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Culture, Race & Economy

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  1. Guest OURROYAL BLACKGOLD
    Started by Guest OURROYAL BLACKGOLD,

    AMERICA, IT'S NOT THE DEMS: CLICK JUST BELOW TO SEE WHY IT'S NOT: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Or52uxxrM)!!! IT'S M.C.mitch-THE-GRINCH WHO HAS ALIGNED-his-CONGRESSIONAL-POCKETS W/BILLIONS, BUT NOW... WHERE IS THE $$$20.00'S OF TAX$$$ AMERICANS PAID??? BLAME-IT-ON-moscow-mitch-DO-NOTHING GRINCH-mcconnell-IS-HOLDING UP PAYING BILLS-THAT-moscow/republicans-MADE----- RACKING-UP-republican-DEBT-2016-2020: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HFyJc889ks); (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D3ihri6o1M); (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HFyJc889ks); (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luP3Tk5blXw); (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37nYWVTW2…

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  2. Started by richardmurray,

    Art from GDBEE a black artist I have followed for a long time, enjoy https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1789&type=status

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    World of African Superheroes: Coloring Book for All Ages Relaxing Inspiring Cultural Empowering Creative Coloring Book: Black Superhero Coloring Book by Mr. Akinseye Brown (Author) https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2181&type=status OCTAVIA TRIED TO TELL US is hosting a PopUp because Octavia Butler's KINDRED is coming to the screen! 12/17/2022 is the date Find more information at the following link https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2182&type=status

  5. Started by Troy,

    I wish American legislators were as aggressive with the misinformation propagated on American platforms. TikTok is a threat in terms of revenue, as Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube are all trying to mimic the platform. They are all manipulation engines designed to generate profit. Are we afraid that China will use the data against us to spread misinformation in the United States? Facebook has already allowed Russians to do this. AALBC in recent weeks has become a platform where misinformation is being propagated. Someone posted here that the average IQ on the African Continent is 70! I had half a mind to delete that false infor…

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  6. Started by Pioneer1,

    Black race, African ancestry tied to food allergies By Genevra Pittman, Reuters Health 5 MIN READ NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study of two-year-olds in Boston, black kids were twice as likely as white kids to have an immune response to foods such as peanuts, milk, and eggs, and almost four times as likely to have a “sensitization” to three or more foods. While food sensitization doesn’t necessarily pose any danger on its own, kids who are sensitized to certain foods are more likely to develop full-blown allergies to them in the future. …

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  7. Started by ProfD,

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/-just-exploded-springfield-woman-says-never-meant-spark-rumors-haitian-rcna171099 On cue, somebody accuses Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio of eating pets. Former POTUS Orange Julius picked up on this BS and used it as a talking point during the debate. Surely, he's repeating it at rallies too. Interestingly, it's the Black and Brown immigrants who are being targeted with the most ridiculous sh8t. White immigrants aren't being threatened with deportation or accused of using up resources that should be spent on US citizens. The hypocrisy in the immigration issue is Bla…

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  8. Started by ProfD,

    After more than 14 months of fighting between Israel and Palestine and 50 years of failed diplomacy, POTUS OJ is suggesting the U.S. should rebuild the Gaza Strip and move Palestinians across 12 countries in the Middle East. POTUS OJ claims the new Gaza Strip could be the Riviera of the Middle East. Supposedly, the new Gaza Strip would be a place that people from anywhere in the world including Palestinians could live, work and play. In 2 weeks on the job, POTUS OJ has shaken up the federal government, ramped up ICE raids to tackle immigration, shook down Mexico and Canada to deal with the borders and Fentanyl and possibly solved a 50-year old …

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  9. Started by KENNETH,

    There are Black majority cities in America like Atlanta, Detroit, Baltimore, and even Jackson Mississippi. What if Black politicians at the municipal level began working with wealthy black entrepreneurs to develop and diversity local economies especially disadvantaged neighborhoods ? Think about it. What if we pooled public and private resources to replicate what Geoffrey Canada did with the Harlem Children's Zone in New York City ? After all a good start early in life in a livable environment comes before any kind of academic achievement or entrepreneurial success. Right? Secondly, what if black business people and politicians formed public/pri…

