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Culture, Race & Economy

This board's purpose is to facilitate the exchange of opinions, ideas, facts, and information as it relates to Black people.

  1. Started by Cynique,

    If December 21st doesn't turn out to be Dooms Day, through the grace of its GPS, the world will continue its journey toward the future. Have Mercy, Jesus. CHURCH SERVICES IN THE FUTURE PASTOR: Praise the Lord. CONGREGATION: Hallelujah! PASTOR: Can we please turn our tablet PC, iPad, cellphone, kindle Bibles to 1 Cor. 13:13. And please switch on your Bluetooth to download the sermon.. PASTOR: Let us pray, committing this week into God's hands. Open your Apps, BBM, Twitter…

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  2. Started by boitumelo,

    WATCHING THE NEWS, YES SCHOOL SHOOTING WAS STUNNING..I BEGAN THINKING ABOUT THE BLACK COMMUNITIES GANG VIOLENCE..BALTIMORE,PHILLY, DETROIT,CHICAGO, NEWARK,CAMDEN AND TRENTON...WHERE ARE THE BLACK STREET GANGS GETTING THEIR GUNS///I DO NOT THINK BLACK STREET GANGS ARE GOING TO GUN STORES BUYING GUNS/.SOMEONE SUPPLYING THE GUNS..MAYBE UNSEEN WHITE MEN ARE SUPPLYING THE GUNS TO STREET GANGS FOR GANG WARS WHICH BRINGS BLACK COMMUNITY GENOCIDE/////MY OPINION WHERE ARE THE STREET GANGS GUNS COMING FROM/////

  3. Started by Cynique,

    The nation is in a state of mass mourning in the wake of a shooting rampage at a grade school in Connecticut. 20 small children gunned down in their classrooms, victims of a black clad gunman gone amok, turning his gun on the kindergarteners taught by the mother he had killed earlier. As the story broke, TV programs were interrupted, the screens filled with the stricken faces of news anchors, their laments followed by the appearance of President Obama, fighting back tears, empathizing with parents. Then came the cops who'd responded to the 911 call, and the wide-eyed youngsters all hustled before the cameras to describe what they had witnessed. Throughout the c…

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  4. Started by JennyWHOA,

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  5. Started by boitumelo,

    ON ESPN IT WAS SAID WASHINGTON REDSKINS QUARTERBACK ROBERT GRIFFIN THIRD HAS A WHITE GIRL FRIEND AND IS A REPUBLICAN NOT SURPRISED, I SAID HE PROBALY HAD HIS OWN CONFEDERATE FLAG..THERE ARE BLACK PEOPLE THAT CANNOT STAND ROBERT GRIFFIN OR CAM NEWTON...ROBERT GRIFFIN WENT TO WHITE RELIGIOUS BAYLOR UNIVERSITY......SOME PEOPLE HOPE ROBERT GRIFFIN AND CAM NEWTON HAVE SHORT FOOTBALL CAREERS.......

  6. Started by Pioneer1,

    http://www.huffingto..._n_2231572.html Adam Levine Bashes 'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,' Calls It 'Decay Of Western Civilization' "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" may have an impressive fan base, but Adam Levine is not impressed. "Seriously, Honey Boo Boo is the DECAY of Western civilization," the Maroon 5 frontman and "American Horror Story" actor told "GQ." "Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good. So many people witness atrocities and can't take their eyes away from them, but that doesn't mean they're good. That show is literally The. Worst. Thing. That's. Ever. Happened. It's complete f***-ng ignorance and the most d…

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  7. Started by boitumelo,

    SIMPLY , IT IS TIME FOR A BLACK WOMAN TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP.. SEEMS IT IS MORE EASY FOR A BLACK MAN TO BE ELECTED PRESIDET THEN REELECTED PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY , THAN FOR A BLACK WOM,AN TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP... WHY ARE BLACK WOMEN WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE NAACP AND POLITICS, OR OTHER BLACK ORGANIZATIONS QUIET DO NOT SPEAK FOR A BLACK WOMAN TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP..//////.WHY DO THE BLACK MEN DO NOT WANT A BLACK WOMAN PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP/ THIS HAS EVOLVED INTO A BUISNESS. MAYBE THEY WANT A BLACK WOMAN OR WOMEN OVER MONEY CONTRIBUTIONS,..//////WHAT IS THE REASON.////.

