Culture, Race & Economy

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.

Crossing the Digital Divide Black Pioneers in the High-Tech World, Ebony Magazine, June 2000 I found this gem of an article on Google's site. I tried to find this article on Ebony's website but I could not. It remains unclear to me why Ebony does not make their digital archives available online, directly, on their own website.

Each person’s destiny is not a matter of chance; it’s a matter of choice. It’s determined by what we say, what we do, and whom we trust.” Quite a powerful message. I stopped to eat at a restaurant and sat by the window so I could watch the people passing by on the street. There were literally hundreds of people milling around and waiting in line. Amid all the confusion and traffic, a delivery man was pushing a cart stacked high with boxes. He was trying to navigate the cart delicately through all the crowds of people dashing by. No one took much time to notice him. As he pushed the cart down a slight curb, four of the boxes toppled over onto the street.…

I made it! Today is my birthday. 83 years ago during the throes of The Great Depression, the doctor my Daddy worked for, delivered me in the bedroom of the home where I lived in Maywood, Illinois, an idyllic village where I spent a carefree childhood, surrounded by playmates, playing house, jumping rope, roller skating, playing hopscotch, getting sprayed with the garden hose, starting high school, going to football and basketball games, cheering on the teams of Proviso high school, leaving for college at the U of I., making more great friends and enjoying fun times, then completing my education at the Registry Department of the U.S. Post Office, soon getting married to …

On. C. N. N. News Last. Night,Spike Lee. Was. On,His. New. Movie. Black. Klansman...The. Racist. Lunatic. President. Upset. With, Football. Players. At. Preseason. Ganes,They. Must. Have Been. Kneeling Down.. Do. Not Understand Why Black News,Talkers,Sports Talkers,Do,Not Talk About White. Police Fired For Being Klan Members,Neo Nazi In The,Military...I Think The Neo Nazi,Planning To Return To Charlottesville...This Weekend,1,Year, ,Since They Were Marching,With Nazi Flags,And. Torches..As. Black. Men. Genocide. Black. People....Black. News,Sports,Talkers,Will. Not. Talk. About. Black. Community. Leaders,Being. Corrupt, .Preachers,Pimps …

Now I don't think that a man like Minister Farrakhan spends time connecting with family and friends on Facebook. Nor do I think he needs, or desires Facebook, anymore than you or I. I just went to Facebook and still see plenty of Farrakhan related content, so I have know idea what Facebook's banning of Farrakhan really means. I read the NY Times account and it was not illuminating. Then it dawned on me! Facebook made this announcement in desperate move to garner attention and visitors to their site. Well it worked on me, 'cause I scrolled through Facebook site for the first time in the better part of a year. My overall reaction was that…

Black. Man. A. White. Woman. -Survive. 14- Days. On. The. Naked-And. Afraid. Show. Eating -Crabs. I. Believe. That's. The. 4-th-Black. Man. To. Survive. On. The -Naked. And. Afraid. Show. Black -Woman. Left Early. Because. Of-Biting. Flies.. California. Police -Showed. Kobe Bryant. Crash -Pictures. Kobe. Bryant. Wife. -Angry. Sunday -55- Years. Selma-Alabama. March across Edmund-Pettis. Bridge... I. Understand. -Voices. For Racism ,Raising. Wages. ,Racist. Police. There. -Should. Be. Anger. For. Black -Genocide. Black. Men. -Prostituting. Teenage. Girls,Black-Men. Setting. Up. Crack. Houses -Black. Gangsters. Getting. Black -Boys. In. Gangs.. Preachers. -Steal…

I just sat down to watch some YouTube videos while eat my dinner and decided to watch the NBC nightly news. Now I never watch local or national news broadcast, but the flooding in Houston piqued my interest. 90 seconds in I can tell why so many Americans are stressed out. The lead in to the new program was ominous -- disaster, followed by calamity, followed by tragedy -- it was too much! I was actually shocked! Who subjects themselves to this "news" everday? Man has not to evolved to deal with a lifetime of bad news in 60 second period. Is everyone just numb to it? I watched something else.