  10. Started by Pioneer1,

    Let's call it for what it is..... Nigeria got pimp slapped. Nigeria claiming to "ok" this strike or even "ask" for it is just an effort to save face because in reality there wasn't much they could have done to stop it anyway. It's like that DJ Pooh in Friday trying to save face with Deebo by not asking for his bike back.......... He didn't ask for it back because he was AFRAID to. He knew Deebo would only give it back IF he wanted to and WHEN he wanted to and there wasn't shit he could do about it. He knew Deebo could easily beat his ass...lol. His ignorant ass father either didn't know or didn't understand this and tried to FORCE the boy to "stand …

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  11. The following was written by Arthur Rickydoc Flowers and is an excerpt from his substack post. ---------- So recently on Substack I was made aware of the FBA (Foundational Black Americans) and ABOS (American Descents of Slavery) movements, etc, and expressed my contempt for this latest expression of Black insecurity boosting itself with petty bullshit cutting us off from the Diaspora. I was responding to an informative piece (link below) on the phenom and I was like whats FBA and boy did I get impassioned responses, including from my sister, Elise, who apparently been in contention with them for years, I am truly out of the loop, I don’t really d…

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  12. Started by bookfan,

    In news of profound emotional significance for the world's first black republic, the only known original print of Hayti's declaration of independence from France has been discovered in an archive. The pamphlet is titled Liberty or Death. Although transcriptions of the text survived, no copy of the declaration itself had ever been found by modern historians. For context, watch this video of Raymond Alcide Joseph, Haitian Ambassador to the United States, speaking the day after January's catastrophic earthquake. He starts off by rebuking Pat Robertson for his infamous claim that the black republic was created by Satan, and then (and more to the present point) tal…

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  13. Started by Cynique,

    When it comes to TV, summertime is re-run season. For me it's a time to stray from the channels I usually watch because I've seen all of their episodes more than once. I still haven't gotten into sit-coms or drama series. I just look for quick fixes, and that can involve reality shows. But I only watch one type of reality show; the talent competition ones; or the untalented competitions, as the case may be. What I have observed while watching these shows is a simple lesson. A lesson that is not new but one that TV enhances and dramatizes because it exposes the power of reactions. I have become a regular viewer of a show called The Shark Tank, a progr…

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  14. Started by Delano,

    If you spend more time and money on your hair. Which is dead. Than your mind, then the answer. Ah you know the answer. Another clue , everyone is asleep but you. I subscribe more to the latter. However I'm an underachiever .

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  15. Started by Cynique,

    Just a final post to bid a farewell to The Board. I'm retiring because I have honestly lost interest in the subjects being discussed here. For over 60 years I've been there and heard that, and re-hashing the same ol political and social issues no longer ignites my enthusiasm or inspires my optimism. C'est la Vie. During whatever time I have left on this earth, I'm now more interested in fully immersing myself in spiritual introspection, pursuit of the truth, the nature of reality, the meaning of life, and whatever else that intrigues me. Or will I completely rule out popping up on this site once in a while. I had a dream about PRINCE last week. And now he's g…

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  16. Started by Troy,

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  17. Started by harry brown,

    Read. 400- Years. Ago 1619 ,Slave. Ships. With. Kidnapped. Africans,Begin. Coming. To. America. . The. Slave. Ships. That. Did,Not,Sink... .Not. To. Forget. The. Slave. Ship. Jesus..There Is,Confusion Among Black People ,When Black People Became,Christians. Myself And Other Black People ,Belief,Christianity. Was Forced Upon Black People. Slave Owners,Used The Bible To. Justify Slavery. . . How ,Many ,Black,Preachers,Preach About Slavery In The Bible? Bible,Supports,Slavery,War,Murder,Abortion ,Rape,Child. Rape..How,Many. Black. Christian. Bible. Readers,Want. Reparations ,For. Slavery. ? Bible. Supports. Slavery.. Listen. To. The. O…

