Culture, Race & Economy

congrats Troy on your new digs. Very nice. I used to post on the other site, I am just wondering if Cynique, Carey ABM and Yvettep or Jackie an guess how I am now. LOL.

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i have been following the coverage of Trump's controversial nominee for the Supreme Court. Observing the dramatic "he-said-she-said" testimonies of the woman accusing Trump's choice of sexual assault, and the denial of these charges by the accused, has been not only riveting but rather depressing. America is bordering on shambles. Dr. Christine Ford alleges that 30+ years ago, Brett Kavanaugh and his friend, Mark Judge, accosted her at a high school house party. She relates how a drunk Kavanaugh pulled her inside a bedroom where he pinned her down, tried to undress her, and nearly smothered her before she was able to get away and lock herself in a bathroo…

#Africa, a continent of 54 countries and a population of about one billion people, accounts for just 3% of global GDP and global trade. How important is #Africa in the #global scheme of things? Discuss… https://twitter.com/osasuo/status/1700500796813529458 Your Thoughts, please place in comments my answer https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2446&type=status

Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap - Eminem - Clip Hey Nah'Sun if you are lurking out there Ice-T said this about Eminem; It is amazing the a white boy is the greatest rapper of them all (I've paraphrased Ice-T but that is essentially what he said). I'm not saying I agree, I'm just saying.... He did have Bam in his documentary, but overall I'd give the documentary which I'd give 2.5 stars (out of 5). It was a very biased and shallow treatment of Rap, but I'm sure most youngins and hip-hop fanatics will love it. It was good to see so many different artists provide a sample of their lyrical skills.

Please explain to me how brotha Jordan Neely was executed by strangulation on a subway train at the hands of a white guy. I find it hard to believe there were no AfroAmerican men on the train. If AfroAmerican men were on the train, why didn't they intervene and save Jordan Neely's life. The AfroAmerican District Attorney took his time bringing charges against the murderer. AfroAmerican elected leaders haven't shown any outrage. AfroAmerican people are silent. Every time one of these white folks kills a black person it sends a message to the rest of them that they can get away with murder. Black folks need to get…

The 13th The title of Ava DuVernay's extraordinary and galvanizing documentary refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which reads "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States." The progression from that second qualifying clause to the horrors of mass criminalization and the sprawling American prison industry is laid out by DuVernay with bracing lucidity. With a potent mixture of archival footage and testimony from a dazzling array of activists, politicians, historians, and formerly incarcerated women and men, DuVernay creates a w…

....to this Ethiopian young man casually discuss with Whites the ethnic differences in his country.

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

Below is a comment I made on ProfD's post @ProfD yeah I heard. Again, why is it 99% of the third parties in the usa, since the two party system, never choose to actually grow from the bottom to the top? the People's party first campaign is this one for Cornell West. Their first campaign. How can you expect to win a majority of 50 states when you have no presence in any state? Cornell west and many others before him, like Ross PErot, have differences in many ways, but all of them , regardless of their knowledge, clearly lack erudition in terms of government. The people's party has a website that is willing to accept money, has a bunc…

I went to see Perry's film Temptation last night. In general the critical reviews of this film (save the one I published on AALBC.com) were horrible; so much so I was reluctant to check it out. Considering some people, not me of course, can easily check out two or three flicks for the price of a single movie ticket the risk can be minimized ;-) At any rate, the film was not bad at all. Sure it was the typical drama laden "Tylerperryesque" flick, but it was also a story that relates the complexity of marriage, and is sure to resonate with many people. Sure the situations were over the top, in the plausibility department. But it was far more plau…

The Founders were the original pimps.

Not just listening but watching too.

Apparently most of you don't know what an ALLEGORY is. An ALLEGORY is basically a symbolic story. A story used to conceal certain historical events and facts that weren't meant for the public to know. It's not the same as a myth or a fable, it has a specific purpose and that's to conceal truths from the general public and put it in symbolism so that only those in certain societies with the proper "keys" of understanding can figure out the true meaning behind the message/story. The Bible is full of ALLEGORIES. The Bible is a book made up not only of many different books stitched together over thousands of years by different authors and authorities, but e…

You all bring so much passion and fire to your posts! I appreciate ALL of your words and look forward to seeing many more thought provoking posts such as the ones I've read. I really do mean it when I say I appreciate ALL thoughts, not just some. Watching the opposition between ideas sharpens me and makes me even more desirous to fall back and detach from views that could be debated all day long. Bottom line, 99% of what we know we get from methods we cannot personally confirm. It's a sad truth. But it is what it is. I lay wait like a lion in the bushes for new information to guide us to truths. Stay lively and keep bringing the fire! …