Video of our AfroAmerican brother's trip through a major modern Rwandan city, enjoy:

Black. Republican. Senator,Tim. Scott. Said. America. Not. A., Racist. Country. Where. Was. Tim. Scott. When. Black. People. Were,Murdered. In. Charleston. Church. By. A. Racist. Trash. White,Man. ?? Virginia. Neo. Nazi. Marching. In. Streets,January 6---,White. Terrorist. Attacking. The. Capitol. Building. ,White. Terrorist,Calling. Black. Police. N. Word ,White. Police. Fired. For. ,Being. Klan. Members. The Past. 14. Years. .Racist. White. Police. On,Tape. Calling. Black. People. N. Word. Niggers. Loud. And. Proud,,,,Tim. Scott. Is The. Kind. Of. House. Negro. In. The. ,Plantation. Harriet. Tunbman Would. Not. Have. Wasted. Her. Time,On ...Tim. Scott. Needs. To. L…

"She" doesn't want to say good-by to "her". Give 'em a break, Dave.

There are Blacks who do live in Russia. In fact, many Blacks have been born there. However, I am more concerned with how a war in Ukraine may alter the lives of Blacks living and working in Eastern Europe. One thing that is certain - natural gas supplies and prices will definitely change. The Central Africa Republic, Madagascar and Egypt have all confirmed the ongoing construction of Russian military bases. And Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has confirmed that Russia has a logistics center in Eritrea. I don't know if any Ukraine war may affect these relationships or construction projects.

Quotes from the referenced link... "The move comes after Netflix recently sent out a corporate culture memo, telling employees to look for jobs elsewhere if they wish to silence artistic expression." "The news of Netflix’s decision to axe its woke programming comes days after Netflix terminated the employment of over 150 full-time employees amid a decline in its stock price and loss of subscribers." https://www.rebelnews.com/netflix_cancels_ibram_x_kendi_s_antiracist_baby_and_other_woke_shows

I have attended several of the debates hosted by Intelligence Squared in person and watched many more live. I have not listened to this one yet. Generally, they are quite informative. Attendees are asked to pick a side on the proposition, in this case, Should Trump Be Indicted? You can for, against, or undecdided. The winner of the debate is the team that has converted the most number of people to their side For or Against. Again, I think Trump should, like anyone else, be indicted. He has lived a charmed life free of adverse consequences of the consequences of his bad behavior -- indeed has been rewarded for it! It is not his faul…

Richard Shelby is a white elected official but I think his style is missing with black elected officials to black municipal districts, so not people like eric adams or former president barack obama but the city council/state assembly/house of representative members in the usa who are black and cover municipalities with over 90% black population. The question is simple, if you are in a black district <over80% black populace> shouldn't your black elected representative look to provide as much money as possible to the district you live in? Agree or disagree, please state your why? read the full article https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmu…

American Exile Trailer https://www.kpbs.org/news/2021/11/12/voces-on-pbs-american-exile Nixon https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/movement-and-madman/#part01 My thoughts The tragedy of the war veterans being deported is how many people living outside the USA see the USA as this escape from being where they are, that they support joining the military of the USA, risking potentially all. The biggest problem with documentarian work is the delay. When I think of a number of the documentaries concerning Vietnam most recently I saw, they remind me how the truth has to wait in the USA, and that waiting period has value. Again,…

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https://apnews.com/article/biden-age-senate-investigation-fitness-republicans-a39d86a556f0ffd862ae47e35dc5fb74 POTUS OJ won re-election back in November 2024. Not a day goes by that hes not blaming the last administration for everything that is wrong in the world. The sphere of influence POTUS OJ has over the GOP is beyond ridiculous. They are willing to push his agenda no matter how ridiculous. Right now, there are Congressional hearings on the mental acuity of former POTUS Joe Biden. The man has been out of office for 6 months and he won't be coming back. Instead of savoring the win of reclaiming the White House, POTUS OJ…

