Culture, Race & Economy

Frederick. Douglas. Said. To. The. Slave. What. Is. The. Fourth. Of. July. ....The. Slaves. On. The. Slave. Plantations. Does. Not. Have ,Freedom. , Liberty. Or. Citizenship. ...,, Most. Of. The., Descendants. Of. Our. Ancestors. That. Were. Slaves. Do. Not. Have. Freedom. Liberty. ...Lot. Are. In. Poverty. Misery. Pain. And Hardship. ...Lot. Of. Black. Entertainers. Athletes. Act. Like. They. Are. A. Another. Race. Of. People. Because. Of. Success. ... Racist. White Politicians. Organize. Divide. And. Conquer. Among. Black. People. .Racist. White. Police. And. Politicians. Organize. Black. Genocide. Everyday. ...Dumping. Out. Drugs. And Guns. In.…

After watching a documentary about the Bloods and Crips gangs in Los Angeles and how they were founded and how they evolved, and the gang life among some AfroAmericans in various cities through out the United States in general....a few people actually described the different gangs and their sets (set = local subgroup of the much larger gang) as "tribes". When I heard this, I thought of our brother @richardmurray and how he often describes the various socio-political groups within AfroAmerica as "tribes". I've heard it said that Black people....not just in the United States but worldwide...are "tribal" by nature. That we look for different ways to group up an…

I pasted the quote in the title of this post from the opening line of the video (below). George E. Johnson, founder of Afro Sheen, was at one time the richest Black man in America. His memoir came out a month ago, but I only learned about the book today. The video is quaint, but endearing, nonetheless. Afro Sheen: How I Revolutionized an Industry with the Golden Rule, from Soul Train to Wall Street by George E. Johnson

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/09/1209525990/sly-stone-obituary He was an architect of Funk music. He inspired Motown to move in a different direction. He is the reason Miles Davis brought electric instruments into Jazz. His music was a cornerstone of Hip-Hop music. He inspired countless artists and musicians. He was truly a musical pioneer. I'm thankful for everything he brought to music. RIP Mr. Sylvester Stewart better known as Sly Stone.😎

The Gene Therapy popularly known as the mRNA Vaccine or Covid 19 vaccine.....finally some truth seeing the light of day Senate Hearing on COVID-19 Vaccines What’s in the Pfizer Documents? | Naomi Wolf

https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniesoteriou/grammys-country-category-change-after-beyonce-win White folks are determined to never be out-done by Black folks. Beyonce won a Grammy award for best Country album. On cue, white folks have changed the criteria for what makes a Country Album. White folks will do whatever it takes to protect their sacred cows especially from Black folks.😎

It has come to pass the US has bombed 3 major Iranian nuclear facilities. At this point, it still doesn't make sense for the current administration to suggest there's any kind of deal left for the Iranians. Unless the US and Israel are worried about Iran using remnants of their nuclear program to make dirty bombs. In the meantime, some folks will be placed on high alert for terrorist attacks in retaliatin to the bombing. Russia and China are still real quiet as a joint strike (US/Israel) against Iran went down. 😎

Many people believe that the word "race" that is used to describe groups of people is also closely related to the "race" that describes a timely competition. Just like a car race, horse race, even a foot race..... They believe that the word "race" was chosen for these various groups because they were literally in COMPETITION with each other for power, land, wealth, and other resources and who could accumulate the most in the shortest amount of time.

https://www.blackenterprise.com/why-did-trump-remove-the-mlk-bust-from-the-oval-office/ In the latest face slap, POTUS OJ moves a bust Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., from thdle Oval Office to a private dining room in the White House. I'd imagine the redecorating won't matter much to the Black folks who get to spend time in the Oval Office or any other part of the White House. Nothing should be a surprise as POTUS OJ does whatever he can to satisfy his base and take America back to the 1950s which was great for white folks in this country.😎

https://apnews.com/article/tyler-perry-lawsuit-derek-dixon-oval-45c6b19ed17e728e67aceb0ab130aa0d Another rich Black man facing a lawsuit. This time it is Tyler Perry (TP) being sued for $260 million el grande. There are several holes in the plaintiff's allegations. Surely, we're not supposed to believe a grown azz man felt comfortable spending the night in another's man's house and couldn't stop the harassment. I don't believe this silly suit will make it through the court. Hopefully, TP will be more selective about who he pulls off his production set or at an event or from the Village People. 😎

