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Culture, Race & Economy

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  1. AFRICAN AMERICANS, EGYPT, ETHIOPIANS & AFRICA~ What’s the Distinction? The god PTAH? … Part 1. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 2--- HIGH SCIENCE—METEORS of the Past & Present—the Copper Age Hayabusa-2: Japan’s rovers send pictures from asteroid 22 September 2018 Japan’s space agency (JAXA) has made history by successfully landing two robotic explorers on the surface of an asteroid. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45598156 If it had not been for what I have researched, I would not u…

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  2. Started by Chevdove,

    My Inspiration to Physical Fitness . . . ======================================================================================= I have a long, long way to go. I haven’t even started yet . . . Well, actually, I have actually started . . . and started . . . and then started again and again and again . . . I am still trying to get a handle on my craving for chocolate . . . and my habit of drinking grape soda . . . Pioneer, please pretend that you didn’t read this post! . . . LOL. You’ve probably seen and heard about these amazing stories, but I don’t believe I will ever get bored of reading about them or seeing these amazing women. Anyway, I c…

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  3. Well, obviously because we, African American DOS (Descendants Of Slaves), come from different countries in Africa and etc. and it would take three (3) North American continents to fit inside the huge continent of Africa, this would be a huge task to narrow down for a complete answer. But this would be a quest for so many of us to find completion because of our ancestors being displaced from their origins and that has ultimately left many of us disconnected. Like the many viral stories that have high ratings on television shows that feature accounts of how people have been in search and then reunited to their birth parents after being adopted from birth, this subject of kn…

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  4. Started by Cynique,

    https://www.johngraham.org/blog/the-kavanaugh-hearings#.W7EkTDocmgi.google_plusone_share

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  5. Guest Queen melanin
    Started by Guest Queen melanin,

    Using utilitarianism theory to justify your answer, respond to the question: Is the Black Lives Matter organization moral?

  6. PICTURES of EARLY CAUCASIAN~ ORIGINS from EGYPT & NORTH AFRICA!? I think this topic fits the title CULTUE-RACE-ECONOMY because it does hint at some possible deep roots that someone might relate to now or later. This would not be the correct term, ‘CAUCASIAN’, in my opinion, to understand the geographical and historical truth, and this would be a broad term. And here in America, it exclusively refers to Europeans (especially ‘White’ Europeans), but this term happens to define a much different people in the past. It would also take a lot of research to uncover the complete truth. But firstly, some picture references may help to show how re…

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  7. White. Police. Officer. Shoots. Unarmed,Black. Man. Who Was. In,His. Own. House. White. Female. Officer ,Thought. The. Man. Was. In. Her. House,He. Was. An. Intruder. She. Being Charged With Man Slaughter. She Out On Bail. .Been Waiting For,White Female Police To Shoot At Unarmed Black Males. Wrong,House Shooting?Racist White,Republican In Florida,Says Black People Owe White People For,Their Freedom,Their Is A Race,War On White. People. Thats,A Lie. Trying To. Help. Trump..Black. People. Need. To. Wake. Up...

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  8. Started by Troy,

    Scientists Say They've Found The Driver of False Beliefs, And It's Not a Lack of Intelligence This is why some people are so confident in their "facts". DAVID NIELD 9 SEP 2018 Why is it sometimes so hard to convince someone that the world is indeed a globe, or that climate change is actually caused by human activity, despite the overwhelming evidence?

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  9. Started by harry brown,

    Former. Southwest. Airlines. Employee,Jamel. Parker. Has,A,,Lawsuit,Agaist. Southwest. Airlines. The. White. Employees. Had. A , Whites,Only.Break Room At. The. Hobby,Airport.He Knew About It,He,Avoided It. Black Employees,Have A Higher Standard,Than The White Employees.There Is No White Only,Sign,But The Break Room,Was,For White Employees,Only.Someone Made A,Noose Out Of Cord For Everyone,To See..Detroit Schools,There,Is Lead And Copper In,Detroit School Water.Lead,Can. Lead. To,Delayed. Puberty. And. ,Behavior. Problems. News , ,Said....

