Culture, Race & Economy

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Black people are not monolithic. There are political differences among us like anyone else. Moreover Conservative Black Republicans have become more visible and vocal since the Reagan Era in the 1980s. But I wonder if differences extend to dating and marriage among black people. Can two black people with very different political views have a relationship, and even be in love? I know from reading this is rare among white people who tend to date, marry, and socialize with those holding similar political views. What about us ?

BIBLE GENETICS—What Does the Bible Say About Hair & the Afro; Part 1 [29] Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. EXODUS 22:29. Barogue female hairstyle Thutmose IV Because the Bible details the ‘Creation of Modern Mankind’ in the midst of other early pre-existing hominids, therefore, the unique trait exhibited amongst many Original Africans, the Afro-typed hair, must be a part of the Bible so, why would this not be taught? There has been a complete omis…

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Read. That. Lawrence. Brooks. The. Oldest. Black. World. War. 2----,Soldier. Has. Died. .At. The. Age. Of. 112. ...He. Was. Described. By,,,People. Who. Knew. Him. As. A. Kind And. Gentle. Man. ,Who. ,,Inspired. Others. ..He. Might. Have. Been. The. O!rest. Living. ,Soldier. That. Was. Living. In. The. Country. Before. He. Died. ...A. Black. Person. To. Admire. ,Not. Those. Irritating. Black. Entertainers. ,Athletes. ,,,,LeBron. James. ,Kevin. Durant ,Steph Curry. ,Got. On. My. Nerves. .....NBA. Olympic. Team. ,Interesting. ,,Who. Was. Not. On. The. Team. Celtics. Jaylen Brown. ,Kyrie -Irving. ........WW2. Lawrence. Brooks. Dead. At. 112. ...

Incoming POTUS just announced a $20 billion dollar partnership with United Arab Emirates company DAMAC Properties to build data centers around the US. In what could be seen as a conflict of interests, DAMAC Properties has been doing business with incoming POTUS for many years. This company did the master-planned residential golf community around Trump International Golf Club in Dubai. The company also invested up to $5 million in POTUS OJ's campaign in 2016. Also, Japanese company SoftBank Group will be investing $100 billion in technology and telecommunications projects over the next 4 years. Politics isn't about red and blue. The c…

I'm going to stick with this software. As I plow through all the problems on the rest of the site. I don't think the trade off of moving to new software is worth the the learning curve. Besides this forum's posting capabilities are better than most other solutions I reviewed. This software has a major upgrade available. I think I will use it. I also want to better integrate this forum with the design of aalbc I also want to use the same login for the forum as well as the rest of the site. I'll try to get all of that working with the new version of the forums software. I'm also getting rid of the Google Analytics code and Google ads (they don't …

Human Beings First: A Historical Examination of the Non-Bizarre Delusion of Biological Race takes an in-depth look at the "cultural artifact" of race. Although human beings, regardless of phenotype, are members of the same species, there has been a concerted effort by many to separate people into groups based on physical appearance. This book will discuss the fallacy of such efforts and how they have often led to tragic consequences. Available for Nook at http://www.bn.com at http://www.kobobooks.com at http://www.diesel-ebooks.com at http://ebookstore.sony.com https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/152608

The Envelope Please: Who Will Win, Who Deserves to Win, Who Was Snubbed by Kam Williams Kam usually does a pretty good job with this. As far as Black folks go, Kam predictions are correct we will be frozen out of awards this year.

MALCOLM X SPEECH,YOU CANT HATE THE ROOTS WITHOUT HATING THE TREE...MALCOLM X SAID EUROPEANS SAID THE AFRICANS WERE SAVAGES,WERE CANNIBLES,.REASON WHY THE WHITE MAN IN THIS COUNTRY STRATEGICALLY HAD BLACK PEOPLE HATING THEMSELVES///OUR FEATURES,HAIR,NOSE,LIPS, BLACK PEOPLE BRAIN WASHED.. OUR COLOR HAD BECOME LIKE A CHAIN ,PRISON, WE ARE CONFINED..HAD US THINKING BLACK IS INFERIOR///DEFINITION OF BLACK EVIL, SINISTER.SOME BLACK PEOPLE OF LIGHT SKIN, SEE THEMSELVES BIRACIAL ,ANOTHER RACE, NOT BLACK AT ALL.BLACK WOMEN WANT LIGHT SKIN MEN,OR ANOTHER RACE, BLACK MEN WANT LIGHT SKIN WOMEN OR ANOTHER RACE.THE BLACK RICH THE MORE MONEY GRR…

