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@aka Contrarian....your home team, Da Bears had an excellent season. Especially compared to the past few years. 1st year Head Coach Ben Johnson deserves a lot of credit for helping QB Caleb Williams and the offense play better. HC Johnson assembled a very good coaching staff too. Defensive Coordinator Dennis Allen earned his money in his 1st year with Da Bears. I thought HC Johnson should have gone for a 2 point conversion after QB Williams threw that miraculous TD to tie the game. If the conversion was successful, Da Bears would have been in the NFC championship game. From a strategic perspective, I understand why HC Johnson played for overtime. Hindsight is always 20/15. Nonetheless, Da Bears and their fans should be very proud of the team. They have a bright future ahead.

Sounds like somebody has replaced Pioneer with an AI entity. the BEARS continue to amaze, inspire, and revitalize me. I adore Caleb and I'm loving every minute of this fantastic season, - knowing all good things must come to an end!

"Thinking outside the box" is fine if you are of a mind to do a lot of work and shoulder a lot of responsibility and stake claims on critical thinking. And, come to think of it, I never met a conspiracy theorist who didn't brag about "thinking outside the box"... so, there's that. But lazy lovers of leisure like me are not so inclined. However I, too, was an avid reader, with writing skills that enabled me to become a contributing columnist to the op-ed pages of a major Chicago newspaper back in the 1970s where my letters-to-the-editor invoked so much response that I was approached by the newspaper to become their resident voice of the black viewpoint. Which I was, for several years. Boy, was that fun. On the job at my local Post Office where I passed up supervisory positions because dealing with time cards required much more effort than the job I held stamping "Registered" on the envelopes of mail containing valuable contents, along with being the go-to person for revising and editing the bulletins and memos dispatched from the front office. And tho I wasn’t thinking outside the box, - I did sing outside the building, because on many mornings one of my favorite things to do was tag along with the maintenance man when he performed his flag-raising duty. While he ran ol glory up the flag pole in front of the building, I would stand by and sing the national anthem. To me, this was just for fun, but being a veteran, the janitor took his duties very seriously and always saluted when he was done. God bless America. And of course after I retired back in the 90s, I got caught up in the self-publishing craze and churned out 3 books which I lost interest in when time came to promote them; too much trouble. Having 5 kids would have to serve as my accomplishments in life, what I achieved - between the sheets. So the roles of a dilettante and wanna-be Renaissance person have been the "this above all" to which mine ownself "has been true". Have at it all you innovative go-getters. Somebody has to take up my slack. But keep in mind, being lazy may have something to do with my longevity. zzzzzzzzzzzz Being a CHICAGO BEAR fan may just become my undoing. I might slit my wrists if they lose to those damned cheese head Green BayPackers tonight! GO BEARS!

For those who have rolled into 2026, let's hope that it is a year filled with Love, Joy, Peace, Prosperity, Health and Happiness. In the meantime, I will continue calling balls & strikes i.e. offering my opinions/perspectives on whatever comes up around here. I enjoy the easy chair I've taken up. As always, many thanks to brotha @Troy for providing & maintaining this platform. Much appreciated.

If we lived in a perfect world, none if these bumps in the road would hamper one's life's journey. Folks need to be reminded on a regular basis that "nobody promised you a rose garden". At some point little girls and boys have to mature into adults who deal with reality. Life is not fair.

MLK didn't ask to be the leader of the Civil Rights movement. It was a responsibility thrust upon him because he was so good at articulating grievances. It was like, he woke up one morning during the Montgomery bus boycott and all of sudden he was its leader! He did not have time to map out a precise strategy or a long range grand plan, he and his cobbleled-together posse just kinda made it up as they went along, with Mahatma Gandhi's nonviolent philosophy as their inspiration. The idea of making a lot of long-range, multi-faceted demands was out of the question at that time. The movement just focused mainly on equal opportunities, and King endeavored to appeal to the conscience of his oppressors. Integration was a counter to the separate but equal policy that was nothing more than subtle Jim Crowism. Integration represented fellowship and harmony where little black boys and girls would join hands with their white counterparts and partake of equality through tolerance. It was a dream; hence King's "I have a dream" speech. In hindsight, it's easy to criticize him for not embracing the militancy of those like Malcom X and the Black Panthers. But MLK was a man of his times and he was just beginning to re-think his goals when he was assassinated. Many think his taking a stance against the Vietnam war was a mistake but his doing so was in keeping with his pacifism. A cigarette-smoking, scotch- drinking, womanizing King was not perfect, but he fought the good fight, and paved the way for those who eventually came to criticize him for not having more foresight. I lived through King's era, and to me and my contemporaries, he was a real live hero who died a martyr.