  8. Started by FinanceFree,

    After a long and overbearing presidential race, President Barack Obama has been re-elected. We no longer have to wonder who will lead our nation for the next 4 years and all major political campaigning can be put aside for a few years. The president and the DNC ran a great campaign and both should enjoy their victory, but the battle to improve the economy has just begun. Will President Obama be able to lead our nation into economic prosperity? Will congress come together to help improve this nation, instead of playing politics? I believe the answers to these questions are not as important as many people may think. Why? The answer is simple; government does not dictat…

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  9. Started by boitumelo,

    PRESIDENT WANTS TO NOMINATE SUSAN RICE TO BE SECRETARY OF STATE...REPUBLICAN TRASH TRYING TO BLOCK THE NOMINATION....JOHN MCCAIN IS A IDIOT AND SOUTH CAROLINA LINDSEY GRAHAM WEARS A SHEET AND BURN CROSSES I BELIEVE.//////

  10. BLACK MALES WERE SHOT AT AT A GAS STATION BY A WHITE MAN SAYING THEIR MUSIC WAS LOUD..SAID HE TOLD THEM TO TURN THEIR MUSIC DOWN, THEY CLAIMED THEY HAD A GUN, HE FELT THREATENED AND STARTED SHOOTING AT THEM,ONE WAS KILLED.. BLACK MALE KILLED I THINK HE WAS 17 BECAUSE OF LOUD MUSIC AT A GAS STATION, HE WANTS TO USE STAND YOUR GROUND AS A DEFENSE.//////

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  11. Started by boitumelo,

    ON THE NEWS KANSAS CITY CHIEFS FOOTBALL PLAYER KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND THEN HIMSELF..IN BLACK COMMUNITIES AMONG THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREACHERS BEATING THEIR WIVES AND NOBODY CARES,BISHOP EDDIE LONGS EX WIFE SAID HE BEAT HER WHILE SHE WAS PREGNANT.. HENRY LYONS WHO WAS LOCKED UP 5 YEARS FOR STEALING 4 MILLION CHEATED AND BEAT HIS 3 EX WIVES..3 BLACK PREACHERS BEHIND BARS FOR KILLING THEIR WIVES..WHY IS THIS CONDONED.////

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  12. Started by boitumelo,

    BLACK PREACHERS GETTING BLACK PEOPLE TO THE POLLS.WHAT DO THEY GET OUT OF THIS.....AFTER THIS THEY CAN TAKE ON DRUG DEALERS, GANGS AND PIMPS. THEY WANT. THEY ARE NOT DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING ..GREED MOTIVATES PREACHERS I HEARD BLACK POLITICANS GIVE PREACHERS MONEY.....

  13. Started by boitumelo,

    ON IYANLA VAN ZANT'S FIX MY LIFE,THAT COMES ON WEEKENDS AT NIGHT..ANOTHER BLACK PREACHER MARRIED WITH MISTRESSES ON THE SIDE...THIS PREACHER SAYS HE HAS MORE THAN 10 WOMEN ON THE SIDE.SOME WOMEN IN HIS CHURCH HE IS SEXUALLY INVOLVED WITH...ONE WOMAN HE HAD A CHILD WITH... HOW CAN PREACHERS PREACH THE 10 COMMANDMENTS ,WHEN IT SEEMS NONE OF THEM LIVE BY IT OR BELIEVE IT.....BIBLE SAYS ADULTERUS SHOULD BE STONED TO DEATH....////THIS PREACHER JOINS A GROWING LIST OF MARRIED BLACK PREACHERS WITH WOMEN ON THE SIDE AND HAVING A CHILD WITH A MISTRESSES..THEN THERE IS BISHOP EDDIE LNG..MARRIED SEXUALLY ROMANCING YOUNG BLACK BOYS, THAT THE NAACP, BLACK CHU…

