Culture, Race & Economy

Here are thoughts on Flint, please read and respond with thoughts please. Thank you! http://www.cgoodwork.com/blog/2016/2/14/7exiji9a6m27le67wfkrf4r7pdxdhe

Here is a great read on the Flint situation. http://www.cgoodwork.com/blog/2016/2/14/7exiji9a6m27le67wfkrf4r7pdxdhe

This audio interview was done in 2009. Ishmael saw into the future better than Nostradamus. But it is very frustrating to listen to this because while Ishmael is speaking the truth his behavior, particularly on Facebook, goes directly counter to what he is saying here. He is making Marky Z rich, as the saying goes... I just don't get it. I have invited him to comment here on occasion as well, but he never has. Of course it is terribly difficult to pull people off Facebook, so that does not make Ishmael unusual, but I don't expect usual behavior from a man of his intellect. We need him engaging on Black owned platforms.

This was shared with me on Twitter today You know artists have always been an important part of the struggle. This image below was also part of the tweet. I think the analogy is valid.

Nielsen reports that African-Americans outpace all groups when consuming media through multi-platforms. According to the audience measurement company, African-Americans watch more television, access their favorite websites, many of which feature financial or career content, through apps and/or mobile browsers. "On a monthly basis, blacks spend close to 56 hours using apps or mobile Internet browsers on their smartphones and about two and a half hours watching videos on their smartphones. Additionally, 81% of African-Americans are more likely to show support for a favorite company or brand using social media, and 76% are more likely to share opinions by posting re…

14th Day of ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬ 2/14/16 Dr Jawanza Kunjufu author of The Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys

25 Important New Books by African Writers

BOOK CALLED COUNTERING THE PLAN TO DESTROY BLACK BOYS/THERE IS A PLAN TO DESTROY THE BLACK RACE, BY WHITE CHRISTIANS,SOME WHO SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP, KKK NEO NAZI SUPPORT TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT.. POOR SCHOOLS, PRISONS,/THE BLACK INVOLVEMENT,/CRACK HOUSES,PIMPS, MURDEROUS STREET GANGS, IRRESPONSIBLE BLACK FATHERS,BLACK WOMEN WHO WANT THEM/WHILE GESTAPO HITLER WHITE POLICE MURDER BLACK MALES/ BASKET BALL CHARLES BARKLEY SAYS BLACK PEOPLE ARE BRAIN WASHED//WITH RELIGION YES, BLACK PREACHERS ACT LIKE JESUS AND GOD IS WHITE ,WHEN BIBLE DOES NOT SAY IT../POOR SCHOOLS,PARENTING,POLITICAL LEADERS,MONEY LUST PREACHERS,BL…

You know you’re old if when Black History month rolls around, in addition to celebrating the remarkable accomplishments of your race, you find yourself remembering past events in your life which could now, themselves, be classified as historical. Being born during the Great Depression in 1933, the year Prohibition ended, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for the first of his 4 terms, I was told that my mother rolled me around in one of the baby strollers provided for visitors to Chicago’s Great World’s Fair, an exposition being held on this city’s famous lake front, and whose theme was “a century of progress“, and where she toured one of the exhibits showcas…

AFRICAN-AMERICAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION NAMES STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON AS TOP FILM OF 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AFRICAN-AMERICAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION NAMES STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON AS TOP FILM OF 2015 Will Smith, Teyonah Parris and Ryan Coogler Also Receive Wins from the Nation’s Premiere African American Critics Group The Danish Girl and Mad Max: Fury Road also take key honors Los Angeles, CA (December 7, 2015) – Movies that reflect the revolutionary undercurrent running through society dominated this year’s voting for the 7th AAFCA Awards. Straight Outta Compton, the surprise summer box …

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8th Day of ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬ 2/8/16 The Black Arts Movement by Kalamu ya Salaam

My new favorite website: kentakepage.com now in Huria Search and the blogger database

5th Day of ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth African American History Month Quizzes This is always a popular page on my website each February.