It's becoming increasingly obvious that many influencers in these so-called "New Black Media" and "FBA" movements that have been springing up all over social media for the past several years are actually Republican shills masquerading as Black content creators of independent thought. As much as they speak about tangibles for our vote, Reparations, and celebration of our lineage....there are several things they all seem to have in common: 1. They almost never criticize President Trump or the Republican party 2. They constantly criticize the Democrat Party and Democratic politicians both White and Black 3. They are very much anti Black immigrant. It has gone from a "Reparations" movement to a "Delineation" movement where they actively seek to separate and segregate themselves from other Black people. Not just celebrating our unique identity, but also in some cases denying our African roots! I'm also seeing strong evidence of colorism and featurism inside many of these movements that have infiltrated Black social media. I post this because I KNOW for a fact that many of those who follow The New Black Media also frequent this site and read MY content and commentary as well. I'm advising you to be very careful listening to these people and use discernment. Pay attention to not only what people say but what they DON'T say and NEVER say. It's one thing to be anti-immigrant, but if the ONLY immigrants you hear them speaking out against are the Black immigrants....red flag. It's one thing not to trust politics or politicians, but if the ONLY politicians you hear them speaking against are White Liberals and Democrats....red flag.

No, not at all please explain why. It being overly flattering was my biggest critique of Open AI's earlier models. Yes, this is the kind of thing I'm talking about. For any quotes you HAVE to ask the AL for sources and check them. The funny thing if you bust it hallucinating, it will quickly admit the mistake and praise you for it.

Hi all, As Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Black History Month approach, I wanted to share information about my novel Arc of the Universe by Nikki Alexander which recently released in June 2025. The novel takes its name from the quote by Dr. King: "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." The novel is contemporary and literary fiction about race, DEI, and police brutality in the context of big tech. In Arc of the Universe, a Black law professor has the opportunity of a lifetime to design a system of government for an experimental space settlement by a private tech company. But when she is stopped by the police one night in a case of mistaken identity, the filmed encounter thrusts her into the national discourse on racial justice in the United States. She must regain faith in democracy and in political institutions to craft the "government of the future." Kirkus Reviews has deemed it an "engaging, well-written novel about a woman with her eyes on the stars and problems down on Earth." As a Black lawyer myself, I hope the novel inspires others to consider issues of race and social justice in the context of space and technology as well as the central theme that even small actions can help advance the cause. The novel is available from am*zon as well as Barnes and Noble, Bookshop.org, and other major retailers. https://www.am*zon.com/Arc-Universe-Nikki-Alexander/dp/B0F8YS7VQG. Read reviews on Goodreads and StoryGraph. https://goodreads.com/book/show/231548320. Thank you for your support!

Of course, humans cannot undo the past. However, humans can absolutely levy a debt against those who have wronged them and collect on it. Jews have collected billions of dollars as a result of the holocaust. The Japanese have collected billions of dollars for the nuclear bombs dropped on Nagasaki & Hiroshima. Civil litigation here in the USA is an example of assigning debt to wrongdoings real or perceived. OJ Simpson was found not guilty of murder yet he lost millions of dollars in civil court for the same crime. Diplomacy requires a multilayered approach. When it breaks down, violence results. When the dust settles and smoke clears, it's back to business as usual. We've seen it play out over several wars. It depends on how one defines freedom & wealth. I don't need your help in constructing what I think and know and opine. My vision of freedom & wealth pertains to FBA/AfroAmericans. It includes a multilayered approach to everything from injustices committed against our people past to present, reparations and security. Once our house is in order, FBA/AfroAmericans can build strategic alliances with other Black folks as it is mutually beneficial. I believe ALL groups of Black folks should be doing whatever it takes to reclaim that which has been stolen from them. By any means necessary.