The answer is: NEITHER ONE Both the Jews and Palestinians are descendants of invaders who came to that land to displace the former inhabitants. Most of the Jews of today are White and of European descent who took the land from the Palestinians after WWII. Most of the Palestinians are mixed raced descendants of Arab and Greeks who invaded and took the land thousands of years ago from the Original owners. If you believe the Bible, the Israelites who USED to live on the land for hundreds of years before becoming dispossessed a couple times themselves took it from the Original owners. Well, who are these "original owners" that I speak of? The Kena'ani…

Did you guys catch this story a few months back? (By the way, this incident did not take place in the South. ) Jessica reading the essay that she wrote: Jada Williams, 13 years old, Connects Frederick Douglass Narrative to Today's Education System Article about the events surrounding her essay (Disclaimer: I do not at all agree with the use of the terminology "throwaway students" to describe the students. ) Source: The Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York In Case You Missed It 13 Year Old Jada Williams Persecuted by the Rochester City School District Over her essay on Frederick Douglass. On Saturday, February 18, 201…

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.....and it's lovely, lol.

Like old man Junior Sopranos said about little "tough guy" Richie Aprile, when he was trying to decide who should be his successor as head of the Soprano Crime Family. "He couldn't "sell it. He couldn't fuckin' sell it. ....he's not respected." Kamala Harris simply couldn't sell herself or her message to the American people as effectively as Trump. She wasn't RESPECTED as much as he was nor was he admired or even "liked" by as many people. For over a year I've seen TEENAGERS in the mall right out of highschool singing about and praising Trump. He's a household name. His "brand" sells. The message is fucked up, racist, sexist, and backwa…

The 4th of JULY 2023 Celebrations--Why Should We Celebrate? I wonder how many African Americans are observing this holiday. For me, I like to come to communities like this and search for other input and try to learn more about this amazing time period in history. So I will pose these questions: What are the main causes that led up to the American Revolution? And, What was the first colony to practice slavery? Some of the information presented today, I do not remember learning when I was young and in school. It was not until I went to college, that for the first time, I heard that one of the…

This thread is a rift of @Troy thread 100 best black movies ever.... Please list documentaries about Africa Africans and Blacks you find informative and interesting.....even Lectures are welcome Hidden Colors Full Documentary

The books claim dinosaurs roamed the Earth for about 165 millions and went extinct about 66 million years ago. The books claim earliest hominids showed up on the planet about 7 million years ago. The math suggests there is a 59 million year gap between the extinction of dinosaurs and the earliest ancestors of humans. In another thread, brotha @frankster mentioned there could still be dinosaurs among us today. Fossil fuels don't count because they're definitely not the remnants of dinosaurs.🤣 I look forward to our brotha frankster and anyone else with the knowledge providing enlightenment on where we might find d…

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. …

@Pioneer1, I could not help but think about you as I looked at this photo. Which of your racial buckets would you put this lady? She wrote a book that the New York Times called one of the 100 Most Notable Books of 2017. I'm in the process of making sure that all of the called "Black" writers who earned this recognition have that fact reflected on the website.

Hi, it's Kola Boof. What a wonderful new set up you all have here. In the next few days, I intend to post my new videos at least. TONIGHT, I'm just posting a link to the "audio" of me singing the song "The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born." **AUDIO/LISTEN: http://bit.ly/bmnVad **The VIDEOS are coming in a few days. By this Wednesday, March 3rd (my birthday)...the editor has promised to have them up. "KOLA BOOF SINGING PERFORMANCE" is a video showing quite a lot of footage of me preparing for my "comeback." "NAKED AT THE FEAST" is a "tit" spectacular for the men...but deeper than that, it's my attempt to chronicle the hist…

Inflation and Federal Reserve interest rate hikes are making more difficult for Black Americans to survive. Yet Democrats and the Black Leaders are failing to be truthful with the Black Community.