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  18. Started by AJJones1007,

    Colonial America Anti-Black Agenda Colonial America was founded on the spirit of hatred, haughtiness of its collective self and a history of barbaric behaviors including a warring nature. From its inception, the pale-skinned Colonizers from northern Europe set up societies with a governing model similar to the formal feudal caste system of Europe where the word ‘black’ was used as a derogatory description or to degrade its bottom casted citizenry with contempt and disrespect. This was the vitriol and disdain that became the foundation of Colonial America Anti-Black Agenda. Frankly, it appears that the country has reverted back to colonial times with militias assis…

  19. How many of you believe that the so called RACE is CURSED?

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  20. All for the month of January SHawn Alleyen, a black artists is doing an erotic series, enjoy links to prior days are in each post so click and ride the train:) https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1788&type=status

  21. The Anti-Abortion group says their next step is a federal ban on contraception and abortion. This move criminalizes women and will also stomp over the right to privacy. When I first began visiting this forum in 2010, there was a lot of talk about the fall of the Black community because unmarried Black women were having babies with multiple men. I noticed, too - no one put the onus on men. I'll never understand that perspective, mainly since men cause 100 percent of unwanted pregnancies. But let's say women lose the right to choose abortion. And any attempt to abort, a woman becomes a felon. Felons lose their rights to participate in society, esp…

  22. A Day for a Year —Start Point? Ezekiel’s Prophecy *[caption at end of article] [4] But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. DANIEL 12:4. **[caption at end of article] Because the ancient prophecies in the Holy Bible were strictly based upon astronomy and that means AN EXACT SCIENCE, therefore it becomes easy to understand how specific major historical events have been confirmed and have come to past. Ezekiel’s prophecy would not only correlate directly to…

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  23. Started by Delano,

    Free Radicals by Michael Brooks. He says scientist are seen as cool headed and rational. Which isn't the case.

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  24. Started by ProfD,

    House Oversight committee decided to entertain testimonies regarding UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) commonly known as UFOs (Unidentified Frying Objects). One whistleblower testified that in the course of his job duties he was told there was a "multi-decade UAP crash retrieval and reverse engineering program" but he didn't have access to it. Reads like someone told him I know a secret but I cannot tell anybody else about it. 🤣 The whistleblower doesn't have a picture or document or any shred of evidence. All he's got is *I* know they're (government) hiding something from us. Statistics state that most folks who report UAP/…

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  25. Started by ProfD,

    https://www.denverpost.com/2024/09/13/elijah-mcclain-paramedic-sentence-cichuniec/ The paramedic responsible for administering the Ketamine shot that killed Elijah McClain is being released from prison. After 6 months in the penalty, the same judge who put the former paramedic in prison has reduced his sentence. This is a move to which Black folks need to pay attention. Even when race soldiers and white supremacists are found guilty and incarcerated, they're usually set free earlier than their sentencing. We cannot rest believing these cases are closed or justice has been served after the vigil, t-shirts, civil suit and co…

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  26. The Last Egyptian Slave Seaport, Suakim & Israelites on the Slave Ships-Deuteronomy 28:68. Suakin [i.e. Suakim] Suakin/Suakim The prophets wrote about the setup and the downfall of both, the First Roman Empire and the Second Roman Empire. However, one major mark of the Second Roman Empire would be the slave ship trade of which Moses prophesied would happen in the BOOK of DEUTERONOMY 28:68. Furthermore, Moses was not the only prophet to write about the First Coming and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ of which both coincides with the setup and downfall of both Roman Empires. Some of the Biblical pro…

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  27. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/21/trump-putin-summit-uncertain-00616500 No surprise the meeting is off between POTUS OJ and Russian president Vlady Putin at a summit in Budapest, Hungary. Putin is determined to conquer Ukraine. His plans in that regard remain unchanged. Despite the money being wasted on *high-level* meetings and talks regarding the war is Ukraine, Putin has never wavered in his ambitions. Ukrainian president Zelensky showed up last week begging POTUS OJ for Tomahawk missiles. That would level the battlefield. Zelensky left with his beret in hand. The US is purposefully handicapping Ukrai…

