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A Black Trans Woman Was Killed in Her Home in Greece Story by Samantha Riedel • Yesterday 3:24 PM Anna Ivankova, a Black transgender woman from Cuba who was also known as Anna Hernández and Ivanka, was found dead in her apartment in Athens, Greece earlier this week. She was 46 years old. According to information released by Greek police, Ivankova’s body was discovered by her l…

Just in case Herman Cain is lookin for a vice presidential runnin mate.... http://youtu.be/_veRCThylI0

Cynique and Sara How about you two agree to a temporary cease in hostilities? Say...until the end of April? It appears both of you find SOME interests in each other's posts, but because of the ongoing feud you probably feel akward trying to give ask a legitimate question or respond to something the other might have said that you find interesting. So worried the other may see you as weak and caving in, you can't even make a serous observation without an insult to let them know it's still "on". "Hey, that sure is a pretty dress.....for an ugly bitch like YOU to be wearing" "Thanks ho.....yo daddy said yo fat ass mama didn't look good in it so he snatched it out…

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…

Ten bands i have seen and one i haven't. The Jackson Five Phyliss Hyman Roberta Flack Donny Hathaway Prince Miles Davis Herbie Hancock Sarah Vaughan Max Roach Betty Carter Geri Allen

And it will all be over. But it will only be the beginning of the End. THE NEXT TWO YEARS IS GOING TO DRIVE MOST OF YOU OVER THE EDGE! I ain't goin'. I'SE ALREADY CRAZY! (Cue real scary laughter, haunted organ music, moans groans and chains rattling--haunted house sounds. Fade to Black!)

THERE ARE NEO NAZI VIDEO GAMES,BLACK PEOPLE ,MUSLIMS AND JEWS ARE KILLED..NEWS SAYS NEO NAZI'S ARE IN THE U.S. MILITARY,.WHY IS THE CHRISTIAN REPUBLICANS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THESE TERRORIST....//WONDERING DO THE JEWS KNOW ABOUT NEO NAZI VIDEO GAMES WHERE THEY ARE GUNNED DOWN ,WITH BLACK PEOPLE AND MUSLIMS,AND THE U.S. CHRISTIANS CONDONE IT.......///U.S. GOVERNMENT CONDONES IT WITH NEO NAZI'S IN THE U.S. MILITARY.////

This fella went on a shooting spree down in Texas in wake of the US & Israeli airstrikes on Iran. The shooter killed 3 & injured a dozen or so before law enforcement laid him down. For the most part, Black folks have done a great job in minding their own bizness & staying out of these conflicts. There will be a few stray Black folks who decide to drink the Kool-Aid & ride with the BS. They do not represent the rest of us.😎

TEXAS THREATENS TO ARREST ANY FEDS WHO TRY ENFORCING NEW GUN REGS Texas Proposal: JAIL Any Federal Officials Trying to Enforce New Gun Restrictions in the State (1200 WOAI) A Texas lawmaker says he plans to file the Firearms Protection Act, which would make any federal laws that may be passed by Congress or imposed by Presidential order which would ban or restrict ownership of semi-automatic firearms or limit the size of gun magazines illegal in the state, 1200 WOAI news reports. Republican Rep. Steve Toth sayshis measure also calls for felony criminal charges to be filed against any federal official who tries to enforce the rule in the state. "If a…

I appreciate you guys allowing me to become a part of this endeavor. I love my people and remain seriously concerned for our future. Here and in Africa.

During an interview with GQ magazine Usain Bolt said something that most Black athletes don't have the guts to say. He challenged the White/Western standards of morality and social ethics by plainly and openly proclaiming that it's part of his culture to have sex with many women. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/usain-bolt-culture-asked-womanizing-article-1.2874442 I've been saying for years that MOST (not all) Black men are polygamous and it's part of our nature. It's nothing to "admit" because admission implies guilt, and this is certainly not something to be ashamed or guilty of. If anything, it's a sign of mental and physical health to be the epit…

My friend, and seer Delano from waaaay across the ocean posted a 2 work message in regard to a long rebuttal I had posted to untruths directed at personal recollection essays I have posted in the past. So I deleted the rebuttal. Wise psychic that he is, Delano said what I needed to hear: "Why justify?" And he's right. Why waste time on feeding the troll. Just sit back and let her starve. And I am psychic enough to know how sara will respond to his... same ol same ol.

As Family And Friends Gather To Eat.. Black People Should Be,Grateful For The Black Soldiers Past And Present. Civil Rights,Activist Who Were Beaten Up,Jailed ,Lynched For Us,To ,Have What We Have...Some Black Politicians . Black Preachers,Years Ago,When The Church , Was A Place Of Unity And Strategy . The Black Church Has Become Slave Cabins And Pimp,Houses... Enslaving The Souls Of Black Folks And Worshipping Money.....