Has anyone ever considered what all this negative/violent programming does to one's psyche? I can't image there is no adverse impact. I think about this as I watch HBO's programming from True Blood, The Wire, The Soporanos, Game of Thrones, Broadwalk Empire, etc all this evil can't be good for you; can it? When I was a kid the TV shows seemed to be much more wholesome and I enjoyed them. Even some of the programming that addressed culural issued did so intelligently and with all the gore, sex, obscenities, etc. I think shows like All in the Family, or even Star Trek did this quite well. I wonder if I watched more wholesome TV shows would I be hap…

CYNIQUE SAYS: This recent exchange that follows may have gotten lost on the thread invaded by the relentless postings of the serial poster, sara. I thought it was an interesting conversation that deserved its own thread. PIONEER SAID: "Nearly all diseases afflicting humanity are man-made either directly or indirectly from not living by attempting to defy and go against nature. Infact, what we called "Western Civilization" has been a major contributor to the suffering of mankind as people no longer live in harmony with nature. -Glasses are good for correcting your sight...but they also make the eyes weaker. -Cars are good for for f…

Luvvie Ajay has a new book coming out in September, it should be pretty successful, as Ajay is a very popular blogger. I was searching youtube for a good video of her for her webpage. I found a really good video to use, but I also found the video below where Luvvie describes the "power" Black women have on Twitter. I hear about the power Black women supposedly have on Twitter all the time. The reality is that this so called power is a myth, because power comes from ownership, and Black women don't own Twitter. In fact, if Black women are truly the dominant users of Twitter; then they are being exploited because they are not being paid anything in exchange f…

Here are the results so far. The survey was prompted by a question posed in the conversation What's Wrong With This Picture? I’d encourage everyone to check out this conversation. During the conversation, you'll learn if the makeup artist was Black. You definitely read a wide variety of opinions; some of the comments may change the way you feel about this photo or they may strengthen your opinion. Here are the results so far: None of the non-Black respondents did saw the photo as racist and all of them agreed the photo was flattering. The responses from the Black Males were split. Half agreed the photo was racist and half felt it was the photo was flatte…

Fluoride exposure in utero linked to lower IQ in kids, study says "Increased levels of prenatal fluoride exposure may be associated with lower cognitive function in children, a new study says. . " http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/19/health/fluoride-iq-neurotoxin-study/

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Black. People Needed. And. Latino. People. For. Creating A -Successful -Coronavirus,,. Vaccine . Black. People. Are. Hesitant. To. Volunteer.-There Is , A. History. Of Black. People. Not. Trusting. Doctors. Health -Providers. Many. Remember. The. Tuskegee Experiment.. Do Not ,Know. If Latinos Are. Volunteering... Black People And Latinos Make -Up. Half Of The Coronavirus Cases ,I Read..... I Mentioned Before-Neo Nazi ,Said If Their Members Get Coronavirus To. Deliberately -Try To Infect. People. .TV News. Talkers. Do. Not. Mention. This. When-They. Talk. About. Coronavirus And. Racism. In. This. Country.--Kanye West. Presidential. Candidate ,…

I am more than likely wrong about this, but wanna run a 'background check' on Paula White. I don't know much about her but practically every time I have seen her preaching, her church has been jammed packed with brothas and sistas. I recall the first time i saw her was back in the early 2000s and I asked someone about her since I was intrigued to see a white lady leading a church full of black folks. I mean she was strutting around preaching and hollering and screaming just like a black minister. I was then told that TD Jakes had schooled her. Okay. The next time I saw her was a few years ago and she was still at it. And then I see her with Trump last week as his spiritua…

The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America by Carol Anderson From the seventeenth century, when it was encoded into law that the enslaved could not own, carry, or use a firearm whatsoever, until today, with measures to expand and curtail gun ownership aimed disproportionately at the African American population, the right to bear arms has been consistently used as a weapon to keep African Americans powerless—revealing that armed or unarmed, Blackness, it would seem, is the threat that must be neutralized and punished.

It was mentioned in another thread but here's my PSA.😁 As the pandemic tries to subside and many folks are comfortable with getting vaccinated, it looks like the WHO (World Health Organization) is throwing a new virus on us. Hot off the press...Monkeypox is becoming a growing health concern. Right now, there are close to 17,000 cases of monkeypox worldwide. Nevermind there are approximately 8 billion people on the planet. The US has ordered 2.5 million doses of monkeypox vaccine. As of today, there are approximately 2,500 cases in the US. i wonder what they know that we don't about this virus. It's been around …

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is stepping up to the plate to become Democratic Minority Leader in January 2023. House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi will be stepping down as Democratic leader. The GOP will take over the House in January 2023 which more than likely means Rep. Kevin McCarthy will become House Speaker. Otherwise, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries would be the 1st Black person to hold the Democratic Minority Leader position. At 52 years old, Rep. Jeffries would also mark at generational shift in Democratic leadership. Right now, octogenarians run the show...House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (82), Democratic Majority Leader Rep. St…

