Culture, Race & Economy

While black folks can usually place the sundry misdeeds of white America within a particular era of our history such as (1) The Slave Era, (2) The Jim Crow Era, (3) The Civil Rights Era, and (4) The Black Power Era, we missed what was happening during The Corporate Negro Era. Like damsels-in-distress, we were so caught up in the esteemed behavior of the white hero as he vowed to use his money to help us out of our sticky situation that we never understood that these new niggas were the surrogate-heroes who were to take over the role black preachers had always held in the black community. This manipulation. while it did involve the social metamorphosis of a select gro…

Richard. Overton. Dies. At. Age 112-. He. Was. The. Oldest. Living,World. War. 2-Veteran And. This. Country. Oldest. Man..News,Said. Richard. Overton. Volunteered For. The. Army,During,World War 2-Was At Pearl Harbor After The Attack. He Served With A All Black Unit. At Guam And Iwa Jima ...He. Said,Whiskey And Smoking Cigars Helped Him Live Long. Maybe,It,Did. He Died Thursday. In Texas At The Age Of. ,112.News,Showed News Clips Of Him Talking. Seemed Like. A,Interesting. Man. He. Was. Honoured. By. President. Obama.....

At a recent Black literary conference, a heterosexual Black women stated that to endorse lesbianism was the death of the our race. This positing reflects acute fright or a faulty reasoning, it ascribes false power to difference... This position supposes that if we don't eradicate lesbianism in the Black community, all Black women will become lesbians. It also presupposes that lesbians don't have children. Both suppositions are patently false. Audrey Lorde.

Troy and Chev (but obviously anyone can respond) You both say that 18 is too young for sexual activity but growing up many of the males and females I knew were having sex on a regular basis...some even produced children at 18 and 19, and many of them that I still know of today for the most part have turned out to be just as fine as those who were reportedly virgins and didn't engage in sexual activity. Outside of the troubles that came with actually having children they weren't ready to support, the sexual activity itself didn't seem to make much of a difference in their success or failures of life. Two questions I have is: 1. Is it that 18 and 19 are too youn…

NOVEMBER 11, 2017 BY SOULFIRE THE TRUTH HURTS 2 For anyone who mistakenly believes that things have gotten better in the criminal justice system, then here’s something you need to know. It hasn’t. And guess what” You had better brace yourselves for what it to come next. It’s not going to be pretty. Most jail-breaks aren’t. At some point, perhaps, in the very near future, what is going to occur is that ex-convicts are going to start busting their friends out! Do you find this unthinkable? If so, you had better rethink the concept. Whether you know it or not, but the strongest bond between men is forged in prison, and these friendships cemented in…

NOVEMBER 9, 2017 BY SOULFIRE The End Game It was reported this morning in the Charlotte Observer, the hometown newspaper, that guards were abandoning their jobs in the North Carolina Department of Corrections in droves. And while this is a seemingly new phenomenon, I simply wondered what took it so long to happen. In a deadly game of chance that has been going on for decades, what is now being made manifest is the end game in a war of attrition that convicts knew one day would come. For those of you who may be a little slow to grasp this, I’ll be blunt. The prison system is now entering a phase where “The inmates will be running the asylum” The …

Don Lemon of CNN seems to thinks that it is about time for black America to have a candid discussion about the LGBT among us. He was evidently hurt by the allegedly homophobic comments made by Kevin Hart, who amidst the controversy has given up his host job at the Oscars. The offer to host is still on the table for Kevin Hart provided he issue a public apology to the LGBT community. Throughout time, the traditional view of gays has always been one of weakness. They are the perpetual victims of a homophobic society, and accordingly has taken their fair share of abuse. But are they powerless? It just may be that the doctor who is slated to perform your surgery …

Runnin’ Wit’ The Devil Yeah, I could have been something special, but one night I saw something that had rocked my world. From almost the very first day that I was able to discern the nuances of speech and language, I was cautioned against going on 7th Street at night, especially a Friday night. During the day, 7th Street, it seemed, was no different than 6th Street where I stayed, but on the weekend, something or someone—the devil, perhaps—shook 7th Street up until it vomited, throwing up all the bitterness and anger of helpless niggas trapped in a maze of hopelessness. …

7- Year. Old. Jasmine. Brown. Was. Riding. With. Her. Mother,When. A,Man. Drive. By. Them,Started. Shooting,Jasmine. Was. Shot. And. Killed. Mother. In. Hospital. ,Will Survive. They Thought The Killer,Was A White Man. Fear Of Race Killing. But,They Arrested,A Black Man. I'm Sick Of Black Men Murdering ,Their,Own Peop!e. Neo ,Klan Can Watch Black Men Genocide,Black People. Where Is The NAACP, ,Church,Black Po!itical?. They Were. All On The News Before. Last. Year,Elections......7- Year. Old. Girl. Dead....

