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Not certain if I already posted this. If you could have three super powers what would they be?

I finished my bayonetta

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Charisse of The Book Look interviews singing sensation and new author, LEDISI!

There is a new website to help Black businesses and services gain more visibility in today's market place. www.supportblackowned.com is a new online business directory and social network. We provide Black business owners with an free listing on our website. The free listing includes a description, contact information, address, map and pictures. We also have paid features which allow business owners to have a more in depth listing also with the ability to add video, social links, sales and events. Our goal is to list every black owned business, organization, and service. We list authors, entertainers, model, promoters, and any Black owned business. We also have a social ne…

While I don't want to sound the 'anti-semitic' alarms, I am alarmed that fewer Male Jews and more female Jews seems to be pushed onto voters like saviors in the night. what's wrong with this picture, or am I reading more then is there?

A funny thing happened on the way to the revolution. Somebody forgot to tell us that, in our rush out the door to join in the riches of the larger society as a result of desegregation, we might want to preserve at least some to the things that made us a self-sustaining community, just in case. Well, with the current high unemployment rates among African-Americans, higher than the nation as a whole, that "just in case" moment may be here. The one thing we may have forgotten to do "just in case"? Mind our own businesses! It’s no surprise that, as times get tough, people tend to look out for their own. Yes, that means a lot of cronyism, a little bit o…

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…

Well, Black people got a huge basket of good news on Thursday, June 8. Because the U.S. Supreme Court did not shatter what’s left of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Instead, by a 5-4 margin, a coalition of conservative and liberal justices reaffirmed the court's 1986 precedent interpreting how legislative districts must be drawn under the landmark voting rights act, as amended in 1982. After years of court defeats and being battered backwards by state after state when it comes to voting rights, the Supreme Court did something so surprising, even that dreaded oaf Clarence Thomas filed a 50-page complaint-objection. The court said that in Alabama, a state where there …

Well, it looks as if Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have defeated would-be dictator Donald Trump yet again. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, Dec. 12, swatted aside the Trump campaign’s desperate attempt from the Texas Attorney General to invalidate the 2020 election. In effect, legal experts concluded that Justices determined Texas has no business trying to dictate how other states conduct their elections. According to the NBCnews Website: “Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito said the court had no authority to refuse a case filed on its original docket, where one state files to sue another. But they said they would not have granted Texas any other relief and exp…

THIS IS REAL! BLACK MALES ARE AT RISK. WHO IS NEXT!?Judge Mark Ciavarella Jr photoMark Ciavarella JrAFRICANGLOBE – Disgraced Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella Jr has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for conspiring with private prisons to sentence juvenile offenders to maximum sentences for bribes and kickbacks which totaled millions of dollars. He was also ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution. In the private prison industry the more time an inmate spends in a facility, the more of a profit is reaped from the state. Ciavearella was a figurehead in a conspiracy in the state of Pennsylvania which saw thousands of young Black men and women unjustly punished and p…

SURPRISE!--Another Undetected GREEN COMET Has Just Showed Up Near the Sun! Part I As if last month was NOT eventful enough, now reports are out that an unexpected, previously unknown, and undetected comet has just suddenly appeared and it’s already in our inner solar system! CRAZY! April 6th image by M. Jäger & G. Rhemann A newly discovered bright green comet is now visible in Earth's skies. Ahmed Alqallaf / 500px/Getty Images/500px April 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM There's a bright new comet in the sky—and it's green The cosmic visitor was first discovered in late March. By Ariana…

The FBI's Vendetta Against Martin Luther King, Jr. excerpted from the book The Lawless State The crimes of the U.S. Intelligence Agencies by Morton Halperin, Jerry Berman, Robert Borosage, Christine Marwick Penguin Books, 1976 p63 For the FBI, an organization seeking to register blacks in the South was clearly suspicious. Until 1962, the bureau would monitor King and SCLC under the "racial matters" category, which required agents to collect "all pertinent information" about the "proposed or actual activities of individuals and organizations in the racial field." According to the Senate Select Committee, the FBI inf…

Hello everyone! I am looking for 3-4 African-Americans who have seen the movie "Green Book" and would be willing to take part in my questionnaire that is designed to identify critical issues related to racial discrimination and inequality in the United States of America. I am a student of English philology in Poland, and by completing this questionnaire you will help me better understand the current status of this issue. The results of this survey will be analyzed and presented in my master’s thesis: “Green Book”: A road trip through an American land of discrimination and racial inequality. To complete this survey you will need around 30 minutes. …