One pundit says they are about 10,000. Crops Circles spread over 15 countries with the most being in England around Holy sites.... Something or SomeOne is trying to communicate...is that Entity/Entities In or On the Earth? With some ancient text saying that they about 400,000. humanoid species in our Galaxy....which I think is Accurate - Not to mention Non-Humanoid. Current Western Science using the Drake hypothesis estimate a mere 13,000. in the Universe. Whilst Estimate over 5,000,000,000. Goldilocks (just right for life to occur) planets

During a conversation with an old buddy yesterday. My friend said that he did not understand all these so called Black activists who marry white people. He also said he was surprised I had not married a white woman 😲 We go back 40 years, so I was not phased by the dig, but it got me thinking... Would the founder of the largest website dedicated to Black books, a diehard advocate for black owned businesses, be a hypocrite for marrying a white woman? Would your impression of me change? Would my perceived support of the Black community be diminished? Is Clarence Thomas even more reviled by Black people because he is swirling, d…

Yes I am Black, Proud and Republican! History was made yesterday in Virginia. Republican Winsome Sears is projected to be the first woman elected to statewide office in Virginia. Once again Republicans are breaking down barriers and boldly presenting representation for all citizens. This is important because after the Goldwater Blunder and FDR Bribe, Blacks are taking a prominent lead in the GOP. Unlike the false narrative, President Donald J Trump sounded the Clarion call to All Americans that if you want a piece of the dream it’s right here for you. The Republican Party is one trying to be defined by sex or color. It’s a Party seeking to attract the…

Where is the Nearest Soul Food Restaurant in your Community? Sometimes, when I get in the mood for Soul Food, I will try again and again to find a restaurant in my community, but all the while I am searching, I know that I won’t! It has been so frustrating! I reminisce back years ago when I lived in Durham, North Carolina when I would love to go to this one famous restaurant and indulge. It was called Pan Pans. But even before I left Durham, that restaurant had closed down. I remember when it was located nearest Highway 85 nearest a hub of hotels and how it was always jam packed with people, but nevertheless, I was always able to be …

Just in case this post by Troy got buried in the debate thread I am making it a separate one Two writers with two very different prespectives on President Barack Obama; read what they have to say and vote on which opinion most closely matches yours. http://aalbc.it/obamaprocon

Former. Football. Player. Herschel. Walker. Wants. To. Be. The,,Next,Black. Georgia. Senator. He. Wants. To. Challenge. Senator. Pastor. Warnock .Herschel. Walker. Supports. Trump. I ,Think. Trump. Is. Supporting. Herschel. Walker. To. Be. A. Republican. Senator. In. The. Next. Election. Idiot. Supporting A,,Idiot. But. He. Has. As. Much. Experience. As. Pastor. Warnock. ,Did. Maybe. Kanye. West. Will. Return. And. Try. To. Get. Elected ,,With. All. These. Irritating. Black. Entertainment. Dramas. ,Black. ,,Award. Shows. No. Voices. Heard. On. How. To. Stop. Black. ,Genocide. In. Black. Communities. Street. Gangs. Murdering. Black,People. Children. In. The. Streets…

@Stefan I remember you said in another thread we as AfroAmericans need to form coalitions and alliances with other groups as a political strategy but I forgot which thread it was. At any rate...... How are we gonna link up with other groups when we haven't even united (to a certain degree atleast) among OURSELVES first? AfroAmericans are one of the most divided demographics of this nation. Divided religiously, politically, socially, even sexually. There's even a massive divide and conflict between several GENERATIONS among our people....all pointing the finger and blaming eachother for current and past problems. When you're weak and suffering …

I recently said in a dialog between me and our good brother ProfD, that White dudes often hang around Black men to learn some "swag" and how to talk to Black women. Which is one of the reasons I DON'T let them hang around...lol. They've already stolen enough. If they want to learn how to be cool, talk to women, how to dress, how to cut hair...learn from eachother. We've taught them enough already. But it made me think of something else.............. The other week I was talking to a young man (younger than me atleast....lol) at work about the amount of flirting that goes on between White men and Latina and African women. He actually pointed out 2 thing…

Queen Nanny of the Windward Maroons has largely been ignored by historians who have restricted their focus to male figures in Maroon history. Learn more about Jamaica only female national hero. By Deborah Gabriel Queen Nanny is credited with being the single figure who united the Maroons across Jamaica and played a major role the preservation of African culture and knowledge. Background Queen Nanny of the Windward Maroons has largely been ignored by historians who have restricted their focus to male figures in Maroon history. However, amongst the Maroons themselves she is held in the highest esteem. Biographical information on Queen Nanny is somewhat va…

Living in NY City I can't recall ever seeing the confederate flag (technically, the battle flag of Northern Virginia) flying. Here in the south, where I am now, I see one all the time. The flag is obviously a course of pride for many. The nostalgic reverence is understandably stronger in the the south that it is in the North. Streets are named after confederate generals and a great many things are named after Jefferson Davis including many schools. It is still part of the MIssissippi state flag and only recently removed from Georgia's Sure some white folks, perhaps most, see the flag as a source of white pride, with little knowledge of the his…