Living paycheck to paycheck Increased debt Neglected families Media lies and hype Do not be fooled by media reports of a so-called "good economy." When news anchors and pundits talk of how good the economy is, they fail to tell you that there are two different economies. There is the investor economy and there is the working family economy. They are talking about the investor economy, not the working family economy. Read More

BY SOULFIRE LOOK! THE SELF-REINFORCING THEORY When you take a look at your personal history, the one thing you will be forced to contend with is the fact that what you are doing right now is establishing a reputation that is sure to outlive you. Be advised that right now, at this very moment, you are building your legacy. In essence, you are cementing the posterity you will leave behind to be viewed by your loved ones. Long after you are dead and gone, your deeds will continue to testify either for or against you. Oftentimes, the preacher will embellish his eulogy to make you seem more saintly than you actual…

IN CASE ANYONE WANTS 2 KNOW! I am a writer, and from a very young age, I clearly understood that this obsession would either purify or crucify me. To date, it has done both but neither the purification nor the crucifixion has made my literary journey any less troubling. What else truly puzzles me sometimes is that I don’t honestly know if writing has ruined my life or if my life has ruined my writing. Either way, it—this obsession– struck early. As a boy, I toyed with the alphabets like most kids my age played with marbles, and before long I had discovered how to make them perform their magic for me. I became so intimate with their immense power and g…

THIS IS REAL! BLACK MALES ARE AT RISK. WHO IS NEXT!?Judge Mark Ciavarella Jr photoMark Ciavarella JrAFRICANGLOBE – Disgraced Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella Jr has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for conspiring with private prisons to sentence juvenile offenders to maximum sentences for bribes and kickbacks which totaled millions of dollars. He was also ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution. In the private prison industry the more time an inmate spends in a facility, the more of a profit is reaped from the state. Ciavearella was a figurehead in a conspiracy in the state of Pennsylvania which saw thousands of young Black men and women unjustly punished and p…

When Love Is Not Strong Enough Throughout the history of mankind, love has withstood the test of time like no other concept known to humans. it has conquered where the sword has failed. It has come through as an agent of change like nothing else before it. Love has been an one-of-an-kind experience, a magnificent miracle, a pleasure that is so exquisite that there are no words in the language of men that can adequately define just what it is or how it is able to do what only it can do…. make us feel so decidedly alive. But given all that love is, oftentimes even it i…

On the West Coast of Africa, the only Fon of the Dahomey still have 12 different kinds of marriage. One of them is known as, and ' giving the goat to the buck', where a woman of independent means marries another woman who them may or may not bear children, all of whom belong to the bloodline of the first woman. Audre Lorde

I want you all to take a look at the BODY LANGUAGE of these young men for the first couple minutes of this interview and then tell me what they remind you of or how it makes you feel.......

Yeah, Madam Peloski 's back.Don't know why she had to leave in the first place.But I'm glad she's back. If Hitler(Trump) can be in the white house, she has the right to be in congress too. And let Congressman Tialb say what she wants to say;"We gonna impeach the mother f_____r"Pres.Trump cusses just as much as she does.

"After examining 34 popular Android apps, PI found about 60% automatically transferred data to Facebook the moment users open the app. “This happens whether people have a Facebook account or not, or whether they are logged into Facebook or not,” PI notes in a new report [by the NY Times]." The Times’s investigation reveals that Facebook continued to give huge tech companies, including Microsoft and Amazon, access to much more: the data of hundreds of millions of people a month, including email addresses and phone numbers — without users’ knowledge or consent. Facebook allowed Microsoft’s Bing search engine to see the names of virtually…

There. Is. A. Show. Called. Black. Jesus. Black. Man. ,Portraying,Jesus,Christ. White. Christians. Got. Angry. Protesting..White. Christians. Said,The. Show. Disrespected. Their. Lord,And. Savior. Meaning Their Jesus Is White. Chrstmas,Bible. ,Does,Not. Say A White Baby With. Blue Eyes Was In The Manger..The White Christians Want Every Race To See Jesus,Christ,White. With Blue Eyes. Blonde. Hair...Black ,Christians,White. Christians Reading The Same Bible Book. Christianity. Is. White. Supremacy. Slave. Masters. Religion....Why. Are,Black. People. Christians?????.White Christians. We're. I'n,,Charlottesville. Last. Year. With. Guns,Naz…

