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During Black Classic Press's 40th Anniversary I had the pleasure of hearing Navasha Daya perform. I was teasing @harry brown in an earlier post by asking who buys music anymore. But I actually purchased Navasha's CD. One is the songs she performed really moved me. It speaks to the struggles of poor people. She is a Baltimore based community activist; her lyrics and music is influenced by people she meets -- pehras that is why it rings true to me.

New. Movie. Super. Fly . Black. Drug. King. Pin,Goes. To. ,Mexico, To. Get. Cocaine. Cocaine. ,Pimps And. Prostitution ,,Gangs,Have. Been Made. Glamorous ,By. Black. ,,Movies,Music. Black. Community. Has. Crack. Houses,Pimp ,Houses,Gangs. Slaughter. Black. People. In. The. ,Streets...The,Black. Panther. Movie ,Super. Hero. Entertainment, Will. Not. Stop,Making ,Black Genocide. Glamorous...Racist. White. Do. Not. Have. ,To,Do. Anything,Let. Black. People. Genocide. ,Corrupt. ,Future,Black. Generation.....

News. Says. Kanye. West. New. Album. Is. Selling. Big. ,News,Says. Maybe. Trump. Supporters. Buying. Kanye. ,West,,Music..Maybe. The. Neo .Nazi. That. Was. In. ,Charlottesville. ,That. Trump. Loves,,Maybe. They. ,Bought,Kanye West. Music.....Kanye West,Black. ,Preachers,Support. Trump. After. Charlottesville...Sports,Is. Anyone. Besides. Me. Sick. Of. The. Ball. Family. Lavar Ball ,And. His. Son's. ,With. Average. Basketball. Talent. The. -Question,Where. Will. LeBron James. Play. Basketball. ,Next?.

https://www.change.org/p/music-industry-petition-to-ban-john-lennon-s-songs-fd44416f-342b-4648-8638-0c8b1ff17152 John Lennon was an incredibly racist, misogynistic person who was deservedly murdered by NAACP and the Feminists. Time to ban his songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDPzYGEVmCA

Should we put R Kelly on mute? Is the artist separate from their art? Do celebrated people have a responsibility to their fans? Is the lack of societal bonds creating the need for role models? Should we have a quesadilla or a burrito?

Hey all I am a new to the site but have been reading the content for some time. I have read studies that indicate that our people fall behind the other major ethnic groups when it comes to understanding money. Financial Literacy, or lack thereof, leads to so many other issues. We need to teach each other and grow as a people. Here is a quick 2 minute quiz to test your general knowledge when it comes to money. http://thecleverafrican.com/2017/04/13/financial-literacy-quiz/

Pro. Football. Wants. The players. To. Stop. Kneeling. Down,Stand. For. The. Anthem. Or. Stay. In Locker. Room,When. National. Anthem. Is. Played. Want. To. See,If. The. Black. Philadelphia. Eagles. Football, Players. Will. Go. To. The. White. House. To. See. The. Lunatic. President. If. They,Do. ,They. As. Bad. As. Kanye West. And. Ben. Carson...Players. are. Disrespecting. The. Flag. And. Military,Says. Trump.. Neo. Nazi. Walk. Around. With. Nazi-Flags,U. . S. Flags. In the. Streets. Last. Month. Neo. Nazi,Celebrated. Hitler. Birthday,Walking. Around. With. Nazi ,Flags. White. America. Condones. This......Black. Football,Players. Cannot. Kneel. Down,But. Neo. N…

@Kalexander2, in an earlier conversation, brought up an online news firm he'd previously planned to start, the JPCC News agency. That actually reminded me of a company I started, back in 1991 when I was in MBA school, working in the computer lab with @Delano. I'm order than Del, but he was ahead of me in school.' Anywho when K2 mentioned "JPCC" it really triggered memories. I went to the Wayback Machine and found a snapshot of the JPCC website from 1995. JPCC was one of the first websites that I created; I'm not sure what year that but it was not long after the Netscape Navigator web browser became available. AALBC started as a directory on this website ba…

Starbucks. Is. Closing. Their. Stores. Today,For. Racist. ,Bias,Training..Whatever. Trump. Elected. Has. Brought. Out,Racist. People. From. The. Shadows. Into. The. Sunshine..The. President. Of. This. Country. Supports. Neo,Nazi. . News. Talks. About. Black. Men. Arrested. At,Starbucks, Football. Players. Kneeling. Down. ,They. Will,Not. Talk. About. White. Police. Fired. For. Being. Klan ,Members. Past. 7_ Years. Neo. Nazi. In. The. Military ,Racist,Politicians ,Besides. Trump..Racism. Reason. There,Are,Poor. Inner. City. Black. Schools. And. Rich. White,Schools.....Last. Month. Neo. Nazi. Waving. Nazi,Flags,Celebrating. Adolf. Hitler Birthday ..