Here are the results so far. The survey was prompted by a question posed in the conversation What's Wrong With This Picture? I’d encourage everyone to check out this conversation. During the conversation, you'll learn if the makeup artist was Black. You definitely read a wide variety of opinions; some of the comments may change the way you feel about this photo or they may strengthen your opinion. Here are the results so far: None of the non-Black respondents did saw the photo as racist and all of them agreed the photo was flattering. The responses from the Black Males were split. Half agreed the photo was racist and half felt it was the photo was flatte…

Saw. A. Young. Black. Female. On. The. News , Talking. About. R. Kelly.. The. Documentary. Surviving. R. Kelly, Talks. About. His. Sexual. Abuse,Misconduct. With. Teenage. Girls!. For. Decades. He. Has. Been,Having. Sex With Teenage Girls,Abuse Them. ,Holding ,Them,Hostage. Read He Married A Singer When She Was 15_. ,R-Kelly ,Sex Addict ,Abusive Sex Fiend Who Is Obsessed With ,Teenage. Girls. Don't Know. Who More Lunatic R Kelly Or Kanye-West??????

Hey @Troy are you familiar with her work. Ran into her at the St Mark's Poetry Project. Richard Forman was reading this wild piece of writing. I was laughing and she asked me if I was a writer. She would go on to write Top Dog and Under Dog which starred two of my favourite actors Don Cheadle and Jeffrey Wright. She also wrote Venus. MacArthur “Genius” Award recipient, and in 2015 was awarded the prestigious Gish Prize for Excellence in the Arts. Other grants and awards include those from the National Endowment for the Arts, Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts and New York Foundation for the Arts. She is also a recipient of a Lila-W…

SWEET PEA WHITAKER--May he RIP What Happened!? I mean, what really happened!? Was this the first time he’d crossed that street or what? Aren’t we speaking about a professional boxer who probably was accustomed to jogging and crossing streets? Well, anyway, this is sad news. I met him years ago, and thought that he was so very nice. The reports say that he had just had a photo session the day before! And, reports also have 'exonerated' the driver of the vehicle that struck him already. No charges are expected to be filed. Oh well,.. I met Sweet Pea Whitaker back in the 1980s at the Scope during a CIAA Championship game and later at my c…

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http://www.riverfronttimes.com/locations/sweetie-pies-the-grove-41863/ I was there earlier this week. Had the fried chicken. Black Eyed peas. Cornbread. String beans. All for $9.50. Couldn't eat it all. I met Ms. Montgomery, the former Ikette who runs the place. Got pictures of herself from those days all over the place. You could hardly get in for all the white folks. If you ever come to St. Louis and you aren't robbed assaulted or murdered, you should stop by there (It's in a safe neighborhood, too!)

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Grammy-winning rapper T.I. was arrested along with his wife on suspicion of possessing methamphetamines, five months after the hip-hop star finished a prison stint on weapons charges. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/01/ti-arrested-rapper-cliffo_n_703111.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ioq7U6S_ko

Rapper sentenced to prison-- That ain't news, is it? http://www.hotmommagossip.com/2010/10/16/rapper-t-i-gets-another-11-months-in-prison/

Greetings, AALBC Forum Fsmily: Hope you all had a great Chrustmaa and I wish everyone a Happy New Year! Here's to a prosperoua 2025! 🍸🫶

"Ta-Nehisi Coates told lawmakers at a House committee hearing that the debate over reparations is “a dilemma of inheritance.” Coates called out Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for saying a day earlier that reparations were not “a good idea” because no one who is currently living is responsible. Coates told lawmakers that many of the inequalities created by slavery persist today, including in the form of economic and health disparities." It is a wonder people like Mitch McConnell, without basic understanding of a simlle issue can rise to power. Just another inducation of just how shitty America's political process is.

Facebook does have some memes i can relate to dispersed between the prayer requests and religious verses and testimonies.

Shaun is spot on with this observation. It's been known for decades that the images of Jesus and even God being depicted as a Caucasian man has being one of the most effective tools of racism as it burns the idea of Caucasians being divine and god-like into the subconscious of many people of color who grow up around those images. However, I suspect that if people DO start smashing and knocking down those images of Caucasians that have been LABELED as "Jesus".....some of the protesters may end up making more enemies than they expected. Infact, I suspect many of the female protesters of color will be adamantly against this campaign.