Here's something you don't hear a lot of about. While I was working on a piece about the absurdity of life, I found out middle aged white males have the highest suicide rate of all groups here in the U.S. In fact out of the more than 42,000 suicides in 2013, 7 out of 10 were committed by white males. Next highest were American Indians/Alaska Natives who ranked up there at 11.7% out of every 100,000. Guess who is near last on this list with the fewest suicides per 100,000? You guessed it, at 5.4% per 100,000 suicides for African-Americans. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the percentage is less for African-American women. The repo…

If you live long enough, some time you get to see things come full circle. After I enrolled as a Freshman at the University of Illinois in September of 1951, I soon became immersed in a tight little community consisting of about 300 black students on a campus whose total population was an eclectic mix of 25,000 or so young mid-westerners from the farms and villages, towns and cities all over the state of Illinois, fresh-faced sons and daughters of the heartland, venturing out into the world, eager to further their educations at the flagship state university whose alma mater statue towered over the campus broad walk, welcoming all comers with open arms. Among the black g…

I did not know Miles Davis went around shooting at people so often. It is surprising he did not land in jail. Interesting how they worked the white guy so prominently into the film; even in the trailer his presence seems forced. It looks like yet another brilliant performance from Don Cheadle.

I decided since I celebrate Black History every day that I'd ditch the 29 days of Black history month, and just do what I do can call it 366 days of celebrating Black history (or literature in this case). Today I'm celebrate Literary Events.

BELIEVE THE MOVIE COMES ON TONIGHT ABOUT OJ. SIMPSON TRIAL, COMMERCIAL SHOWN MILLION TIMES/ANYBODY CARE TO WATCH// ON THE OXYGEN CHANNEL IRRITATING SHOW COMMERCIALS ,PREACHERS OF ATLANTA, WHERE EVER ELSE,PRANCING ELITES, BLACK MEN WEARING CHEER LEADER,MAJORETTE OUTFITS,/WHERE IS THE NAACP/THE NAACP FEW YEARS AGO PROTESTED, THE OXYGEN CHANNEL,HAVING A SHOW CALLED ALL MY BABY MAMAS,ABOUT A RAPPER WITH 7, OR 8 CHILDREN WITH 7 OR 8 WOMEN/WHY ARE THE NAACP NOT PROTESTING THIS,PRANCING ELITES, FALSE PROPHETS,PREACHERS OF L.A.,DETROIT AND ATLANTA////THEY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW BLACK MEN I…

I generally don't do anything special for Black history month, because "every month is Black History Month" as far as I'm concerned. That said, I'm going to introduce 29 new features on AALBC.com every day this month. 1st Day of Black History Month: 100+ Recommended African-American Children’s Books

Streeeeetching and yaaaaaawning, snuggled in my woman cave, still immersed in the allegorical mode that grants me poetic license and inspires me to characterize myself as a bear in hibernation, and my cliché-spouting detractor as a pesky rodent skulking outside my den. . I wasn’t moved to bestir myself enough to watch the last Republican debate sans Donald Trump. The GOP presidential candidates fill me with so much disgust that I refuse to subject myself to their lies and racism and evangelical zealotry. Unfortunately, it looks like Trump's hot air balloon is not going to be deflated but - maybe the surreptitious Hiliary will win by default because her experience c…

IN FLINT,MICHIGAN, THE WATER IS NOT DRINKABLE,BECAUSE IT HAS LEAD IN IT..CHILDREN ARE SICK FROM DRINKING LEAD TOXIC WATER..FLINT,MICHIGAN IS MOSTLY BLACK, WITH POVERTY.,REASON NOTHING WAS DONE.THIS IS ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM PEOPLE ARE SAYING.PEOPLE WANT GOVERNOR TO RESIGN,HE WANT.IF THIS WAS A RICH WHITE COMMUNITY,THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN/POLITICIANS DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE POOR,REGARDLESS THE COLOR///FLINT, MICHIGAN MOSTLY BLACK,SOME WHITE AND LATINO//WATER AND PEOPLE'S BLOOD,HIGH WITH LEAD////

Tired of the school's reading list filled with white boy and dog protagonist, Marley Dias kicked off her own hashtag #1000BlackGirlBooks which features Black girls as stars of their stories. Check out the PhillyVoice article here

Nate Parler Interviewed on Birth of a Nation October 2016

SPIKE LEE ,ACTRESS JADA PINKETT SMITH SAY THEY WILL BOYCOTT THE ACADEMY AWARDS SHOW, BECAUSE NO NON WHITE ACTORS WERE NOMINATED/WILL SMITH SAYS HE WILL NOT GO TO AWARD SHOW.WILL SMITH WAS NOT NOMINATED FOR HIS MOVIE CONCUSSION.THE ACTOR FOR CREED SHOULD HAVE BEEN////

“I stumbled across your website and I'm wondering if you can help me. I read a book a couple of months ago and I'm wondering if you can give me any suggestions about how to go about finding this book I do know that is written by a black author but I don't know the name of the book and I don't know the name of the author is there a way that you may be able to help me? I look forward to hearing from you.” My initial reaction was to suggest some Ginkgo biloba, Now 30 years ago, I might have been able to help; maybe even run the titles off the top of my head. I replied respectfully. Don't ask me why..

