Culture, Race & Economy

66th Day of ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬: April 6, 1968, Eldridge Cleaver, the author of Soul On Ice was in a shootout with police that left a Black Panther dead

Here is a 60 second trailer from a much longer video I shot of Michael Eric Dyson critiquing President Obama, during the National Black Writers Conference a few days ago. It has been interesting to observe Michael move to essentially the same position Cornel West took several years ago, a position that Dyson himself beat Dr. West up over publically.

APRIL 4, 1968, SOME PEOPLE BLACK AND WHITE DO NOT BELIEVE JAMES EARL RAY IS ALONE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ASSASSINATION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING. SOME SAY IT WAS MEMPHIS BAR OWNER, SOME RACIST POLICE , SOME J EDGAR HOOVER AND THE FBI/ THE KING FAMILY BELIEVED JAMES EARL RAY,WHEN HE SAID HE DID NOT DO IT//CONSPIRACY THEORIES FOR THE ASSASSINATIONS OF DR. KING,PRESIDENT KENNEDY, AND ROBERT KENNEDY ALL THESE YEARS LATER.SOME BELIEVE JAMES EARL RAY WAS THE SCAPE GOAT/ ///. //

It appears that white supremacy/racism begin when Black People begin the the task of achieving all around the world. One well know example would be the "Black Wall Street" in Tulsa, Oklahoma this town was literally destroyed. The holding back and holding up a group of people because you can, and this action having an impact on their lives and their children lives has to be supreme, this is frightening, and the answer is continue to achievement? Again, I ask the question, how do we begin the process of solving this world problem of white supremacy/racism. This powerful institutions has and continue to destroy many lives and many cultures.

In case anyone cares, EMPIRE is back and the season opener aired last Wednesday. As the resident pop culture vulture, I would be remiss if I didn't provide a re-cap for anyone who missed the return of this hip hop soap opera. Watching the first installment, I could understand how, like the Roman Empire, this show is in danger of toppling. Rating are on a downward slide and one reason for this could be the plot redundancy so apparent in the premier episode. Rumor has it that fewer celebrities will be making cameo appearances, a decision I question because familiar show biz faces popping up were what kept things entertaining. Apparently Naomi Campbell didn't get…

65th Day of ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬: Booker T. Washington author of UP FROM SLAVERY born April 5, 1856 I read Up From Slavery as a youngster. I don't recall what or prompted me to do it. It would be many years later before I would learn that he was a "controversial" figure.

65th Day of ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬: Booker T. Washington author of UP FROM SLAVERY born April 5, 1856

How do we begin the process of seeking justice for all people, focusing on the people at the bottom first? What think tanks are focusing on solving this world problem, mistreating people, especially people with color in their skin?

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.

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…

White supremacy is a form of racism centered upon the belief, and promotion of the belief, that white people are superior in certain characteristics, traits, and attributes to people of other racial backgrounds and that therefore white people should politically, economically and socially rule non-white people. How do we remove the concept from society and begin to treat all people equally?

ON THE NEWS, BLACK SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN DETROIT WAS STEALING MONEY MEANT FOR THE INNER CITY BLACK SCHOOLS/BLACK SCHOOL PRINCIPALS HAD BRIBERY SCHEMES, WITH THE MONEY FOR THE SCHOOLS.EACH PRINCIPAL GOT MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS,NOT GIVING A DAMN ABOUT THE BLACK CHILDREN EDUCATION/SOME OF THE BLACK SCHOOLS , NAMED AFTER BLACK HISTORY GREATS, JUSTICE THURGOOD MARSHALL, CHARLES DREW AND MARCUS GARVEY/THESE BLACK CROOKS ARE AS VILE EVIL AS THE WHITE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF FLINT, NOT CARING ABOUT LEAD IN THE WATER, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE POOR AND MOSTLY BLACK////BLAC…

Chicago never wants for controversy. The city abounds with it in all areas: politics, police misconduct, gang killings, a pending teachers strikes, an increasingly unpopular mayor. A couple of weeks ago, I could barely finish wiping my tears over the collapse of my beloved Chicago Bulls basketball team, when a spring training episode erupted in controversy centered around the White Sox. Because one of the Sox's designated hitters with a big contract, was called out by the general manager for bringing his 14-year-old son to work every day, this indignant player opted out of a lucrative contract and quit!. Chicagoland immediately began to take sides on this issue.…