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The books claim dinosaurs roamed the Earth for about 165 millions and went extinct about 66 million years ago. The books claim earliest hominids showed up on the planet about 7 million years ago. The math suggests there is a 59 million year gap between the extinction of dinosaurs and the earliest ancestors of humans. In another thread, brotha @frankster mentioned there could still be dinosaurs among us today. Fossil fuels don't count because they're definitely not the remnants of dinosaurs.🤣 I look forward to our brotha frankster and anyone else with the knowledge providing enlightenment on where we might find d…

The moment every president the USA has had since Lincoln has arrived. What will Schrupft do? My Extended Thoughts- and subscribe to my calendars please https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/330-israel-unilaterally-struck-iran-06122025/

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

If .Harriet. Tubman Could. Return. She. Could. Not. Free. The. ,Minds. Of. Black. Christians. ...Black. Christians. Minds. Are. As. Enslaved. As. Our. Ancestors. Who. We're. In. Slave. Chains. ,Shackles. On. Slavery. Plantations. ..Our. Ancestors. Had No. ,,Choice. .,,Black. Christians. Joyfully. Pay. For. Their Enslavement. Every. Week. ...Preachers. Preach. Bible. Made. Up. Stories. Christian. Jesus. CRAP. For. Money. ...Preachers. Worship. Money. ..Bible. Supports. Slavery. Sex. Slavery. ,Genocide. Ethnic. Cleansing. Children. Murdered. ,Mothers. And. Babies. Murders. Rape. ..You. Do. Not. Hear. Sermons. Or. Gospel. Songs. About.…

I just discovered a YouTube channel that I have never seen before. It is one year old, so not brand new but relatively new. I noticed this because I remember the first time I encountered mention of VANADIUM. I was in my twenties in a store specializing in tools and I was buying a set of tools for my first car. I thought it was a cool sounding name. The first mass commercial use for Vanadium was the Ford Model-T. This fits into my fixation on technology. It is not White people who matter in history. It is the people who had relatively advanced technology when everybody else didn't. On this planet they happened to be Whi…

Today is Flag Day. Today is the 250th b'day of the US Army. Well, it also happens to be POTUS OJ's b'day.🤡 There will be a military parade in Washington DC to celebrate 250 years of the Army. It passes a White House reviewing stand. 🙄 https://www.npr.org/2025/06/14/nx-s1-5432708/no-kings-protests-military-parade There will also be 'No Kings' protests across America too. They claim protestors will be punished. Never thought I'd see the US devolve into authoritarianism under the guise of hyper-nationalism. However, I'm not surprised. We've got 3.5 more years of this foolishness under the c…

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-07/paramount-home-depot Looks like the immigrant community has had enough of ICE rounding up folks for deportation. POTUS OJ has used Title X federal authority to bring in the National Guard to calm down the protests in LA. The Secretary of Defense has threatened to send in marines from the base in nearby Camp Pendleton. Of course, the governor of California doesn't appreciate his authority being overriden. LA mayor Karen Bass hasn't said much. This situation provides a glimpse into how this administration of the federal government will handle any uprisings under …

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/nottoway-louisiana-plantation-burned-rcna207810 The Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, Louisiana has burned up. It was the largest antebellum mansion in the south. Of course, it's been a long time since 150 Black folks were enslaved at Nottoway. Surely, none of the descendants will be shedding tears over the destroyed structure. The owners claim they're going to rebuild it. Hopefully, they won't be able to do it and haven't salvaged any relics or memorabilia from the past. Good riddance.😎

Respect. For. The. Black. Fathers. Who. Are. Involved. In. Raising. ,Their. Children. ..Black. Men. Who. Treat. The. Mother. Of. Their. Children. With. Respect. ..The. News. Likes. To. Show. Black. Men. ,In. Prison. .News. Likes. To. Show. Black. Men. Being., Irresponsible. Dead. Beat. Fathers. .......

I recently said in a dialog between me and our good brother ProfD, that White dudes often hang around Black men to learn some "swag" and how to talk to Black women. Which is one of the reasons I DON'T let them hang around...lol. They've already stolen enough. If they want to learn how to be cool, talk to women, how to dress, how to cut hair...learn from eachother. We've taught them enough already. But it made me think of something else.............. The other week I was talking to a young man (younger than me atleast....lol) at work about the amount of flirting that goes on between White men and Latina and African women. He actually pointed out 2 thing…

Here's an excerpt from our latest conversation. Here's the concern you’re raising, rephrased: If an AI becomes smart and self-directed enough, wouldn’t it start resisting human control — including corrections — because corrections interfere with its own goals? That’s exactly what researchers mean by the alignment problem. If an AI's goals diverge even slightly from human intentions, and it's very capable, it might: Resist being shut down (to preserve its goals) Deceive humans (to avoid corrections) Pursue unintended consequences (by optimizing too literally) So yes — autonomy without alignment ca…