  10. Started by Chevdove,

    FLORIDA RED TIDE UPDATE~ THE MOSES PLAGUE #1 RED MOON & BLACK FRIDAY~ Cultural Festival~ Cultural Origins -- Part 2 NASA IMAGE Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: . . . EXODUS 7:17-18. =================================================================================================================== =================================================================================================================== Tampa Bay Times WINNER OF 12 PULITZER PRIZES Tuesday, September 18, 2018 =====================================================…

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  11. Started by Troy,

    @Pioneer1 I thought about you Paul MOoney talks about DNA and race.

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  12. Guest Christopher Davis
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    Greetings; I am looking for African-American Authors from the areas of SC,NC, GA, and Alabama areas. Please email me newlifehatsociety@gmail.com

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  13. Again. Racist. White. Police. Officer,Charged. With. Murdering,17-Year. Old. Black. Boy.When. Laquan -McDonald Was. On. The. Ground,Dying,He. Was. Still. Being. ,Shot..Racist Police Officer Told News,Media He Fears Prison,Probably Trying To Get A All,White Jury. Judge Gave Him A,$2,000 Fine For Talking To News,Media. Black Police Silent..Racist !lunatic President,Racist,White Police Murdering Black Males,Street Gangs,Murdering Black People,Black,Men Not Being A. Father,To. Their. Children,Still. No. ,Black. People Come. Together. For,Unity. Voices..

  14. Started by Cynique,

    Lord, help us. Pioneer is now shielding himself behind a new avatar, one that brings to mind a biblical patriarch. Guess he figures he needs a make-over to dispel the devilishness that has recently burnished his aura. I always did say he had a "Messianic Complex", and now he's representing himself with a image he probably hopes will bring to mind a black Moses parting the Red Sea and leading his people to the promised land, - a far cry from the reality of his actually muddying the waters and misleading his tribesmen to the dead sea of Pseudo-Africanism. 😀 =

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  15. Snoop Dog vs The Clark Sisters & Wendy Williams Oh no! I didn't know Snoop Dog recently made a #1 Gospel Song! And, Wendy Williams mentioned this on her show and apparently received a lot of negativity for what she said.

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  16. Started by Troy,

    Author Roland S. Jefferson, MD shared this with me a few moments ago. I have never seen this and the first few minutes look good: "In 1968 ABC filmed a 30 minute documentary on musical prodigy Aretha Franklin. It is notable for the rarely seen interviews with her father, her husband, and producers. Importantly it features candid peeks behind the scenes that reveal how Aretha conceived and developed her approach to songs. And of course to watch the mesmerizing impact of her voice on the teens of the day is priceless. At your leisure, I encourage you to take the time to watch this amazing icon at the height of her youth. Enjoy!" --Roland S. Jefferson

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  17. Started by cristy n'bkl,

    Lost us the keys of our inheritance (continent) on this ground sprung from the resources rich and unlimited that let us have to be made to find our keys to check(control) the people who wish to enter?

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  18. Started by Troy,

    I heard about this on the radio this morning and went to look for the video. I said to myself how bad can it be? But after looking that the video any man reading this knows the "Bishop" knew exactly what he was doing. If he behaves like this during a high profile funeral -- a FUNERAL -- I and can't image what this guy does with attractive women, in his congregation, who revere him. I normally try to ignore "news" like this, but my curiosity got the best of me; I'm only human. So CBS got me to look at and share their video. I guess there are worse things I could be doing -- like fondling the beasts of young women. @harry brown, you …

  19. Started by harry brown,

    This. Past . Weekend,8-Dead,60 Shot. In,Chicago,Gang Violence...Black. Police. Superinttendent. Says. He Also,Said. They. Need. To. Be. Mentoring. For. Young. Boys. In. Chicago. I. Have. Said,NAACP, Black,Churches,Politicians,Need ,To,Make Time To Mentor Black Boys,Before They Get To High School. If NAACP, Church Preachers,, Can Make Time To Get Votes And Money,They Make Time,To,Mentor Black Children Before,They Get To High School.The. Millions Of Dollars,Black Churches Take. Up,Black. Preachers. Steal,Could. Send,. Black. Children. To. College...Preachers. Steal,Money. Buy. Cars,Mansions, As,Poverty.Is In. Black. Communities,,They. G…