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  14. REAL STORY OF NIGERIA by Jide Olanrewaju "History of our motherland...birthed in greed and riddled with corruption. The summary of it all in one documentary. A must watch for every true Nigerian and Africans as a whole. You'd be surprised at what you'll find out. Truly, the beautiful ones are not yet born." http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3aFc4VrV-94

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  15. Started by Cynique,

    So, it’s Thanksgiving day, and I’m at my grandaughter’s place, settling down to dig into my full plate of turkey and all the trimmings, patiently explaining to an outside guest why a woman my age decided to get 2 tattoos over the past 7 years. When my oldest son off-handedly referred to me as the family matriarch, I almost choked on my sweet potatoes. Matriarch. The word sounded so sedate and sedentary, but as I looked around the gathering at my 3 sons, 2 daughters, 8 grand children and 3 great grandchildren, figures of all ages, sizes, shapes and colors, milling around the rooms, I was suddenly struck by the idea that if it wasn’t for me none of them would be here. M…

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  16. Started by boitumelo,

    YESTERDAY CHECKING CHANNELS, IFC CHANNEL R KELLY MARATHON .HIPHOP OPERA.I LOOKED 1 MINUTE THAT WAS ENOUGH. CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN, WHAT THAT WAS..HE IS SINGING OPERA, WITH BAD ACTING......HIPHOP OPERA,REALLY..///

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  17. Last night I stumbled across a movie called Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey on Netflix last night. Elmo was more my kids generation than mine. Even they were more into the Mighty Morphing Power Rangers than Sesame Street. Anywhoo... I decided to watch the movie 'cause Elmo's puppeteer is a Brother. So I watched the movie it was fine; your basic Brother from humble beginnings makes good -- really good in Kevin's case. Low and behold I learned later in the news that homeboy actually quit his job yesterday in light of allegations of having homosexual sex with a minor. The first cat took the allegation back and a second dude has now made another accusation. W…

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  18. Started by Troy,

    Who the heck is "elias gutierrez"? Six of the top 10 Google searches, bringing traffic to my site yesterday was for "elias gutierrez" or some variation of that name. Each time the page from my site returned was one about the life of a famous author Bebe Moore Campbell I went to her page and found out that Bebe's daughter Maia Campbell was married to an Elias Gutierrez. The 1st result on another search on both names was a website called celebrity hook ups. If these are all the same people, Maia is an actress who broke up Elias. But why are all these people looking for elias gutierrez all of a sudden? Bebe Moore Cambell

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  19. Started by Cynique,

    It may be over, but it ain't done as the media and the internet are still abuzz with post mortems about the result of the presidential election. Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel minced no words in a Fox News interview, when he told Sean Hannity to "shut the f**k up, you lost!". My kind of guy. Another one of the more interesting reactions was that of a FaceBook poster, who opined: "While Romney lost, the Republicans outperformed in the Congressional elections. One would have expected many more losses with a victorious Democratic President, but there were basically no "coat tails" to Obama's victory...the Congressional Republicans are, if anything, more "conservative" than …

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  20. Started by Cynique,

    An era came to an end today. Hostess Bakeries went out of business. Another icon has bitten the dust and disappeared in a cloud of flour. Rest in peace, Twinkies and Ho-Hoes and Wonder Bread. First Romney's defeat, and now this. Another casualty for white America. What's next Miracle Whip Mayonnaise? Pass the hot sauce, please.