Just how important was Raphael Warnock’s re-election victory? Wheeeeeely Important. It was the first time since 1934 that every Senate incumbent of the party of a sitting President won reelection. That is history making. As I’ve said before, Biden’s careful handling of the country and its economy is far superior to anything Trump ever managed. By adding to their one seat margin, Democrats no longer have to depend on Conservatives Joe Manchin (D-WVa) or Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) to pass bills or confirm judges. Both have been notoriously unreliable since 2021 when Democrats needed them to pass Covid relief bills and they steadfastly refused to cons…

Today is Groundhog Day. Wonder if the little varmint saw his shadow. And, speaking of shadows, it's also the beginning of Black History Month, a celebration that hovers in the shade of White History Year. People have started to voice disapproval of this annual observance but, something is needed to rival the the 4th of July, a holiday which is the sole domain of white America. So, let us remember a few of those who serve to fill us with black pride.

I WATCHED THE 1963 MARCH ON WASHINGTON LAST NIGHT. ON PBS..../FORGOTTEN ARE ROY WILKINS, BAYARD RUSTIN, JAMES FARMER AND WHITNEY YOUNG AND SO MANY OTHERS....LOT OF WHITE AND BLACK MOVIE STARS.. WERE THERE.....DR. KING WOULD BE AMAZED.,IF HE COULD SE HOW THINGS HAVE GOTTEN/BLACK PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THERE OWN ENSLAVEMENT...BLACK ON BLACK VIOLENCE..DRUGS, IRRESPONSIBLE SEX, GETTING AIDS, HIV VIRUS, HAVING A CHOICE OF ABORTION,.BLACK MEN NOT BEING FATHERS/THEN THERES THE CHURCH...DR. KING WOULD BE DISGUSTED TO SE WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE CHURCH..THE CHURCH USE TO BE A PLACE OF STRATEGY…

ON THE CABLE GUIDE YESTERDAY I SAW THE FALSE PROPHET PAT ROBERTSON AND HIS 700 CLUB MORONS HAD A TELETHON,. I WAS WONDERING IF FAKE PREACHERS AND THE KLAN PREACHERS CAN HAVE TELETHONS IN THE NAME OG GOD, WHY IS THE BLACK CHURCH UNABLE TO HAVE RELIGION TELETHONS, THEN I REALIZED WHY, EACH PREACHER WANTS TO CONTROL THE MONEY THEIR PERSONAL USHERS TAKE UP.BLACK UNITY WILL NOT HAPPEN, THE CHURCH IS ONE REASON WHY.///...

MY QUESTION IS CAN TRAYVON MARTIN'S FAMILY GET GEORGE ZIMMERMAN IN THE COURT ROOM CHARGED WITH A WRONGFUL DEATH//O.J. SIMPSON WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY, BUT HIS EX WIFE' FAMILY AND RON GOLDMAN'S FAMILY TOOK O.J. SIMPSON INTO THE COURT ROOM CHARGED WITH WRONGFL DEATH/ I THINK, /.GEORGE ZIMMERMAN'S WIFE, ON THE NEWS SAYING SHE DOUBTS HER HUSBAND INNOCENTS, SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHO SHE IS MARRIED TO,PLANNING TO DIVORCE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN///ZIMERMAN'S WIFE SUPPORTING HIM IN THE COURT ROOM, LYING FOR HIM, NOW SHE DOUBTS HE IS INNOCENCE OF MURDERING TRAYVON MARTIN////..I BELIEVE O.J.…

LAST NIGHT ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL 2,EXPERTS WERE USING TECHNOLOGY TO FIND OUT IF THE SHROUD IS THE ORIGINAL SHROUD .THE SHROUD WAS WRAPPED AROUND JESUS AFTER HE WAS CRUCIFIED...FACE IMAGE WAS DARK,IMAGES OF LIMBS ARE LIGHT..STAINS ON SHROUD ARE BLOOD ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE TALKING....THE ORIGINAL SHROUD AFTER CENTURIES ,I DO NOT BELIEVE IT.....I SUPPOSE THEY WILL FIND NOAH'S ARK./////

WAITING FOR THE VERDICT..HEARD ON THE NEWS, THE MURDERER OF JORDAN DAVIS, SAID THE MORE HE HEARS THAT MUSIC THE MORE HE HATES THOSE PEOPLE.THUG MUSIC MEANING NIGGER MUSIC....HE SAID WHITE PEOPLE SHOULD GET GUNS AND SHOOT THOSE PEOPLE...///HE SOUNDS LIKE A NEO NAZI/// HE SAID THIS ON LETTERS HE WROTE WHILE BEHIND BARS....DO NOT THINK PROSECUTION USED LETTERS IN TRIAL/WHY....ARE THIS THE SAME PROSECUTOR IDIOTS FROM GEORGE ZIMMERMAN TRIAL,THE OTHER MURDER/////...STAND YOUR GROUND DEFENSE, ANOTHER WAY TO KILL BLACK PEOPLE AND NOT SERVE ANY TIME////SOMEONE ONES A R…