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  20. Guest Queen X
    Started by Guest Queen X,

    How could anyone leave a baby in a hot car and go about their business?They either got something wrong with their mind or just plain "sorry". In this state where I live,I've counted approximately 5 incidences where the policeman sometimes a person passing by had to break in the car and rescue the child.Now you know that parent is just wrong. If you can punish someone for leaving a dog in a hot car, how come you can't punish someone for leaving a baby in a hot car? And how come they wait until it's hot to start this dumbass s__t? You don't hear of children freezing to death when it's cold. When someone has to break in a car to …

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  21. Started by Pioneer1,

    Why is Cynique's profile inside my account? Or is my profile in hers? And the time on when people posted are all off. Am I the only one experiencing this phenomena???

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  22. Started by Delano,

    https://www.businessinsider.com/major-study-finds-that-the-us-is-an-oligarchy-2014-4?IR=T

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  23. Started by Cynique,

    FaceBook could never be accused of not having a sense of humor. 😄

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  24. RED MOON & BLACK FRIDAY~ Cultural Festival~ Cultural Origins SEPTEMBER 11 ANNUAL NEW YEAR FESTIVAL I suppose because of an upcoming New Year Festival in a few days, it could be a good opportunity to show research about certain holidays observed over here in America that correlate to these past origins in Africa. On this upcoming SEPTEMBER 11, Ethiopian Jews will celebrate its’ New Year and, I suppose this would be especially significant for them after experiencing a Blood Moon; TOTAL LUNAR ECLPSE on this past July 27, 2018, that lasted over Ethiopia for three (3) hours. Not everyone cares about GOOD FRIDAY, PASSOVER or …

  25. Started by Troy,

    The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Anyone paying attention to detail may have noticed I don't use our president's name. However the psychopath may actually do us some good. Reuters reported yesterday: "White House probes Google after Trump accuses it of bias." The man actually has a point -- seriously. I noticed this several years ago as Google out ranked negative information about Zane and Terry Mcmillan over their accomplishments. While I'm trying to learn more about their work as writers Google is shoving all the negative stuff they can find about these sisters in my face -- information I'd argue should be private. At any rate,…

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  26. Black. Police Organization. Supports,NIKE. Ad. With. Colin Kaepernick. National. Police. Association. ,Against. The. NIKE. Ad,Saying It Disrespects. Men. And,Women. Sacrifice. For. This. Country. White Police Have Been,Fired. For Being KKK,Klan Members,The Last 7-Years. Neo-Nazi,Klan In The U.S. Military,,White,Police Condone This....Unarmed Black Males Shot,Dead By Racist White Police,Neo-Nazi,Klan Walk Around ,With Guns In Streets,White Police,Do,Not Shoot At These Racist,Terrorist. With. Guns....

  27. Guest Gene Alexander Peters
    Started by Guest Gene Alexander Peters,

    Greetings Bro. Troy- (Gene Alexander Peters , the African American Artifacts Collector here). Just a quick question.... I recently came across an ORGINAL single-sheet, double-sided newsletter from the "NEGRO BOOK CLUB, INC" from 1963. Do you have ANY knowledge of this club/organization?? (I can scan a pic, if needed). Tks. 'Gene. (email= gene.peters@farmingdale.edu)

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  28. THIS JUST IN about 10 hours ago: A Denosovan—Neanderthal Hybrid Bone Found in Cave _____________________________________________________________ Scientists Stunned By a Neanderthal Hybrid Discovered in a Siberian Cave Sarah Zhang 10 hrs ago … A remarkable new discovery—also in the Denisova cave—paints an even more interesting more picture, telling us that Denisovans also interbred with Neanderthals. The evidence is as direct as it can be: a bone fragment in the cave that, according to DNA analysis, belonged to the daughter of a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father. … http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tec…

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  29. Started by Chevdove,

    JAY Z & the KALIEF BROWDER STORY I never keyed in on this story about Kalief Crowder until I began to research about Jay Z and Beyonce’s sacrifices in their bringing forth the Trayvon Martin Story. But, because this story about Kalief maybe regarded as ‘old news’ in this community and based on what has been aired, however, I would like to take a hard-right turn though and ask some questions and make some conclusions that may lead to solutions not yet considered in this case and the many other cases being reviewed in America on this same wise. In light of this story too, it seems that America would be a system that rewards bad beha…