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  21. Started by Cynique,

    I just recently completed Toni Morrison’s latest book “Home”, a novel I have been looking forward to reading because its advance notices promoted it as being set in the 1950s, an era I could relate to. Since many of Morrison’s novels take place way back in the day, I was glad she had chosen to write about what was, to me, a more recent period in history. I was curious about how Ms Morrison would portray the 1950s which have been referred to as not only a bland and innocent time populated by the “silent generation“, but also the decade that was ripe for the civil rights movement it spawned. I anticipated she would write about a passive race of people, done with being pat…

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  22. I watched this film on Netflix last night (yeah I could have read a book but I was too lazy). It is also available on youtube (I've posted links below). I thought Zeitgeist was fascinating. I don't know how much of it was true, but much of it resonated with me: I could not understand, from day one, how the Twin Towers simply imploded in on themselves. The collapse of build 7 simply dd not make any sense. I already knew many of the well known stories from the Bible are at the same as much older stories, and religions. I don;t even want to get started on the financial system... I appreciate that I've shared a lot of information below. If it is too much you can a…

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  23. ABC's 60-second trailer previews the documentary film by award-winning director Spike Lee, celebrates the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson's landmark "BAD" album and tour. "Michael Jackson: BAD25" will air Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 22 ( p.m., ET) on ABC.

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  24. IN SOUTH FLORIDA , 9 STUPID BLACK MEN ARRESTED FOR GAMBLING ON YOUTH FOOTBALL GAMES.GAMBLING ON YOUTH FOOTBALL GAMES..JUST WHEN I THINK BLACK MEN CANNOT GET ANY STUPIDER..GAMBLING ON YOUTH FOOTBALL GAMES...IN GREENVILLE,TEXAS, MISSING BLACK GIRL BODY FOUND IN STORAGE TRUNK....KLAN POLICE DID NOT PUT OUT A AMBER ALERT TILL AFTER THE GIRL WAS MISSING 3 DAYS..WHEN BLACK CHILDREN ARE MISSING, THE BLACK CHURCHES, NAACP AND BLACK POLITICANS DO NOT LLOK FOR BLACK CHILDREN... THEY ARE AS BAD AS THE KLAN POLICE..... GIRL NAMES WAS ALICIA MOORE....WHERE WAS THE TEXAS NAACP, BLACK CHURCHES AND POLITICIANS IN TEXAS....////

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  25. Started by Cynique,

    Glad this damn election is over. For me, the award for enduring the long tedious campaign is not that Obama won but that all the conservative right-wing Republican wackos and religious zealots have been defeated. Now, it's back to square one, unmindful that the economy will continue to do what it does, independent of the manipulations of human input. At least America lived up to its reputation for reuniting after a contentious election, Donald Trump aside. I knew FaceBook would be on fire when Obama was declared the winner, and reading all of the comments brought something home to me. Everyone was praising the lord, thanking Jesus, describing themselves as ju…

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  26. Started by boitumelo,

    PRESIDENT REELECTED DESPITE THE NEO REPUBLICANS... WHERE IS DONALD TRUMP HE WAS TALKING LIKE HE HAD PROOF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE WAS FORGED..HE WENT TO COLLEGE BECAUSE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION........ NO ONE HAS BEEN DECLARED THE WINNER OF FLORIDA YET...........WHERE IS NEO ROCKER TED NUGENT.NUGENT SAID IF THE PRESIDENT WAS REELECTED HE WILL BE DEAD OR IN JAIL...IS TED NUGENT PLANNING SOMETHING.....//////