ON OF DR. KING'S BOOKS CALLED WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE,CHAOS OR COMMUNITY/WITH THE MURDERS OF BLACK MALES BY RACIST WHITE POLICE, BLACK AND WHITE REPUBLICANS CONDONE IT, BLACK PREACHERS CONDONED ,SUPPORT WHITE POLICE MURDERING BLACK MALES,THE FUHRER DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTED BY WHITE SUPREMACIST,BLACK PEOPLE HAVE THE BLACK GENOCIDE,CRACK HOUSES,PIMP HOUSES, LEADERS YOU CANNOT TRUST,THE CHURCHES ARE SLAVE CABINS, PIMP HOUSES,PREACHERS MOTIVATED BY MONEY ,PREACHERS ENSLAVING THE SOULS OF BLACK PEOPLE/DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING SHOULD BE DISGUSTED WITH THE CHURCH IF THE SPIRIT…

On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr National Holiday, Snitchingon expresses views on the state of black America 48 years after Dr. King's last birthday before he was struck down by an assassin's bullet.

What Would Dr King Think About Today's Black America-Free Limited Time! http://amzn.to/1n6qaRe

From the Economist “…the alleged abduction since October of five Hong Kong residents by the Chinese authorities has cast a dark shadow. Three vanished in mainland China and one in Thailand. The disappearance on December 30th of the fifth man, Lee Bo, has caused particular alarm. He appears to have been snatched from Hong Kong itself and spirited across the border to the mainland, without his travel documents or any record of his leaving. His fate remains unknown. Like the other four, he was associated with a publisher and bookshop specialising in one of Hong Kong’s more esoteric niche businesses: scurrilous tales of intrigue, infighting, corruption and sex among …

Well, it's that time again. Winter is full blown and the Leo lioness who my birth date entitles me to emulate is now in retreat. Ensconced in my woman's cave, drowsy and weary, I am now shifting into my bear mode, ready to hibernate. Slowing drifting off, I rest assured that the world will take care of itself without my advice, and the future will outlast the present without my prompting. My winning Power Ball tickets, safely tucked away, will retain their value, and my stored body fat will keep hunger at bay. Full of eager anticipation, my subconscious is ready to luxuriate in the freedom to muse without the distraction of overt reality. Yes, from time to ti…

MOTHER OF MURDERED 12 YEAR OLD TAMIR RICE CRITICIZED LEBRON JAMES FOR NOT BEING INVOLVED IN THE PROTEST / UNLIKE SOME BLACK ATHLETES LEBRON DID PROTEST TRAYVON MARTIN'S MURDER, MICHAEL BROWN IN FERGUSON,AND ERIC GARNER WITH TEE SHIRTS/FIRST BASKETBALL KING MICHAEL JORDAN NEVER DID A DAMN THING FOR BLACK PEOPLE OR BLACK JUSTICE/LEBRON AND MIAMI HEAT TEAM PROTEST,WITH HOODIES FOR TRAYVON MARTIN/GREAT JIM BROWN HAS CRITICIZED BLACK ATHLETES FOR NOT KNOWING THEIR HISTORY////////BLACK PROS AND COLLEGE ATHLETES,BLACK PLAYERS FOR CLEMSON MIGHT ALL HAVE THEIR PERSONAL CONFEDERATE FLAG,THEY DID NOT PROTES…

MOTHER OF MURDERED 12 YEAR OLD TAMIR RICE CRITICIZED LEBRON JAMES FOR NOT BEING INVOLVED IN THE PROTEST / UNLIKE SOME BLACK ATHLETES LEBRON DID PROTEST TRAYVON MARTIN'S MURDER, MICHAEL BROWN IN FERGUSON,AND ERIC GARNER WITH TEE SHIRTS/FIRST BASKETBALL KING MICHAEL JORDAN NEVER DID A DAMN THING FOR BLACK PEOPLE OR BLACK JUSTICE/LEBRON AND MIAMI HEAT TEAM PROTEST,WITH HOODIES FOR TRAYVON MARTIN/GREAT JIM BROWN HAS CRITICIZED BLACK ATHLETES FOR NOT KNOWING THEIR HISTORY////////BLACK PROS AND COLLEGE ATHLETES,BLACK PLAYERS FOR CLEMSON MIGHT ALL HAVE THEIR PERSONAL CONFEDERATE FLAG,THEY DID NOT PROTES…

