Culture, Race & Economy

We all thought God was an elderly father figure with long white hair, wearing flowing white robes. Little did we know that all along "he" was a "she" and her name was Oprah. She inspires worship and praise and is loved by legions, - earth mother personified in designer clothes, permed hair and fake eye-lashes, generous and charitable and confident. More power to her as she ascends to another plane amid the roar of her faithful. What else can I say? You go, Girl!

ACCORDING TO ROLAND MARTIN ON TV ONE.CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS GETS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE GOVERNMENT, WHAT DO THEY DO WITH MONEY BESIDES GIVING IT TO PREACHERS SO THEY BUILD PERSONAL SPORTS SIZE CHURCHES/ I DO NOT BELIEVE CONGRESS WOMAN BERNICE JOHNSON IS THE ONLY BLACK POLITICIAN GIVING SCHOLARSHIPS TO RELATIVES,WE HAVE BLACK OVERSEER'S...PREACHERS ARE PIMPS...

Hi everyone. I'm sure you have heard about the IMF President trying to rape a hotel maid (if not here is the story http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/dominique-strauss-kahn-ladies-man-sexual-predator/story?id=13612519). Is there a reason why they are not revealing the woman's identity? I saw some Africans on television standing up for her and I also heard on Good Morning America that she is Muslim and a single mother who came to the U.S. for better opportunites some time ago. Her race or heritage doesn't matter to me its just that people keep referring to her as "the hotel maid" and that is getting on my nerves. Does anyone know any more about this lady? …

On his HBO show white liberal "Real Time" host Bill Maher posed the question to Republicans, “How many Muslims does a black guy have to kill in one weekend before crackers climb down off his ass? Bill Maher opened up with, “Now that it’s become clear that the Republicans, the fiscally conservative strong on defense party are neither fiscally conservative nor strong on defense, they have to tell us what exactly it is they’re good at. It’s not defense. 9/11 happened on your watch, and you retaliated by invading the wrong country, and you lost a 10 year game of hide and seek with Osama Bin Laden, and you’re responsible for running up most of the debt, which more than a…

IT AMAZES ME, BISHOP EDDIE LONG, NOT BEING CONFRONTED BY BLACK CHURCH,NAACP, BLACK POLITICIANS,BLACK COMMUNITIES...A BLACK PREACHER ACCUSED OF CHILD MOLESTING..BLACK PREACHERS CHEAT ON THEIR WIVES AND SOMETIMES HAVE CHILDREN...HENRY LYONS STOLE 4 MILLION AND WAS LOCKED UP 5 YEARS IN THE 1990'S,HE GETS OUT MARRIES 4TH WIFE,I THINK AND BACK ON THE PULPIT..IF YOU WANT RESPONSIBLE BLACK MEN, THE LEADERS SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE.. JESSE JACKSON JR. SAW HIS FATHER GET AWAY WITH HAVING A MISTRESS SO HE HAD HIS OWN MISTRESS..REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING IS NOT ON THE PULPIT,LIKE JUSTICE THURGOOD MARSHALL IS NOT ON THE SURPREME COURT....

YEARS AGO,MAYBE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, IF BLACK PEOPLE WOULD GIVE JUST ONE DOLLAR EACH,WE COULD SOLVE SOME PROBLEMS IN OUR COMMUNITY.20 MILLION PLUS BLACK POPULATION..W.E.B DUBOIS TALENTED TENTH,PRINCIPLES OF KWANZAA,IF WE WENT BY THAT WE COULD SOLVE SOME PROBLEMS.THERE IS NO BLACK UNITY IN COMMUNITIES,PREACHERS MOTIVATED BY GREED ,NAACP DOES NOT WANT A BLACK WOMAN OVER THIS TRANSFORMED FROM ORGANIZATION INTO A BUISNESS NAACP.BLACK POLITICIANS YOU CANNOT TRUST......

ON THE NEWS LAST NIGHT, THE REPUBLICANS ARE CALLING THE WHITE HOUSE THE,GANGSTER WHITE HOUSE,AFTER PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD RAPPER COMMON AT THE WHITE HOUSE,THEY WERE SAYING COMMON IS A GANGSTER RAPPER WHO SUPPORTS COPS BEING GUN DOWN,,I THEY ARE SAYING PRESIDENT OBAMA IS A GANGSTER..

