Rolls. Royce Cars,I. Think. T. D. Jake's ,Private,Jet. Preachers. Do. Not. Care. About. Children,Poor,Communities ..Politicians,NAACP,,Preachers ,Controlling. Black. Votes,Wanting. Black. People. Money,Church. Money. United. Could. Help. Start. Black. Businesses ....Send. Black. Children. To. College. From. Poor,Inner. City. Schools. We. Need. Black. Leade…

I hate the fact that Black people are resistant when it comes to spending money with Black people. The problem is embedded deep within our culture and I notice certain social behavior that appears to be prevalent among all Black societies everywhere on the planet that I know of. There is a basic flaw that Black people have about doing business with their people. Of the biggest flaw I notice, it is being disingenuous when it comes to finance. I kind of feel like the Hotep community has become a playground for conscious pimps who are set at exploiting the Black community for money and personal gain. It's not cute. As a result, you have certain platforms that app…

News. Says. New. York. White. Police. Officer. Fired. For. Using. A ,Deadly. Choke. Hold. On Eric. Garner,Killing. Him.. Surprised.. Amazed. It. Took. This. Long. White. Police Are Not Asked By White News,Media Why They Do Not Fear Neo Nazi When They Have,Guns, KLAN Wearing Klan Hoods With Rifles....News Media ,Not,Talking About Racist White Police Fired For Being. Klan Members, Passed 10- Years...Black Police Are Silent...

I think this film is worth watching. Maybe more of us will consider deleting our social media accounts... We tweet, we like, and we share— but what are the consequences of our growing dependence on social media? As digital platforms increasingly become a lifeline to stay connected, Silicon Valley insiders reveal how social media is reprogramming civilization by exposing what’s hiding on the other side of your screen. The world has long recognized the positive applications of social media, from its role in empowering protesters to speak out against oppression during the Arab Spring uprisings almost a decade ago, to serving an inst…

For starters: I'm Black American... My grandfather's grandma was an Ashkenazi Jewish woman from Lithuania. I started an ancestry journey and discovered this after so many people kept asking me, "What are you?" for the longest time. The question always threw me off because I never identified and saw myself as anything other than Black. But even in NYC, where diversity is nothing new...people would question my origins. At first I just thought it was because I have wavy hair. But when people began pointing out other things like my bone structure, undertones of my skin, etc. I was like OK maybe there is something in my family's past that I don't know …

Difference. Between. Black. Holocaust. ,Jewish. Holocaust. ..The,Jewish. Have. Unity. ,Not. Continuing. Their. Holocaust. Themselves. Jewish. Leaders. Involved. In. Their. Community ..Black,Preachers. Steal. Church. Money. Buying. Cars. Mansions,,Saying. God. Blessed. Them. .They. Stole. Money. ....,Black. Political. Controlling. Black. Votes. So. They. Don't. Live. In,,Poor Black. Communities. ,Sending. Their. Children. To. Better ,Schools. ,College. ..Preachers. In. Prison. For. Raping. Children ,,Murdering. Their. Wives. ,Stealing. Millions. Of. Church. Money,,Caught. With. Prostitutes ,,Pastor. Warnock. Trying. To. Get,,Reelected. Not. Talking. About. Preachers. Ra…

On. YouTube. Malcolm. X. Said. If. White. Immigrants. Can. Come. To,This. Country. And. Put. Their. Money. Together. And. Create ,Businesses. In. Their. Community. We. Should. Be. Able. To. Do. It....The. Church. Preachers. Steal. All. The. Church Money. To. Buy,Cars. And. Houses. ..They. Do. Not. Care. About. Black. ,Communities. Including. Preacher. Farrakhan,Warnock ,T. D. Snakes,Creflo Cash flow Dollar. .NAACP. Black Politicians. ,Cannot,Trust. ,,What. Did. Black. Lives. Matter Do,. With. The. 90 - Million,Dollars. They. Got. ? Did They. Help. Start. Black. Businesses ? Help. Black. Farmers. ? Black. Democrats. And. The,Black. Democratic. House. Speaker. Afra…

