Culture, Race & Economy

San Francisco mayor quietly signs reparations fund that could lead to $5M payments per person San Francisco mayor quietly signs reparations fund that could lead to $5M payments per person They know good and dog gone well this plan won't lead to anybody getting Reparations. Just like that crap they're doing over in Maryland. .... just a trick or gimmick. CITIES AND STATES DO NOT PAY REPARATIONS Especially cities and states where slavery didn't officially exist...like Portland Oregon or San Francisco California. Reparations are only paid by National/Federal Governments. They KNOW this is going nowhere. The mayor…

Circa half of the populace in the usa wants to dominate the world using military might gardless of the violence. Circa half of the populace in the usa wants the usa to be the center of a dysfunctional global order that every human is shackled to gardless the fiscal poverty for most humans. Circa nearest one hundred percent of the populace in the usa wants the usa live along time after its two hundred and fiftieth birthday but nearest zero percent of the populace in the usa want to lead it in uncomfortable ways to live along time. Is the USA in the way of a better humanity? Absent the USA would the militaristic impotency of all other governments or racial balance of …

Well, we've been waiting for somebody to spice things up here and although I don't quite know what to make of CaramelGirl, she cracks me up. That icon of the skeptical sista drinking the strawberry Koolaid{?} sent me into hysterics. Ooooh, Lordy. I could just hear her sayin "ummmm hum". I have a feeling folks might suspect Caramel is a sock puppet of mine because we are both Kola Boof taunters, but as I've always said, I don't need anybody else to speak for me or to toot my horn. Everything I have to say, I want to take credit for. Anyhoo, welcome aboard Caramelgirl. I'm feelin ya. And I'm just wondering if you are a poster from the past who I know.... In t…

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AFTER HAZING AT FAMU, WHERE ROBERT CHAMPION WAS KILLED BEATEN TO DEATH BY HAZING ON THE BAND BUS,ON THE NEWS ANOTHER BLACK COLLEGE WITH HAZING.TEXAS SOUTHERN .THEIR HAZING INVOLVES PADDLING,REALLY.IS IT TIME TO PROTEST HAZING AT BLACK COLLEGES...//THEIR BAND IS SUSPENDED LIKE FAMU BAND.....ALCORN HIRES WHITE FOOTBALL COACH..///

NEWS PRINCE HAS DIED,NOT A FAN BUT HE WAS A GREAT MUSICIAN///HE WAS TALENTED./ FLINT LEAD WATER SCANDAL,3 IDIOTS HAVE BEEN CHARGED, NOT THE GOVERNOR THE HEAD SNAKE..FORMER SYRACUSE COLLEGE BASKETBALL LEGEND DUANE PEARL WASHINGTON HAS DIED, NEWS SAYS/WHEN THE BIG EAST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS WERE EXCITING, NOW IT IS A BORING CATHOLIC LEAGUE...PRINCE WAS TALENTED AND A GREAT MUSICIAN I NEVER REALLY LISTENED TO HIM////

For most the introduction is through Horoscopes. Although this is the Astrological tip of the iceberg.

I think culture isn't just important to the nation it is the nation. Notice I am saying nation not country. The Black Nation has it's own culture within larger white culture. Pictures are an important part of culture. It shows what is important. So what gets made and what gets watched is important. The Black Panther is more successful because it fills a need. Just like cave painting .

I want you all to take a look at the BODY LANGUAGE of these young men for the first couple minutes of this interview and then tell me what they remind you of or how it makes you feel.......

ENKUTATASH NEW YEAR FESTIVAL—SEPTEMBER 2019 This Historic Friday 13th ~ The Real BLACK FRIDAY The Enkutatash, Ethiopian—HEBREW ISRAELITE Festival marks the ancient PASSOVER FESTIVAL WEEK that was instituted during the lifetime of Moses and almost 3500 years ago when the Israelites marched out of Egypt and detailed in the book of EXODUS. And what makes this year so interesting would be due to this week of which includes Friday 13th, a day marked in the Bible as being the last plague, the Destroyer Angel. So although most internet articles respond to the question about the real origin of the mystery that surrounds this unlucky day …

It's getting a little tiring seeing so many grown ass AfroAmerican men getting on national television crying and carrying on. I understand if you lost a loved one, it's natural to be deeply hurt and cry. I cried when both of my Parents passed away. I'm not saying AfroAmerican men should NEVER cry....but there's a time and place for everything. I'm saying this in reference to so many AfroAmerican men who have been crying on television lately as a reaction to the George Floyd situation as well as the latest shooting in Atlanta. Mr. Flyod's brother has a right to cry. Mr. Brook's brother has a right to cry. But some of these other negroes on the screen weep…