This story was one of the headline "news" stories on my cell phones and computer this morning.................. Gal Gadot Responds to Backlash From ‘Imagine’ Video: ‘I Had Nothing But Good Intentions’ Gal Gadot is responding to the backlash she received after releasing her now infamous “Imagine” video in March. “Sometimes, you know, you try and do a good deed and it’s just not the right good deed,” the Wonder Woman star said in the November issue of Vanity Fair. “I had nothing but good intentions and it came from the best place, and I just wanted to send light and love to the world.” “I started with a few friends, and then I spo…

As I was telling the good Professor in another thread, I actually believe that Reparations WILL come, and I mean in OUR lifetime. I kind of questioned it years ago, but now.....as I look at the momentum of FBAs across the U.S......I think something is going to have to happen. I'm a PanAfricanist and not given over to tribalism, but I have to give it to the ADOS and FBA movements. Their largely anti-immigrant and anti-African rhetoric seems to be a unifying factor for a lot of AfroAmericans to rally around. ....and as history has shown us time and time again, one of our greatest strengths is our UNITY. So I truly believe Reparations is coming. …

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The solution is simple, figure the bus routes that have the lowest percentage of fair evasion and then using 10% as a delimiter, stop all bus routes where the fair evasion is greater than ten percent. All the services in NYC from the bus to the subway to the projects were all started for sectors in the white populace of nyc, not the entire white populace in new york city, plus not the entire populace of new york city, but mayors or others [ushed to expand these services to all in new york city as if they were free. Just cut the bus services where the fair evasion is greater or equal to a certain percentage. It is simple, but no elected official will do that be…

I dunno, but either this guy is a genius or nuts. The Oxford Union proves a tremendous platform for his to express his theories. In the past Oxford Union hosted Brothers like Jimmy Baldwin and Malcolm X.

😏......yep.

I've heard from many UFOlogists that said those who HAVE contacted some of these "extraterrestrials" said that one of their missions is to save human lives by preventing the use of nuclear weapons and preventing a nuclear war to break out. If that's true....and that's a major IF.....then some of my questions would be: 1. If they wanted to prevent nuclear weapons, why did they allow them to be invented in the first place? 2. If they wanted to prevent the USE of nuclear weapons, why did they allow the U.S. to drop them on Japan....twice? 3. Hell, even if you DON'T have nuclear weapons....millions upon millions of people have been killed by CONVENTIONAL w…

Shrek Is A Black Man: The Prince Yaphet Kotto. The grandson of King Alexander Bell, ruler of Cameroon. Come on now, look at that nose and those teeth, that's Shrek!{photo} Okay, need more proof? What, you're not convinced? Follow me. ***See all photos at blog*** See, in the movie, Shrek hung out with two other brown skinned men. Yep, Antonio Banderas.....{photo} And, Eddie Murphy.{photo} Of course they had to be a donkey and a cat. You know, a jackass and a kissin' boots. And Eddie was married to a big fat red woman with a bunch of babies. For real, did you see the picture? On top of that, ol'kissin' boots turned against Eddie and Yaphet. Y…

...perhaps that is the nature of good filmmaking. OK maybe I'm a hypercrite for (albiet with the private parts on full blast). And maybe I'm a hypercrite for not being overly concerned about Brothers who go to Rio for Sexcapades. And maybe I still a little racist despite by calls for the iradication of the concept, but the premise o this film kinda irks me. You can read Kam's review here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4ZFB8qwWa4

This is sourced from the National Endowment for the Arts 2022 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts. Viewed through a Lense of negativity one can say that 62.4% of Americans -- two out of three have not read a book (print or ebook). in the past year. Reading of novels or short stories, and of books in general, has declined sharply over the last five- and 10-year periods (This is not depicted in the chat below but if you look at the study you will also discover this as well). However, on a positive note one can say that most Americans (52%) have read at least one book (print, ebook, or audiobook) including plays, poetry and fiction. That is 1…

Presumably this came from Actor Bill Cosby. I got it in an email from a buddy. It sounds like something Bill would write, but it really does not matter too much in that I can relate to some of his sentiments. I'm not nearly as old as he is, and have not lost a child to murder or realized his financial sucess, but somethings are universal for men how have raised children in this society and have been around long enough to see how jacked up things ae becoming. What do y'all think? Bill Cosby: "I'm 76 and Tired" I'm 76. Except for brief period in the 50's when I was doing my National Service, I've worked hard since I was 17. Except for some some serious health ch…

Picture of James Baldwin and Nina Simone, and Billiie And Ella. Black legends whose artistry lives on...