ON THE PEOPLE VERSES O J SIMPSON SHOW, THE RACIST TRASH POLICE MARK FURMAN WAS ON TAPE, MARK FURMAN SAID THE N WORD A MILLION TIMES, HATED BLACK PEOPLE, MEXICANS,.WHY DID OPRAH WINFREY HAVE THIS HUMAN TRASH ON HER SHOW YEARS AGO/DID HE CALL HER THE N WORD, HE SAID IT A MILLION TIMES ON THE TAPE// DID OPRAH WINFREY EVER HAVE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN ON HER SHOW, ANY NATION OF ISLAM MEMBERS,BLACK PANTHERS,PROBALY NOT/SHE HAD NO PROBLEM PUTTING ON HUMAN TRASH LIKE MARK FURMAN/// PROSECUTOR MARSHA CLARK AND BLACK PROSECUTOR CHRIS DARDEN HAD A INTERESTING RELATIONSHIP///

This thread is prompted by an observation by Cynique on another thread but it goes into the response by Black men in general society when it comes to conflict in the community and especially between Black women. Why do so many Black men allow people and especially women to fight without doing the "manly" thing of stepping in to resolve it? I can't speak for other male posters, I can only speak from my personal experiences and observations as to why this often happens....... First of all, a lot of Black men actually DO step in Especially when things get physical....as I have on several occasions when women started fighting eachother in my presence. But as long a…

My friend, and seer Delano from waaaay across the ocean posted a 2 work message in regard to a long rebuttal I had posted to untruths directed at personal recollection essays I have posted in the past. So I deleted the rebuttal. Wise psychic that he is, Delano said what I needed to hear: "Why justify?" And he's right. Why waste time on feeding the troll. Just sit back and let her starve. And I am psychic enough to know how sara will respond to his... same ol same ol.

WHEN THE PREACHERS BEGIN PREACHING EASTER SUNDAY,JESUS ON THE CROSS, HIS RESURRECTION,,,BIBLE DOES NOT SAY A BLOND BLUE,EYED CHRIST WAS CRUCIFIED/WHITE CHRISTIANS WILL NOT BOW DOWN TO A BLACK JESUS PICTURE,BUT BLACK CHRISTIANS WILL KNEEL DOWN TO WHITE JESUS PICTURES/IM NOT RELIGIOUS AND I KNOW BIBLE DOES NOT SAY JESUS IS WHITE////

54th Day of ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬: Ida B. Wells, newspaper editor and in the Civil Rights Movement passed March 25, 1931

52nd Day of ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬: Walter Anthony Rodney was born in Georgetown, Guyana on March 23, 1942, Rodney's "How Europe Underdeveloped Africa" should be required reading for all Americans.

AT LA AIRPORT AIRPORT EMPLOYEE WAS SMUGGLING 60 POUNDS OF COCAINE/THE WOMAN SMUGGLING THE COCAINE ,LEFT THE COCAINE IN 2 SUIT CASES AND HER GUCCI SHOES ,WHEN SHE WAS CHASED BY SECURITY/AIRPORT WORKERS ARE NOT CHECKED/WHAT KIND OF SECURITY IS THIS///ON THE NEWS TERRORIST BOMB BELGIUM , OVER 30 PEOPLE DEAD///// I ASSUMING SHIP CARGO HOLES AND AIRPLANES CARGO HOLES ARE NOT CHECKED, , WITH THE FEAR OF TERROR ATTACKS/I LIKE TO KNOW WHO THE WOMAN WAS GOING TO GIVE THE 60 POUNDS OF COCAINE TO/ .WAS ,THE COCAINE SUPPOSE TO END UP IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES IN THIS COUNTRY////

DR BEN CARSON IS SUPPORTING TRUMP/ NOT LONG AGO DONALD TRUMP SAID BEN CARSON WAS MENTALLY UNSTABLE/MAYBE HE IS SUPPORTING TRUMP/TRUMP SAID IF HE IS NOT THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE THERE WILL BE RIOTS.SINCE DONALD TRUMP IS SUPPORTED BY THE KU KLUX KLAN AND NEO NAZI,,WHAT RIOTS ARE HE TALKING ABOUT/

46th Day of ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬: Alice Walker, "the first legally married inter-racial couple in Mississippi" married March 17 1967

“...[Trump] may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS...” This is outrageous admission from a news organization, and clearly articulates the problem with what we euphemistically describe as journalism today. The behavior of CBS and their peers is THE reason Donald has a great chance of actually becoming the president of the united states. Ok we know the POTUS is a figurehead largely responsible for doing the bidding of the ultra rich, but to actually elect of of these guys is alarming. But hey in a culture fed on reality TV and celebrity, what do you expect? The most outrageous and the most popular wins.