"For those African Americans who have less than a college education, the loss of manufacturing jobs seriously undermines their opportunities for employment. Researchers John Bound and Richard Freeman contend that "up to half of the huge employment declines for less-educated blacks might be explained by industrial shifts away from manufacturing toward other sectors."" https://academic.udayton.edu/race/04needs/economic06.htm - - - "Economic Globalization and the Future of Black America" https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0021934706290981?journalCode=jbsa - - - "Effects of NAFTA 2.0 and Other Low-Road Approaches to Trade on Black Commu…

New York State Attorney General Letitia James seems to be swinging for the fences when it comes to the Trump Organization. Far from being a business genius, the truth that the former President is also a lying crook is leaking out and folks associated with him are doing their best to protect themselves. The latest gloomy news for the former chief executive is that Mazar USA, which handled the books for Trump's company, said in court filings that ten years of financial statements from 2011 to 2020 cannot be relied upon. Oh, you don't have to believe me. Here, read it for yourself from the esteemed National Public Radio, the non-profit and privately held me…

I can go on a rant about sport agents or media agents, in the music industry or fashion industry for example, and how they destroy people. But, what say you? is it needed? https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1914&type=status

An artist I am acquainted to is recently married and wants to buy a new home. If you are able or want to help share the following links from the artist. GOFUNDME page Fundraiser by Courtney Collier : Help Us Buy Our First Home (gofundme.com) A Journal from her explaining her situation GoFundMe + Covid by Musashden on DeviantArt

HuffPost FollowView Profile Trump Issues Warning Of 'Potential Death And Destruction' If He's Charged With A Crime Story by Paige Lavender • Yesterday 10:02 AM 607 4k …

Just received word that Henry Kissinger has died. I'm not exactly sure why, but something tells me that whether it be for good or bad (or both depending on one's perspective)....this world will NOT be the same as it was before.

He was a familiar figure on Chicago's local TV channels, a community activist, always there, first on the scene in the aftermath of the regular shootings that grab headlines in Chicagoland. On camera, comforting the grieving families, chiding the violent perpetrators, urging anyone with any information to come forward, bringing his lamenting to a close by announcing the amount of any award money to be offered. He was a community treasure, the go-to-guy for mike-holding reporters ready to move on from the "wha had happened" witnesses, and anxious to solicit his insinuations about his fellow blacks. And what has happened in regard to this "angel of death" wh…

I just watched 6 seasons of The Chi it took me about 6 weeks to get through it. A friend recommended it to me, and she expressed an interest in my opinion. I found it interesting enough to get through it but on a scale of 1 to 10 id give it a 6. You really had to suspend disbelieve to get all the plot lines and the overlapping characters. @Pioneer1's post about Smoking Weed was what made me think about The Chi. Smoking weed was such a big part of the series -- almost everyone smoked weed constantly. They were smoking it, growing it, selling it and killing over it. It was a major character of the series. Another big part of the serie…

These 10 people were arrested for attacking ICE agents: https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-agents-targeted-2-ambush-attacks-recent-days I'm overjoyed that FBA/ADOS are sitting on the sidelines throughout these dust-ups from protests to wars. None of this is our bizness. We should be not be guilted or pulled into it one way or another. Other than the Diddy trial, it's refeshing to watch the news and not see FB/ADOS being victimized and/or paraded as the poster group of social dysfunction. Continue letting other groups of people resolve their own issues and settle differences among themselves. Leave thos…

For those who have rolled into 2026, let's hope that it is a year filled with Love, Joy, Peace, Prosperity, Health and Happiness.🎉 In the meantime, I will continue calling balls & strikes i.e. offering my opinions/perspectives on whatever comes up around here. I enjoy the easy chair I've taken up.🤣 As always, many thanks to brotha @Troy for providing & maintaining this platform. Much appreciated.😎

Where is Prof D??? Hope he's OK. His absence creates a big void on the premises. 😳

April 4, 1968-- Martin Luther King got his brains blowed out in Memphis. I am so crude because everybody likes to act like he just "passed away" or something. No. His brains were blowed out, all over the balcony at the Lorraine Hotel, like he was a crip or a blood or something. He had his pants hitched up. He used the King's English. He preached non violence. He was married to the mother of his children and supporting them--best he could while he was running all over the country trying to do right by folks. He was not strapped. Nor any of his associates. Remember--