SINGER NATALIE COLE HAD A BOOK ENTITLED LOVE BROUGHT ME BACK/2009 NATALIE COLE NEEDED A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT,WHILE HER SISTER WAS DYING.NATALIE WAS BY HER DYING SISTER;S SIDE WHEN SHE GOT A CA,LL , A KIDNEY WAS AVAILABLE./A WOMAN WHO LOSS HER SISTER, NATALIE WAS GETTING THE WOMAN;S SISTER KIDNEY.NATALIE AND THE WOMAN WERE CLOSE AFTER THE TRANSPLANT/ NATALIE SAID GOD 'S GRACE HELP HER TELL THE STORY. NATALIE BOOK ABOUT LOSS AND RECOVERY ,SHE WAS ON A OLD INTERVIEW SHOWN ON TAVIS SMILEY LAST MONDAY NIGHT.IT WAS INTERESTING/ALL TAVIS SMILEY GUEST ARE NOT....../NATALIE COULD SING, MY OPINION BEING AB…

SINGER NATALIE COLE DIED, MY FAVORITE SONG OF HERS IS I GOT LOVE ON MY MIND.ANOTHER ONE OF GLADYS KNIGHTS PIPS DIED,WILLIAM GUEST, GLADYS NIGHT BROTHER IS THE ONLY PIP LEFT..A NEW MOVIE THE PEOPLE VERSUS O J SIMPSON WILL BE SHOWN NEXT MONTH. ACTOR CUBA GOODING IS O J SIMPSON, ACTOR COURTNEY VANCE I THINK IS THE LATE GREAT JOHNNIE COCHRAN.,. I WONDER WILL THEY HAVE ACTORS PORTRAYING THE RACIST WHITE LOS ANGELES POLICE.....WHITE AMERICAN STILL HATE THE VERDICT/////

The pineal gland has the shape of a pine cone, where his name that comes from the Latin "pinea "Who wants to say "pin". Technically, the pineal gland is not part of the brain. It is not protected by the blood-brain barrier, in fact, it receives more blood than all the other bodies with the exception of the kidneys. As it is not protected from the blood stream, it accumulates mineral deposits, also called "cerebral sand". With time, this sand accumulation and produces the calcification of the gland, making opaque viscous and the fluid in the interior of the gland.

AALBC.com mourns the passing of Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, author of the the bestselling book The Isis Papers

“Outsiders” have often dictated the trends of African American Culture, sometimes doing the job themselves, sometimes using what authors John A. Williams called “surrogates.” Both W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington accused each other of being manipulated by outsiders With the introduction of cyberspace, younger writers have the ability to reach audiences unheard of during the sixties when African American writers produced broadsides and saddle-stitched chapbook. As access to cyberspace becomes less expensive, more voices will be heard and this period, the most prolific in the history of African American Literature, will rise to worldwide prominence, no long…

Well, it finally came to pass. What folks being interviewed on the evening news lament about when describing whatever calamity they always figured happened to someone else had suddenly happened to them, has happened to me. .It all started on Memorial Day at a family cook-out. There I sat gnawing on a barbequed rib, licking my lips to savor the sauce when I was joined by my oldest granddaughter, the one I had christened my "golden girl" because she was so smart, accomplished, and pretty. A mischievous grin creased her face as she plopped down and promptly informed that she had something to tell me. Before I could wonder what, she made her 2-word announcemen…

BILL COSBY WAS ARRAIGNED YESTERDAY, I BELIEVE HE GOT A MUG SHOT.1 MILLION DOLLAR BAIL I THINK..HIS LAWYERS SAY HE INNOCENT,THE WOMEN WHO ACCUSED HIM SAY HE GUILTY/BILL COSBY IS 78/ IF HE IS GUILTY, DRUGGING THOSE WOMEN, THEN HAVING SEX WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION, HE IS GUILTY///// TCU QUARTERBACK IS BLACK I THINK, HE WAS FIGHTING AT A BAR LAST NIGHT, THEN WAS FIGHTING POLICE,WILL NOT PLAY IN THE ALAMO BOWL AGAINST OREGON TOMORROW//HE HIT A POLICE OFFICER WHY WAS HE NOT SHOT,ALL THE INNOCENT UNARMED BLACK MEN THAT HAS BEEN MURDERED BY RACIST WHITE POLICE...TEXAS CHRISTIAN QUARTE…