Whitney Houston has checked back into rehab. Houston has a problem, and she realizes she needs help. There have been rumors for a while that Houston has been indulging in drugs and alcohol, but now it has been confirmed. Houston is trying to get herself ready for the movie Getting To Happy, which is the sequel to her box office hit Waiting To Exhale. The original movie came out in 1995, and all the original stars are coming back for the sequel (Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine and Lela Rochon). Forest Whitaker will be directing, and Terry McMillan just finished the movie script. Will Houston be ready to step in front of the cameras? Can she beat her addictions? The past yea…

On Tuesday I made a post on my blog entitled “Tavis Smiley is no good for Black folks!” The provocative title was used to encourage people to read the post so that I could talk about one of the good things Tavis has done and that is start SmileyBooks. I began by describing why I did not always like Tavis. My dislike for Tavis really began when I saw Tavis’ reaction to Barack’s declining to participate in Tavis’ State of Black America forum. However in hindsight my impression of Tavis has changed to one that is very favorable. I discovered pretty quickly that many people – at least those that commented on my Blog and on Facebook page DESPISE Tavis! I was ac…

Just in case this post by Troy got buried in the debate thread I am making it a separate one Two writers with two very different prespectives on President Barack Obama; read what they have to say and vote on which opinion most closely matches yours. http://aalbc.it/obamaprocon

IF WE WOULD FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLES OF,KWANZAA AND W.E.B. DUBOIS TALENT TENTH WE COULD SOLVE OUR ON PROBLEMS....

1. Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience. 2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list. 3. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. 4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong. 5. We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public. 6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left. 7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. 8. Evening news is where they begin with 'Good Evening', and then proceed to tell …

I thought this would be interesting to revisit on a Black Book site since I wasn't here when the fall out occurred. **SOME** huge GAY fans of Kola Boof were greatly offended by something I did & it became a big article on WomanistMusings.Com. For my reading at the National Black Theater last year, I invited some of the so called "Drag Queens" who impersonate me (I think I'm the first author to have impersonators--which is why I'm supposedly a Diva according to my friend Dream Hampton). Anyway, the behavior of the "girls" and our comedy routine drew a huge and resounding criticism. Photo of the REAL KOLA BOOF posing with Tamarrah, my …

Busy week-end, huh? Well, Wills and what's-her-name finally got married in a wedding that all of the network talking heads were gushing over. Me, I didn't think it was all that. Handsome Prince Charming? No. A dork who's losing his hair. A wedding dress that looked "off-the-rack" being worn by an anorexic groupie who got lucky. God Save the Queen, whose wedding outfit made her look like an ad for Agent Orange. Prince Charles has grown so old waiting for his Mum to step down that he looks more like her brother than her son. First TuPac. Then Biggie. Now Osama. Somebody snitched on him and Obama's gang did a drive-by. Look out, Gadhafy. You next, bro. Ame…

A man goes to Hawaii and finds President Obama’s birth certificate.

An event that deserves to be spoofed. Have all you ladies sent away for the replica of the engagement ring on sale for $19.99 everywhere you look? replay for best results

Smooth Jazz at its best. http://youtu.be/peON5K7kOBE

What won't Lady GaGa come up with next??? What day comes after March 31st?

(FinalCall.com | 03-11-2011) - Minister Farrakhan blasted Pres. Obama and Secy. Clinton for their arrogance in meddling in another sovereign nation's affairs and publicly recommending regime change. He then instructed Americans to look beneath the surface to see who stands to benefit from the unrest and warned Pres. Obama to be careful of the words coming from advisors lobbying him to move in with military forces to depose Libya leader, Col. Gadhafi.

Brother Manning Marable just passed away after a long battle with lung complications. He was only 60 years old. But the scholary contributions he made cannot be understated. I, like so many other black Americans, knew little if anything about this brilliant black scholar. Sadly, he did not see the final publication of his meticulously researched and documented biography of Malcolm X (which has just been released). His biography of our Shining Black Prince (given by Ossie Davis) should be at the top of your books to get list. This is one of numerous videos of brother Manny at Democracy Now. Manny Marble and Malcolm X

MILLION DONALD TRUMP,I THINK HE IS SENDING SOMEONE TO HAWAII,INVESTIGATING THE PRESIDENT,BEING AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. .THE DEVILS CHILDREN ARE PLANNING TO KEEP HIM FROM BEING RE ELECTED..

A funny thing happened on the way to the revolution. Somebody forgot to tell us that, in our rush out the door to join in the riches of the larger society as a result of desegregation, we might want to preserve at least some to the things that made us a self-sustaining community, just in case. Well, with the current high unemployment rates among African-Americans, higher than the nation as a whole, that "just in case" moment may be here. The one thing we may have forgotten to do "just in case"? Mind our own businesses! It’s no surprise that, as times get tough, people tend to look out for their own. Yes, that means a lot of cronyism, a little bit o…

Ghosts from the extinct middle class tell why it no longer exists. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0KP5FTR7Co