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Read. President. Obama,And. His. Wife. Talked. About. Kwanzaa.,Did,President. Obama. Suggest. To. The. Black. Political,NAACP,Churches. To. Practice. Kwanzas, To. Uplift. Black,Communities? Churches, NAACP ,Black Political Do Not. Want,Kwanzaa.. That Would Stop The Control Over Black People. Preachers Do Not Want Kwanzaa,That Would Stop Preacher's From,Stealing Money To Buy Cars,Mansions,Fancy Suits,Gold Jewelry . They Do Not Care About Poor Communities And,Poverty..Black Preachers. Have. Been. Arrested. For. Stealing. ,Church. Money...Trump. Supports. Kwanzaa ,After. Christmas,Trump,Praised. Kwanzaa,Tump,This. Nation. Honors The,Contr…

January 1st Don’t believe the hype! There are only 7 days a year. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. It’s just that they come at U 358 more times in a bewildering array of brilliant disguises. -Ali- Until you have made a happy landing at that place called YOU, there is no need to even consider making resolutions. You don’t know who you are, so how can you choose wisely? Without intimate knowledge of your real needs, you will tend to choose what speaks loudest or sparkles brightest. There must exist a continuing sense of loyalty to yoursel…

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I heard about this social media stupidity on the radio. F*uk the academy awards. See this Instagram video by @kevinhart4real

Have a great Christmas, Everyone!

INSPIRATION . . . Inspiration to Better Health My Inspiration: Allyson Felix It amazes me when I watch her run and sometimes I think back to the time when Flo Jo was the champion and this young lady was only about three (3) years old at the time! And, she wasn’t even born when, in 1985 the East German relay team set a record that she and her teammates broke in 2012. In fact, Allyson was born about a month later. IMO, she doesn’t even look like she would be a sprinter! And then when I was reading her biography, I saw this statement, LOL: I don't have a sprinter's…

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Black. Boy. Who. Wrestled. Was. Forced. To. Get. His. Hair. Cut. ,Before,He. Could. Wrestle. Video. Of Black. Boy. Getting. His. Hair,Cut. White. Referee. Who. Told. The. Black. Boy. To. Cut. His. ,Hair,Has A Racist Past. Read. On The News....This In New -Jersey..Kwanzaa Time Again. Why Is It So Hard To Have Black,Unity? Church Does Not. Want Unity. Preacher's Would Not,Be. Able To Steal Money.. Church, NAACP, Political,They Support,Preachers Stealing Money To Buy Rich Cars,Mansions...Black. Church. Idiots. Support. Preacher's. Stealing...Some. Black. People. Lost. In. 2018. Queen. Of. Soul-Aretha-Franklin ,Temptation. Dennis. Ed…

“It’s a horror film [and] I dedicated a lot of myself to create a new horror mythology, a new monster,” Peele said in Los Angeles last week. “I think that monsters and stories about monsters are one of our best ways of getting at deeper truths and facing our fears as a society.”

Wishing. Everyone. A. Safe. And. Happy. Holiday. So. Much. Hatred. ,Despair. In. This. God. Fearing. ,Jesus. ,Worshipping. Country. Salvation. Army. Ringing. Their. Bells. Trying. To. Shelter. And Feed,The,Homeless. As . Satan The Anti Christ Trump ,Shuts,Down,The Government..Billions Of Dollars For A Wall,Not,Caring About The Poor And Homeless..Black Preachers,Have Been Arrested For Stealing Hundreds. Of,Thousands,, Of Dollars. NAACP, Churches,Black Political,Support,Condone. Preacher's. Stealing. Money. Poverty,In,Black. Communities...They. As. Evil,Viel. As. Trump...As,I,Listen. To. The. Temptations. Christmas. Music,,I. ,Say,Have,A. S…

TROY, DISCUSSION & RESPECT I have an inquiry about this community, but firstly, I want to say this: I want to just say, thank you Troy for having and maintaining this site, a site that I have been able to come to and learn and also share. I have a lot of respect for you for what you are doing. I love to engage in a scholarly debate on topics that I think revolve around the African American Community and topics that affect me, but I do not want to be insulting or disrespectful to anyone whether African American or not. I hope to obtain confirmations on certain topics of my interest and also learn new things. I cou…

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😁 OK, back to solving problems as you see them. The world is waiting. .

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I used to think my positions were based on reason. However Troy, Cynique and Pioneer have disabused me if this illusion. Can the triumvirate decide what i should do going forward. Any words of wisdom Mel or Chevdove?

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@Troy I recall you worked on the GPS. Did you know this, is it fake news, and its impressive that you worked on GPS.