43rd Day of ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬: Activist Fannie Lou Hamer passed 39 years ago today. I missed a few days, but I was out of town--fortunate enough to be invited to participate in the Kingston Book Festival (more on that later). I really wanted to personally make a Black History Month post every day of the year, but it is just impractical. I really admire Fannie Lou Hamer.

Well, the time is drawing near and I will soon have to decide who to cast my vote for in the upcoming Illinois primaries. My choices are represented by Clinton and Sanders. Everybody else is out of the question, particularly Donald Trump, that ego-maniacal, fascistic xenophobic, ignorant mouthpiece of the worst America has to offer. (Funny how when checking out the Wendy Williams show the other day, watching her toddle around in stiletto heels, almost pitching forward from the weight of her enormous implants, her glassy eyes peeking out from the drapery of her latest wig, lasciviously sharing gossip with her enraptured audience of giddy women and gay men all of whom ha…

ON THE NEWS, MASS SHOOTING IN PITTSBURGH, IN BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD. 5 PEOPLE KILLED. INCLUDING PREGNANT WOMAN/ DONT KNOW WHAT COLOR MURDERERS ARE, PROBALY A GANG// AS WHITE POLICE DELIBERATELY MURDER BLACK MALES, DONALD TRUMP SOUNDING LIKE ADOLF HITLER RESURRECTED , BLACK PEOPLE WILL NOT STOP GENOCIDING THEIR OWN PEOPLE/

THERE IS A NEW SHOW CALLED UNDERGROUND/ABOUT SLAVES ON A GEORGIA PLANTATION PLANNING TO ESCAPE ,WITHIN THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD,TO FREEDOM/SHOWS TOMORROW ON WGN CHANNEL//AT THE PRESENT TIME BLACK PEOPLE CREATE WAYS TO ENSLAVE BLACK PEOPLE/CRACK HOUSES, BLACK MEN ENSLAVING BLACK PEOPLE WITH COCAINE/PIMP HOUSES, SEX NO FEAR OF AIDS-HIV, GANGS KILLING BLACK PEOPLE, NO REMORSE,PREACHERS ENSLAVING THE SOULS OF BLACK PEOPLE,ON THE NEWS, WHO HAS THE BLACK VOTE ,HILLARY CLINTON,BERNIE SANDERS,,BLACK LEADERS,SUPPORTING EACH OF THEM ,BRINGING VOTES TO EACH,BLACK POLITICIANS CANNOT TRUST///BLACK MEN NOT RAISING THEIR CHILD…

This post was inspired by a students words to me. They struck me. What can we do to improve our childrens image of themselves? Please share your thoughts. Thank you for clicking my posts, commenting and liking them...my gratitude is immeasurable. http://www.cgoodwork.com/blog/2016/3/6/ugly

Race Race is based strictly on physical characteristics and genes. African , Caucasian, Native American, ect.....(there are other races) Ethnicity Ethnic grouping involves SOME race, but for the most part it involves shared history, religion, diet, language, social customs, ect..... AfroAmerican, Jewish, Arab, ect.... Nationality Nationality is basically what nation you were born in or in some cases depending on the laws, what country your parents were born in. Canadian (born in Canada), French (born in France), Nigerian (born in Nigeria)..... I'd personally put "tribes" in this category. Hausa, Fulani, Aztec, Choctaw, Cherokee, Zulu, Flemish, …

I TYPED THE MAN WHO CREATED AIDS, WEBSITE COMES ON, DR ROBERT GALLO/IT SAID AIDS IS A DESIGNER BI PRODUCT OF THE U.S. SPECIAL,VIRUS PROGRAM,WAS A FEDERAL VIRUS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FROM 1962-1978.IT WAS ADDED AS A COMPLIMENT TO VACCINE INOCULATION IN AFRICA AND MANHATTAN, SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE WORLD WAS OVERWHELMED WITH MASS INJECTIONS OF A HUMAN RETROVIRUS THAT DIFFERED FROM ANY, KNOWN HUMAN DISEASES ,IT WAS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS, IT COULD KILL./U.S. WAS SEEKING VIRUS PARTICLE THAT WOULD NEGATIVE EFFECT THE IMMUNE SYSTEM..LOOKED UP EBOLA, TYPED EBOLA VIRUS MAN MADE, , IT SAID EBOLA VIRUS MAN MADE IN U.S.. VACCINE WAS GIVEN TO C…