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Did anybody see Tavis Smiley on Bill Maher's TV show this past week? I know if ol carey watched it he had to have been apoplectic with what Tavis and Bill had to say about Obama as they gave new meaning to the word "hater" - the label carey pins on anybody who doesn't kiss the same asses he does. Bill and Tavis both calmly stated with clarity and logic their cases for being disappointed with Obama, or as Carey calls this: "hatin". Not being a particular fan of Tavis, I have to admit that he gives the distinct impression that he thinks the country would be better served if he was president. Bill gets my vote because unlike most white liberals he’s not a hypocrite. An…

Xeon's post about what black women name their children got me thinking about the weird habit whites in the American west have of giving their boys names that start with "La-"...LaDell, LaVell, LaVern, etc. I went looking for popular names online and found that the government tracks that. That got me thinking about comparing white names and black names with some real data. So I went to a Social Security web site where you can look up the most popular baby names in each state. I pulled up the top 100 girl names from 2008 where there are the highest and lowest percentages of blacks: District of Columbia (60 percent black) and Montana (0.3 percent black). Then I crossed off t…

Clarence Thomas believes we should follow the Constitution as originally written. The Constitution as originally written contained three clasues protecting slavery. Under that Constitution Clarence could have been sold along with the farm animals and the furnitutre. Is Clarence a genius, or what? John Howard

I live in Hemet, California. My next door neighbor made the news today with his pet alligator. I had no idea of all this illegal stuff was going on: My link My God. I'm just done. ~~ Here's a pic of me with my own animals.

I recently did some work on my family tree, tracing the Howard line on my father's side back to my great grandmother, Pinneta, born a slave in Tarboro County, North Carolina in 1854. In the course of doing this I came to know who my forebears were and to understand the times in which they lived. This on-going quest to uncover the family past has deepened my knowledge of black history and given me a more sophisticated understaning of the complex era in which we live.If anyone is thinking of exploring their family tree I would be happy to give them some pointers.

March 25th will be the 60th anniversary of the death of Oscar Micheaux, the first major African-American film-maker. Within Our Gates and Body and Soul (with Paul Robeson) are his best films, in my opinion. Try to see them if you have not already done so, or if you have---see tham again. My recent book FACES IN THE MIRROR: OSCAR MICHEAUX AND SPIKE LEE compares our two greatest directors. John Howard My link

“I believe in the one-drop theory,” Halle Berry says in the latest issue of Ebony. She makes that statement to explain why she considers her daughter, who has three white grandparents, to be black. "I want Black people to know that I haven’t abandoned them because I’ve had a child with a man outside of my race and I’m dating someone now outside my race who is Spanish and French." A few thoughts: "Spanish" and "French" are not races but nationalities. White is not "outside my race" for someone who is half white. The concept of "outside" presumes race as a boundary for human interaction. When Berry was born, the one-drop rule was still the law of th…

Where is Kola Boof when we need her? Wonder if she watched the NAACP "IMAGE" AWARDs Friday?? Image, indeed. There was certainly a preponderance of high-yellow, blue-eyed winners among the nominees; e.g. Vanessa Williams, Terrence Howard, Colin Powell, not to mention an olive "colored" Hispanic sitcom star, and the light-eyed gold-toned Regina King. And of course there was Halle Berry in all of her one-drop glory, modestly accepting an award from the light-skinned hazel-eyed Prince, displaying his usual eccentric behavior. I suspect the cameras were kept off the reaction of the losers in the audience, whose melanin must've blanched. What would the show have done wi…

Whatever happened to my frienemy Chrishayden? His absence seems to have coincided with the appearance of a new member named "Toby". Has our Chrissy thrown in the towel and turned things over to the negroes? Or, is St. Louis' favorite soap box orator being held captive somewhere, betrayed by the street walker he was trying to solicit, then taken away and tied up and gagged and forced to watch Bill Cosby show re-runs? And to the "scorekeeper" who shall remain nameless, it will make me no difference whether anybody responds to this. Just foolin around, waiting for my daughter to show up so we can make our monthly trip to WalMart. The spring fashion line should be out …

The on-going saga of Chris Lee... ...leads to some interesting news about attitudes on interracial dating. The married New York congressman resigned this week when it was revealed that he had been trolling for love online. It turns out the prospective craiglist date who outed him after she Googled his real identity is a fetching mixed-race woman (she describes herself as "black-Irish"). She has a blog called "Fly Black Chick," where she has addressed the episode with verve. In commenting on the story, Zennie Abraham cites a new study about the racial preferences of online daters. From the press release: New research from the Universi…

There are few activities I enjoy more than attending an NBA game! Since my son has a lttle clout, he got me, my daughter, and 2 grandsons free tickets to see the Bulls and the Detroit Pistons face off last night. Boy! 'Talk about excitement! The United Center was jam-packed with all of us roaring Bull fans, and there was never a dull moment starting with the spectacular introductions of the home team's starting line up, continuing on through the time-out shows featuring tumblers, and dancing girls, and 3-point shooting contests, and rolled up souvenir T-shirts being fired into the audience from toy cannons, video sweepstakes games flashed on the huge TV screens posi…