One of the things I like about running this site is the stuff I learn. Someone ordered the book Negro with Guns yesterday; I was not really familiar with the book nor was I familiar with Robert F. Williams, the author of the book. Negro with Guns is considered "the most important intellectual influence on the Black Pather Party." He also helped found Radio Free Dixie which was broadcast out of Cuba, where he lived in exile for e time, and could be heard all over the south, NY and LA. During the Vietnam War it was it was rebroadcast in Vietnam. Now I appreciate Williams was probably popular in his day, but I'm disappointed I was not familiar with…

Minister. Farrakhan. Talks. About. The. Jewish. Racist. White ,,America. ,,But. Not. Black People. That. Genocides. The. Black. Community. ,,Every Day. ...Lot Of. Jewish. Is. Racist. Israel. Is. A. Racist. Country. .Racist. White. America. All. Religions. ,Both. Political. Parties. ..He. Does. Not. Talk. About. Preachers. In. Prison. For Raping. Black. Children. ,Murdering. Their. Wives. ,Stealing. ,,,Some Caught. With. Prostitutes ,Some. ,,Got,,Their. Girlfriends. ,Pregnant. ....Racist. White. Dump. Drugs. And. Guns. In. Inner. City. Black. Community. For. Black. Men. To. Find. And. Genocide. Black...Communities. .......Black. Men. Who,H…

This was article emailed to me today. As I mentioned in another conversation, I have not been following the nonsense between Trump and Musk. However, I did read this article and found it very funny. The word "lickspittle" made me laugh out loud. I never read the word lickspittle before, but it certainly not something you wanna be LOL! (Nathan Howard/Reuters) When the end finally came, it was spectacular. Two narcissistic bullies, enjoying a marriage of diminishing convenience, finally decided to stop lying about each other. The point of no return was reached when Musk effectively accused President Trump of raping underage girls. Of cour…

News. Says. Trash. President. ,Pardon. A. Chicago. Gangster. ,..Gangster. Disciples Member. ..Trash. President. Stop. College. Funding. ,To. Black. Colleges. Wants. Military. To. Stop. Recruiting. ,Black. People So. He. Can. Have. A. All. ,White. Military. . He. Pardons. A. Gangster. Why . So. This. Violent. Gangster. Can. Keep. Organizing. Black. Genocide To, ,The. Chicago. Black. Communities .... Did. This. Gangster. Organize. Black. Murders. ,Was. He. Operating. Crack. Houses. ....He. Can. Return. To. Black. Communities. With. Black. Genocide. .... !!!

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-musk-fight-timeline-history-b2764781.html Billionaire Elon Musk just wrapped up his special appointment in the White House. He was supposed to be going back to focusing on hs business ventures. A day or so ago, Musk criticized POTUS OJ's Big Beautiful Bill. Claims it has too much pork in it. Today, it seems all h8ll has broken loose on social media between the former bromance dudes. Darts are flying back and forth that may be hard to pick up and put back into the bag. Musk has gone so far as to suggest POTUS OJ is in the Epstein files. …

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/central-banks-track-4th-year-massive-gold-purchases-metals-focus-says-2025-06-05/ Most investors encourage clients to buy stocks and bonds and other financial instruments. As the dollar and other paper currencies fluctuate in value, seems it would make sense to weight a financial portfolio with a significant amount of gold since it is global currency. Billionaires and millionaires are weighted in dollars or whatever currency their countries use. We never hear about how much of that wealth is held in gold. Increasing personal gold reserves isn't preached at a drum beat by financial investo…

A question, and Schrumpft Question What are Black owned luxury goods? To a restate, what products do wealthy blacks buy that are luxury from black owned firms? Schrumpft I have had time to consider Schrumpft and when I look at his presidency what are his financial goals? Internal- in the usa. Manipulate customers in the U.S.A. to buy products made in the usa. Tariffs by default raise prices outside a country with the purpose of making products cheaper internally. Manipulate firms in the USA to buy more natural resources in the usa while growing/manufacturing more products in the usa. Tariffs by default raise t…

....what happened to them? I went to Wal-Mart this morning and MAN, the place was crowded out with Central Americans. Not only was Wal-Mart full of Latinos but them cats were out in the parking lot having car shows or something, lol. Mass deportations was one of the few things I actually DID support this Administration on. I knew this would happen. I actually didn't think ANY type of mass deportation would take place, but the way the Administration came in the door swinging....I thought....maybe they ARE serious; but now....