Many years ago, in a galaxy far far away, me and an old white man were talking about Richard Pryor. "Y'know," he said. "When he stopped using the dope he wasn't funny no more." He was absolutely right. Most of us have something we do along with what we really DO that makes us able to function. Some of us are no good without our morning coffee. Others must slurp their little cup of gruel and nibble on our acorns and twigs. Others of us must get on AALBC and rant and rave. It has been long accepted that an athlete should not have sex before a contest. Made sense to me. Being horny always made me mean. I was ready to rumble. This is not so. M…

This video gives much information that has never been given by media/books here. Fidel Castro is demonized by the US, but let it not be forgotten (or let it be learned) that Cuba played a critical role in the ending of South Afriican apartheid. Cuba fought against apartheid while the US supported apartheid. Cuba's troops were, on more than one occasion, sent to the continent of Africa to help those who were fighting against imperialist forces. Imagine Cuba's support of and America's opposition to the right to self-determination. (I know that's hard to imagine for many...) Supporting the right to self-determination is the epitome of humanitarianism. The support of the righ…

NEWS, NAKED WHITE MAN,COLLEGE STUDENT WAS KILLED BY POLICE..POLICE SAY HE WAS NAKED AND ACTING ERRADTIC .NAKED KILLED STUDENT FAMILY LAWYER SAYS, SURVEILLANCE CAMERA SHOWS NOTHING TO JUSTIFY DEADLY FORCE..SINCE POLICE GET AWAY WITH BEATING UP AND KILLING BLACK MEN, INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO POLICE AT SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE....WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO WHITE POLICE WHO HAD CHAVIS CARTER HANDCUFFED CLAIMED HE GOT OUT OF HIS HANCUFFS AND COMITTED SUICIDE.//////

When I study Cuba, Venuzula, China and other nations ran by strong central governments and how organized they are as opposed to most other third world nations who try to adopt Western style Democracy............ When I look at places like Iraq and Libya that were ran by strong men or dictators who kept order in society and how things deteriorated after these dictators were taken out of power...... And the more I look at the sad economic, social, and moral situation so many AfroAmericans find themselves in in a so-called "free" society...... The more I wonder is Democracy the best form of government for US as AfroAmericans. This may sound outrageous but I actua…

SHOULD THE U.S. ATTACK SYRIA/SYRIA GOVERNMENT KILLING THEIR PEOPLE WITH CHEMICAL WEAPONS//IT WAS NOT SYRIA OR IRAN THAT SENT RICIN TO PRESIDENT OBAMA .IT WAS SOME WHITE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY PROBALY KLAN MEMBERS...RICIN IS DEADLY LIKE ANTHRAX, KLAN GROUPS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT WITH BOTH//ATTACK SYRIA THAT MIGHT GET AL QUEDA MORE INVOLVED, MORE DEAD U.S. TROOPS ///THIS COUNTRY GOVERNMENT IS AMAZING, THE U.S. DONT WANT TERRORIST IN OTHER COUNTRY GOVERNMENTS, THIS COUNTRY HAS KLAN MEMBERS IN THE GOVERNMENT///AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN LINDSEY…

NEWS SAYS KU KLUX KLAN RAISING MONEY FOR KILLER COP WHO MURDERED MICHAEL BROWN IN MISSOURI/NOT SURPRISED..IN FLORIDA WHITE POLICE FIRED FOR KLAN INVOLVEMENT..FIRED KLAN COP SAYS,THEY KNEW HE WAS KLAN MEMBER,SAYS THERE ARE MORE POLICE WHO ARE KLAN MEMBERS//KLAN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, MEMBERS IN POLITICS,POLICE FORCE, MILITARY, THIS COUNTRY DONT WANT OTHER COUNTRIES TO HAVE TERRORIST..AMAZING.//FLORIDA POLICE NOT ONLY PLACE WITH KLAN MEMBERS ON POLICE FORCE.//

