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Nobody I know uses the term "Afro-American". As far as I'm concerned, it is an obsolete label like - "jive-assed nigga". Over the past 50+years, "Black" is the most common word used when referring to America's slave descendants. Previously, Whites soliciously refrained from publicly calling us what was considered a derogatory term until we started calling ourselves that via the "Black is Beautiful" slogan embraced by the Black Panthers who took their cue from Malcom X. This all took place back in the late 1960s, and from that time forward we, as a people, proudly became "Black" with a capital "B"; going from an adjective to a noun. The idea of blackness being "a state of mind" also came about during this era, presumably to promote inclusiveness, especially since such dynamic activists as Huey Newton, Angela Davis, and Malcom, himself, were light-skinned. In the present, calling negroid Immigrants "African" suffices, because that is what they are, and nobody is confused as to what segment of the American population is being referred to when using that description. This applies to West Indians as well.

@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.

I didn't make that up. I've definitely seen more than my fair share of them.

Clapback to Trump's racist post.

With the murder of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at a VA hospital in Minnesota, who ICE agents riddled with bullets when he went to the aid of a female protestor they were wrestling to the ground, the tense situation in this country has really escalated. Social media is blowin up as Retrumpicans and Dems go at it, with MAGAs labeling Pretti as a gun-carrying domestic terrorist, and Dems describing him as a Good Samaritan who was brandishing a phone not the gun he was licensed to carry and had on him. ICE supporters argue that all of this could've been avoided had Alex Pretti not interfered with federal troops doing their duty while Pretti is being turned into an angel of mercy and martyr by the Left, much to the chagrin of Right wingers who defend the reckless overkill by who the Left refer to as masked, poorly-trained bullies! The camera accounts taken by those on the sideline do seem to contradict the Trump Administration's accounts of Pretti being a threat, and It's Charlie Kirk all over again as the lines are being drawn and the nation becomes more polarized than ever, with Blacks continuing to distance themselves from the conflict, preferring to remind that what happened to Alex Pretti has always gone on in their neighborhoods. As much as I hate MAGAS and ICE, and agree that the camera proves that Homeland Security head, Kristi Noem, is lying, I wish the Liberals would stop the over-the- top aggrandizing of Alex Pretti because it's so obviously hyperbole. Now it has been revealed that Pretti was previously arrested for intervening in another protest and that he was under investigation by ICE officials who were out to get him. smh. One thing for sure is that ICE is bad news and its members who are rumored to be heavily drawn from right wing militias like the Proud Boys, are trigger happy unprofessional storm troopers who need to be dismantled and sent back down their rabbit holes! They have caused nothing but trouble and are a menace to American society.

I think they SHOULD have beauty pageants for men too, but that's not going to be very popular because Black men and men of African descent in general would routinely win them and it would severely damage the concept of White male superiority. In order for White men or Asian men to win "beauty" or "handsomeness" competitions they would literally have to make white skin or slanted eyes one of the traits or standards OF beauty for men, which would go against nature. Other natural markers for male physical attractiveness like muscularity, symmetry, deep voices, smooth and dark skin....Black men rule. Women...not just American women but women all over the globe...consistently see men of African descent as the most physically attractive and masculine regardless of the propaganda and conditioning.

I respectfully bow out of this interaction. It's too much work for a Sunday

I agree. The latter are a showcase for pedophiles In regard to the initial question posed by this thread, I never got around to anwering that yes, I do remember the Miss Black America and Miss Black USA pageants that originated back in the 1960s. Contests to crown Miss "Whatever" were common back then, especially on a local level, and I didn't I pay much attention to the details of a national beauty contest. The black versions to determine an American female paragon just struck me as eager attempts to imitate white folks... What I more importantly recall during that era, was how dark-skinned actress Cicely Tyson always got her props when it came to recognizing something other than white beauty, and in1963 she was the first black actress appearing regularly on a network TV series, to wear her hair natural. That CBS program was entitled "East Side, West Side". Over the years, the question I and others posed, just for the sake of needling those people who always want to "read light-skinned blacks out of the race", was: why having other negroid characteristics such as nappy hair and full lips and noses that weren't keen didn't matter as much as having a lot of melanin, especially since the aforementioned characteristics are common among African Americans of all skin tones. The responses to this question tended to suggest that dark skin was more distinguished. And so it goes... As for science usurping consensus, the science most appropriately involved in blackness, is Anthropology because the blackness of America's slave descendants is social as much as science. It is a culture, and state of mind as much as a skin color; it is about essence as much as about geography, it is about soul as much as about body. Of course "high yellows"should not be given preferential treatment. But neither should their skin color automatically disqualify them for representing their people in beauty pageants, etc. There are universal standards of beauty that have nothing to do with color, and the "cuteness" trait is found among all species. Yes, these points can be challenged and disputed, and this is where consensus comes into play. If the majority of people who make up this negroid segment of the American population don't agree on what constitutes their blackness, then science becomes irrelevant, especially if it is based on interpretation. imo 🫨 And, yes, I may have figuratively and petulantly "divorced" America's black sub-division but I'm still "married" to my tribe.