I’ve always been fascinated with the dynamics of language. A tool that enables communication, language can frequently be inadequate. But it can also be powerful. As components of language, certain words can trigger rage and indignation at the mere sound of them. The most obvious example of this is the epithet “nigger“. A simple 2-syllable utterance that stands for so much. Just the enunciation of this one word is powerful enough to incite mayhem when it comes out of the mouth of a white person in the presence of black person. A black person can seethe with suspicions about racial prejudice but once the n-bomb is dropped, anger and the threat of violence immediately erupt…

I started a poll on this subject on Facebook and it is getting a lot of response. Anyone can take the poll even if they are not on Facebook. http://www.sphere.com/politics/artic...quake/19315905 The poll question is: Did Limbaugh Go Too Far With Racial Attack on Obama Over Haiti Poll Link: http://bit.ly/5vGRr7 It is interesting to read the comments as well. Pass this on to as many people as possible. Sometimes these kind of things draw attention and it is a great way to let people know how you feel.

Poor movie mogul, Harvey Weinstein, the serial molester who has supplanted Bill Cosby as the poster boy for horny ol lechers. Why am i not outraged by his being outed by all of the mostly white damsels in distress coming out of the wood work, making accusations My entrenched cynicism no doubt. Or maybe, i feel rejected because I could not add my name to the swelling ranks of the "me, too" sisterhood of sexually harassed females. More likely because the "casting couch" has been a long standing joke in the movie business, wherein ambitious young starlets anxious to advance their careers, submitted to the sexual overtures of powerful Hollywood tycoons. Now a…

http://aalbc.it/courageousfilm Courageous - An AALBC.com Film Review "A moving, modern parable not to be missed by anyone who’s always wondering why they don’t make wholesome movies with uplifting messages anymore." The Film opened to weekends ago at #4 at the Box office, Last weekend it was #6. If you are looking for something goo check it out.

I am interested to getting this book reviewed. Author : B. K. Sunshine Title: Tales From The Outskirts Of Life: Tuesday Lover ISBN13: 978-1-890199-10-4 Pub. Date: April 28, 2020 Synopsis: Recently divorced business entrepreneur Justin Allen arrives in Columbus, Ohio seeking to make a fresh start in his business and in his life. His last wife had taken his money, his pride, and his manhood. The first time he sees Dr. Olivia Davis, wife, mother of three, and first female head of surgery at Columbia General Hospital, he feels a connection and a hunger to get to know her in every possible way. Under the guise of becoming a business as…

after reading the article, sharon stone said six months ago after receiving an award in nyc that she wants pay equity. she said that black women need to get ay equal to white women and women need to get aid to men. She said it is the law in the usa but isn't adhered to. So, Taraji Henson isn't lying but, I must say, the issue is the community of workers a well as the willingness of people to produce films. I will give an example. The reality is, every single film taraji p henson has made recently, like hidden figures, if she would had said no, for the wage offered, another black female thespian would had said yes. That is the blunt truth. That is how labor works …

Me and my daughters hangin' out. Aim for the center to hit the Bulls Eye.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/cars/auto-tariffs-car-prices-impact-hnk-intl/index.html Tariffs are supposed to take effect next week. Hopefully everyone already bought their toys before prices get jacked up.😎

Focus on the first 12 minutes of the video.....the rest of the video is just Tariq clowning on the caller...lol. Tariq basically says the same thing I've been saying and stressed with richardmurray a few days ago about Mamdani's being elected as mayor meaning little to nothing to us as AfroAmericans and probably will cause more harm than good for Black New Yorkers. He also touched on how Indians came to Africa and exploited it.

I find this info to be an interesting tid-bit because I am always fascinated with the idea of looking at things in a different way! Thrilled with Gabby's "flying squirrel" nickname? Not so much. The media always finds a way to compare black athletes to animals. Nuts to them!

If you create an astrological order for the Tarot you can workout what you name is in the Tarot. If you order the cards from 1 -78, you can work out the card that is associated with your name. Delano is 5 of pentacles. 0 - 9 Taurus Strachen is Ace of swords. Element of Air.