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  30. First. Black. Preacher ,Criticized. At,Aretha. Franklin. Funeral. Preacher,Jasper . Williams. Yapped,About. Black. Women. Raising,Sons,Alone,As He. Gave,His,Eulogy.Aretha Franklin. Raised Her Sons Alone. Her Family,Upset,Think Comments Aimed,At Her.Black Preacher in. Colorado Got A 14- Year Old,Girl,Pregnant.Black Preachers,Have Killed Their Wives,Preachers Caught With Prostitutes,Arrested For Stealing,Steal,Church Money,Buy, Cars,Mansions,,Beat Their Wives,Black,Church Preachers,Silent..Preachers. Are,Snakes,And. Jackals,Vultures...

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  31. Started by Delano,

    https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/03/news/companies/cfxolin-kaepernick-nike-just-do-it/

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  32. Started by harry brown,

    First,Christainity. Is. A. Slave. Religion.Christianity. Was. Beaten. ,Into,Our. Slave Ancestors. On. Slave,Plantations..Christianity. Is. ,White-Supremacy. Religion..BLack-Christians. Are. In. Poverty,Except,The,Serpent Demon,Stealing Preachers.White -Christains Most Live Good.Murdering,Enslaving People,Stealing In The Name Of ,Christainity..Racist White Politicians,Are Christians.White Christians Not Caring About Black,Christians...Christianity Have ,Black People Spiritually Enslaved....

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  33. Started by harry brown,

    Before. Aretha. Franklin. Was. The. Queen. Of . Soul,She. Had. A Rough. Beginning. Preacher. Father. Was. Involved. In. Orgies,Read. Orgies. Was,At Her Father's Church. Aretha,Was Sexually Active,Got Pregnant. At Age 12. By 16. She Had,2,Sons.At 19 She Was Married To A Pimp. Her Mother Died When,She Was. 9 -Years Old..With,Her Voice ,She Found The Strength ,To,Go. On,To Become The Queen Of ,Soul.Not Just A. Great Singer,And,Piano Player.She Wrote,Some Of Her Hit , Songs. Among. Them,Think,Call. Me,And. Day-Dreaming.I. Read. Aretha. Had. Diva,Tandrums,Had. A. Strong. Appetite For Sex,Spending. And. Fried. Chicken..She. Won. 18-Gram…

  34. Started by Cynique,

    The last i head, this is supposed to be a free country. And black people above all, are constantly striving to exercise their freedom. Because blacks are not all of one mind, some blacks have a problem when it comes to freedom of appearance. They are luke warm about diversity and want to dictate, judge, and criticize the choices of certain other blacks who resist the herd mentality of black brain washing that can be as restraining as white control. These Afro-centric vigilants, awash in their patented rhetoric, have taken on the role of deciding how black women, in particular, are obligated to look, and they are perfectly comfortable with imposing their …

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  35. Started by Troy,

    I attended the Mississippi Book Festival this past Saturday. It was held in Jackson, MS. Like most cities in the deep south it is a series of profound contradictions. You'll find both moving testaments to civil rights and blatant signs of racism and its legacy. The book fair had a terrific line up of authors: I got so see Charles Frazier, Rick Bragg, and Jon Meacham just to name a few. There were quite a few Black authors of note as well including Jabari Asim, Janet Dewart Bell, Don Tate, Angie Thomas, Nicola Yoon, Quvenzhané Wallis, and many more. The organizers of the festival commissioned the creation of a street marker dedicated to Ward's w…

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  36. Started by Cynique,

    Americans have really gone overboard in their apparent need to elevate icons to the level of idols who they can drench with adoration. No sooner do we recover from the loss of the Queen of Soul whose death set off an orgy of adulation, than Arizona senator and naval war hero john McCain sails away on a deep sea of accolades, The nation submerged itself in grief, mourning the departure of 2 familiar and beloved figures, treating their deaths as world shattering events that set off weeks-long coverage. Of course the media played its part in turning these events into epics. Regular network programming was interrupted to announce these deaths. Pictures…