  27. Started by boitumelo,

    AGAIN SPEAKING ABOUT BLACK SPORTS REPORTER BILL RHODEN BOOK.. 40 MILLION DOLLAR SLAVES.ABOUT HOW RICH BLACK ATHLETES ARE CONTROLLED AND OWNED...LEBRON JAMES LEADS THAT.....HE HAS BEEN WITH RABBI'S, HOW MANY BLACK LEADERS HAS HE BEEN WITH/DO NOT MEAN THOSE REPTILE PREACHERS MOTIVATED BY GREED/HAS HE BEN WITH MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN.THEY SEEM TO BE TOLD WHO NOT TO BE BE WITH, OR TALK TO...WHAT TO DO, AND WHEN TO DO IT....THEY ARE NOT YESTERDAYS BLACK ATHLETES LIKE, JACKIE ROBINSON, BILL RUSSELL, MUHAMMED ALI , KAREEM OR ARTHUR ASHE... WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF, WHO ARE THEY AFRAID OF...NFL YESTERDAY. TWO IDIOTS I CANNOT STAND,CAM NEWTON AND ROBERT GRIFFITH …

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  28. Started by Cynique,

    I found the article below which not surprisingly appeared on the Fox News site interesting because it's an example of how this election is not only polarizing the country but is reinforcing a rift in the black community. Voting for Obama has become a litmus test for a person's blackness. Race still matters. This time next month what will the situation be?? I hope the election is not a close one because I don't know what Blacks will do if Obama loses. Will they simply be demoralized or will they be in a rebellious state of mind?? I think white people will handle a Romney loss better. They are not passionate in their support for his candidacy but have lost confidence …

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  29. Started by boitumelo,

    THEY ARE COMPARING HURRICANE- STORM SANDY TO HURRICANE KATRINA....UNLIKE BUSH THE PRESIDENT SEEMS CONCERNED.. LIKE NEW ORLEANS SOME PARTS WHERE STORM HIT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS BOMBED.. HOUSES DESTROYED, HIGH WATER IN THE STREETS, CARS ON TOP OF CARS... NOT RICH BUT MIDDLE CLASS STATEN ISLAND, WHITE PEOPLE ANGRY ON NEWS, FEMA , RED CROSS SLOW..NOT AS SLOW AS NEW ORLEANS WITH HURRICANE KATRINA....RICH BUSINESS ,CORPORATIONS, WALL STREET SLOWED DOWN...RICHEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY.. DID NOT SEE PEOPLE ON ROOF TOPS WAITING TO BE RESCUED, SOME PROBALY WERE...............SEE IF THINGS WILL BE QUICKER IN THIS RICH CITY, THAN THE POOR IN NEW ORLEAN…

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  30. Started by Cynique,

    Picture of James Baldwin and Nina Simone, and Billiie And Ella. Black legends whose artistry lives on...

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  31. Started by boitumelo,

    IN 1930, JAMES CAMERON WAS 16. HE AND HIS 2 FRIENDS WERE CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF A WHITE MAN AND ATTEMPTED RAPE OF HIS GIRL FRIEND.. ALL 3 WERE TAKEN OUT BY A DEMONIC WHITE MOB..IN A TREE BY THE COURT HOUSE CAMERON WATCH HIS FRIENDS LYNCHED..ROPE AROUND HIS NECK, SOMEONE SAID HE WAS INNOCENT BARELY ESCAPING BEING HUNG...CAMERON SAID THE ROPE SCARRED HIS NECK...JAMES CAMERON WAS INVOLVED WITH CIVIL RIGHTS, NAACP AND FOUNDED THE BLACK HOLOCOST MUSEUM...THERE IS A PICTURE OF THOMAS SHIPP AND ABRAM SMITH LYNCHED IN AUGUST IN 1930...JAMES CAMERON IS DECEASED.//

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  32. Started by Cynique,

    Implicit in almost every post on this site is the underlying message that It's hard being black; not only in America, but throughout the world. Just as white skin is an "entitlement", " it can be argued that "colored" skin is a burden. If I were a rapper I'd spit out some verses about this. Instead I'll just spill out some thoughts. As an African American, no matter what your circumstances are, your race is always a factor that puts you at a disadvantage even when the playing field is leveled to allow you to advance despite inadequate qualifications. I repeat: It's hard being black. Is this how it was meant to be? White people seem to be genetically equipped to…