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — South Africa's Caster Semenya set a meet record in the 800 meters at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday while controversy swirls about a rule that could limit her from competing at the distance. Semenya defended her title in the event in 1 minute, 55.92 seconds, which is also the top mark in the world this year. American Ajee Wilson was second in 1:56.86. Semenya is the two-time Olympic and three-time world champion in the 800. But she could be impacted in the future by a new rule that has drawn criticism. The IAAF, track and field's international governing body, announced last month that starting on Nov. 1 it will…

...and it is a crying shame. For the past week I've been reaching out to contacts, in the Black media, attempting to get some substantive coverage of the adverse impact Google has on Black businesses. Now my rolodex is not particularly deep, so it has been tough going. Sure mainstream media has been all over this issue, but Black media has been largely silent and they are effected has much as anyone. The vast majority of Black newspaper websites don't get enough traffic pay anyone's salary -- which is astonishing given they are tremendous content producers. I'm also concerned that this lack of coverage is resulting in a great deal o…

Hundreds of US citizens die every year at the hands of law enforcement officers. Unarmed people being shot, beaten and even suffocated to death by officers, continue to make headlines, despite an almost continuous outcry. The average US citizen is over 10 times more likely be killed by police officer than by terrorists. According to the official sources, the police kill 2 people every day, according to unofficial sources, the police kill 4 people every day. It’s seems that killing people in our country has become the routine, has become something normal. Every video of police shooting of unarmed person is much more terrifying than any horror movie. Is it possi…

THIS IS AMERICA So many people are going crazy over this video and talking about how "deep" it is and all of the hidden and symbolic messages it contains. I admit I'm not too smart, so I'm not ashamed to say I just don't see the significance of it. Outside of his portrayal of America as a violent place.....what exactly are the messages Danny is trying to convey? Too me, this video is borderline DISGRACEFUL and an EMBARASSMENT to Black America for a number of reasons: 1. The only person I noticed committing acts of violence in the video are BLACK.....namely Danny (Childish Gambino) himself! 2. There is too much pointless dancing and …

Film. Maker. Spike. Lee. Vocally. Slams. Trump . At. The,Cannes. Film. Festival.. Talking. About. Trump, Supporting. Neo. Nazi. In. Charlottesville. Last. Year..The,Movie,Black. Klansman. ,Is. About. A. Black. Detective,A. Jewish. Detective. Together. Infiltrate. A. Ku-Klux. KLAN. Cell. In. Colorado...Spike. Lee. Says,Black,White,Brown. We. All. Live. On. The. Planet,Trump,Has. The. Nuclear. Code,I. Go. To. Bed. Thinking,About. It....When. The. Sports. Talkers. Talk. About,Colin. Kapernick ,Protesting ,They. Will. Not. Talk. About,White. Police. Fired. For. Being. KLAN. Members...The,News. Show. Another. Black. Man. Jumped. On,By. White. Police. They. Don't. Ta…

Based on the current racial climate in America, one might assume the answer to the question in the title is no. Watching two black men get arrested in a Starbucks coffee shop simply for being black or watching the story of a white woman call the police on a black man for legally having a bar-b-Que in a park, supports the idea there is a conspiracy to suppress or eradicate black men from America. Add to these two incidences our current president who refused to condemn the action of a racist hate group and it’s should be easy to understand why there is so much pessimism and negativity on the minds of black men. How can we as black men be optimistic when even some of …

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I remember this flick, and it is hard to image it is 40 years old. The first time I went to Chicago I had to visit the Cabrini-Green housing projects. I enjoyed the film because it was shot in the projects. Like Claudine that came before it, which was filmed in Harlem, it showed a side of life that really was not shown in the movies before that time. I grew up in the projects. Mine were taller, more like Robert Taylor houses on Chicago's south side. The projects I grew up in are still standing. Some of the families have been there for generations. Like the guy in the interview above says we had fun growing up --despite the crime, viole…

Happy. Mother's. Day. To. All. The. Black. Mothers,Grandmothers,And. Aunts,With. Child. Raising...Lot, ,Of. Black. Women. Having. To. Raise. Children. Without. The. Fathers....All. The. Women. Who. Are. Mother's,Grandmothers,Aunts. On. AALBC,Cynique. And. All. The,Others. Happy. Mother's. Day...........