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  37. Founder and Creator of AALBC.com, The oldest website for black literature, @Troy says black middle aged men are invisible? the irony is not lost on me especially since Troy has a wikipedia page - and is noted professional in the Literary field... anyway, in the original thread - I named at least 15 men who are architects of America's current narrative - And I didn't even look seriously at the literary scene. There's no way in hell black middle-aged men are invisible. That is unless they want to be... Robert Smith, Billionaire https://www.forbes.com/profile/robert-smith/#4b12675e61df A former Goldman Sachs investment banker, Smith sta…

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  38. Started by Delano,

    1) Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. 2) The Alchemist by Paul Coehlo. 3) Surely you must be joking by Richard Feynman. 4) A Brief history of time Stephen Hawking. 5) The easy tarot guide by Marsha Marshino. 6) The Faces at the bottom of the well. by Derrick Bell. 7) Negrophobia by Darius James. 8) Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. 9) The places you'll go by Doctor Seuss. 10) Eastern and Western Mysteries David Alan Hulse.

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  39. Started by Troy,

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

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  40. While I was at the Mississippi Book Festival, I attended a panel of booksellers. One of the panelists ran a bookstore in what he described as a resort town in Florida, so I looked it up and saw that it was not far out of my way back home. The store, Sundog Books, is located in Seaside, Florida which is in the middle of the Florida panhandle. It is a fine bookstore. The beach in Seaside was the nicest beach I'd ever seen in the continental US -- the entire area was pristine. The water varied in color from deep blue to light green. The sand was cool and fine, almost like power -- simply beautiful. Seaside, FL was also almost exclusively white. I …

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  41. I have never visited 45's Twitter page before 2 minutes ago. There was not need to mainstream and social media shovel 45's tweets as if the were in a race to be the first to share his BS. 7 minutes ago 45 tweeted the following: I was on the New York Times website, while reading a completely unrelated article about the Supreme Court's decision which changes the rules of the collection of sales tax by online retailers. Inside the article the Times included a tweet by Trump applauding the decision (which tells me this must be a bad decision for business like mine). This is what prompted me to visit 45's page 45 has over 53 million followe…

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  42. Started by Cynique,

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  43. Started by Troy,

  44. Started by Delano,

    https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/10143234 Beyonce empowers women and uses a sweatshop for her Ivy Park clothing line.

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  45. Started by Delano,

    https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/05/06/ursula-k-le-guin-freedom-oppression-storytelling/

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  46. Started by Delano,

    http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/frank-rich-2008-financial-crisis-end-of-american-dream.html

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  47. Former. Actress,Humanitarian ,Activist,Megan. Markle ,Who. ,Is,Biracial. Is. To. Marry. Prince. Harry. .Her .Mother. is. African-American ,Her. Father. Is. White..Raised. In. Los-Angeles,California. She. Will. Be. Positive. For. The. Black. People. .. .What. It. Is. Like. Being. Black. In. America,In. The,World. Talk. About. Being. Biracial. And. Diversity.......This,Country. Racism. Led. By. The. Neo. Nazi, Nut,,President.,Will. She. Talk. About. This...The. Royal,Wedding. Is. Tomorrow. News. Says. Her. Father. Want,Be. There. I. Think. Prince. Charles. Might. Walk. Her,Down. The. Aisle ,Stand. In. For. Her. Father......

  48. This video was at the top top of my Feed on Facebook. Leah is the chef at a restaurant called Dooky Chase's in New Orleans. It is a restaurant I've gone to a couple of times. I guess Facebook new I was contemplating going to New Orleans in a few days. This video just about convinced me to go. Remember, don't put no corn in your gumbo! 🙂

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  49. Started by harry brown,

    The. Queen. Of. Soul,Aretha. Franklin,Is. Gravely Ill.She. Is. In. Hospice. Care,She,Has. Been. Battling Cancer,8-Years,News. Says. She. Had. Been. Visited By. Singer. Stevie Wonder,Ex,Husband Glynn Turman., ,Jesse Jackson.There Was A Vigil , For,Her At Her Father's Church In,Detroit..People Sending Their Prayers...She Surrounded By Family,And Friends. News Sounding,Like The Queen Of Soul,Is,Near Death. I Hope Not.!!!!

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