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.

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.

I tried moving the conversation, but It does not look like I can move all of them. I think I moved to start, but the rest of them will have to be cut and pasted To the new one and then delete it here by the users… That is the best I can do

IMO, as a melting pot, the USA warts & all is the composite nation Frederick Douglass envisioned.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/05/trump-religious-right-republicans POTUS OJ spoke at the 2026 National Prayer Breakfast. He rambled on in his style for about 1 hour & 15 minutes. POTUS OJ mused about whether or not he'll make it into heaven. He doesn't believe he will but thinks he should because he's done a lot of good for people. Then, POTUS OJ goes on a 10-minute rant about the US military & bragged about its lethality. A National Prayer Breakfast is not the setting where people brag about their ability to kill others. Yet, while both parties were at the Breakfast, nobody in attendance said a word or booed or turned off his microphone. Instead, they clapped like trained seals. The evangelical right does not seem to use the Bible in the same way that other people do. Especially when it comes to bringing hurt, harm, danger & death & destruction to others.

FBA/AfroAmericans recognized Juneteenth before it became a federal holiday. We might as well roll with it.

The billionaires & global elite will do whatever it takes to protect their own & maintain the system. Bezos may have bought The Washington Post specifically for these times. The Ellisons bought CBS in order to control narratives & programming. It will be interesting to see &/or read The Washington Post a year or so from now. America appears to be on a slippery slope. A is being allowed to run this country into the ground.

@Chevdove any photos of you in the bikini contest?:) haha Thanks for sharing some of your experiences with the topic. Vanessa Williams is also a harlemite of new york city, her father was a dentist if I am correct. and yes, anything that exist, if black people want to control have to own their own. HAving something black own doesn't mean black people are forced to use it, but it means black people have an option that is black owned and has different rules. @Pioneer1 I see:) i am dictatorial in my style, I stifle imagination with the structure of my posts ok I your commentary did not attack or offend the post. Talking about who contest beauty pageants is within the topic of beauty pageants. My point is that these two black owned beauty pageants have emphasized women who can not be deemed yella/white/mulatto while not excluding the range of all black women which are all shades of brown. And since they both exists in the usa, which is a white european country, I think they are fine examples of black ownership that is honest to the larger situation of black people. My offense to your point, is that your talking about black media pundits, not the black owned beauty pageants. Said pundits are mostly male, who are on white owned media outlets usually, with their most beautiful black woman is the yellaist black woman narrative... I don't connect black male pundits in white owned media to black owned beauty pageants. It isn't that your wrong in assessing media pundits, but said pundits don't have any connection to the activities of the black beauty pageants. What matters is that the black owned beauty pageants in the usa exist which emphasize the value of the phenotypical aesthetic most black women in the usa have. The black pundits in white media may be more well known or heard than black owned beauty pageants but that means nothing. If I can find the black owned beauty pageants anybody black can and in them you have the most positive qualities. Black ownership/ unmixed black aesthetic/embrace of the statian black experience/ positive financial quality as both are decades old now. What more can you ask for in the usa? in my mind nothing.