"I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole." El Hajj Malik el Shabazz, aka Malcolm X, who was assassinated on this day back in 1965

The Only One Chapter 21 Determined not to give a lot of weight to Troy Briggs’ mention of the White Sox, Carole Everly had, nevertheless, turned to the channel where their Saturday afternoon contest was being televised. She wasn’t going to sit in front of the screen and watch, but would check the score from time to time while she went about her weekly chores, which included doing her laundry and tidying up her apartment. What did she have to lose? Only her sanity. Troy Briggs, as usual had left her hanging, never approaching her again at the company meeting yesterday, only offering a quick salute from across the crowded room as things were breaking up and …

HOWDY YAWL! Whatsup... what's shakin'... how's it hangin'? It's been a while - huh? Well I just noticed that this portion of the discussion board has been named Cynique's Corner. That's great, she deserved it. Yeah... I remember when. Anyway, I dropped this on the other board but after seeing her name over here, I thought, well hell, let me drop this at her doorstep. Btw, that title is actually my motto. You know, I've danced with the devil (and loved it) and kissed the sky, but today i'm just happy to be alive, hence "What about a time called now"? Okay, here we go, my thoughts on election day 2012. --> Sorry for the intrusion but HEY HEY HEY... IT'S ME, A FLAS…

NOT LONG AGO THE NAACP PROTSTED THE OXYGEN CHANNEL SHOW ALL MY BABIES MAMAS, ABOUT RAPPER SHAWNTY LO AND HIS 9 CHILDEN BY 9 WOMEN//OXYGEN CHANNEL NEW SHOW PREACHERS OF L.A,////ABOUT PREACHERS WHO LIVE LIKE MVIE STARS, WITH EXPENSIVE CARS AND HOMES,/PREACHERS ARE PIMP CROOKS//BLACK CONGREGATION ARE NOT JUST MIS GUIDED SHEEP THEY ARE PROSTITUTES.../BLACK PREACHERS ARE NOT DR MARTIN LUTHER KING//IF BACK IN 1991 NAACP CAN PROTEST CLARENCE THOMAS NOMINATED FOR SUPREME COURT BECAUSE HE IS NOT LIKE THURGOOD MARSHALL, NAACP SHOULD PROTEST FAKE PREACHERS WHO ARE NOT LIKE DR. KING…

I saw this film yesterday. Fela was great band leader and activist, but homie was off the chain. I guess he had to be; to stand up to the Nigerian government the way he did... This bio-pic is definitely worth checking out Finding Fela: Music is the Weapon tells the story of Fela Kuti's life (1938 - 1997), his music, and his social and political importance. This in-depth look at the man who created Afrobeat (a fusion of Jazz, traditional West African rhythms, Funk, Highlife, and psychedelic rock) brings audiences close to Mr. Kuti's fight against the dictatorial Nigerian government of the 1970s and 1980s. With his audacious music and a great deal o…

After all of the protesting and violence over the last five years to stir up people about the gaps in income inequality, Blacks are still the poorest of the poor and Whites are now officially on notice of the imminent economic destruction of White civilization. “Federal regulators say five of the biggest banks in the U. S. failed to develop adequate plans for how they might reshape themselves in case of bankruptcy, which could leave them unable to survive without another taxpayer bailout,” Associated Press reported April 14, 2016. Once again we have evidence that skin color, not money, is the key to survival. That is why our focuses on how self-empowerment Blacks can …

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brown-girl-magazine/nonblack-people-of-color-_b_14434776.html The article is basically a call for non-Black people to thank us for paving the way for them in America, to apologize for their roles in perpetuating White supremacy not only against us but against their very own selves and self interests, and to start supporting Black people and organizations more instead of avoiding us. For years I had hoped that other people of color would one day wake up and "see the light" and finally recognize the truths of what those of us who've been here for generations before them already knew. And lo... Donald Trump comes along and stand…

Listening is a skill that doesn't come naturally or easily to most of us... Listening is about entertaining another person's ideas, a bit like trying on their coat. It's like saying to the other person: 'I may not agree with you, I might not like what you are saying, but I am going to try to understand it from your point of view. ' What Makes Us Tick pp 29-30, by Hugh Mackay .