KUSA-TV in Colorado reports: The Tattered Cover bookstore chain has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, three years after the iconic local business was sold to an investment group, and plans to close three of its stores over the next two weeks. The bankruptcy filing on Monday said Tattered Cover owes its creditors, numbering in the hundreds, between $1 million and $10 million. The company listed its assets in the same broad range. Why do I care? Well, I always considered the Tatter Cover a great indie store. I visited two of the chains, one as recently as 2021. The stores were just a great space for book lovers.…

On Tuesday I made a post on my blog entitled “Tavis Smiley is no good for Black folks!” The provocative title was used to encourage people to read the post so that I could talk about one of the good things Tavis has done and that is start SmileyBooks. I began by describing why I did not always like Tavis. My dislike for Tavis really began when I saw Tavis’ reaction to Barack’s declining to participate in Tavis’ State of Black America forum. However in hindsight my impression of Tavis has changed to one that is very favorable. I discovered pretty quickly that many people – at least those that commented on my Blog and on Facebook page DESPISE Tavis! I was ac…

While updating my Top 50 Black-owned Websites page. I noticed the Tavis Smiley story. Given all the other crazy news today this story was buried. Shadow and Act a site that covers film and TV quoted Variety: "In March, Smiley was found guilty of breaching his contract due to multiple affairs within the workplace. Earlier in January, an investigation commissioned by PBS found Smiley accused of enacting several types of misconduct, including verbal abuse and sexual harassment." This is beyond unfortunate. The Brother had so much potential. He could not keep his d*ck in his pants for 5 minutes? Why is he sexually harassing people? SMH...

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you may not have seen micheaux's work before so if you see this post , within an hour of its time tag, go to TCM and view it or tape it if you can.

Tea Party protester went out of control and called members of Congress the N word,f*gg*t and even spit on members of Congress. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/010/03/20/tea-party-protests-nier-f_n_507116.html http://DTPollard.com

IN LOUISIANA ELEMENTARY TEACHER TERRILYNN MONETTE IS MISSING.SHE WENT TO A BAR LAST SATURDAY AND HAS NOT BEEN SEEN OR HEARD FROM SINCE THEN..I ASK AGAIN, WHEN BLACK PEOPLE ARE MISSING, DOES THE NAACP, BLACK CHURCHES AND POLITICIANS GO OUT AND LOOK FOR THEIR OWN PEOPLE/././///

Team USA Black folks showing out and winning medals at the 2024 Olympics in Paris: Simone Biles--1 Gold (Women's Gymnastics Team Final), 1 Gold (Women's Gymnastics All Around Final) Sha'carri Richardson--1 Silver (Women's 100M Final Jordan Chiles--1 Gold--Women's Gymnastics Team Final Fred Richard--1 Bronze--Men's Gymnastics Team Final Lauren Scruggs--1 Gold (Women's Individual Foil Fencing, 1 Silver (Women's Team Foil Fencing) Simone Manuel--1 Silver (Women's Swimming 4X100M Freestyle Relay), 1 Silver (Women's Swimming 4X200M Freestyle Relay) Nyjah Huston--1 Bronze (Men's Street Skateboarding) Naya Tapper--1 Bronze (Women's…

Please help me with a research question, anyone (everyone) about watching a White person (weep) cry. Notwithstanding the reason, or thinking about personalizing the image; just a White face shedding tears. What emotion(s) do you experience, thoughts come to your mind, empathy, indifference, fear, hate, what? If you have no emotional experience, or prefer not to say, please explain why? Please provide as much details as you'er comfortable with.

You tax dollars at work... I don't know where I learned about this video but the title of this post is what I used to find it in about 2 seconds. Initially I found the video was shocking; to see a room full of multi-billionaires supplicate themselves before the President. That alone should give you an indication of how powerful the man is. Trump is perhaps the most powerful man in human history. Reuters deliberately edited this video of billionaires bending the knee to the president in such a way to illicit the reaction I had. In context of the dinner itself it probably was not as bad as it comes across with this edit... I guess I'll …

Technology and Falling Literacy Rates Are Writing an End to Black-Owned Bookstores by Frederick H. Lowe The number of African-American-owned bookstores has dropped significantly since the late 1970s and 1980s due to a variety of factors, including corporate control of the Internet, waning literacy and fiscal mismanagement. In the 1970s and 1980s, more than 1,000 black-owned bookstores were in business in the United States. Now only slightly more than 100, possibly 116 to 117, if that many, remain open, according to Troy Johnson, founder of the African American Literature Book Club (AALBC.com), which is based in New York. Read the whole article I'm gla…

Have you seen this movie? It is a really good movie about the life of the Shawnee (indigenous American) warrior, Tecumseh and his people ,of many nations, whom he sought to unite. Tecumseh, "a fiery orator, a brilliant diplomat, a revolutionary thinker, a political and military genius", a lover of the people for whom he died, a legend. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-PjQ_e5lVM This movie is in multiple parts.