Culture, Race & Economy

Always an eyebrow raiser, Madonna, during her latest tour, has reportedly been flashing naked body parts, guns, and swatskias oh my. (By the way, I wonder if people have compared the criticism from the public that Madonna received for flashing her nakedness to the criticism from the public that Janet Jackson received after flashing her nakedness.) She's really been pissing a lot of people (including some officials from other countries) off lately, though. Anyway, bell hooks wrote this way before Madonna's recent tour. Many thought that bell hooks was being too harsh on Madonna while some did not, while others did not care one way or the other. At any rat…

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

Thomas Drake, a former top NSA official, went from being considered an American patriot to being considered an Enemy of the State when he became a whistleblower about the violation of citizens' privacy and other civil liberties as well as govn't wasteful spending. Though Drake considered his actions to be in accordance with integrity as well as in the defense of the American people and the Constitution, both which he says, that he had been sworn in to protect. He and others were targeted, harassed, had their homes raided, and were brought up on charges via The Espionage Act. The message from the govn't, to him and to any such whistleblower Drake says, was "Do no…

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A film about the indigenous people of America: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EedWZ_jaTiE&feature=related

THIS IDIOT WAS ABLE TO BUY THOUSANDS OF ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION, SEMI AUTOMATIC RIFLE, BALLISTIC HELMET AND BULLET PROOF VEST.SOME OF THIS ONLINE.////IF BLACK PEOPLE OR MIDDLE EAST AMERICANS BOUGHT THIS THE FBI WOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED.........EXCEPT THE JEWS OR SOMEONE FROM ISRAEL,, SINCE THEY TRY TO EXTERMINATE THE PALESTINES../////

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID1Km_SdBYI&feature=related ************************************* One summary of the movie***** “My name is Alex. I may look like a little boy, but I am a grown up.” The opening scene of the 2010 film I Want To Be A Soldier leads the viewer to believe that the film will be about a rebellious youngster who won’t tolerate authority and won’t give in to threats. That’s Alex and he is only eight years old. But then we see other scenes from earlier in his life which portray an ideal upbringing of a young boy – recorded via the family camcorder. But is it the same boy? And if it is, what may have caused the transformation tha…

“I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: ‘I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action’; who paterna…

Nothing clears your head like calling out hypocrisy and shameful pandering to a powerful interest group. These are the times when you know who is really running the government and it’s not regular citizens. One glaring example is the reactions to the real issues of actual gun deaths versus almost nonexistent real voter fraud. http://pollardpost.blogspot.com/2012/07/why-are-voters-controlled-more-than-guns.html

Despite my critic's 3 star rating, I found The Dark Knight to be only mildly interesting -- a disappointment. It really paled in comparison to The Dark Knight.

WATCHING THE NEWS, OPINION, BLACK CHURCHES ARE AS BAD AS PENN STATE HIGH UP. CHURCH,PREACHERS,MNAACP OR POLITICIANS HAVE CONFRONTED BISHOP EDDIE LONG FOR SEXUALLY ROMANCING BLACK BOYS..BISHOP LONG IS A FRAUD CONTROLLING STUPID BLACK PEOPLE.....THEN AGAIN, JESSE JACKSON SENIOR OR JUNIORS SEX SCANDALS WERE. NOT CONFRONTED........BLACK OVERSEER'S ......CONTROLLING BLACK PEOPLE FOR PROFIT....

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…

------------------------------- US ArmyAfrica does not need an American military base on its soil. Would Americans welcome such a foreign base in their land? Motsoko Pheko urges African countries to resist this imperialist move, which is intended to facilitate plunder of their resources. Africa: US Africa Command a Tool to Recolonise Continent Motsoko Pheko US ArmyAfrica does not need an American military base on its soil. Would Americans welcome such a foreign base in their land? Motsoko Pheko urges African countries to resist this imperialist move, which is intended to facilitate plunder of their resources. The USA Africa Command, which America…

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FOX NEO NAZI NEWS, ZIMMERMAN SAYS GOD WANTED TRAYVON MARTIN DEAD..I HOPE THIS IDIOT MURDERER KEEPS TALKING..HE WANTED TO KILL A BLACK MALE AND HE DID...THOSE NEO NAZI'S AT FOX NEWS WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTING ZIMMERMAN IF HE HAD SHOT SOMEONE WHITE.////.