I am interested in having my book reviewed. Chasing Mercury by September Williams ISBN 978-0-692-05966-1 Publication Date 2/14/2018 Cove International Press Chasing Mercury In the time of Mercury Poisoning Loving Someone Enough to Let Them Go is for Cowards An epileptic black ballerina and a Powwow dancer, whistleblower journalist meet in the Montreal airport. They are both performing at an international youth festival in Berlin, 1973, Cold War Berlin. During a long layover in Zürich, he takes the ballerina to a Swiss Bank. Speaking French, the Powwow dancer deposits many thousands of dollars into his numbered account …

Entertainer. Kanye. West. ,Said. Slavery. Is A. Choice. There. Is,A. Uproar,Backlash. Some. Have. Said. Kanye Should. Shut The, F----Up..He. Said. Black. People. Should. Not. Be. In, Mentally Slavery. Another. 400 Years...I. Do. Not. Which. Is. Worse,Kanye. West. Or ,Ben. Carson. Saying. Slaves,We're,Immigrants..Ben. Carson. Seem. To. Want. The. Price. Of. Housing. For. The. Poor. To. Go. Up..I. Will. Say. This,Black. People. Enslave. Themselves,And. Are. Enslaved,By,So. Called. Community. Leaders...Church. Preachers. Enslave. The. Souls. Of. Black. People. Each. Day.. Poverty. All. Around. The. Church,Preacher. Has. A. New. Car,In. The. Church Yard. Preacher. …

I learned about this film listening to a podcast of This American Life, who produced this film. This American Life podcast of Heretics: the story of Bishop Carlton Pearson Your browser does not support the audio element. It tells the story of Bishop Carlton Pearson, a very successful preacher who began preaching that there is no Hell and the God loves everyone -- even if they are not "saved." I enjoyed both the podcast and the film.

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Discussions about healthy living usually revolve around diet and exercise. Social interaction is often left out of the conversation, even though research shows that it's critical to our well-being.

I hope Beyonce wins next year. She's the only artist I can recall who has used their platform to communicate the complexities of life for black women in America . Kendrick Lamarr's experiences are not mine and I've lived the african-american experience far longer than he . I would have preferred the membership designate this prize for his ability to capture the complexity of modern life of a black man in America... Still, congratulations to KL for being recognized by a body that I hold in high esteem.

College Student Hailed As Hero After Saving 80-Year-Old Woman From Burning Home GLEN BURNIE (WJZ) — A Maryland college student is being hailed as a hero after saving a woman from her burning home in Anne Arundel County Wednesday. Family was back at the home Thursday to clean up and go through some of the things inside. This could have been much worse, if not for the help of a stranger walking by. The charred facade of Gail Johnston’s Glen Burnie home is hard to miss when driving by, but it’s what happened at the back door Wednesday afternoon that has plenty of people calling Tre Williams a hero. …

I am certain this should be under the literature section, but it fits both sections. Pulitzer Price winning author Chabon does an analysis of a song Lamar released yesterday. Powerful stuff. Check it out: http://genius.com/4869098/Kendrick-lamar-the-blacker-the-berry/Been-feeling-this-way-since-i-was-16-came-to-my-senses-you-never-liked-us-anyway-fuck-your-friendship-i-meant-it-im-african-american-im-african-im-black-as-the-moon-heritage-of-a-small-village

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A. Topless. Woman. Lunged. Herself. At. Bill. Cosby,She. Was,Tackled. By. Police. She. Said. She. Wanted. To. Make ,Bill. Cosby. Feel. Uncomfortable. Like. He. Has. Made. Women. Feel,Uncomfortable. News. Said. He. Paid. One. Of. His. Accusers. Over. 3. Million. Dollars..Dozens. Of. Women. Say,They. We're. Drugged. By. Bill. Cosby. .Trump ,Lawyer,Office,Hotel. Room. Raided By. FBI. Trump. Wants. ,His,Former. Lovers. ,The. Porn. Star,Play Boy Model,Their. Mouths,Shut....He. Does. Not. Know. About. His. Lawyer. Paying. The. Porn. Star. Money,........HA ,HA....