No one knows "nothing," and that's what makes life fun! We get to ponder, test, and sometimes, when we stay focused, we can win prizes! I posted a link to one of the YouTube channels I watch to see what others have been able to prove, for now, in the world of Quantum Mechanics. The YouTuber started strong, but he lost the plot for a minute, then he returned to the story. My problem with some Western physicists is that they forget to look back to the land of our origin. It appears that, long before Western Physicists came up with Quanta, Ancient Africans referred to this field as "The Net," the energy matrix, the field of living energy behind all physical reality. Neter were the conscious forces of nature, the Divine powers/principles manifested through natural forms. Masters of the Net used thought to shape physical reality. Similarities between The Net and Quanta include: All existence is interconnected. - Africans have several words for this concept, including umoja (unity) and ubuntu (which shares the philosophy "I am because we are..."). Consciousness and intention shape reality, much like the observer effect in quantum mechanics, And matter is a manifestation of spiritual energy. Both Quanta and Neter suggest that an intelligent energy field underpins the physical world. Medu Neter, the divine language, embodies this idea, showing that spiritual energy manifests as matter. Recognizing these parallels enriches my view of how ancient African spirituality aligns with modern quantum theories, emphasizing interconnectedness and the role of consciousness in shaping reality. All that to say, whenever the conversation turns to the Western concept of quantum mechanics, I always go back to the source, "The Net" and Ancient African spirituality. Thank you again!

@Mel Hopkinsthe longer I live, the more I'm inclined to concur that chaos is the "norm" that we have to try and make sense of. Quantum physics certainly seems to suggest this.

Happy New Year @aka Contrarian and AALBC Fam! As for the two popular words, I avoid both like COVID-19. Still, I like hearing about new things. I've never heard of Zipf's law. In fact, I wondered if it was a law or an odd occurrence. Well, you know, I ran to Gen AI to see how we use this empirical law and why it matters. And wow! "Coherence" is the long story short. It helps you examine your writing from a mathematical perspective. Still, I also found that "writing for likes" could have forced writers, even me, to stop fully expressing ourselves, especially in storytelling. I compared a story I wrote in 2009 with a story I wrote in 2025 - and Gen AI said I didn't sacrifice the long tail for the head in my writing - (whew). Still, in a way, I knew that because I rarely go viral with any of my stories. Thank you for sharing this new (to me) information. It even helped me to update my 2009 story as a cautionary tale for 2026!

I don't have any positive memories of her. I just remember she was on Star Trek.

Would you say US Blacks are free?

Yeah, I couldn't remember whether it started in the 60s or 70s. 1968

Of course, I'm not surprised by your opinion/position. However, let it also be stated that English is the most spoken language in the world. That is not a lie or false praise or misrepresentation. It is a fact. English is the language that allows us to communicate on this forum.

So many. The 1985 super bowl shuffle video, of course. And this season, all of the last minute come-from-behind victories orchestrated by the "ice man" QB Caleb Williams. Those thrilling moments were like something out of a movie. Unreal! We were on our way to another one of these miracles this past Sunday - but no such luck...

I think this is a trick question.....lol

@Pioneer1behave yourself

....where DO you come up with these analogies???