CHICAGO POLICE AGAIN KILL A BLACK MALE AND A BLACK WOMEN, WOMAN SHOT ACCIDENTALLY/CHICAGO MAYOR WAS ON VACATION,WHY/ALL THE CHAOS/PROTEST FOR HIM TO RESIGN/IN CLEVELAND WHITE POLICE WILL NOT BE CHARGE FOR MURDERING 12 YEAR OLD TAMIR RICE..WHITE TEEN WHO KILLED 4 PEOPLE DRIVING DRUNK WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY, CAUGHT ON VIDEO WITH ALCOHOL, POLICE HAD TO FIND HIM,, DID NOT FOLLOW HIS PROBATION....WHITE CRIMINALS GUILTY OF MURDER CAPTURED ALIVE, INNOCENT BLACK MALES MURDERED.. /////

Some asked me to explain this on Twitter. Rather than go back and forth on Twitter. I invited the brother to debate me here. Who knows maybe he will say something to change my thinking on the matter.

I watched this video followed the instructions as was absolutely floored by the results. Not many things impress me but this thing did. Give it a try and see if you get the same reaction it only takes a minute.

Nowadays I don't a lot of free cash laying around. But I'm more than willing to make a sacrifice and splurge on something for myself or someone else. So I decided to buy tickets for myself, and my daugthers, to checkout the latest installment of the Star Wars saga on IMAX 3D. I never would have imaged that going to the movies would be considered splurging, but at $72 for three tickets I consider it splurging. The crazy thing is that finding tickets was not easy. I brought them online and our favorite Imax theater was sold out until after Christmas! So I had to drive way out of my way just to see the film. Given the box office (more than a 1/4 of a …

I was sitting in an auto body repair shop yesterday, and noticed a few issues of National Geographic and read through an article on climate change. The article was brilliantly done, completely engaging with graphs, images, diagrams--so very informative, and completely accessible. National Geographic really explained a lot of the issues dealing with global warming and the resulting impact on the planet, issues that get muddled by the mainstream media. After reading the article I decided to subscribe, especially after looking at two other issues of the magazine that were just as brilliantly done. I also decided to try to ignore what politicians and mains…

Is this rap any good, why or why not?

ONLINE NEWS SAID, BEN CARSON'S MANAGER ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS WAS SUED BY HIS FORMER TRAINER,BECAUSE ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS,GRABBED HIS PENIS/THERE OTHER MEN WHO SAID SAME THING/DOES BEN CARSON KNOW/BEN CARSON SOUNDS LIKE THOSE PEOPLE,WITH THAT LIFE STYLE ARE SPAWNS OF SATAN////,WHO WATCHED THE DEBATE,SAW SOME ON NEWS,BEN CARSON SEEMED LOST/ALL THE CANDIDATES, DELUSION IDIOTS///////WILL THE BALTIMORE POLICE GET AWAY WITH MURDERING FREDDIE GRAY/JURY DEADLOCKED/////

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....

RACIST IDIOT DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO KEEP MUSLIMS FROM COMING TO AMERICA,WANTS TO ROUND UP HISPANICS,SEND THEM BACK TO MEXICO,WHO IS NEXT SENDING BLACK PEOPLE BACK TO AFRICA,NATIVE AMERICANS KEPT ON RESERVATIONS///DONALD TRUMP IS A WHITE SUPREMACIST,WITH BLACK BAFOON PASTORS CHEERING HIM,,BEN CARSON AS BAD AS TRUMP/,PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID SLAVERY ENDED 150 YEARS AGO,1865,AS RACISM GOES ON, RACIST HITLER WHITE POLICE MURDER BLACK PEOPLE,BLACK PEOPLE FIND WAYS TO ENSLAVE THEMSELVES//////NO UNITY,CHICAGO ,PROTEST FOR THE MAYOR TO RESIGN,SAW POLICE VIDEO,OF BLACK MALE MURDERED,BY WHITE ,POLICE,…

You know you've reached a certain level of prominence when racists relentlessly attack you. I had to delete scores of comments on 4 different websites. In some perverse way I feel bad for these folks who vent the racist hatred. Some white folks are angry but they have no clue who the enemy is. Black people were never under any illusions--sure we gun each other down in the streets from time to time, but at the end of the day most of appreciate who the oppressor is. It is not the good 'old boy on the other side of the tracks --any more than it is a rival gang member of the other side of town. Image being a white man in America seeing jobs sold overseas…