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  28. Started by richardmurray,

    Happy Belated Birthday Nichelle Nichols

  29. Started by Pioneer1,

    This is the origin of the Theory Of Evolution Charlese Darwin.....a notorious racist.....is widely considered one of the founding fathers of this Theory that White archeologists and other scientists promote in their institutions and that so many silly Black folks support for it's "out of Africa" claims. Notice the term "the preservation of FAVOURED races" in the subtitle? In a nutshell, the Theory of Evolution states that apes OR an ape like species evolved into Africans....and then the Africans evolved into other races. In other word, Africans are LESS EVOLVED and CLOSER TO APES! That's the theory! Do any of you support that? If you sup…

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  30. Started by Chrishayden,

    http://www.counterpunch.org/reed09242010.html

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  32. JOAN RIVERS TO HELM PROVOCATIVE AND OUTSPOKEN COMEDY DOCUMENTARY Why We Laugh: Funny Women takes an uncensored look into the lives of female comediennes Premieres on Showtime TONIGHT, March 21, 2013 at 8pm EST/PST New York, NY (March 21, 2013) – Codeblack Films, a Lionsgate company, partners with Emmy Award winning, Tony nominated comedian Joan Rivers’ Rugby Productions, LTD produced an in-depth 90-minute documentary exploring the cultural and social journey of the female stand-up comedian titled Why We Laugh: Funny Women. Why We Laugh: Funny Women includes personal interviews with some of the most prominent female voices in comedy and ent…

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  33. Started by Del,

    Doing a presentation on October. So I need some charts to present. You ask a question or just day you like some general info. Send three numbers. I post the prediction here and you give feedback. The prediction will involve dates

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  34. Started by Pioneer1,

    It appears that our dear father, healer, and teacher the honorable Dr. Sebi has made his transition. I hope that God's peace and blessings be upon this great man for the good that he has done and the knowledge that he has brought to our community. Dr Sebi

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  35. Started by harry brown,

    On The NBA ,Channel ,Saw,Jim Brown,Shaq, ,Charles Barkley,Kenny-Smith Talking Black People And The Police. Jim, Brown Said When A Black .Person Is Stopped By White Police,Do What They Say,Shaq ,There Are Some Bad Police. Shaq ,Has 2 Sons ,White Police Come Toward His Sons,They,Will Say .My. Father Is Shaquille Oneal ..Eric Garner ,Was Choked To Death Over Secrets,White Police Fired Last ,Year For Targeting Black. Drivers,Using The N Word. White,Police Fired This Year For Kicking,Stomping. A Black Man,On The Ground. Did Not Hear. Anyone Say White Police,Have Been. Fired For Being Klan,KKK,Members Past 6,Years. Shaq Wants To A Sheriff In.A Few Years,So He Can,Bring The…

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  36. What is it about White men that you two love so much? I mean...seriously? If you look at this board, most of the men....Black men...are complaining about what White men are doing to the world. Now granted, Troy hasn't come out and said "White men" have done such and such. But he DOES complain about the problems of Wall Street, and Jeff Bezos and others who are White who he feels is making problems in the world. But YOU TWO........... You ladies RARELY talk about White people being racist and the problems racism is causing. Instead you speak in vague GENERAL terms that seem to implicate EVERYBODY like:   "Oh the world is in troubl…

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  37. Started by Maurice,

    Only found about this Netflix documentary. Watching it right now. Saw the trailer first on You Tube and read some fairly strong comments there amongst others.