I've been kinda scarce lately, because on a whim last week, I asked Chat GPT (Open AI), Claude (Anthropic), and Gemini (Google Deep Mind) to redesign my homepage. As part of the prompt, I gave it my code for the page. I fully expected Chat GPT to win as I have been using it to help me code my site for the past year at least. Chat GPT's results were worse that what I currently had in place, Claude's output was completely useless, and Gemini results were breath taking -- seriously! I was like, I can work with this! I basically, dropped everything and dedicated the past week to plowing through my site and redesigning the front end and cleaning up the back end. There were files that I completely skipped over in my last major overhaul in 2018 because I just did not know how to migrate the content. I automated manual tasks and have made the site easier to maintain. I conservatively estimate that it would have taken me more than a year to accomplish what I've done in the past seven days with Gemini -- and that was with the free service! Yesterday morning I asked it to code something and the code was unusable; designed as if it did not know what site it was working on for the last 5 days. I asked Gemini if it'd forgotten everything we'd worked on. It replied, matter-of-factly, “Yes.” I was floored and could not imagine what it would take to bring it back up to speed on the last 5 days of work. The fix was simple I signed up for a Goole Pro account $19/mt (I'd cancelled my Open AI account days earlier when I learned what Gemini was capable of) and created a "gem" which is like a project folder where I update instructions and content that summarized when we'd done over the past few days. That took less than 30 minutes and we were off to the races again. I've glossed over many details and over the course of a few days I've seen brilliance (it would do something I would never have thought of) and I've seen what seems to me relatively dumb thing; there were a couple of times we were stuck with a seemingly intractable problems that the AI could not solve that I ultimately used my brain to solve with surprising trivial fixes. The power of AI in the hands of multibillionaire concerns me far more than the Trump presidency, climate change, reparations, or who will win the next Super Bowl -- through I hope it is the Bears.

I've heard of Miss Black America but I have no idea of what she actually does.

I'm curious to know how POTUS OJ will usher in a new age of success and enlightenment for AfroAmericans. So far, none of the 's thievery seems to be enriching Black folks.

Another come from behind win for da Bears. QB Caleb Williams is writing his own story up there.

Of course, because they are nosey as h8ll.

haha @ProfD white folks read?

@richardmurray...maybe the white folks will read your dissertation above and be motivated to speed up the Universal Basic Income (UBI). However, if/when UBI comes to fruition, rest assured that Black folks will get the shortest end of it.

Skin color is genetic... Race is not genetic.....but social Race is not genetic.... Skin color is one factor associated with/to race...... among many As far as science goes....yes all humanity is based on earth All organizations and government are social Ok cool

@Mel Hopkins it was ChatGpt

OMG! It is clearly obvious that this woman turned her wheel sharply to the right and was in no way trying to run over that ICE agent! She had just returned after dropping her six year old child off to school. I am wondering if these ICE agents stalk her because she was a lesbian because it seems ridiculous for them to go up to her car like that when she is not even an illegal immigrant. This is a complete shocking tragedy and in broad daylight. After he shot her three times, he said "F3cking B3tch". She had three little children that depended on her and now, they will be traumatized. Poor little babies. Rep Jazmin Crockett Broke down when speaking about the murder of this woman. May She RIP--Renee Nicole Good. RIP Renee Nicole Good

They are, however most people don't know anything about them. They are just learning. And even most of the people who DO know, don't understand the SPIRITUAL importance of these yearly time periods and why they were observed in the first place. The wise elites who replaced them with the current ritualistic religious holidays understood and still use them for THEIR own empowerment...lol. This is one of the main reasons the fiscal year doesn't end in December but in September (Autumn Solstice)