Please take the time to research the Max Planck Research Institution, its historical ties to Nazi Eugenics theory and racial cleansing schemes. They were a part of every Nazi horror story, including murder, torture and genocide and yet they were reestablished after world war 3 in order to continue eugenics inspired research. The Max Planck, formally the Kaiser Weilhiem Society, is now one of the leading Scientific research organization in the world. They provide curriculum, and direction in Anthropology, Archaeogenetics, Psychology and Biochemistry to prestigious universities such as Harvard, MIT, and Oxford. I strongly suspect that this organization is financed by Neo…

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film / tv / politics / web / celeb Law Professor Absolutely Destroys Student Letter Protesting Her Wearing a 'Black Lives Matter' T-Shirt By Petr Knava | Miscellaneous | March 2, 2018 | A little while ago some first year law students saw fit to write a letter to their professor, protesting the professor’s wearing of a ‘Black Lives Matter’ t-shirt during lectures. The letter called the t-shirt ‘highly offensive’ and ‘inappropriate’. In and of itself, that is not a particularly remarkable story. It’s just some idiots painfully trying to conflate awareness campaigns with this nebulous concept of ‘divisiveness’—really stretching the English lan…

Since Mel and Zaji have made themselves scarce, i'm going on hiatus, too. You boys can discuss amongst yourselves and exude your testosterone. Time for me to shift into the astral zone and expand my mind...

News. Says. Singer. Kanye West. Loves. Trump. . Kanye. West,Was. He. Watching. Trump. Support. Neo. Nazi. In. Charlottesville. Last. Year? Africa. Is. A S---Hole Countries..Never. Been. A. Kanye. West. Fan. I. Can't. Name. ,Any. Song. He. Made...There. Are. Black. Preachers. That. Love,Trump. Black. Class. News,Legendary. Actress. Cecily -Tyson. Had. A. Hand. Print. Ceremony. At. The. TLC Chinese,Theatre. On , This. Date. The. great. Muhammed-Ali, ,Refused. The. Army,Protested. The. Vietnam. War,He,Was. Arrested,Boxing. Suspension...NFL Draft,Wonder. If. Any. Black ,College. Football. Players. Will. Be. Asked. About. Kneeling. Down,During. The. National. Anthem. …

Read. Online. The. NAACP ,Wants. To. Have. A. HIV ,AIDS,Conversation. With. The. Churches,Faith Leaders,It,Has,Been. 38. ,Years. Since. HIV,AIDS,Why. Now?Let,Me, Talk. About. Two. Black. Preachers. Who. Had. HIV,Was. Having. Sex. With. Women. In. And. Out. Of. Their,Church.. ...I. Think. One. Woman. Got. HIV. From. The,Preacher. She. Had. Sex. With. The. Preachers. Knew. They,HIV...Preachers. Have. Been. Arrested. For. Stealing,Caught. With. Prostitutes,Having. Babies. With,Mistresses .Churches. Have. Become. Pimp. Houses..The,NAACP,Churches ,Black. Politicians. Condone...Preachers,Are. Snakes..Want. Only. Black. People,Money. Domestic. Violence,Preachers. Beating. T…

Greetings all, I'm hoping you might be willing to provide feedback on the following idea. Thanks in advance! ============== 1) Every black child born should receive a $100,000 education voucher which can be spent on any K-12, community college, trade school, or university program the parents feel are in the best interests of their child. 2) This plan should continue until such time as black and white Americans have, on average, the same level of wealth. 3) This plan would cost approximately 60 billion dollars. The vouchers should be paid for by the richest Americans, those who have benefited most from an economi…

The surface problems are financial. Their roots are psychological and sociological. So there are tactical and strategic solutions.