Loneliness. During. The. Holidays. Because. Of A. Relationship. Ending,Children. Grown. And. Gone,Family. Member. Or. Friend,Behind,Bars. Or. Deceased. Read. People. Should. Get. Involved,In Community,Help Someone,Talk To Family And,Friends. ..Church,Preachers Want Money,Not Concerned About Helping,People. Black Political. Care About Votes. Only..... All ,The,Black On Black Crime,Black Community Self Enslavement...Lots. Of Loneliness Among The. Chaos..

Football. Player. Kareem. Hunt. On. Video. Beating. On. A. Woman..Another. Black. Athlete. Beating. On. A. Woman. Think,The. Woman. White. Average. Black. Men. Who. Beat , On. Black. Women. We're Raised. That Way,Have Mental Problems,Just. Evil. This Country's Society Has Black Men As Angry,Violent Thugs. The,Black,Men In The NAACP,, Politics,Churches Should. Counsel,Black. Males .They Can Make Time To Get Votes. Black,Women In NAACP, ,Politics And. Churches. Should Counsel,Women. And. Teenage. Girls. About. Domestic. Abuse,Domestic. Violence...The. Churches,Black. Political. Have,Failed,The. Black. Community. Black. Preachers,Have. Murdere…

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There is a new Black Female Mukbanger that has an (Eating Channel) on YouTube making some great videos! Her name is Itz Squeeky! However, the name speaks for itself because she has a high pitched voice! But, that doesn't stop her while she's taring up some Food while having an amazing sense of humor! Check out her YouTube website. You'll be so glad you did!

WOW Jare Ijalana ~ She’s Only 5 Years Old! Back in July, this news broke due to photos of this little girl from Nigeria. She’s been dubbed ‘the Most Beautiful Girl in the World’. A little girl from Nigeria named Jare Ijalana has earned the title of “The most beautiful girl in the world” after three of her pictures went viral on social media. The 5-year-old child was photographed by Mofe Bamuyiwa who revealed that she chose not to make Jare laugh or smile but instead wanted to create a natural moment…. https://www.blackpeopleforum.com/2018/07/26/jare-ijalana-nigerian-girl-5-is-called-the-most-be…

Lol....... I'm no expert on the North Sentinelese but I'd be willing to wager a pretty substantial amount that there is NO confusion about the role of the men and women among these people; nor is their any confusion over who should be the protectors of the community.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/magazine/insect-apocalypse.html?fbclid=IwAR0fraDVymir1RtVjVypjU_7VNntTw5NvEV1R86H0QGqDMYK_yErKASFCsI

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Can people recommend other books like The Black Hand of God, which show historical African kingdoms as sophisticated and powerful? I want my kids to have multiple data points where they see that Africa was full of great civilizations and that Africans actually gave up more than simply primitive life when they were brought to the New World.

Baby Elephant Falls in Pool Rescued by Mom and Aunt I love to watch nature films and this one really amazes me. I watched it over and over again. The film captures the elephants’ reactions when the baby ‘calf’ accidentally fell into a pool. The older elephants immediately responded and became frantic. The Mommy elephant initially became paralyzed with fear and her sister, who was not even near the incident, sensed the danger and immediately and without any hesitation came running to help out. Do we as humans respond in this way if a child’s life becomes threatened? Well, I think for many people this would be the case but for me, it did not happen. My mother us…

Dallas ,White. Police. Officer. Indicted. For. Murdering. Her. Black. Neighbor. She. Thought. His. House. Was. Her. House,Shot. And ,Killed,Him...White. Police. Officer. Found. Guilty Of Shooting, Murdering 15,Year old Black Boy. .Black Teenage Boys Left A,House. Party , White Police Officer Followed Them,Started ,Shooting. At The Boys Car. Killing One Of The Boys..In St. Louis,Missouri. White Police Indicted For Beating Up. A ,Undercover. Police Officer,Trying To Cover. It. Up. One. Of ,Them,Was. Found,, Not. Guilty. Of . Killing. A. Black. Man. Last. Year...Where. Is. Quarterback. Colin. Kaepernick ??Corrupt,Racist,White,Polic…

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This video speak to why I can't get all wrapped up into the Black Panther hype. I was not familiar with all the background and the Jewish influence in defining Black culture which is notion a reject on every level -- even when it comes in the forum of Black Panther. The speaker, Todd Steven Burroughs, Marvel’s Black Panther: A Comic Book Biography, From Stan Lee to Ta-Nehisi Coates, Reginald Hudlin's and the other Black writers impact was positive and has somewhat weakened my aversion to embracing the World of Wakanda. I still ain't doing no Wakandan salute.