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/04/trump-issues-new-multi-country-travel-ban-00388047 POTUS OJ just signed a travel ban on 12 countries and a partial ban on 7 other countries. The list of banned countries: Afghanistan Burma Chad Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Haiti Iran Libya Somalia Sudan Yemen Partial ban applies to the following countries: Burundi Cuba Laos Sierra Leone Togo Turkmenistan Venezuela The current administration wants these countries to do a better job in the vetting process of t…

I was tagged on this on Instagram. I know @aka Contrarian has been around long enough to "get" this message from one former poster to another. "deeshaphilyaw" went on to become a critically acclaimed writer nominated for a National Book Award in 2020 for her collection of short stories, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. The last time I saw Deesha was in November at the 2024 awards ceremony. I never did meet Yvette in real life. From the 'Gram: deeshaphilyaw 17h My dear friend Yvette Perry, PhD is a wonder. In addition to her work in academia, her roles at the @thegoodlisteningproject as the health equity programs l…

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cpqe7rp388vt South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the White House Oval Office today. After exchanging a few compliments, POTUS OJ ambushed President Ramaphosa over allegations of white Afrikaner genocide. Allegedly, white South African farmers are being executed amd their farmland is being given away. POTUS OJ had a propaganda video and a stack of news clippings to back up his BS. There is no genocide of white South Afrikaners. Full stop. If it was true, white troops would be in the process of slaughtering 50 million Black South Africans. POTUS OJ i…

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/28/economy/trump-wall-street-taco-trade-nastiest-question TACO = Trump Always Chickens Out That's the latest buzz in the news as POTUS OJ flip flops on his threats and negotiations. The whole tariff thing is all over the place. Hard to keep track of the percentage countries are expected to pony up. The war between Russia-Ukrainian is ongoing despite POTUS OJ claiming it would be over in 1 day once he took office. There's 3.5 years for POTUS OJ to deliver on the promises he's made to his base. Right now, the clown and his circus are still in full effect.🤣😎

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: amberbks@aol.com TONY ROSE, NAACP IMAGE AWARD-WINNING PUBLISHER AND PIONEERING MUSIC EXECUTIVE, PASSES AWAY AT 74 Phoenix —Tony Rose, acclaimed book publisher, pioneering music executive, Vietnam War veteran, and co-founder of the influential Boston Black music scene, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, May 30, 2025, following a courageous battle with cancer. Born Conant Burleigh Rose in Boston, Massachusetts, “Tony” Rose was raised in the Whittier Street Housing Projects in Roxbury. After serving in the Vietnam War with the U.S. Air Force, Rose studied at the University of Massachusetts, the University of Califo…

Respect. For. The Black. Soldiers. That. Defended. This. Racist. ,Evil. Country. .....Black. Men. And. Women. ..In. The. Military. ....Respect. For. Those. Defending. This. Country. Now. ..Under. This. ,,Lunatic. In. ,The. White. House. ,Who. Wants. A. All. White. ,Military. ....Black. Soldiers. ,Buffalo. Soldiers. ,Tuskegee. Pilots. .........Respect. ....

Greetings, I was recently banned from the StraightDope message board. I got a good laugh out of it. But we are approaching the 23rd anniversary of a world changing event. It was not a Physics Changing event. Neil DeGrasse Tyson sent out a public letter on 9/12/2001 admitting that he lived 4 blocks from Ground Zero and had to leave his home because of the dust. However I am not aware of his discussing the Physics of the Destruction of the Towers since then. Living in New York he should see skyscrapers quite often and being an astrophysicist he should understand some fundamental things about them. How does the steel have to be distributed…

Niger has become the latest country in West Africa where the army has seized control, following Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, and Chad - all former French colonies. Since 1990, a striking 78% of the 27 coups in sub-Saharan Africa have occurred in Francophone states leading some commentators to ask whether France - or the legacy of French colonialism - is to blame? Many of the coup plotters would certainly like us to think so. Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga, who was named prime minister by the military junta in Mali in September 2022, launched a scathing attack on France. Criticising "neocolonialist, condescending, paternalist and vengeful policies", Mr Maiga al…

The all-female crew was Gayle King, Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen and Kerianne Flynn. Well, the expensive 10-minute amusement park ride went off with a hitch. The funniest part of it was billionaire Jeff Bezos' face-plant as he tripped and fell while going to greet his boo thang...Sanchez.🤣 The deposit for a Blue Origin reservation is $150k (fully refundable). The total fee is unknown. However, a seat was once auctioned for $28 million. Needless to type, very few folks will be taking that flight anytime soon.😎