During a recent "vacation" I took to reading old issues of Ebony Magazine. I have a collection of about 30 issues from the 50's and 60's. The images below are from the September 1963 issue. I found the magazine simply fascinating. It can be purchased on Amazon (not for sale by me) and Google has made this issue available online, Interestingly, I see no indication that Ebony has provided an online archive on their website. I still find it amazing, annoying even, that Google profits from Ebony's content while Ebony loses out on traffic and associated revenue. Of course, I've been critical of Ebony's online presence in the past, but it still irks me when they blow opportunities by failing to take advantage of their wealth of information. Run a Google search on Ebony Magazine September 1963, as see how many pages deep you have to go before you even see a link to Ebony Magazine's website. The quality of writing was superb for a magazine marketed to a Black mass audience. The whole idea that these types of articles (long form, written above a 8th grade reading level, not celebrity or scandal driven) don't appeal to Black readers in 2014 does not hold water--particularly with so many more Black people holding college degrees in 2014 compared to 1963. The article depicted below, "Negro in Literature Today" was written by John A. Williams. Williams offered a terrific, now historical, snapshot about the best Black writers in 1963. Most of the authors cited are profiled here on AALBC.com, but there were a couple of writers I was unfamiliar with, but rest assure I will profile them here on AALBC.com shortly. I can't image Ebony or any mainstream magazine publishing a piece like this today. While the contest was the advertised products often left a lot to be desired. Advertisements for cigarettes and hard liquor dominated. I was also surprised to see ad for skin lightening creams. The dichotomy between the advertisements and the content was much more stark back then. Cynique in some ways I envy your generation. Don't get me wrong you can keep the overt racism and segregation you had to deal with, but I think the Black community was better served by their institutions (publications, churches, civil right organizations, HBCU's, etc). What do you think?

@Mel HopkinsQuantum entanglement is so outre it's scary. When I suspect I am experiencing it, I just surrender and go with the flow wherever it takes me. What I had in mind in regard to chaos being the norm, was the "wave function collapse" property of Quantum physics wherein the unobserved is in flux until you gaze directly at it and your eyes integrate it into an image - which disintegrates when you look away. Conversely there's the opposite phenomenon wherein you see things out of the corner of you eyes and when you turn your head to look directly at what you glimpsed, it disappears -inexplicable occurrences that we are apparently not on the same frequency with. But endeavoring to relate them into coping-with-life lessons would be figuring out a way to derive order from the chaos of life by keeping your eye on the prize in order to bring it into fruition, while not being captivated by fleeting distractions. Just my vague personal analogy which acknowledges that "I know that I know nothing".

-Man, was this funny! I gotta hand it to you.....uh....Cy....uh...aka Constance......you sure do get off a GOOD one, every now and then! Mel Happy New Year miss lady! Although personally, I celebrate the New Year on my BIRTHDAY. That's the "new year" for me...lol.

IMO, the New Black Media should stay focused on the following: 1) Reporting issues of which FBA/AfroAmericans need to be aware under the system of racism white supremacy 2) Maintaining our history and recognizing our master teachers i.e. Black folks past and present 3) Highlighting positive accomplishments of FBA/AfroAmericans 4) Networking opportunities 5) Reparations There is really no reason for FBA/AfroAmericans to be concerned in one way or another with non-oppressor groups of people. FBA/AfroAmericans should delineate from other groups of people that: 1) do not want to build strategic alliances 2) support the system of racism white supremacy Otherwise, FBA/AfroAmericans have enough issues to deal with instead of putting on a cape for others. History proves that from slavery up to present, no other group of people has significantly helped FBA/AfroAmericans here the USA. FBA/AfroAmericans should not get into petty beefs or go back & forth with any other group of people especially other Black folks. They are victims too. The mission of FBA/AfroAmericans should be putting in the work necessary to make America pay for its original sin. Anything else is a smoke screen or distraction. A waste of time & energy.

ProfD Taylor Fritz is a fellow tennis player. I do not believe he's linked to Coco Gauff. They don't have to be linked...to LINK UP, lol. Remains to be seen if he drops his white model girlfriend and starts kicking it with Coco Gauff. Since when did already having a girlfriend or wife keep White men away from some of that hot Coco? We should ask Coco Gauff if she hss jungle fever and if so...was it inspired by the Williams sisters It's not her.... HE'S the one acting like he's:

Let's call it for what it is..... Nigeria got pimp slapped. Nigeria claiming to "ok" this strike or even "ask" for it is just an effort to save face because in reality there wasn't much they could have done to stop it anyway. It's like that DJ Pooh in Friday trying to save face with Deebo by not asking for his bike back.......... He didn't ask for it back because he was AFRAID to. He knew Deebo would only give it back IF he wanted to and WHEN he wanted to and there wasn't shit he could do about it. He knew Deebo could easily beat his ass...lol. His ignorant ass father either didn't know or didn't understand this and tried to FORCE the boy to "stand up" for himself and demand the bike back and the results were as expected: The same situation applies to Nigeria. Trump was going to strike in Nigeria anyway whether the government agreed to it or not and there was little they could do to stop it. Them "objecting" to it or putting up some sort of resistance would have only made things work because they aren't militarily strong enough to do so. But there's another problem......... The REACTION so many Black podcasters are having over this strike. They sound like Pooh's silly ass father when they criticize Nigeria and call them weak or point the finger at them as if they actually could of done otherwise. It shows a level of insensitivity, ignorance, and immaturity that's I'm beginning to expect from them when it comes to criticizing other Black folks for doing or not doing things that THEY clearly aren't in a position to do either. "Why yall let America strike targets in your country like that? Why didn't yall fight back? Man,yall weak....see...that's why yall aren't respected by other nations! They wouldn't have done that to China! Africans need to learn how to be a military force to be respected and reconned with!" These same niggaz on podcasts criticizing Nigeria for "letting" Trump strike inside the country....if the police come up in THEIR house and slap them and their families around and lock them up....ain't shit THEY would be able to do about it besides sit there and cry. So many American Black folks have been beat up and shot down by the police and THEY didn't fight back, but they want to criticize Africans and other Black nations when racism harms them and THEY don't fight back. It is what it is. These Black folks didn't fight back because they weren't strong enough to. Calling themselves "fighting back" ...at this point...would have probably made the situation worse because America would have probably responded with a strike that would have decimated what military power they DO have! We can criticize people for selling out, especially when it's not necessary; however Black people need to stop this habit of attacking fellow victims of racism. It's clearly a cover or way to deal with their own misplaced feelings of helplessness.

@ProfDObviously, cobbling together blaxploitation trash is Pioneer's alternative to long opinionated posts.

@ProfDWe are witnessing the personification of the treachery and ruthlessness that fuels white supremacy. Good guys finish last. That's why Democrats and all their inclusive "lifting others as we climb" Liberalism are rendered impotent. These "America First" policies will benefit the rich, and the masses wil limp along with just enough to get by. Same ol, same ol.

The universe eventually takes care of those beyond reach. The numbers haven't reached epidemic levels like fentanyl deaths. That's when white folks will start ringing the alarm. FBA/AfroAmericans don't need a pimp. Not necessarily. Some team owners lead it. Professional sports teams are set up to make tons of money. Winning is secondary. Relegate them to a certain class/status. I was referring to them looking down on FBA/AfroAmericans based on propaganda they have been fed by white folks. However, just like my African tribe had to learn, a lot of FBA/AfroAmericans are very well off. Can't look down on us. We don't need them for anything. They show up at my house for family functions grinning and smiling like Jack-O-Lanterns and drinking and eating up food like they just jumped off a Save the Children commercial. Only up until they're around successful FBA/AfroAmericans. They learn. Enjoy brotha @richardmurray's latest white paper.