This third poetry collection from poet Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman reflects on global oppression, occupation and the legacy of erasure. It is the first book published through Black Writers for Peace and Social Justice, Inc. Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman's poems explore themes of identity, resistance, social justice, history, culture, and the American machine's cringeworthy hypocrisy. She tenderly examines the political trends/winds with a raw, soulful verse, which begs to be heard. This collection is a unique form of militant jazz. A must read. -Synnika A. Lofton, author of Monsters in My Head Both a meal and a treasure trove of lessons, A Park Stands On All of Our Graves is something to chew on, savor, and swallow...Dr. Ali-Coleman's latest offering, is a dish best served simmering and without an iota of an apology. -B. Sharise Moore, author and poetry editor of FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction

Del Lol....are you sure you posted that in the right thread?

Absolutely not. It's another grift from the clown-in-chief. Just like the tennis shoes, stuffed bears and cards. Whenever POTUS OJ leaves the White House, he will have enriched a whole lotta family & friends. His son-in-law got a billion dollars the last time POTUS OJ was in office. He must be stuffing the youngest son's bank account this time around.

The problem is when there is so much hate being spewed at her not only online but from the Whitehouse and Congress, ofcourse some nuts are going to feel emboldened to try something. MAGA is inciting this type of violence. I like how our petite little sista balded up her fists and charged at the fool like she was ready for some action. .....then called him ugly, lol.

Hey y'all! I've been away too long. I apologize for lack of attention, but that ends today. I'll be posting at least weekly, and I encourage everyone to do so as well. Though there's been a lot of progress with Black representation in scif and fantasy, we still have a long way to go to reach equity, and the best way to do so is to build among ourselves. Thank you for being here. Let's rise!

ProfD They're still free. Well..... Free means unrestrained or unrestricted. Isn't a casket quite restricting? A dead body is SELF restrained...lol. Would you choose to be a slave to another man? You may find my answer appalling but, it depends. It depends what MY situation is at the time and what that man is TRULY (meaning he keeps his word) offering me in exchange for for my bondage. Does being a slave to a particular person offers far more benefits to me and my family than walking around free as a bird? I'm not some bearded White man walking around with an American flag tattooed on his chest yelling and waving "live free or die" flags and shit. That's a lot of dramatization and cosplay. I prioritize happiness and comfort over simple freedom. Especially when it's not real freedom to begin with.

@ProfD Filo + Musk who started yahoo are the only ones from truly financially humble beginnings. And, to be even, they got lucky. Again, less than 1% of all websites failed. So, the entrepreneurial spirit you are talking about failed many non blacks. so.. your argument on the whole is unfounded but... I continue Zuckerburgs father offered his son a mcdonald's franchise , how many black parents can do that or euqivalent for their children? please don't say it is common for black parents to offer the next generation wealth. Gates parents have always been on the boards of big companies, how many black parents are on the boards of large companies while their children are in high school? please don't say it is common. And don't insult black history, again, black people have been blockaded from financial wealth by whites in the usa from1 492 to 1980 nearest holistically. Jobs father is from a fiscally wealthy syrian family. wozniak's father was an engineer for lockheed. Please don't say that they are financially common. Page and BRin for Google had well connected and well off parents. working as engineers for nasa or colleges in the usa. How many black engineers have not been accepted at Nasa? that had every single thing a white engineer did. Nasa is a great job for an engineer. You are connecting with big financial channels. All of them through their relatives or communities, many are white jews or have white jewish background which has a financial aspect to it, some are simply nepo babies, that have money or access to money, like Musk, who is also from a financialy wealth white clan. You mention entrepreneurial spirit but don't mention lack of fiscally capable parents. I know few black people have fiscally aiding black parents. I know that. it is interesting to me how so many black people in the usa accept white power or white advantage but then in assessing black people, blame ourselves as if the white people who are wealthiest in the usa, aren't assisted by white power or white advantage but simply have the entrepreneurial spirit. It is very imbalanced, or uneven thinking. @Pioneer1 I give blood to a blood bank, five times a day. @Troy I have created youtube or tiktok videos to share my art, but I am not the biggest user of either platform. There are a few youtubers I like because they are informative or interesting in the arts. I like Mayowa's world cause she is a black natural haired woman who has insightful positions on black identity, accented cinema cause he makes great posts on asian cinema. I like shadversity cause they develop weapons and test them and have helped me think on weapons in my own stories. So i admit as an artist youtube has some great educational folk. What are your thoughts on what to do about lurkers? any ideas. I comprehend that bots have always been used to augment perceived activity on websites, from the early 1990s. Thinking on it for a minute, from bots to paid real members of websites to now the llm identities, the children of the bots, so much activity online is augmented... two questions come to mind. 1)Of the facebooks/twitter/youtubes/google searches/netflix or other, how many of them used bots to augment their activity to appear positive? In my mind I begin to wonder, how many websites failed cause they didn't invest in bots, didn't invest in ways to augment popularity? If you augment popularity even if you aren't making money, maybe you can keep the investments running, especially in the dot com craze days, the earlier eras of the internet when money flowed to these bleeding firms. 2) what activity online has the least lurkers? I comprehend if one is online it invites de facto lurking, at least the possibility. I guess email, but I imagine you know, if not through experience through conference with others. 3) should black owned websites invested in lurking more ? I remember when beyonce or jay-z had some media thing and it was found out it had a bunch of bots, but it seemed so late in the internet, like an old style bot drive that white people used ten years earlier?