OBSERVING EXHIBITS OF ENDANGERED SPECIES, WITH EMPHASIS ON AFRICAN ANIMALS.AFRICAN ANIMALS ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST.THE BLACK RHINOCEROS,WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLAS, CHIMPANZEE,CHEETAH,LEOPARD,GAZELLES AND LEMURS.,IT HAD ME WONDERING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY..BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE BEFORE.BEFORE THE GANGS WARS WEAPONS AGAIN LOUDLY SOUND.WITH MORE STUPID GANGSTERS LYING UPON THE GROUND.BEFORE MORE BLACK MEN AND WOMEN SEXUALLY TOGETHER HAVE LAID..WITH NO PROTECTION, NO CONCERN,OF GETTING THE HIV VIRUS OR AIDS..BEFORE ANOTHER DRUG DEALER, COMING TO THE COMMUNITY,WITH DRUGS TO SELL.WITH DRUG USERS,THEIR MINDS…

So crazy...

Black on black violence/crime is quite profiitable. Perhaps this is why we do not hear too many complaints about it from the dominant culture until there is a need to distract, divide, and deflect. The counternarrative of black on black violence has been especially hot in conservative circles. Quite crafty obviously, because this counternarrative has been adopted by many who probably would otherwise actually be discussing the injustice of the Zimmerman trial and the injustice of black life in America. How easily we are distracted. What really is our logic behind those who have never cared about black people killing one another spending so much time, energy, an…

"Most of us spend our lives looking for approval from white people, and white institutions and white corporations."

Today, because the whole world is caught in the same electronically produced, intercommunicating network, youth have an experience that their elders never had. They face a new era, one shaped by the Bomb, satellites, jet flight, free-wheeling technology, the population explosion, the breakdown of cities and the destruction of the natural environment. Until recently, our elders could say, "I have been young and you have never been old." Today, the young can reply, "You have never been young in the world I am young in ." From "Culture and Commitment: A Study of the Generation Gap" 1970 (<---- And just think of how VERY much has changed even since then.) Ch…

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"The 100 best Web Sites for African Americans" http://aalbc.it/100bestsites On April 4, 2003, Earthlink partnered with MOBE (Marketing Opportunities in Business and Entertainment) to present The 100 Best Web Sites for African Americans. I recently reviewed all of these sites to see how they were making out: http://aalbc.it/100bestsites This was really part of much larger effort I've taken on to identify independent Black websites to add to Huria Search http://huria.org I came across this list while looking for sites to add to the the Huria Search index.

Here is a list of the 100 Black Bestselling Black Authors in 2024 ranked in order of total sales. Percival Everett James McBride Kimberly D. Moore Malcolm Gladwell Octavia E. Butler Rachel Renée Russell Toni Morrison Victoria Christopher Murray Bell Hooks Isabel Wilkerson Vashti Harrison Michelle Obama Sharon M. Draper Tomi Adeyemi Colson Whitehead Kennedy Ryan Snoop Dogg Amanda Gorman Zora Neale Hurston Angie Thomas Trevor Noah Tia Williams Fawn Weaver Jason Reynolds Margot Lee Shetterly R. H. Sin Cryst…

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…

I meant to share this message when I first got it a couple of weeks ago. I got it through text messages and email from multiple sources. I’m surprised no one else posted it. Some sources only focused the boycott on a handful of businesses Amazon, McDonald’s, Walmart… if every black person on earth boycotted Amazon for one day, Amazon would not notice a difference— especially if those same people simply did delayed their purchases by one day. My initial reaction was that this won’t have an impact because it needs to be a sustained effort, basically one in which we stop supporting these businesses until they “give.” Which means we will proba…

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…

The 51 Most Well-Read Cities for African-Americans for 2014 To read more about this list and how it was compiled please visit my blog. Top Tier Cities New York, NY Atlanta, GA Philadelphia, PA Los Angeles, CA Washington, DC Second Tier Cities Chicago, IL Houston, TX Baltimore, MD Columbus, OH New Orleans, LA Third Tier Detroit, MI Memphis, TN Newark, NJ Richmond, VA Cleveland, OH Seattle, WA St. Louis, MO The following cities were not ranked as the cities above were as their scores were not significantly different to do a meaningful ranking. Worthy of Note Each of these cities rank well on three or more …

The 90-9-1 Rule for Participation Inequality in Social Media and Online Communities "Summary: In most online communities, 90% of users are lurkers who never contribute, 9% of users contribute a little, and 1% of users account for almost all the action. By Jakob Nielsen on October 8, 2006" Another interesting comment: "Signal-to-noise ratio. Discussion groups drown in flames and low-quality postings, making it hard to identify the gems. Many users stop reading comments because they don't have time to wade through the swamp of postings from people with little to say." This speaks to the need for moderation which would reduce the …

Good point on slavery, the only question is, why did black people push against the use of the word slavery?was it the truth or what they fantasized?