AUTHOR DEBORRAH COOPER,SAYS THE CHURCH IS A PLACE WHERE BLACK WOMEN PRAY AND MEN PREY UPON THEM/PREACHERS PREY UPON WOMEN,SEXUALLY,EMOTIONALLY AND FINACIALLY/ARE BLACK PREACHERS SMILING PIMPS FROM THE PULPIT INSTEAD OF A CADILLAC SHE ASK/ YES//THE CHURCH WAS A PLACE FOR SPIRITUALLY UPLIFTING/WITH DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, CHURCH WAS A PLACE WHERE STRATEGIES WERE DISCUSSED FOR CIVIL RIGHTS...PREACHER CREFLO DOLLAR MEGA CHURCH PREACHER,HAS MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE,ROLLS ROYCES,HOW/WAS ACCUSED BY HIS DAUGHTER OF CHOKING HER HITTING HER WITH A SHOE//CREFLO DOLLAR HAS PRIVATE JET.HOW/BISHOP EDDIE LONG,PREACHES H…

From the Economist “…the alleged abduction since October of five Hong Kong residents by the Chinese authorities has cast a dark shadow. Three vanished in mainland China and one in Thailand. The disappearance on December 30th of the fifth man, Lee Bo, has caused particular alarm. He appears to have been snatched from Hong Kong itself and spirited across the border to the mainland, without his travel documents or any record of his leaving. His fate remains unknown. Like the other four, he was associated with a publisher and bookshop specialising in one of Hong Kong’s more esoteric niche businesses: scurrilous tales of intrigue, infighting, corruption and sex among …

Cynique, shared with us a picture of her childhood from 80 years ago. It was an idyllic picture of an America--during the Great Depression no less. When Donald Trump says "Lets Make America Great Again," what his supporters hear is a return to a time when kids can grow up like Cynique did. Black people like to interpret this to mean Trump wants Black people enslaved again. Today the white community is being ravished by a heroin epidemic; millions have lost their homes due to crooked Wall Street bankers; good paying jobs, for those without a college degrees have dried up; and those with a college degree struggle to find meaningful work that pays enough to get …

So now what? We spent our money in support of an African based film; shattering records and propelling Africanism into the global equation. Our consumer aspect has always been evident but the display of unity was something new. Your Black card is revoked; I’ve seen facebook friends de-friend friends who haven’t seen it. Kente cloths in 3D. Dashikis at matinees. Busuutis at the concession stand. The display of pride was unprecedented… But how can we change this into a movement? The beginning of something big. Is it possible? Or was the display ‘for entertainment purposes only.’ One of the hardest conditions Blacks have been battling to over…

On the West Coast of Africa, the only Fon of the Dahomey still have 12 different kinds of marriage. One of them is known as, and ' giving the goat to the buck', where a woman of independent means marries another woman who them may or may not bear children, all of whom belong to the bloodline of the first woman. Audre Lorde

Respect. For. The. Responsible. Black. Fathers. Involved. In. Raising,,Their. Children. News. Media. Likes. To. Show. Irresponsible -Black. Men. . Lot. Of . Black. Fathers. Deliberately. Taken. Away. By -Racist. Vile. White. Trash. Police. Like. George. Floyd.....Responsible-Black. Fathers. Respect For. You Being Involved In ,Child -Raisung. For All The Irresponsible Black Fathers -The-Temptations Song ,Papa Was A Rolling Stone ..