It is me, or does Zoe look like an actress performing in Blackface? Why does EVERY single film trailer about a Black musician show them wielding a gun? Whether it is the NWA film Straight Outta Compton or Miles Davis bio-pic, one would think Hollyweird believes this is the only way to attract an audience. Zoe is a fine (in both senses of the word) actress, but her being cast in this role is distracting, particularly where there are so many dark skinned actresses who could have pulled this role one off brilliantly. @Chasitie, this will be another flick I'll wait to see when it is available for streaming online

READ ON A WEBSITE THE MAN WHO CREATED HIV-AIDS/ WHITE SCIENTIST DR. CREATED HIV/AIDS VIRUS IS A DESIGNER BI PRODUCT OF THE U.S. ,SPECIAL VIRUS PROGRAM,SPECIAL FEDERAL VIRUS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM,ADDING VACCINE INOCULATION,IN AFRICA AND MANHATTAN.THEN VIRUS BECAME CONTAGIOUS AND DEADLY/ WHAT ELSE HAS BEEN CREATED FROM A LAB THAT IS CONTAGIOUS AND DEADLY TO HUMANS/2014 HIV INCREASED IN BLACK PEOPLE,BLACK WOMEN MORE THAN WOMEN OF OTHER RACES/WEBSITE SAYS 1 IN 16 BLACK MEN WILL GET HIV,1 IN 32 BLACK WOMEN WILL GET HIV///ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE WHY DO BLACK WOMEN LET THE MAN DECIDE WHETHER HE WANTS TO PUT ON A CONDOM/…

DONALD TRUMP IS GETTING SUPPORT FROM THE KU KLUX KLAN, ,SOME REPUBLICANS UPSET,, TRUMP ACTS LIKE HE NEVER HEARD OF KKK, NEO NAZI GRAND DRAGON DAVID DUKES//REPUBLICAN STEVE SCALISE ,WAS AT A WHITE SUPREMACY GATHERING SEVERAL TEARS AGO,GOT ELECTED,REPUBLICANS NOT TELLING HIM TO GET OUT/THERE IS A NEO NAZI IN PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS, HELPED GET ELECTED,KNOWING .HE ATTACKED A BLACK MAN,AND SAID JEWISH HOLOCAUST DID NOT HAPPEN//

Inspired by Clarence Thomas. http://www.cgoodwork.com/blog/2016/2/29/didnt-you-hear

Good evening, I am looking for veterans willing to speak about race discrimination within the U.S. armed forces during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. I will make my email available if this forum allows it. Thank you for any who participate.

Have you ever found yourself wondering why humans look different? Why some people may have eyes that appear to be slanted? Why some people may have light skin, blue eyes and blonde hair or why others may have dark skin, coarse or kinky hair and dark colored eyes. Well, the answer is called a mutation, which occurs in every generation when the sperm from a male fertilizes the egg of a female. Now mutations are not a bad thing, actually, they're a good thing because without them all humans would look the same. How boring would that be? This ground breaking documentary entitled The Myth of Race and the Evolution of Skin Color answers those questions by combining an…

MOVIE MAKER TYLER PERRY WILL NARRATE A PLAY ABOUT JESUS CHRIST LAST HOURS,ON FOX TV CHANNEL NEXT MONTH/I READ/TYLER PERRY BEING BLACK,INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT COLOR JESUS CHRIST WILL BE//.SINCE SOME BLACK ACTORS AND SPIKE LEE ,BOYCOTTING THE ACADEMY AWARDS////BIBLE DOES NOT SAY COLOR OF CHRIST/CAN BLACK MOVIE MAKERS MAKE MOVIES ABOUT BIBLE WITH BLACK ACTORS/I SAW ON TMC ,TURNER MOVE CLASSICS LAST YEAR A MOVIE MADE IN THE 1940'S ,A BLACK MOVIE ABOUT THE BIBLE ,WITH BLACK ACTORS,,GOD WAS BLACK,NOAH WAS BLACK,ANGELS WERE BLACK, MOVIE MIGHT BE CALLED GREEN PASTURES, …

... courtesy of my favorite racist spammer -- Unkel Ruckus. The funny thing is that I had to think a few seconds before I put 2-and-2 together to get the stupid joke. I didn't recognize any of the women.