  33. Started by boitumelo,

    BLACK ACTOR AND COMEDIAN D.L. HUGELY SAYS BLACK MEN, BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD BE ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST.OKAY...ANIMALS ARE EXTINCT AND BECOMING EXTINCE BECAUSE OF MAN MOSTLY....I WATCH NATURE SHOWS, ELEPHANTS AND RHINOS KILLED BY POACHERS FOR THEIR TUSK AND HORNS...AFRICAN ANIMALS ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST INCLUDE, BLACK RHINOCERUS , LEMURS, GAZELLES ,CHIPS, LEOPARDS ,WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLAS AND ADDAX-LARGE ANTELOPE......BLACK PEOPLE KNOWING THAT FOR CENTURIES THE WHITE MAN HAS BEEN TRYING TO GENOCIDE AND EXTERMINATE THE BLACK RACE FOR CENTURIES ARE HELPING WITH THE EXTINCTION...BLACK PEOPLE HAVING UNPROTECTED SEX WITH OVER 30 YEARS KOWLEDGE OF …

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  34. This book is right up biotumelo's alley. The Black Church: Where Women Pray and Men Prey by Deborrah Cooper - Book Review

  35. Stars All Fall Artist - Zion Birdsong, Musical Director of The Book Look Song - D. Amari Jackson, Creator of The Book Look

  36. Started by Cynique,

    Because gang related violence has become so rampant in this country’s inner cities, attempts to focus on this problem have taken on celebrity involvement. Recently ABC news anchor, Diane Sawyer, showed up in Chicago to cover a gang summit being sponsored by Father Michael Pfleger, local hero, activist Catholic priest, and the white leader of an all black congregation. These high level meetings between the hierarchy of Chicago’s gangs have been held before and have not worked or will they ever because guards can never be lowered and ground never conceded. Reputations have to be maintained. What I find compelling about the situation is the reaity of what is at th…

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  37. IN DEUTERONOMY , IT SAYS ADULTERERS SHOULD BE PUT TO DEATH.....MEN WHO CHEAT ON WIVES, THE WOMEN THEY CHEAT WITH, EVERYBODY WHO COMMITS ADULTERY SHOULD BE STONED TO DEATH//THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE PREACHERS THAT CHEAT ON THEIR WIVES. .LET'S SEE, JESSE JACKSON, BISHOP EDDIE LONG, HENRY LYONS, WHO WAS LOCKED UP FOR STEALING 4 MILLION ..3 BLACK PREACHERS BEHIND BARS FOR KILLING THEIR WIVES...KILLING, ADULTERY,2 OF THE COMMANDMENTS....IT IS A LOT MORE,,..BABYLON AND SODOM GOMMORAH SEXUAL WICKEDNESS PREACH SERMONS EVERY SUNDAY FROM THE BIBLE NO ONE LIVES BY...AMAZING.....WHAT DEFINES RELIGION..////

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  38. Started by Cynique,

    Unless you're blind and deaf it's hard to avoid life's little aggravations delivered to you on a daily basis courtesy of the media in all of its forms. This is the motivation for me letting my pet peeves out of their cage. The top 10 things that make my eyes roll upward The gloating eagerness of celebrity moms to reveal how quickly they’ve regained their slim figures after relieving themselves of the baby bumps they were equally anxious to show off to an indifferent world. So called “right-to-life" zealots who don’t realize that, by applying their warped standards, a female’s expelling of an unfertilized egg every month is the equivalent of an abortion.…

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  39. Started by Cynique,

    I just can't get enough of this silly song. Why, I don't know. My grandson even threatened to shoot a video of me singing it so he could add it to YouTube's collection of diffent covers of it. This link provides one of the more interesting versions for those of you who are tired of serious subjects. http://youtu.be/lEsPhTbJhuo