Recently my brother Tariq Nasheed held a conference down in Atlanta on the importance of unifying and embracing ourselves as AfroAmericans (or as he refers to us as "Foundational Black Americans") I'm not sure if anyone on this site attended but if you did I'd like to hear (read) your thoughts on the event. I've been saying for years that AfroAmericans NEED an actual culture. We don't have our own culture. We have a SUB-culture which is a modified form of the dominant Caucasian culture of the United States; but we don't have an actual culture of OUR OWN that includes all of the necessary ingredients for it to be called an actual culture for example o…

Chapter 2 One of the most intriguing aspects of time is your relationship with it and one of the most amazing discoveries of your lifetime will commence once you understand my next principle: evolvement versus involvement. Take a brief second to digest this: all of your future decisions will be determined by how much information you provide yourself about you to YOU! Again, it cannot be overemphasized that time is the natural context from which you will construct your choices which, by design, keep track of your decisions. Also know for a certainty that bad choices can retard and impede the growth and maturity that are the naturally-occurring r…

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Abbott Nutrition decided that spending the money to clean equipment at its shuttered baby formula plant in Sturgis, Mich., was not as important as enriching its shareholders. In fact, FDA officials were given warnings about food safety violations at the plant in October 2021, according to a 34-page document reviewed by staff at Politico. The document, which detailed lax cleaning practices at the plant, was sent along to the FDA officials. Two infants died after Abbott officials deliberately falsified records about the dirty plant equipment, a whistleblower said. This is why the Sturgis plant was ordered to shut down creating a terrible shortage of baby formula. …

Both directors provide answers in a question and answer, your thoughts? https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2188&type=status

A 75-year-old Lyft driver was forced to fight for his life when a customer suddenly plunged a knife into his neck during a ride in suburban Detroit, according to news outlets and Michigan police. The driver, James Evans, is a Navy veteran who has worked as a rideshare driver for seven years, giving more than 22,000 rides, he told TV station WJBK "I said 'Is this all right sir? 'And I turned, and he started stabbing me in the neck," Evans said. "He hit me four times in the neck, but only one was really bad. And then he cut my arm, my thumb, and then my hand," Evans said. Police tracked down Mitchell and arrested him the next day. He is …

Apparently some crazy young "sista" tried to burn down Dr. Martin Luther King's childhood home down in Atlanta. MLK house vandalism: Woman tried pouring gasoline on childhood home (usatoday.com) I haven't looked much into the story yet but I'm telling people right now, I BET it's going to come out that she was influenced by some crazy shit she heard and read over the internet about MLK being a "communist" or working with the "illuminati". I'm willing to bet MONEY that this is what sent her over the edge. For a couple of years now I've gotten into it with other Black folks over the internet who sat up and listened to some of these ri…

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Black youth who are into Hiphop need to start reclaiming our titles. ...tired of seeing Whites, Arabs, and Latinos running around calling themselves "DJ" this and that while Black artists have literally belittled themselves with names like "Young" this and "Lil" that and "Baby" so-n-so.

Should be Hillary Clinton. Go for it, Obi wan! Make it a knock down, drag out, fight! The Republicans will be torn between pleasing their subhuman, cretinous base and extending courtesy to a former Senator. The Obama base will be fused like never before. The Independents will be disgusted when those teabagging savages go ape. This is his chance to reverse the bloodbath looming in November. Will he take it? Do he have the Cojones?

"Colonialism is Doomed" Speech by Ernesto "Che" Guevara Colonialism is Doomed Speech delivered before the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 11, 1964 Havana, Ministry of External Relations, Information Department. Audio Exerpt (Intro) | Audio Exerpt (Part 2) The Cuban delegation to this assembly has pleasure, first of all, in fulfilling the pleasant duty of welcoming three new nations to the large number of nations whose representatives are discussing the problems of the world. We therefore greet through their Presidents and Prime Ministers the people of Zambia, Malawi, and Malta, and express the hope that from the outset these co…

Has anyone seen the video going viral on youtube? Teen girl talking trash to city bus driver. Bus driver says something like "I'll get my granddaughter on you" and the teen continues to be loud, disrespectful, in his face, yadda yadda yadda until she hauls off and hits him. And then it goes completely downhill from there. What in the world is happening? I'm sure those of us who have ridden the city bus in many parts of Chicago and other major cities have seen this type of aggressive behavior out of our youth. So in a way, this isn't a surprise. But now with youtube, the whole world gets to see some of the ignorance that REALLY goes on in some of our communities. I ca…