Factually correct. Opinion based upon a flawed foundation of racial stereotype (sounds like more of your big penis belief).

I called it, but where is the credit....lol.

Enjoy my brotha. Here in the USA over 140 million people are enduring a snow storm.

Thanks @ProfD I'm having a midnight snack. Today is Australia Day. It's like the Fourth of July. Except Aboriginal call it Invasion Day.. There's a big Aboriginal festival across the street. Will check out our this year.

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I didn't even know my girl Roberta Flack passed away last year Come on Troy, how could you forget Theo...... Malcolm Jamal Warner

Nevermind. Richard.

@richardmurray I'm long past the time when I should have upgraded this software. There is a completely overhauled version of this platform that I'm interested in implementing. I will probably do it before the end of the year. I'll keep you and everyone posted.

I have not read the conversation, but I'd imagine the maps Richard posed would be having white nationalists wetting their pants. As I travel the country it does seem like there are Mexican everywhere LOL! As AI becomes more powerful, the need to a UBI will become more necessary. We are NOT set up for this. The pitch forks will have to come out first.

@Milton I found this spreadsheet online that says you can make recommendations to it for Worldcon 2026. It has useful information on the sheet, but I haven't quite figured out where to make the book recommendations. When I do, I will add your book, mine (Austin Creek), and all the others that list their books on the next thread. *update: I have added your book and mine to the LONG LONG LONG List of Recommendations, and I will continue to add the others recommendations noted in this forum. In the meantime, I don't see why we shouldn't create our own recommendation list. Of course, people are free to vote from their hearts, but it can be helpful to know that there is a community who knows that you would appreciate their support. Let's use this thread for discussion and the next thread for recommendations. The thread for recommendations will be called WORLDCON RECOMMENDATIONS 2026, and I (and others) can update that post with books, poems, anthologies, and short stories to recommend. Also, let others know if you are a voting member or not. To vote, you have to be a WSFS member by January 31, and the cost is $50. Here is a link to the registration page. @Milton, the virtual panel that I am proposing is about ancestral memory. If you think along those lines, let's connect via email (ksl@legacycollectivebooks.com) so as not to flood this thread. You can also reach out about what's on your mind. I wouldn't mind be part of more than one panel. I do beleive that proposing a panel, workshop, or talk (there seem to be many avenues to get invovled) is the best way to approach Worldcon so that even if your book is not nominated, you can still be seen and share your work and your thoughts.

Hi Kimberly! I've been contemplating nominating my Spacefunk! Anthology. Usually stay away from the awards because of the controversies, but this is a special book that I think deserves notice. I'd also be interested in a virtual panel. I'm not the most popular Black Speculative Fiction writer out there, but there are a few folks involved with the Hugos that know me.

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Dude looks like he could be Diddy's grand-daddy.

@richardmurrayJust go with your assumptions. Why do I have to justify my sentiments to you? All of this is hypothetical.

We have no way of knowing which one of us is right. Do we?