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  40. Kam calls DuVernay's latest film a "...a cinematic masterpiece reminiscent of those rare treasures that have managed to capture an authentic slice of African-American life, ala such black classics as Love Jones (1997), The Best Man (1999), The Visit (2000) and Brown Sugar (2002)." Read the full review

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  41. Started by Anonymous,

    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…

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  42. Started by boitumelo,

    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.//////

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  43. Started by boitumelo,

    ON THE DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL, A DOCUMENTARY ON NEGRO SOLDIERS.SEEMS ALMOST EVERY WAR THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN IN, BLACK SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN IN...SHOWED CLIPS OF BLACK SOLDIERS FROM WORLD WAR 1..WORLD WAR 2, TUSKEGEE PILOTS, ALL BLACK INFANTRY, A BRIEF CLIP OF BENJAMIN O. DAVIS, LATER IN TIME BECOMING GENERAL...AND SOMETHING NOT TALKED ABOUT MUCH. BLACK WORLD WAR 2 SOLDIERS HONORED BY THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE..IT WAS INTERESTING...../

  44. Started by boitumelo,

    EX COACH SADUSKY GOT OVER 30 YEARS FOR CHILD MOLESTING AT PENN STATE.WHY HAS BISHOP EDDIE LONG NOT BEEN CONFRONED BY, THE NAACP,BLACK CHURCHES AND BLACK POLITICIANS FOR BEING SEXUALLY INVOLVED WITH YOUNG BLACK BOYS.////...CHURCH IS AS BAD AS PIMP AND DRUG HOUSES..///

  45. I'm writing an article about this issue but I thought I'd preview it here first, maybe even get some more ideas from your comments. Click this link http://aalbc.it/look4troy to run a simple Google query on my name, Troy Johnson. Your results will vary depending upon... well God know what, but I can guarantee you the following will be the same no matter who you are. The query will returns the big social media sites before anything on AALBC.com! My Facebook profile is at position #4 My LinkedIn Profile is at position #6 My Twitter profile is #10 AALBC.com does not appear until #16 on the 2nd page! Given that there are almost 25 million pages returned, and …

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  46. raised an issue about the reduction in participation on the AALBC.com discussion boards in recent years, suggesting that Facebook and social media was the cause. I have not taken the time to quantify the reduction, but anyone who has been observing our boards in recent years knows participation is lower. The life of a discussion board is a direct function of the level and quality of the conversation so this is an issue that I care about and since AALBC.com is a one man operation I typically have not had enough time to really delve in the causes and take more aggressive action reverse the trend. Over the last 15 years I've collected data on how the site is used as well…

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  47. 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…

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  48. Started by boitumelo,

    MURDERER OF TRAYVON MARTIN,IDIOT GEORGE ZIMMERMAN,WANTS TO SUE NBC FOR PORTRAYING HIM TO BE WHAT HE IS SOMEONE WHO HATES BLACK PEOPLE.HE SAID EARLIER THIS YEAR GOD WANTED TRAYVON MARTIN DEAD,MEANING HE MEANT TO KILL HIM, OR ANY BLACK MALE.../.

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  49. Started by careycarey,

    Hello, What are some of the AALBC alumni up to these days? Well, I know what this guy does in his spare time. Community Theater. A Tribute to the first black star of American television. Who is the alumni and what character is he playing?

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  50. I just looked at the posts on my Facebook for the last 16 hours; aside from a handful of "look what my kid just did" it has been all debate all the time. Or rather it was ultra rabid Obama supporters saying how Obama kicked Romney's ass last night. One thing I hate about Facebook is that I usually only get one perspective only. With 5,300 friends this seems unlikely. All of my friends, judging by my wall, are blind supporters of Obama. If there is anyone with anything less than pure worship of Obama, it does not appear on my wall...but I digress form the point of this post. Many people wondered why Obama did not mention Romney's statement: "There are 47 perc…

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