24th Day of ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬ - Zora Neale Hurston’s - Glossary of Harlem Slang

I get friend requests like this on a regular, almost daily basis. I noticed this trend last year. But it seems to be getting worse lately. I know one of Facebook's biggest challenges is dealing with stuff like this as these pages surely contain links to sites with viruses, malware, spam you name it--which you can quickly spread to others. Usually the images are not quite so pronographic, typically a provocative bathroon mirror selfie, but sometimes the images are FAR worse (or better depending upon your predictions). This is the the kind of photo that gets a site banned from Google, but Facebook is strong enough in that they don't have to worry about …

Bro Troy stated: “But I will not blame the victims for the root cause of the problem, which stems from an economic system entrenched with white racism.” Really? And that’s the problem. Instead of holding people accountable for their personal poor decisions making and the consequences of those poor decisions –you will give them a free pass and blame their reckless self-destructive behavior on history and past grievances. Trust me –I am more than aware of the historical injustices and race based violence that black people in America labored under. But the uber dysfunction and hyper-violence that is pandemic with Negroes today has nothing to do with slavery, segregatio…

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21st Day of ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬ Video of one of Maya Angelou’s last public appearances

I have a book that needs to be written, but I need help to put it together because it is so deeply personal. I believe that this book needs to go through a traditional publishing company to reach the public. How do I get an established publisher to talk to me? I have previously self-published several times.

19th Day of ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬ Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 1st Book by a Black writer to win a National Book Award

Hello Fam, it's been a while since I posted here. Feels great to be back. I'm sure most you are aware of SOME of what's going on in the city of Flint Michigan. But being from Detroit and having traveled to Flint many times and having friends and family up there, what's NOT talked about as much is Flint's high crime and violence rate. And there is a CLEAR link between lead contamination and not only violence but also low IQ and poor academic performance. Check out this amazing article I found from Mother Jones Magazine linking lead and violence: Mother Jones Lead and Violence If this is accurate, and I believe it is....then it would explain the high crime …

I DO NOT GIVE A DAMN WHO THIS IDIOT BLACK MAN VOTES FOR, IF HIS SON WAS MURDERED BY RACIST WHITE POLICE DONALD TRUMP WOULD NOT CARE, TRUMP SUPPORTS WHITE POLICE,TRUMP IS RACIST/ IN 2008 NEO NAZI WERE PLANNING TO ATTACK A BLACK SCHOOL KILL PEOPLE,THEN TRY TO ASSASSINATE BARACK OBAMA BEFORE THE ELECTION,,NEO NAZI HAVE KILLED BLACK PEOPLE,ATTACKED JEWS, MUSLIM RELIGIOUS PLACES, THEY ARE PLANNING FOR THE COMING RACE WAR/CHARLESTON CHURCH MASSACRE WAS TO START A RACE WAR,9 BLACK PEOPLE MURDERED IN THE CHURCH/IN 2012, A WHITE SOLDIER IN FLORIDA NATIONAL GUARD WAS A NEO NAZI TRAINING NE…

18th Day of ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬ Carter G. Woodson’s Appeal: A Lost Manuscript

17th Day of ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬ 2/17/16 Thousands of Readers Choose Their Favorite 100 Books from of the 20th Century

BLACK MAN WHO SON WAS MURDERED BY A ILLEGAL MEXICAN IS SUPPORTING DONALD TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT....IF THIS BLACK MAN SON WAS MURDERED BY WHITE POLICE, DONALD TRUMP WOULD NOT GIVE A DAMN.DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTS WHITE POLICE MURDERING BLACK PEOPLE,SO DOES ALL THE REPUBLICANS INCLUDING BEN CARSON..///BLACK PEOPLE SUPPORTING HILLARY CLINTON,SUPPORTING BERNIE SANDERS, BLACK LUNATICS SUPPORTING REPUBLICANS, A FEW/// BLACK UNITY IS NEEDED/IS BLACK UNITY A CONVERSATION , WITHIN BLACK HISTORY MONTH////