The 'Race' Card By Karen Hatter The majority of people of African descent, living in America, do not have the luxury of compartmentalizing our collective experience here in America, beginning with forced immigration, enslavement, Jim Crow, the Black Codes and after slavery, in modern times, the long list of inequalities and abuses that have been brought down upon our heads as a result of who we are and our past relationship to those in stewardship, of non African descent, in America, when we express our feelings, beliefs and concerns over our past and for our as yet to be known futures in America. Many Americans find it difficult and it makes them uneasy to …

"There were two kind of slaves. There was the house negro and the field negro. The house negro, they lived in the house, with master. They dressed pretty good. They ate good, cause they ate his food, what he left. They lived in the attic or the basement, but still they lived near their master, and they loved their master, more than their master loved himself. They would give their life to save their masters house quicker than their master would. The house negro, if the master said "we got a good house here" the house negro say "yeah, we got a good house here". Whenever the master would said we, he'd say we. That's how you can tell a house negro. If…

Not long ago in the news, there was coverage of a person being attacked by a shark. The news anchor said something to this effect: "We're seeing more and more of this. Is it because of all the sharks or is it because of all these underwater cameras?" You know what? That is too real. Cameras /satelites everywhere, watching everything EXCEPT the more important things it seems. If more lives are being lost in the streets of Chicago than in the "conflict" involving Afghanistan and if there are cameras all around, where does our logic take us in such a situation? When drugs are being shipped in by these planes, we don't see or hear about this, yet we see the effects of …

Horrific Attack At Batman Screening Leaves 12 Dead by The Associated Press text size AAAAURORA, Colo. July 20, 2012, 08:13 pm ET AURORA, Colo. (AP) — As the new Batman movie played on the screen, a gunman dressed in black and wearing a helmet, body armor and a gas mask stepped through a side door. At first he was just a silhouette, taken by some in the audience for a stunt that was part of one of the summer's most highly anticipated films. But then, authorities said, he threw gas canisters that filled the packed suburban Denver theater with smoke, and, in the confusing haze between Hollywood fantasy and terrifying reality, opened fire as people s…

"Religion itself is harmless. It is like a gun. A gun by itself is harmless." The above was an analogy made by Waterstar in I thought it was interesting enough to spawn a seperate discussion on the topic Interesting analogy Waterstar. A gun's sole purpose it to cause harm. Otherwise it would not need to exist. What would you argue is religion's purpose? How has it be used in this country as it concerns Black people? Has it done more harm than good? On a global scale has the impact of religion been good or bad? Note: I'm making a distinction between "religion" and "spirituality".

"I'm just a human being trying to make it in a world that is very rapidly losing it's understanding of being human" - John Trudell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fM_ttXdtmo&feature=related John Trudell is an acclaimed poet, national recording artist, actor and activist whose international following reflects the universal language of his words, work and message. Trudell (Santee Sioux) was a spokesperson for the Indian of All Tribes occupation of Alcatraz Island from 1969 to 1971. He then worked with the American Indian Movement (AIM), serving as Chairman of AIM from 1973 to 1979. In February of 1979, a fire of unknown origin killed Trudell's wife, three chi…

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"Slavery, Imperialism, and the African Diaspora: Black History II" Ivory Phillips http://www.jacksonadvocateonline.com/?p=2223

Chris McGreal in Nairobi Kenyan Mau Mau war veterans Generals Kassam Njogu, Njeru Mugo and Ndungu Gicheru. Photograph: Jacob Wire/EPA An ageing group of former Mau Mau insurgents will launch legal action in the UK next week accusing the British army and colonial authorities of torturing or illegally killing thousands of Kenyans during the independence rebellion 50 years ago. Lawyers acting for the Mau Mau veterans say they will serve the Foreign Office with a notice of intent to seek compensation for human rights abuses involving a group of about 10 Kenyans in what is being seen as a test case. Those involved have given accounts of rape, systematic and prolonge…

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

ON MSNBC NEWS, RUSH LIMBAUGH WAS SHOWN SAYING OBAMA WAS A DRUG ADDICTED AT COLLEGE.LIMBAUGH IS ADDICTED TO PRESCRIPTION PILLS..OBAMA WAS THERE DOING NOTHING, AS IF HE GOT THERE FROM AFFIRMATIVE ACTION..EX POLITICIAN REPUBLICAN JOHN SUNUNU SAID OBAMA SHOULD BECOME AMERICAN,IMPLYING HE WAS NOT BORN HERE...THEY THINK BIRTH CERTIFICATE WAS FORGED.......