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  38. ************************************************************************************ According to NBC, Black workers were the only racial or ethnic group whose unemployment rate increased overall in August. The nation’s economic recovery is still unequal for Black workers ************************************************************************************

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  39. Weeksville asks from the depths of history to every black person, what have you created with other black people most recently? Use the link to read the article or my thoughts https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1792&type=status

  40. Started by Delano,

    Classrebel.com

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  41. Started by Cynique,

    Well, looks like replacements have been sent in. With the expulsion of Greg, a new troll has appeared on the board to take up the bad mouthing of "the black community", Different name (Pierre), same script. Since their weaponized words reinforce rather than dismantle problems, these agents of the right wing turn dreams of black unity into a nightmare. So, what else is new?

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  42. Started by Pioneer1,

    😏Lol....I know good and well I shouldn't be cluttering up the board with this excess thread but I guess I'm just trying to be cute. To those who feel AfroAmericans NEED to go out of our way to form alliances and coalitions with other groups outside of our community in order to be successful: -We are statistically tied with Latinos for the largest demographic behind White Americans, so we have the numbers -We have more political power than any other demographic except White Americans. -And although it's disproportionate, I "believe" we actually have more WEALTH than any other group outside of White Americans! Asians and Latinos have a lot of weal…

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  43. This popped up in my email box today; the Authors Guild's Open Letter to Generative AI Leaders wants OpenAI, Alphabet, Meta, Stability AI, IBM, and Microsoft to obtain consent, credit, and fairly compensate writers for the use of copyrighted materials in training AI. Good luck with that. As long as these companies have been around, they have exploited people for their content. Meta would not exist were it not for the free user generated content they exploit and monetize. Meta has never paid writers or journalists for content -- indeed many of these folks pay Meta to get people to read the content that they post on their platforms. Don't even get me…

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  44. The following is a touchy subject, mostly because men do not like to admit they’ve been abused by another male https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-survivors-are-nearly-invisible-us-catholic-clergy-sexual-abuse-c-rcna127171

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  45. News. Says. Black. Man. ,,Javion Mcghee. Was. Found. In. Rural. ,,,North. Carolina. With. A. Rope. Around. His. Neck. ..Law. Says. ,,Not. A Lynching. Might. Be. Suicide. ...Rope. Around. His. Neck. Not. A. Noose. ,He. Was. By. A. Tree. Not. Dangling. From. It..He. ,From. Chicago. ,He. Was. A. Truck. Driver. ...His. Family. Coming. ,,From. Chicago. To. Find. Out. What. Happened. ,,Who. Murdered. ,,Him. .....Law. Seem. To. Think. It. Might. Be. Suicide. ...........

  46. Started by ProfD,

    Somewhere between $81-$102k will allow a buyer to drive away from a Tesla dealer in a Cybertruck. Range is about 300 miles per charge. I've seen a few Cybertrucks around here. Every time I see one my 1st thought is that it looks like something a team of nerds built.🤣 The owner of a. Cybertruck could never go incognito in it. Looks like an attention-seeking vehicle. If I was going to buy an EV pickup truck in this price range, I'd go with the GMC Hummer: Of course, since I preach against gross consumerism, I wouldn't buy either one of them.😁😎

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  47. is Michael B Jordan's thomas crown movie the first rich black man film? I will explain. Thomas crown is supposed to be a rich guy who commits crimes. started by steve mcqueen, continued by pierce brosnan, but Jordan playing him is a quiet message in my view to black wealth. I can tell you black people have always had a rich minority but that minority has always been so small it hasnt been as visible, but in modernity i argue it is larger than in the past five hundred years so to speak or definitely the last two hundred and this film, i assume may speak to that reality in the black community in the usa and beyond. what say you? calendar event, remember to…

  48. Started by ProfD,

    https://www.ocolly.com/news/stillwater/convicted-rapist-receives-no-jail-time-after-granted-youthful-offender-status/article_c6a6afff-c7fc-4794-ad53-4321cf32098b.html Here's a great example of how the criminal justice system works for white folks. A white dude commits a heinous crime as a 17-year old. He pleads guilty. No Black person could have committed these crimes and pled guilty and gotten a potential 80-year prison sentence reduced to probation. Of course, the white media didn't plaster this case over every outlet in America. In fact, they have tried to bury it. Black media should be putting these cases on …

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