Universal Basic Income. Tech entrepreneurs are leading the current push for universal basic income, perhaps because they can envision a future where robots do all the jobs, or perhaps because they think, as Andy Stern, the former head of the SEIU and the author of Raising the Floor, does, that it’s the best way to avoid a 1789-style revolution. https://lifehacker.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-universal-basic-income-1825172737?IR=T

Two. Black. Men. We're. Arrested. At. Starbucks. Not. Sure. Why,Sitting. Down. Without. Ordering. White. People. Have. Said. People. Go. In. Starbucks. Without. Ordering. Anything...White. Police. That. Arrested. The. Black. Men. We're. Supported. By. White. Democrat. Mayor ,And. A. Black,Police. Officer,What. If. The. Black. Men. Have. Been. Shot. Think. The. Starbucks. CEO. Will. Meet. Will. Them...In. Kansas,Neo. Militia. Was. Arrested. For. Planning. To. Attack,Somali. Refugees.. In. Florida. ,Neo. Nazi, National-Guard. Soldier. Was. Sentenced. To. Five. Years. For. Having,Bomb. Making. Things......Racist. Trash. President ,Has,Brought. Out. More,Racist...

The U.S. government runs just one large-scale program that supplements poor people’s incomes and Republicans want to make that support more difficult for some to obtain. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps, gives more than 40 million Americans a monthly food allowance averaging about $125 per recipient ― less than a typical person needs for a month’s worth of food. Republicans on Capitol Hill want more SNAP recipients to enroll in government training programs or take available jobs that are likely to pay little. Republicans in the Trump administration are considering a plan promoted by several GOP governors to have some SNA…

In spite of indicators of a 'blue wave' in the mid-terms, Democrate candidates are still begging constituents (voters) for handouts. For several years I gave monthly donations to campaigns until some Dems started playing footies with Republicans. This morning I visited the "Democrats Aboard" office to touch bases with other U.S. voters here in Israel. They treated American born Arabs like republicans treat Black voters. I'm pissed to say the least! Now I'm re-examining my priorities. Is this reasonable?

HUFFPOST News dentity Of Michael Cohen’s ‘Mystery’ Client Revealed Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, has represented Fox News’ Sean Hannity, a court hearing revealed Monday. Cohen’s lawyers exposed the identity of Cohen’s previously unnamed client in a courtroom in New York after the judge ordered them to do so. ... Hannity addressed the news on his radio show Monday, saying he had never officially retained Cohen as his attorney. @seanhannity "Michael Cohen has never represented me in any matter. I never retained him, received an invoice, or paid legal fees. I have occasionally had brief discussions with him …

BBC News London Stephen Lawrence: Murdered teen's father forgives killers The father of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence says he has forgiven his son's killers, nearly 25 years after the attack. Dr Neville Lawrence the decision had been "one of the hardest things", but he still wanted justice. The murder "opened the country's eyes" to racism, he added. Stephen, 18, was stabbed in an attack by five white youths on 22 April 1993, at a bus stop in south-east London. Two White men were jailed [20 years later]. Not just in America, Blacks are being targeted everywhere.

The New York Times WASHINGTON Defense Department officials said on Saturday that American-led strikes against Syria had taken out the “heart” of President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons program, but acknowledged that the Syrian government most likely retained some ability to again attack its own people with chemical agents. What exactly is really going on? Reputable sources here say it was all a big 'scamola' between the Russia, Syrian, and the U.S. forces. While I'm waiting for verifiable images from folks on the ground in Syria, thought I'd share what I've heard thus far. The building, so-called factories were empty, no human occ…

I have said it elsewhere I am done talking about any kind of injustice. It's not pointless just fruitless in an emotional mental and spiritual wasteland that resides in too many ...

Now that Special Counsel Robert Muller has Trump's tax records (from the M. Cohen raid), to be made public soon, will they show a wealthy man or a man who claims to be wealthy based on paper and bullshit?

Why Native Americans do not separate religion from science The knowledge of the medicinal qualities of these plants clearly grew out of a process of observation and experimentation. She learned how to distill the essential elements of a plant to create an extract of its medicinal properties. In fact, her refrigerator was filled with bottles of extracts. However, some of these plants also had mythological stories that spoke of their origin in the supernatural realm. These stories instructed the Blackfeet how to communicate with the plant, to care for it, how to protect its ecosystem, restrict knowledge of the plant and its over-harvesting. …

i am becoming more and more into visual images that excite my focus and illustrate silence. So much better than the empty words of shallow minds.

Has any one seen Fruitvale? Also interested in your opinion even if you haven't seen it.

I am in Hong Kong. It's mountainous and humid. Haven't met any locals.