[II] ] Hidden Behind Mockery: BLACK NAMES of Eurasia~ PECHENEG During my research, I recently stumbled across this term that became described as ‘an EXONYM’ meaning a term that was used by others to describe a certain people in the past. However, after more research, I have come to discover much more truths about this term than what has been clearly written today and also, this term in its’ origin would not necessarily be an exonym altogether. But at some point, this term PECHENEG not only became altered but it also became demeaning and perhaps that would be why it is not a common word used today here in America in this sense. When I loo…

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THE LATTER DAYS THE LATTER RAINS, The Former Rains & John APRIL 17, 2356 [10] And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. [11] In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. GENESIS 7:11. APRIL 17, 2356 [26] John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; [27] He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not wort…

It seems, that I have not only seen, but also personally witnessed the degradation, humiliation and systematic dumbing down of the Black Consciousness over the years. I feel as if the self destructive culture that has originated and been perpetuated by Blacks in America have served a vital role in helping those who would want us economically dependant on the same system that brutalizes us. It uses us, it uses Black music, black artists, and ghetto "black" culture, while fetishizing our women and emasculating our men. While they squeeze Blacks in America for every penny they can produce, they simultaneously feed us lies and debauchery, scandalous behaviour and a vehement, …

interesting enough, everything that I find (researched) is that far more whites (41%) are killed by police each year compared to blacks(17%) however, far more blacks are arrested! Please tell me why our news reporters, political leaders and so many others are hell bent on portraying this to be just the opposite and lead others to believe that blacks are somehow being targeted and oppressed by our society??? Please do your research before you comment on this. Please!!

************************************************************************************ This is from The Daily Mail: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pleads with AG Merrick Garland to send ATF agents to the city for six months after it sees more than 760 murders this year - a 25-year high - after she slashed police budget by $60 million Mayor Lightfoot Requests ATF Agents ************************************************************************************

How does black America get away from the race card? https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/mlks-niece-rips-biden-race-baiting-voter-reform/

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Merrick Garland admitted today that it was he who authorized the warrant. This is a blatant banana 🍌 republic moves. Trump continues to fight against the Bureaucracy for the people of this country. The FBI needs to be dismantled and the Justice Department needs an overhaul.

Tariq Nasheed briefly talks about the Conspiratorial atrocities racists are committing in Africa while going off on anti-AfroAmerican Africans.....

I wonder if this is just happening to me or is this a new part this community. Every time I click into a thread, there is a little black and white 'X' box that appears. Even if I click on an icon at the bottom of a post, that 'x' appears. Sometimes, I cannot submit my post unless I click on that little 'x'. Even if I browse without logging in, that little 'x' will appear. If anyone knows why this is happening or if they are getting the same issue, please let me know.

The Economics of Racism https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L6LNPtTM88k The NAZInomic Wargame is a continuation of the Military Wargame by other means. The only difference between Manifest Destiny and Lebensraum is that the 7th Cavalry did not have tanks and gas chambers in 1876. .

The promotional copy reads; "Since 1827, when Freedom’s Journal, the first newspaper to be published by free Black men in the United States, Black folks have been making use of the media technologies available to them to tell their own stories in their own ways." There is own important, and obvious, difference between Freedom's Journal and Twitter (I know it is called "X" now). Black people owned Freedom's Journal! the failure to make that distinction, and to use this as a Twitter as an example of Black people using media to tell our own stores in our own way is ludicrous! First, Twitter uses an algorithm to determine which tweets get e…

https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/texas-flooding-camp-mystic-07-08-25-hnk Over 100+ people lost their lives including at least 30 childen and more than 160 people are still missing. Kerr County TX was flooded when 4 months of rainfall fell in a matter of hours. Folks want to point fingers and blame someone else for a natural disaster. They refuse to believe in the power of Mother Nature.😎

Despite the different pictures, both stories are about the same man. Some Russian dude who went down into Kenya and Ghana picking up women and spreading diseases.

Our parents were being born into this world a little more than 50 years ago. They were the children of Black Americans born three generations after the abolishment of slavery. But thanks to governmental acceptance of the institution of segregation, they remained second class citizens. Being second class citizens, they did not have access to the best schools and were ineligible for many good paying jobs. Our grandparents refused to allow this form of segregation to remain in place and demanded change. They made a choice to fight for this change by any means neccessary. This choice cost some people their lives and others their freedom. While fighting for these rights, our g…

I went to see "Lee Daniels' The Butler" over the week-end with my granddaughter. She loved it, declaring it to be a great history lesson. I liked it OK. I think my luke warm endorsement has to do with me finding out that a white person wrote the screen play. When asked about his credentials to undertake this, his answer was predictable. He said he did research and interviews and then put his empathy and writing skills to work. The result was a fictionalized episodic journey, plodding through the 1930s Jim Crow South up until the Ronald Reagan presidency in the 1980s. Although I could not relate to everything in the movie, all the events were familiar …