Remarks by the President at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Washington, D.C. 10:00 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everyone. It is a great honor to be with you here today. Of course, it is a truly humbling moment to be introduced by Elie Wiesel. Along with Sara Bloomfield, the outstanding director here, we just spent some time among the exhibits, and this is now the second visit I've had here. My daughters have come here. It is a searing occasion whenever you visit. And as we walked, I was taken back to the visit that Elie mentioned, the time that we traveled together to Buchenwald. And I recall how he showed me the barbed-wire…

You know how the word "nigger" is viewed by many? That it was one of the most dehumanizing terms that could ever be used to describe a black human being? Yes, it is of course used by many as a term of endearment while many people, ESPECIALLY older black people abhor the term being used in that sense by the younger generations... but that topic is neither here nor there at this point in the thread. There was a time that our people who were enslaved in North America called themselves and one another niggers because that is all that they were ever called and that is all that many ever knew. At some point, others referring to us as "niggers" became 'fightin' words' an…

This is not a rebuttal to but rather a reflection inspired by his earnest concern. What I have to say is debatable and even negative, but it is my “truth”, the personal opinion and theories that I have formed over 60 years of observing a struggle that recycles itself decade after decade as the same laments come and go, and the same calls for reforms echo each other, and the same strategies are swallowed up in the black hole of frustration. Obviously, a lot of present black problems stem from the past. We all know how our ancestors were sold into bondage and brought to this country against their will. If they survived the brutal middle passage, upon their arrival th…

BLACK COLLEGE FAMU-FLORIDA A AND M IS AS BAD AS PENN STATE..PENN STATE HIGH UP WAS IGNORING THE EX COACH BEING A CHILD MOLESTER TO PROTECT COLLEGE AND FOOTBALL.WHERE WAS THE BLACK LEADERS AND COMMUNITIES WITH ROBERT CHAMPION HAZED BEATEN TO DEATH ON THE BAND BUS.../NAACP,BLACK CHURCHES AND POLITICIANS SHOULD HAVE PROTESTED FOR THE FAMU PRESIDENT TO BE FIRED, BAND DIRECTOR AND THE MURDERS THE BAND MEMBERS WHO HAZED BEAT ROBERT CHAMPION TO DEATH TO BE BEHIND BARS......LIKE THERE WAS FOR TRAYVON MARTIN DELIBERATELY KILLED BY THAT LUNATIC MURDER GEORGE ZIMMERMAN.... WHY WAS THERE UNCONCERN AND SILENCE/.....

Michelle Obama death threat by D.C. cop under investigation Michelle Obama death threat? A Washington D.C. motorcycle cop said he would shoot the first lady, the Washington Post reported. But some officials say it was a 'joke.' By Staff, Associated Press / July 13, 2012 Washington A District of Columbia police officer who worked as a motorcycle escort for the White House and other officials has been moved to administrative duty after he allegedly made threatening comments about Michelle Obama, The Washington Post reported Thursday. The officer was overheard making the comments Wednesday as several officers from the Special Operations Divisio…

:-D Oh my goodness, Troy has brought out a real Boondocks moment for me. (Just to let you know, this contains profanity.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmA34MGSJTQ

FBI report: No evidence George Zimmerman is racist An FBI investigation into the shooting of black teenager Travyon Martin concluded that there's no evidence the suspect, George Zimmerman, was motived by racial bias or hatred. By Patrik Jonsson, Staff writer / July 12, 2012 FBI report: No evidence George Zimmerman is racist After interviewing 30 people familiar with George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain charged with killing African-American teenager Trayvon Martin, FBI agents found no evidence that the shooting was driven by racial bias or animus. Before Thursday's release of a Department of Justice report, both sides have argued…

One of my "bots" found this article, Why the Republican Party is a better fit for African Americans, and posted it on Facebook for me. I noticed it got a lot of clicks so I decided to check the article out myself. I'm not a Republican or a Democrat. I'm sure there are righteous and kind people in both parties as well as evil ones. I don't think either party really serves the people, so the whole rigid allegiance with one party over the other does not resonated with me. Because of the way I think, the whole idea that a group of people have so completely embraced the democratic party is something I simply can't fathom. White folks are free to be in either party ba…

Our very existence is under attack. This is not hyperbole. I wish it were. Many of the games we've made have been reversed. Off the top of my head: There are fewer Black studies programs in our colleges and universities We have lost the vast majority of of Black bookstores over the last two decades Black radio is virtually dead Black film is virtually dead The Black voices on the Internet is dying Black newspapers are dying Black magazines are dying Black folks are being incarcerated at an alarming rate Black unemployment rates are staggeringly horrific Our course Black at the bottom of every major social economic measure available Mental illness is a major probl…

Wells Fargo Agrees to $175 Million Settlement Over Lending Discrimination Wells Fargo has denied claims of lending discrimination and said it's settling "solely for the purpose of avoiding contested litigation with" the Justice Department {C} {C} Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images Wells Fargo has denied claims of lending discrimination and said it's settling "solely for the purpose of avoiding contested litigation with" the Justice Department Wells Fargo Bank agreed to pay at least $175 million Thursday to resolve allegations it discriminated against black and Latino home buyers, in what the Justice Department called the second largest settlement over fair le…

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

PERHAPS I HEARD WRONG THE NAACP IS INVITING THIS IDIOT TO SPEAK/WHY/....MITT ROMNEY WILL HE WEAR A KLAN SHEET/MITT ROMNEY WILL NOT TALK ABOUT HIS MORON MORMON RELIGION THAT BELIEVE BLACK PEOPLE ARE AN INFERIOR RACE, HE AND THE REST OF THE KLAN TRASH REPUBLICANS BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT WAS NOT BORN IN THIS COUNTRY AND THE PRESIDENT IS THE ANTI CHRIST...WHO WILL THE NAACP INVITE TO SPEAK NEXT THE KLAN TRASH GRAND DRAGON...///.