"What black folks need to do" is a mantra that has been chanted so long and so often, that you'd think by now the definitive solution would've transcended the droning and come into fruition. Doing what other ethnicities are doing is one thing some blacks think will be a magical solution. Let them tell it, Whites and Asians and Hispanics all do the right things. And they are rewarded for this by being above blacks on society's totem pole. Really? To me, the obvious answer to what black folks need to do, is overshadowed by a fixation on time-worn ideas which encompass the same ol imperatives. Black folks need to unite and be of one mind, they should diligen…

I came across this video a couple days ago and I was so focused on the sheer BEAUTY of this young lady, it took about 5 minutes to listen to what she had to say about her struggles as a dark skinned AfroLatina not just in the United States but even in the Hispanic entertainment industry. Poor brutha Charlamagne........ Judging by many of the ignorant comments he was making.....lol....rather than being enlightened, I think this interview just added to his confusion. Troy, having come from New York and now living in Florida I'm sure you've met THOUSANDS of Black Hispanics. Judging not just by the interview this beautiful young lady …

How far have we come from the revelations, speculations, stereotypes, and evaluations that are given about us and the labels were give to ourselves. "In our world, however, extremes quickly meet. Sumner believed it “the greatest folly of which man can be capable to sit down with a slate and pencil and plan out a new social world,” a point of view containing little hope for the underdog. But for all his good works, some of Park’s assumptions were little better. The Negro, he felt, “has al-ways been interested rather in expression than in action; interested in life itself rather than in its reconstruction or reformation. The Negro is, by natural disposition, neither a…

For me, writing a book can be compared to a mystical quest. It’s like the story already exists in my creative realm, ready to be “downloaded” into the hard drive of my brain. Any book begins with inspiration, and the ongoing triangle that puts black women in competition with white ones for the affections of black men was mine. It’s a topic I’ve never read a book about so I became motivated to write “The Only One”, a novel based on this scenario. I wasn’t sure where this subject would lead me but, equipped with my personal observations and input from my children and their friends, I sat down at my computer, placed my fingers on its keyboard, accessed its word proces…

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THE ARCHEOLOGY OF NOAH Introduction I am getting ready to share some more of my research, and so I want to say this ahead of time that some of you who decide to read further may think that I have lost my mind. I am getting ready to flip the script and present a strange perspective on this ancient story that has brought in a lot of revenue in the entertainment world in their many movie productions. So I just want to prepare you too ahead of time. There is a lot of information though, that I have but for now, I will attempt to just make introductions to a renewed look at the past with respect to the secular scholarly script though about the same time period…

(Note: Would anyone happen to have a violin? You can almost hear the snobs and feel the tears and snot dripping from the screen.) "Path to National Suicide" Pat Buchanan 2007 "At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected? "I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide." So said Abe Lincoln to the Young Men's Lyceum in Springfield. Observing the Senate last week, and looking over the latest figures from the Census Bureau, America is now risking national sui…

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CNN reports that two professors, from Emory University and the University of Hull in England, have analyzed the records of 35,000 slave-trading voyages over three and a half centuries. They have published their findings on a web site -- The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database -- and in a book -- Atlas of the Atlantic Slave Trade. The database identifies 67,000 captives by name, age, gender, origin, and place of embarkation. The atlas features 189 maps showing where Africans were taken from, where they were taken to, and who took them. Among the findings: Four enslaved Africans left the Old World for every European. Almost every port city on the Atlantic was…

This year, I noticed that many television channels both broadcast and cable are coming out with new shows where the cast are predominately made up of AfroAmerican men who are flamboyantly gay, drag queens, and queer. And although you can find gay and transgendered men in ALL races......I've noticed that there are almost NO shows on television featuring a cast predominately made up of gay and transgendered men who are Latino, Jewish, or Native American. I've also noticed at a lot of the George Floyd protests there were a lot of LGBTQIA+ demonstrators and flags attempting to conflate their interests with police brutality and Civil Rights. From observing o…

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The commentary quoted below is circulating around META. It expresses a popular point of view, but its message doesn't uplift me. It disturbs me. America is what it is, and the Trump trend shows no sign of abating. ******** "I’ve been watching an absolutely heroic amount of pearl-clutching lately from people who insist that J.D. Vance would somehow be “worse” than Trump once Trump’s inevitable political and biological expiration arrives. Let’s get something straight: it has never been about Trump, not for one second. Trump is just the mascot. The real story is the people who finally saw themselves in him and felt va…