I was in the gym yesterday, on a treadmill, channel surfing and noticed Oprah and Iyanla talking to each other. I was like "whoa!" I stopped surfing and checked out the conversation. it was very interesting. It did not seem at all orchestrated or rehearsed. It seemed real. I thought the dialog was quite enlightening, This was the first time I'd watched the Orprah program for more that 5 minutes in maybe 20 years. This episode was quite compelling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ega5sPXbthc More on the Oprah Website http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Meet-Iyanla-Vanzant-Video

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http://www.parade.com/celebrity/celebrity-parade/2010/1222-oprah-winfrey-extras.html I thought she was going to retire and move to Mars?

Game. After watching the sequel to Wall Street, “Money Never Sleeps”, director Oliver Stone did a wonderful job to shoot the film with the focus on what these traders did on a regular basis. The story tells itself, but he focused on the nooks and crannies, which he is a master at. He captured the mannerisms and little details, such as a broker guzzling down a 5 hour energy drink, which gives the viewer insight to the job and what it takes to perform it. Trading stock, analyzing it and managing it requires high brain activity, linear thinking and some ad-libbing when things get hot in the kitchen. Most of us will not participate in such a high-risk,…

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"BigBuck" has nothing on Cynique. I can write trite poetry, too. In a world full of turmoil where dire conflict reigns, countries alternate between losses and gains. Democracy-starved Egyptians are engaging in riots, while overweight Capitalists feast on the latest fad diets. Financially-stable China is the new sheriff in town, and, like Europe and Japan, America’s economy is down, struggling with war and persistent unemployment, fending off Generals wanting more troop deployment. The English are preparing for Prince William’s wedding, scurrying like bugs infesting a hotel room’s bedding. North and South Korea…

If You Were My Girl Friend - Again? Jack & Jill ran up the hill to get a marriage license/ They found bliss and shared a kiss/ and that's the end of the story. Wouldn't that be great? Through the storms of adultery, physical and mental abuse, uncommon interests, gambling, selfishness, alcoholism, deceit, sloth and boredom, wouldn't it be great if we all could be like Petunia (Ethel Waters) & Little Joe. Yes sir, Little Joe was a gambling womanizer but Petunia still loved her Little Joe. The devil tried to take Little Joe, but eventually they were hand in hand, walking to the Cabin In The Sky. That was a great movie - wasn't it. But what about now? …

I'm in mourning for the demise of all the provocative observations from regular members that were posted after January 11th, and were deleted along with the spam that attached itself to them. I guess white racists have to be ever vigilant in reminding Blacks how much contempt they hold for them. I can't imagine black people making a project out of going to a white site and saturating it with hate. We find better things to waste our time on.

"BigBuck" is having a field day with assorted "member" profiles on this board. Altho he isn't listed as a member, if he has infiltrated your "friend" list, by clicking on to his name you will be exposed to the foul excrement of this racist asshole. At some point, however, all you can do is laugh at this drivel because it's so over-the-top it loses its effect. The President of the United States, who is a man of color, neutralizes these stereotypes, and white trailer park trash rivals them.

A little while ago there was a great outpouring of concern for the health of Nelson Mandela when he took sick--primarily in your white establishment press. I guess they should be grateful--he and the ANC let them keep all the money and power. I will be ambivelent toward Mandela. He could forgive the Aparthied Regime for jailing him, killing and torturing thousands of his brothers and sisters, opressing millions, stealing the wealth. But he couldn't forgive Winnie for allegedly cheating on him while he was locked up. I see where his priorities were.

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

Shout out to Micheal Vick. What you fans don't know is that on an organization level Philly got all of y'all thinking that they wanted Kolb as the starter. When in reality, it was silent motivation for Mike to reclaim his spot in the NFL as a starter an human hilight film as the signal caller. Since being dropped like a bad habit by Atlanta, the man has gone through hell only few can ever even attempt to imagine. Lost over 100 million dollar in salary in the blink of a eye, public humiliation and even did a stint in the bing and worked construction afte getting released. Damn, Virginia is hurting boy. First, AI then Vick, then Charlie Brown went crazy (Chris …

You don't have to have a passing interest in numerology as I do, to be intrigued by what the new year will allow us to observe. Four times next year something rare will occur either at 11:11 AM or 11:11 PM when for 1 minute the day, month, year and hour will be represented by a series of ones beginning with the first day of January during which time we will be able to notate: 11111111 or (1/1/11 @11:11 AM or PM.) On January eleventh virtually the same thing will occur thusly: 111111111 or (1/11/11 @ 11:11 AM or PM) Not done yet. This is what further distinguishes 2011 from other years where it's possible to match up the day, month, year and hour, because in 201…