The 4th of JULY 2023 Celebrations--Why Should We Celebrate? I wonder how many African Americans are observing this holiday. For me, I like to come to communities like this and search for other input and try to learn more about this amazing time period in history. So I will pose these questions: What are the main causes that led up to the American Revolution? And, What was the first colony to practice slavery? Some of the information presented today, I do not remember learning when I was young and in school. It was not until I went to college, that for the first time, I heard that one of the…

I've Never had the desire to be woman. I love being a man. Being a man (and a boy ofcourse...lol) has been what I know since birth, so I know how that feels. However, from time to time I've been very curious about how women think....lol. How do they arrive at the conclusions they arrive. How do they make their decisions. When they see and interact with men, what goes through their minds. I ask these questions from time to time but what inspired me to do a threat on it was a video I just watched where a sista was talking about transgendered people and she said if she saw a man coming up into the women's bathroom she'd run and look for the cl…

The Cellist states something few state, London has no toll to get into the city so when they did congestion pricing that was the first toll into London. New York City is full of tolls. And the comparisons to Singapore which is a wealthy city state, or stocklhom which is the only city in a low populace country full of natural resources, are dysfunctional to new York city which is the largest city in a country with over three hundred million people. And Oren Barzilay admitted that EMS workers live in shelters, they are not on welfare, but they don't make enough to live outside the shelters. ... What are my points? 1) no two places in humanity are financ…

This was article emailed to me today. As I mentioned in another conversation, I have not been following the nonsense between Trump and Musk. However, I did read this article and found it very funny. The word "lickspittle" made me laugh out loud. I never read the word lickspittle before, but it certainly not something you wanna be LOL! (Nathan Howard/Reuters) When the end finally came, it was spectacular. Two narcissistic bullies, enjoying a marriage of diminishing convenience, finally decided to stop lying about each other. The point of no return was reached when Musk effectively accused President Trump of raping underage girls. Of cour…

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Has anybody not seen this hilarious video?? http://youtu.be/-qv7k2_lc0M Check out the below commentary on the Arizona governor finger-pointing incident. 1.) He is the President. She is being disrespectful. As hell. Period. Point Blank. End of Discussion. 2.) White privilege conditions white people not to see white rage. However, it makes them hyper-aware of Black threat. Newt Gingrich is white rage personified. And for it, he gets loads of applause. So is Jan Brewer, but usually we think of white rage in masculine terms. Gender stereotypes condition us not to see white women as being capable of this kind of dangerous emotional ou…

Pan-Africanism: Reality or Myth? by Playthell Benjamin Read the entire article One of the things that interest me most is the persistence of certain ideas in Afro-American thought. They are transmuted and refashioned to suit the particulars of the era, but some fundamental concepts persists none-the-less. One of these ideas is Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism, which has been called different things at different periods of our history. One of the fundamental things that distinguish human beings from other animals over whom we rule is the gift of language, learning, and the ability to construct a narrative i.e. tell a story....Read the entire article

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I BELIEVE BOTH DELANY SISTERS LIVED TO BE OVER A 100 YEARS OLD..THEY WERE DAUGHTERS OF A FORMER SLAVE.BOTH WERE CIVIL RIGHTS PIONEERS/SADIE RECEIVED HER BACHELOR AND MASTERS DEGREE.SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK TO TEACH DOMESTIC SCIENCE..BESSIE WAS THE 2ND BLACK WOMAN LICENSE TO PRACTICE DENTISTRY..THEY ENCOUNTERED RACISM AND SEXISM...THEY NEVER GOT MARRIED,THEY SAID THEY DID NOT WANT A HUSBAND TO WORRY THEM TO DEATH//BESSIE DIED IN 1995,SADIE IN 2000.A MOVIE WAS ON ABOUT THEM TUESDAY STARRING RUBY DEE AND DIANE CAROLL-.BOOK ABOUT THEM CALLED,HAVING OUR SAY,FIRST 100 YEARS... THEY WERE INTELLIGENT STRONG BLACK WOMEN.THAT HAS…

In an interview with our very own Kam Williams, Dr. Julianne Malveaux said Obama's image as a community organizer in Chicago might be more a “manufactured mythology” than reality. Read the detail in her book. Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy

....an American! A bonafied, real life, flesh-n-blood, U.S. Citizen. For the U.S. Constitution tells you so: 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States -Amendment 14 http://constitutionus.com/