Do you like folktales/fables/parables? *********************** "Meat of the Tongue" Many years ago, in a land faw away, a great sultan lived in a palace with his wife. But the queen was very bored and unhappy. She would wander the pale, moping, yawning, and crying to herself, "What am I going to do? I am so bored and frustrated." The queen began to lose weight, and her hair began to fall out. Her skin was all pimply and her eyes were bloodshot red. She was, indeed, an unhappy queen. Now, in the village there lived a poor man whose wife was always very happy. When she worked in her garden, she would sin songs to herself and call out to her neighbors, …

"If you don't allow a man an education, don't put him in prison for being ignorant. That's what they did to me when I was 16." - James Brown Check out this James Brown documentary (Soul Survivor):

(1938-1997) Fela Anikulapo-Kuti The Father of Afro-Beat Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, previously Ransome-Kuti, was born in Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 1938. His family belonged to the Egba branch of the Yoruba tribe. His father, like his grandfather, was a minister of the Protestant church, and director of the local grammar school. His mother was a teacher, but later became a politician of considerable influence. As a teenager, Fela would run for miles to attend traditional celebrations in the area, already feeling that the authentic African culture of his ancestors ought to be preserved. His parents sent him to London in 1958, but rather than study medicine like his two …

Source MSNBC, Staff July6, 2012 Just yesterday, George Zimmerman’s attorney, Mark O’Mara, began soliciting donations for his client’s bond because he said Zimmerman couldn’t afford the one million dollar bond the judge had set. Well, all the begging for bond money must’ve worked because today, Zimmerman was released from jail. Read More: Zimmerman Released From Jail With Help of Donations to His Defense Fund

Chris Rock’s comment about white people’s day creates an angry buzz The Examiner Marci Stone Friday, comedian Chris Rock experienced quite a bit of backlash after his “white people’s day” comment on July 4th; Rock, who thought he was being funny tweeted a joke to followers, but his comment has stirred controversy. Chris Rock’s tweet: “Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren’t free but I’m sure they enjoyed fireworks” Rock is a former “Saturday Night Live” cast member and this isn’t the first time his comments have been bathed in controversy, and he seems completely unmoved by the comments made about him. Some people …

The Son of Man, the leader and teacher of the New Nation of Islam, will discuss the merits of the Affordable Care Act (also known as "Obamacare") tonight with Republican columnist, Jack Kerwick. Mr. Kerwick is firmly against the Affordable Care Act, calling it an "alien monstrosity" that is against everything the Founding Fathers of America stood for. The Son of Man has said that by supporting the Affordable Care Act, we are supporting and aiding every citizen of America. This discussion will air live in Detroit, Michigan on WHPR 88.1 FM & UHF TV33/Comcast 20. The broadcast will start at 9 PM eastern time. If you are NOT in Detro…

BLACK BIBLE READERS WHERE DOES IT SAY THE COLOR OF GOD AND CHRIST..BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD READ THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMED'S BOOK MESSAGE TO THE BLACK MAN.BOOK TALKS ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE AND GOD...BLACK PEOPLE, IN MY OPINION HAVE BECOME SPIRITUALLY CONFINED..../

Queen Nanny of the Windward Maroons has largely been ignored by historians who have restricted their focus to male figures in Maroon history. Learn more about Jamaica only female national hero. By Deborah Gabriel Queen Nanny is credited with being the single figure who united the Maroons across Jamaica and played a major role the preservation of African culture and knowledge. Background Queen Nanny of the Windward Maroons has largely been ignored by historians who have restricted their focus to male figures in Maroon history. However, amongst the Maroons themselves she is held in the highest esteem. Biographical information on Queen Nanny is somewhat va…

"The Fallacy of the Fourth" by Paul Scott On July 5th 1852, the great orator and abolitionist, Frederick Douglas delivered an electrifying speech where he posed what was possibly the most significant question of his time; "What to the slave is the Fourth of July?" He received a thunderous round of applause. A hundred and twenty some odd years later, July 4th 1976, as a nine year old junior militant, I stood defiantly on a picnic table, raised my sand shovel and posed a similar question. Why do black people celebrate Independence Day,anyway?" The response I received? "Shut up and eat your hot dog!" The issue of whether African Americans should cel…