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

I think I'm the only one in this discussion who was alive or at least an adult during the King/Civil rights era during the 1950-60s. And, as I've mentioned many times before, how these times impacted on black people differed from place-to-place. A lot of what I absorbed about these times was from what I saw on TV because in the little western suburb of Chicago where I lived, no overt racial turmoil existed nor were any Jim Crow laws on the books in Illinois. Blacks and whites just went their separate ways, self segregating themselves, observing unwritten laws that perpetuated the status quo of subtle racism. This was a fairly typical atmosphere in that region. I always attended integrated schools, always had a few white friends and neighbors, never had a black teacher, and my Freshman year at the University of Illinois was when this schools' dormitories were first integrated. I've spoken often about how in my Sophomore year there when I moved into one of these dormitories, while black college students in the South were "sittin in" and being arrested at segregated lunch centers, I and my black dormmates were having our rooms cleaned by white maids, and served meals in the dining rooms by white waitresses and waiters who spoke with the accents native to the down state region of Illinois. I've mentioned how I always worked side-by-side with Whites in the Civil Service Federal work force where you were eligible for employment by simply passing a test open to everyone. This is what qualified me to work for both the Veterans Administration and the Social Security Administration before ending up at the U.S. Post Office after passing the postal exam. All during those times. I never got the impression that MLK embodied a tightly-organized, long standing strategy. This was more the domain of A. Phillip Randolph, the head of the Pullman Porters Union, and the leader who actually organized the1963 March on Washington for jobs and opportunities. King was moreorless romanticized as a young minister who was on the fringes of the NAACP bus boycott that Rosa Parks initiated. He was cast as an unknown who was propelled forward to a leadership role because he was so eloquent and intelligent and, subsequently, like Jesus, he surrounded himself with a band of Disciples that included dynamic young turks like Ralph Albernathy, Andrew Young, Julien Bond, John Lewis, and Jesse Jackson, who with the non-violent model of Mahatma Gandhi as their model, marched forth to pursue the integration dream of justice and equality for all! Meanwhile, King's militant counterpart, Malcom X was telling it like it was, ironically doing what Trump did; which was publicly saying all the things about white folks that black folks had always been thinking. I was surprised by Richard's statement that his people laughed at Malcom. Everybody I knew agreed with and admired him. Which just goes to show how history can be in the eye of the beholder and how varied the black experience can be. As for King's personal life, much of what was made public was taken from the FBI files of J. Edgar Hoover who kept MLK under close surveillance. Also, after King's death, in his memoir, Ralph Abernathy inspired a lot of resentment for revealing some things about King's intimate liaisons. "Keepers of the Flame" never forgave Ralph for this. Whatever. King has earned and secured a place of honor and affection in the hearts of his people. RIP MLK.

If Halle Berry and Beyonce self identify as ,"black" because one of their parents is black, then that's good enough for me and millions of other people who accept their decision. They are women of color and the source of the color contained in their genes and DNA is a male negroid parent. ( just like Obama, our first black president. ) Nobody in America has been appointed as the arbitrator when it comes to declaring what constitutes blackness. Because there is no collective consciousness among negroid slave-descended Americans, there is no consensus on this issue and no individual can declare otherwise.

Thanks for the update. You know, I just did a little google search and was also reminded that there are two different pageants [1] Miss Black America and [2] Miss Black USA. I think the Miss Black USA is based on college funds and educational goals. This is the link for Miss Black USA of which is a scholarship pageant: https://www.missblackusa.org/ —naiylah archer, Miss Black USA 2025

The TikTok ban was a ruse. The current administration facilitated ByteDance selling part of the company.

Lol.... Are you talking about Jet magazine's Beauty Of The Week?

Seems Junior M.A.F.I.A. addressed this issue 30 years ago.... In one way or another, s8x has alway sold well. Get 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!

'Godfather of AI' says the technology will create massive unemployment and send profits soaring — 'that is the capitalist system' Pioneering computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton, whose work has earned him a Nobel Prize and the moniker “godfather of AI,” said artificial intelligence will spark a surge in unemployment and profits. In a wide-ranging interview with the Financial Times last year, the former Google scientist cleared the air about why he left the tech giant, raised alarms on potential threats from AI, and revealed how he uses the technology. But he also predicted who the winners and losers will be. “What’s actually going to happen is rich people are going to use AI to replace workers,” Hinton said in September. “It’s going to create massive unemployment and a huge rise in profits. It will make a few people much richer and most people poorer. That’s not AI’s fault, that is the capitalist system.” 'Godfather of AI' says the technology will create massive unemployment and send profits soaring — 'that is the capitalist system'

Someone has to be partaking of Starbucks there in order for the doors to remain open.

@Mel Hopkins it was ChatGpt