Someone somewhere suggested Clarence Thomas , a current < 2023> supreme court judge in the usa, is elitist. While I dislike Clarence Thomas I think that label is a mischarecterization. Elitism at its core is a matter of selection, in the same zone as eugenics or a caste system or the phenotypical order in the usa. But I don't see Thomas as someone that champions others based on selection. This is about merit, since he is a lawyer or judge of years he knows merit derives from a sense of gaining no matter the ways or means not the idea in modernity which is earn through acceptible or so called good ways or means. Thomas to me is clearly of the I got mine get yours m…

For those who don't understand why monopolies are bad for people, this article in Publishers Weekly, might help. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/93662-taking-a-closer-look-at-the-ftc-lawsuit-against-amazon.html?oly_enc_id=6133D7773501B8Z Again, Amazon's monopoly has resulted in higher prices for consumers and lower profits for producers. @Pioneer1let me know what you think.

This thread was spun off another one where the issue came up about men trying to be controlling. First of all I want TOTAL HONESTY.....not politically correct statements and feminist ideology. I personally believe in fairness and totally equal rights between men and women, however I still recognize that the two are different and those differences compliment eachother and should be celebrated. Having said that, whether it's by nature or by social engineering....men tend to be more aggressive and action taking than women. It's a fact...whether it's good or bad. So my questions are this............. As a woman would you rather be CONTROLLED by a man (…

Amid Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation, incoming POTUS mused that considering the protection Canada receives from the US, maybe it should become the 51st state. Greenland is a strategic territory of national security interest. The incoming POTUS' son is going up there to determine if they should buy the island. In the same press conference from the Winter White House, Mar-A-Lago, POTUS also mentioned changing the name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. Again, in my lifetime, I cannot recall another incoming POTUS having press conferences prior to inauguration. I don't know where the US government is heading bu…

New York prohibits Slavery JUNETEENTH DAY If you live in the USA? Do you know when the state you lived in prohibited slavery everywhere except prisons, when the thriteenth amendment was ratified in said state?

Hello Cynique, Troy, Chris, Carey and other long time Thumper's Board Residents This is Jackie from Long Beach. I've been away for a looonng time ! Just wanted to actually say hi. There's a certain lil human being in my life now...she will be 9 months on the 20th. Yikes ! I need an instruction manual ! lol. Anyways, just wanted to holla. Hope all is well with you and yours. Peace and Blessings !

This new movie "THE HELP" caused me to write an essay about why I won't be seeing it. It's published by WOMANIST MUSINGS and I'm posting a link here. I hope that other Black women will read my feelings and add your own. READ ESSAY Click Here

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I don't think that the problem is so much about prayer being taken out of school as it is thinking being taken out of school. Prayer in school might not be a bad thing, don't get me wrong. However, I believe that there should, more than any other campaign, be a campaign which focuses on putting thinking back in school. (George Dubya should be the poster child for WHY the now extracurricular program called "thinking" should be supported and promoted in schools.)

TRAYVON MARTIN KILLED BY A LUNATIC MURDERER WHO IS HISPANIC HELPED BY GESTAPO POLICE..CHAVIS CARTER HANDCUFFED IN ARKANSAS KILLED BY GESTAPO POLICE..ROBERT CHAMPION BEATING TO DEATH ON A BLACK COLLEGE BAND BUS.,WHERE WAS THE PROTESTING FOR HIM./////PROTESTING FOR THE JENA 6 IN LOUISIANA... THOSE BLACK BOYS ,IF SHOULD HAVE BEEN//WHERE WAS THE CONCERN FOR THE BLACK BOYS BISHOP EDDIE LONG WAS SEXUALLY ROMANCING///WHY IS HE STILL ON THE CHURCH PULPIT../////WHY IS SOME BLACK LIFE VALUED OTHERS OR NOT.///

The Black Egyptians--Original Settlers of Kemet The Black Egyptians are the original settlers of KMT. "The native Sudanese are one of the original pigmented Arabs in that region. They are members of the same ethnic family with the ancient Egyptians, the Ethiopians, the Southern Arabians, and the primitive inhabitants of Babylon. All founders and sustainers of the mighty Nilotic civilization we still admire today. They are very great nation of Blacks, who did rule almost over all Africa and Asia in a very remote era, in fact beyond the reach of history of any of our records The following is evidence from The African Origin of Civilization: by Cheikh Anta Diop …

Someone posted cartoon in reaction to an article on The Guardian's website: Cornel West and Tavis Smiley do a disservice to African Americans This links to the video interview with West on Democracy Now! where he called Obama a "global George Zimmerman