Women C.E.O.s and founders of color make up a small portion of entrepreneurs who have reached the top. Each one of the women in this group tableau has raised $1 million or more in outside capital, (read the full article) Lisa Skeete Tatum, co-founder and C.E.O., Landit. Heather Hiles, founder and former C.E.O., Pathbrite (sold company to Cengage Learning in 2015). Marla Blow, founder and C.E.O., FS Card. Helen Adeosun, co-founder and C.E.O., Care Academy. Morgan DeBaun, founder and C.E.O., Blavity. Jean Brownhill, founder and C.E.O., Sweeten. Marah Lidey, co-founder and co-C.E.O., Shine. Kristina Jones, co-founder, CourtBuddy. Sherisse Hawkins, co-founder and …

http://radio.wosu.org/post/ohio-legislature-considers-total-abortion-ban Love the Handmaiden's Tale reference.

Interesting............. I find it very interesting because her previous two marriages were to MEN: Husband #1: Don Nash (and Niecy) Husband #2: Jay Tucker (and Niecy) This raises a lot of questions for me. First of all, Niecy is 50 years old. How long did she KNOW she found females attractive instead of (or along with) men? *Was Niecy BORN homosexual as many claim a person has to be? Because if she was, this isn't 1960 it's 2020 and being lesbian has been socially acceptable (not liked by everyone obviously, but still acceptable and tolerated) in this society for over 30 years! So why would a person in this day and age who KNEW they were homose…

If you no longer had delusions would you also lack hope?

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Shelly Muhammad Email: info@nationalreparationsinstitute.org Phone: (404) 464-8904 THE NATIONAL REPARATIONS DECLARATION A QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR BLACK REDRESS November 16th – Atlanta, Georgia -The National Reparations Institute published the first ever economic and political document which completely defines and quantifies reparations for Blacks in America, based on a Collective Culture Model and Methodology. As recent events have catapulted the long, complicated, and often brutal history of the treatment of Blacks in America, the impact that history has had o…

I will enjoy if any actually read the body of this post... I am not asking the question in the title, so please don't answer it. My prose The question in the title was asked by someone and I thought to myself, that is not a functional question. Teaching history should be taught wherever it can be. But, a functional question is, what is the goal of education to the masses? I rephrase the question, are black people right to think education gives access to a power more potent than the sword? At the end of the day, usa history proves that money or education aren't really important long term. what is important is who is willing to kill to get what they want or…

There were 70,000 foreigners studying in Ukraine, according to various publications and Ukrainian government officials. About a quarter were Black Africans. There were about 20,000 Indians, according to 2020 government data. They fled the war, just as anyone with a working brain would. But many Blacks were mistreated as they tried to flee. They were beaten and blocked from boarding trains and buses scheduled to cross into Poland. Many had to walk miles to get to safe areas. Not all the Africans have made it home. When most managed to cross the border, some were tossed into detention camps. This is what I am chiefly concerned about. Massacres, rapes, home b…

Congrats to Imani Perry for winning the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction, her book < Searching for America, South of the Mason-Dixon > is reviewed from Tayari Jones. And Kwame BRaithwaite's art is being showcased in the New York Historical Society. Enjoy a small gallery alongside a Spotify playlist made by the artist side his son. https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2159&type=status

@Troy said something in another thread that I found to be somewhat interesting: While I don't disagree with this statement and find it to be quite accurate in many cases, my question is what is meant by "lucky" or "luck"? What exactly IS "luck"? Is it strictly when chances randomly fall in one's favor; or are there Forces and Entities in the background controlling one's fortune and giving one "good luck"?

Ai requires inputs to learn. So when you type a question into ChatGPT you are adding to AI's knowledge base. In addition text prompting may also be utilising AI. I have noticed that if a type a word or a few words text prompting can accurately finish my statement. What this may imply is that text prompting is learning how you thinkor at least mirro=ring it. When this reaches critical mass AI may be said to understand humanity even if it can not think. However if it does gain consciousness, what will be it's objectives and goals. The goal of any organism is self preservation. What do you suppose will happen when AI is not only embedded in most sysytes but is in effect the …

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