ProfD IMO, NF Jr. is right in that regard. Taking care of those who need the most help reduces the likelihood of them becoming hopeless, desperate and dangerous. Some of these clowns you can't help. Look at how so many parents have been killed by their own crazy ass drug addicted children who they let stay with them. The ONLY way to take care of some of these fools is to take them out back somewhere and take care of them...as Dr. Umar would say: "FOR GOOOOOD!" Good luck. A higher power hasn't save any country or group of people yet. It takes 1) violence or 2 ) benevolence for a group of people to improve themselves. When I say a HIGHER POWER needs to keep the community stable and protected I'm talking about another benevolent nation who would have our best interests in mind. Ofcourse I definitely welcome DIVINE POWER to come in and do it; however since I'm talking to YOU....I was speaking of a powerful nation. A nation with a military strong enough to keep us protected from any outside aggression or meddling in our affairs as well as one strong enough to step in and prevent our community from devolving into chaos and civil war....so could focus strictly on improving ourselves. I don't know of any nation on the planet currently who is strong enough AND benevolent enough to do this for AfroAmericans. Team sports shows that working together cooperatively leads to success. That's because sports teams are a controlled environment where: 1. There's a clear and undisputed leader: The coach 2. There's a clear objective: To win games 3. Although many people may try out and join the team, the team only keeps players who are qualified to BE on the team. Those who aren't qualified or players who become dead weight on the team end up getting cut. How do you "cut" unqualified members from an entire race or ethnic group? Instead of fleeing to a predominantly white country, I wonder why those Black folks won't solve that problem in their home countries. Surely that's a rhetorical question.....lol. if a man cannot stand on bizness in staying put and fixing his home country, he has no right to flee & talk sh8t to and/or look down on people in another country. Many Africans don't look down on White Americans....they look down on BLACK Americans, lol. They figure they're in the country because WHITE FOLKS let them come here...not us....and THAT'S who they choose to do business with. Many of them don't even consider Black folks as "real Americans"...lol. That's why so many of them were surprised that we couldn't be deported. They feel this is "white folks" house. If I'm a guest in somebody's house, I'm concerned about how THEY feel....not one of their dysfunctional children living down in the basement, lol. Now excuse me as I kick back, drink some herbal tea, and read this joint richardmurray just dropped....lol.

I intend to do just that right after I tell YOU to myob.

@nels the assessment of historians is certainly more credible than the biased opinion of a right wing synchophant like you. The Retrumpican con man whose boots nels licks.

I have always found it amusing that Black folks tried to hold Black rappers to a higher moral standard especially when it came to their lyrics. The same Black folks would watch white produced movies filled with violence and nudity. A white man kill up a bunch of folks and f8ck several women...no problem. Blockbuster at the box office. Blacks folks in theaters grinning and eating popcorn while contributing to the profits of those same movies. OTOH, let n8gglets gang-bang and be misogynistic on wax and self-righteous Black folks were ready to call the FBI. Somehow, rap music was destroying the Black community. Nevermind the fact that pimps, prostitutes and dope dealers, gang-bangers and murderers were around before rap music. Also, the same self-righteous Black folks weren't complaining about blaxploitation movies and Richard Pryor, Millie Jackson and Blowfly records. C. Delores Tucker was probably smoking Virginia Slim cigarettes and sipping on a Singapore Sling while watching those same movies or listening to those *dirty* records too. As brotha Malcolm X said..."who taught you to hate yourselves". Young cats like Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole are very intelligent and know how to interview. Again, it's easy for older generation to cast aspersions on the generation behind them. The reality is that there is nothing new under the sun. Same sh8t (game), different players. @Troy nails it in that regard. Just like blaxploitation movies, some pimps had high-pitched voices and permed hair (jheri curls in the 1980s) too.

I would say they are the only folks who can legitimately check the other box on forms.

When she showed that Black female magnificence, I wonder if the feminazis came out with pitchforks back when that episode aired.

Great list... We are looking for something to watch as a family after Christmas (2025) and this is very helpful!

Chev Perhaps..... But based on the "softness" of his voice and some of the images I saw on his youtube channel...... I wonder what kind of "point" is he on...lol. Any man who holds his hand over his mouth in joy or excitement is a little "suspect" in my opinion, lol.

Liquor and cigarette ads were taken in stride. Drinking and smoking were considered cool, and mostly everybody did it, including me. There actually used to be ads claiming 1 out of every 3 doctors preferred Camel cigarettes. Famous athletes also endorsed cigarette brands. But, even back before the "black is beautiful" phase appeared, the ads for skin lighteners didn't meet with a lot of approval. Hair products alternated between hair straighteners and Afro enhancers as the popularity of each style rose and fell down through the years. Fads and fashions came and went, but the quest to exude sex appeal never vanished. When Musk oil first came out, it was all the rage because it really did turn men on. Later, wearing cologne became acceptable among guys and the sale of different brands really took off. Wearing earrings also grew in popularity among men about this time. Yes, back then Blacks were anxious to integrate the white landscape but, they were not entirely compromised. Along the way, the black mystique ended up capitvating white people who came to be impressed with the inimitable hipness and style of soul brothas and sistas.