ON THE NEWS, BLACK BABY MAYBE 2 YEARS OLD, NOT SURE,BEING TOLD TO SAY BITCH AND CURSE WORDS,BY BLACK IDIOTS./THEY PUT IT ON YOUTUBE,WHITE POLICE IN OMAHA,NEBRASKA,SHOWED IT// SAYING THIS IS THE CULTURE OF THUGGERY...CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS WERE UPSET...BLACK BABY AND HIS MOTHER WERE BOTH SHOT LAST YEAR..BABY WAS SHOT ON HIS FOOT I THINK...THIS IS WHY BLACK BOYS GROW UP TO BE CRIMINALS.HOW,THEY ARE RAISED,NOT RAISED.....NEBRASKA HAS BLACK PEOPLE AND GANGS, DID NOT KNOW THAT...BLACK GANGS IN MAJORITY WHITE STATES..AS FOR THE WHITE POLICE ,SPEAKING THE CULTURE OF THUGGERY, WHAT ABOUT THE WHI…

Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected One consequence of treating girls the same way your treat boys...

Naturally, there are voices out there condemning the "black lives matter" movement for triggering the unprovoked execution of the policeman in Texas by a black shooter. Actually, the scapegoat should be mentally disturbed sociopaths who come in all colors, and anybody with an ax to grind and a gun to shoot can surface in the atmosphere of resentment and polarization that is smoldering in America. Likewise, as previously demonstrated by the shooting of the TV news crew in Virginia, the workplace is fertile ground for disgruntled nutcases with co-workers in their rifle sites; especially when race becomes an issue. So maybe the slogan adopted by frustrated activists should …

Hillary Clinton is leading in the polls and I believe that most Americans don't give a damn about those emails whether they under stand them or not. The American people want a president who knows how to talk to them, to give a speech; to represent the U.S. among the heads of states;to run the armed forces;to stabilize or balance the economy;to make race relations better and not worse; to negotiate where there is problems in foreign policy and to ease tension in immigration;and make sure everyone benefits from this economy besides just the super rich people. We want a president who will deal with the issues concerning US,the American citizens and not what…

News,Black. Police. Officer. In. Baltimore, In. Video. Beating Up. A. Black. Man..I. Wondered. If. The. Neo,Nazi Terrorist. Matched In. Baltimore,With. Guns,Would Black ,Police Do Anything...More Shootings,In Chicago..As Black Men,Protest Neo Nazi In Washington,D C ,Black Men Try to Genocide Their Own People. BlackPoliticians,NAACP,Church, Are,Silent,Condone It. The NAACP ,Politicians,In The News Talking About,Racist White Men,Will Not Talk,About Black Men Genociding ,Black. Communities,Or. Black. Preachers. Stealing. Millions. Of. Dollars,Buying. Cars,Mansions,Instead,Of Trying. To,Uplift. Poor. Communities..

At a recent Black literary conference, a heterosexual Black women stated that to endorse lesbianism was the death of the our race. This positing reflects acute fright or a faulty reasoning, it ascribes false power to difference... This position supposes that if we don't eradicate lesbianism in the Black community, all Black women will become lesbians. It also presupposes that lesbians don't have children. Both suppositions are patently false. Audrey Lorde.

Now Black people have always supported AALBC. Indeed, they have allowed the site to grow for over nearly a quarter of a century—despite ferocious competition from Amazon, social media, and the reckless behavior of Google's search algorithm. But starting in the end of May and continuing to this day White folks are buying books from AALBC and other Black booksellers at historical levels — I mean HISTORIC! I have never sold as many books, in any three month period, as I have sold in the top three days of the last three weeks. I have only taken off one day in the last three weeks and that is with an additional employee who has also worked every day s…