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.//////

If you really think about it there was a time where people used the word brother and sister, now people address themselves as nig***, and address young black women as b's or thots(whore). i even see some young females address there own self as a bit**, it's ridiculous, is there anyone who feel the same as i do. because like i said there was once a time where we were Brothers and Sisters and kings and queens, and i'm not being judgmental but you actually seen women in dresses or pants or something where there not exposing themselves, or fighting and carrying on, and getting drunk and young men not calling females out there name, I'm not saying it's totally demolished but …

IN OKLAHOMA, WHITE POLICE OFFICER GUILTY OF RAPING BLACK WOMEN. WHITE POLICE OFFICER WOULD GO TO POOR NEIGHBORHOODS IN OKLAHOMA,PREYING ON BLACK WOMEN,FORCING THEM TO HAVE SEX,RAPING THEM, ONE A GRANDMOTHER, USING HIS BADGE TO INTIMIDATE,THEM....WHITE POLICE OFFICER CRIED IN COURT HEARING THE JUDGE SAY GUILTY// THIS WHITE POLICE GUILTY, DO WHITE PEOPLE,AND THE LAW BEGIN THINKING , PERHAPS WHITE POLICE ARE LYING WHEN THEY MURDER BLACK MALES,AND SAY DEFENDING MYSELF....

61st Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: 10 years ago today, April 1, 2006, Bob Johnson, Tiger Woods, Oprah Winfrey, and Michael Jordan, pool resources to create a fund to provide startup capital to support independent Black owned businesses.

This topic was spawned from a conversation where I argue against the popular narrative that Black women have Power as a result of their outsized use of Twitter. The treatment of Jones is yet another example of why I say excessive use of Twitter by Black women is not an example of power. Now Jack Dorsey (someone who actually has power), came to Leslie's defense. But Leslie is one celebrity. What about the countless other Black girls harassed on Twitter? Who is coming to their rescue or even thinking about defending them? I can tell you how many videos and pictures I've seen on Twitter making fun of Black women. But Leslie's problem did not start with Twitte…

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THE ARCHEOLOGY OF NOAH Introduction I am getting ready to share some more of my research, and so I want to say this ahead of time that some of you who decide to read further may think that I have lost my mind. I am getting ready to flip the script and present a strange perspective on this ancient story that has brought in a lot of revenue in the entertainment world in their many movie productions. So I just want to prepare you too ahead of time. There is a lot of information though, that I have but for now, I will attempt to just make introductions to a renewed look at the past with respect to the secular scholarly script though about the same time period…

This is a "spin off" of the thread that our brother Gibran started about Paster Paula White......one of the more well known interlopers who is getting rich off of imitating the style of AfroAmericans. I want you all to take a look at her style of preaching and her body language Look at how she sways from side to side and bounces while preaching. Look at the white tennis shoes with the tight jeans and color contrasts. She's clearly trying to ATTRACT and CHARM the mostly Black audience and get them under her spell as she preaches in a certain cadence. She learned all of this from AfroAmerican preachers.....n…

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Look who popped up across my Youtube screen yesterday...... At first I thought it was some brother running for Mayor or a member of Biden's Administration until I looked closer at the name. Troy you're looking kind of professional up in this video. Looking like you know what you're talking about...lol. I wonder does the Wall Street Journal know you like WE know you....LOL.

Black. Democrat. Benny. Thompson. Was. On. The. January. 6 ,,Terrorist. Committee. ....Benny. Thompson. Should. Organize. A,,Committee. To. Find. Out. Who. Is. Dumping. Out. Drugs,Cocaine ,,Heroin. In. Black. Communities. ,,Who. Bringing. Guns. To. Inner. City. Black. Communities. . Have. The. Black. Street. Gang. ,,Terrorist. Arrested. And. Put. On. Death. Row. For. Domestic. ,Terror ......Black. Politicians. Can. Live. Away. From. That. Violence ,,By. Controlling. Black. Votes,,Preachers. By. Stealing. All. The,,Church. Money.. Black. Politicians. ,NAACP. Silent. On. Preachers. Raping. Black. Children. Black. Preachers. Are. In,,,Prison. For. Raping. Children. ,Murde…

A search of the web today will reveal that the Democrats and the left have gone out of their way over the last 15+ years or so to erase, invalidate and / or debunk any claim, assertion or likewise that the Democrats were (basically) responsible for starting the KKK. Is the public being gaslighted on these affirming claims, or are they untrue? The following several links are but (now) hard to find examples that swing against the Democrats. https://carolmswain.com/2017/05/the-inconvenient-truth-about-the-democratic-party/ "the Democratic Party defended slavery, started the Civil War, founded the KKK, and fought against every major civil rights act…