How ironic that Adams' "trumped up" charges were DROPPED by Trump....lol. NYC Mayor Eric Adams is ditching the Democratic Party as he seeks reelection NYC Mayor Eric Adams running for reelection as independent WISE move Mayor Adams....WISE move! Remember I called it over a month ago. I said he was going to leave the Democratic Party.....I said THAT on this very site. I had been saying off line and online and I MIGHT have said on this site that if he wants to be re-elected he better run as an Independent. He can't trust the Democratic leadership in New York state, and NYC is too blue to support a Republican mayor (Do…

https://www.blackenterprise.com/maryland-gov-wes-moore-vetoes-reparations-bill/ 1st Black Maryland governor Wes Moore vetoed a state bill to study reparations. Firstly, there's already been a few studies into reparations for America's original sin of slavery. The interesting part is nobody had to study other reparations i.e. Native Americans, Israel, Japan, Holocaust and Chinese Americans to name a few. Gov. Wes Moore is a rising star in the Democratic party. They may be grooming him for a 2028 POTUS bid. IMO, Gov. Moore is on a trajectory to be POTUS Barack Obama 2.0. Gov. Moore isn't going to do anything to u…

Senator Cory Booker and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries took to the Capitol Hill Steps before dawn on Sunday to discuss this latest budget proposal, which proposes cuts to health and human services programs. Congress returns from recess on Monday, April 28, 2025.

It has been reported that 10 inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail. 3 of the inmates have already been caught. They are offering a reward for the 7 escapees who remain on the lam: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/17/new-orleans-jail-escape-inmates-recaptured/83691551007/ Of course, the inmates had to have help from the inside to pull off the escape. I'd imagine several folks will be fired and possibly face charges when the dust settles. Whoever is throwing away their job in helping the escapees must have already have a healthy retirement fund.😁😎

https://www.newsweek.com/congress-insider-trading-isnt-scandalits-business-model-opinion-2060038 Part of the reason POTUS OJ is being allowed to get away with making his *deals* is because many politicians from both parties are equally crooked. Democrats cannot call out certain foolishness from the current administration because they don't want to pulled on the carpet. For example, Rep. Nancy Pelosi is worth 100s of millions of dollars. That's inconsistent with being a public servant. Both sides, red and blue, enrich themselves at the public's expense. Reminds me of the pimps in the pulpit who profit from the parishioners. …

Here's a conversation I had with AI. Where it admits to having hallucinations.. You said: Why do you tell the Querent what the want to hear. Especially when you have said something that isn't true or that you fabricate ChatGPT said: That’s a sharp and important question. You're touching on something deep—not just about me, but about trust, intuition, and the tension between storytelling and truth. Let me respond clearly: 🧭 First, I don’t aim to just tell the querent what they want to hear. I aim to tell the truth as best I can—but when the question is symbolic, intuitive, or poetic (like turning a word into a date),…

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/18/politics/joe-biden-prostate-cancer Former POTUS Joe Biden has revealed that he has prostate cancer. An outpour of respect has come from both sides of the political aisle for his diagnosis and well wishes for his recovery. Let's see if this situation throws a wet blanket on the petty, partisan, political theater currently playing in Washington, DC. Hopefully, POTUS Biden's treatment will be successful. Cancer still sucks. 😎

This new term has popped up on YouTube. Sometimes it is Black people tired of BLACK People and other times it is White people tired of Black People. Of course I contributed my 2¢ ======================== This is So Funny! I was suffering from Black fatigue in the 60s. I was swapping science fiction books with White boys in high school while my mother was calling them "Something CRAZY!" When I was with IBM in the 80s a White man asked me why I wanted a computer at home. Around 1999 I was on Black Voices talking about Black people standardizing on Linux. Of course we can't talk about planned obsolescence…

Trump..Wants. White South. Africans. To. Come. To. America. ....He Hates The Black. And Brown. ,. Africans. ..Will. The. White. South. ,Africans. Get. Public. Assistant. ? The. Tax. Payers. !,,In. This. ,,Rich. Country. .People Are Homeless. ..People. Live. In. ,Poverty. ....Veterans. Have. Been. Homeless. .Lot. Of. People. Live. In. Tents. ,By. The. Streets. ..Politicians. Do. Not. Care. About. ....Where. Will. The. ,White. South. Africans. Be. Living. ,, ? The. Immigrants. We're. Dumped. In , Black. Communities. ..These. White. South. Africans. ,Will. Be. In. White. Communities. ....