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The city of Tampa recognizes National Black Bookstore Day.
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2 pointsI also out danced him one night in Nell's. It was around the time Graffiti Bridge was released. He does just disappear.2 points
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I don't know how I'm able to post here, having not done the required procedure, but I'm not complaining.😛2 points
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The new look is fantastic. @Troy ...thanks again for everything you do & the sweat equity you pour into the site.😎2 points
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You want to make things better around here? I say bring back Cynique's Corner! ......and put her IN it, lol.2 points
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UN backs resolution calling slave trade ‘gravest crime against humanity’ RFI Thu, March 26, 2026 at 4:08 AM EDT 2 min read A memorial sculpture by Sandrine Plante-Rougeol in Bordeaux, a historic slave-trading port, where the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade remains central to debates on recognition and reparations. (AFP - GEORGES GOBET)More The resolution – proposed by Ghana – was adopted to applause by a vote of 123 in favour. The United States, Israel and Argentina opposed the measure. There were 52 abstentions, including the UK and all 27 members of the EU. Ghana's President John Mahama, one of the African Union's most vocal supporters of slavery reparations, was at the UN headquarters in New York to support the vote. "Today, we come together in solemn solidarity to affirm truth and pursue a route to healing and reparative justice," said Mahama. "The adoption of this resolution serves as a safeguard against forgetting." Transatlantic cruise to turn spotlight on Brazil-Angola slavery past Despite being non-binding, the resolution goes beyond simple acknowledgment and asks nations involved in the slave trade to engage in restorative justice. It also highlights the legacy of slavery via "the persistence of racial discrimination and neo-colonialism" in today's society. "The transatlantic slave trade was a crime against humanity that struck at the core of personhood, broke up families, and devastated communities," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. "To justify the unjustifiable, slavery's proponents and beneficiaries constructed a racist ideology -- turning prejudice into a pseudoscience." During discussions over the resolution, US ambassador Dan Negrea said the text was highly problematic. "The US also does not recognise a legal right to reparations for historical wrongs that were not illegal under international law at the time they occurred." He added: "The US also strongly objects to the resolution's attempt to rank crimes against humanity in any type of hierarchy." The UK and EU countries put forth similar arguments while acknowledging the wrongs of slavery. "The resolution risks pitting historical tragedies against each other that should not be compared, except at the expense of the memory of the victims," said French representative Sylvain Fournel. Heroes who fought to abolish slavery honoured in Paris Pantheon expo For African Union officials, the language of the resolution is central to its purpose. Amma Adomaa Twum-Amoah, the AU’s Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Development, said clearly naming these events removes any lingering ambiguity about their nature. “It is to say that what was done to Africans was not a tragic accident of history, but the result of deliberate policies whose legacies structure today’s inequalities,” she said. “Justice begins with calling things by their proper names.” Beyond recognition, the resolution encourages countries historically involved in the slave trade to engage in processes of restorative justice. Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has been explicit about what that could entail. “The perpetrators of the transatlantic slave trade are known – the Europeans, the United States of America,” he told reporters. “We expect all of them to formally apologise to Africa and to all people of African descent.” He pointed to the return of looted cultural artefacts as one possible step, alongside continued efforts to dismantle structural racism and, potentially, financial compensation for affected communities.2 points
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As part of the AALBC upgrade, I have to move to a dedicated server. The shared environment I current run on is not allowing to add the features I'd like to add and to make aalbc.com a truly world class website. This discussion forum may experience a brief outage (hours not days). It is also possible some posts may be lost depending upon when you make them. So please do not share anything you do not want to lose until I give the all-clear. Finally, I will probably migrate to newer discussion forum software (...ugh, I know). The problem with this software is that they are pushing upgrades to a cloud-based solution which is much more expensive. I'm basically broke; so, I (1) can't afford the software and (2) I don't think it is worth it. There are better solutions that I can more easily integrate with aalbc.com and I will pursue one of those. I'm open to suggestions. This software will remain in place, but I will probably lock down the discussion forums and encourage people to begin using whatever new platform I launch. I believe this is the best chance for increasing the number of engaged active users of the site and ultimately building something that someone else or another team and actually maintain after I'm gone. (Sidebar: in the longer term I doubt websites will continue to be a thing, but there will always be a need for to Black-operated and owned platforms we Black people communicate and curate out culture we can't leave this up to Elon and Mark).2 points
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@Troy....thanks again for everything you're doing to maintain this site.😎2 points
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2 pointsAbolish the need for Visas to cross International Borders.....Advocate for the Right To freely Travel the Globe as a Basic and Foundamental Human Right. Travel is Education2 points
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Tempus is fugiting. And before we know it, election day will be here and that bad ol Donald Trump will be ousted and Democracy will be restored and gas prices and grocery bills will plummet and the Economy will skyrocket and everybody will be able to afford to be sick. Black folks? They can all come out of hiding .God will be in his heaven and all will be right in the world... Or - maybe not. Hope all you optimists have a Plan B. 🥴2 points
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Right wing-nuts who are usually pro-guns & have a mouth-piece in POTUS OJ who says all types of outlandish sh8t...now they want the Left to tone down their rhetoric before someone else gets killed. It's impossible for POTUS OJ to do everything he's doing & saying whatever he wants wirhout someone getting angry enough to want him silenced. The Right should be encouraging POTUS OJ to shut up & stop f8cking with people & maybe he won't have target on his forehead. It's really that simple. Especially in a country with *mentally ill* people who have access to lots of guns. The media needs to stop reporting that POTUS OJ got shot in Butler, PA &/or was almost assassinated. A bullet grazed POTUS OJ's ear the 1st time. Saturday, the gunman was captured long before he could have taken any significant shots. That won't stop people from being violent nor prevent the media from gaslighting them.😎1 point
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1 pointNo messages saying he could not login (I know @harry brown has been having difficulty) Did @aka Contrarian finally run him off? Did @Pioneer1 find a better Black forum with women willing to tolerate "real" men? Well your absence is felt. i hope to read your still-believing-in-the-concept-of-race posts soon.1 point
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It is interesting the politicians condemn violence stateside while killing people in Iran & Lebanon. True. From POTUS OJ promoting the high-security ballroom being built on the East Wing of the White House to having so much information about the gunman immediately. Right. A Caltech grad with a BS degree in Engineering & a Master's degree doesn't seem like someone stupid enough to try this stunt. Something doesn't add up about this situation but that won't stop these folks from spinning it to the benefit of the current administration & anything they come up with to justify tighter surveillance & control over certain groups of people.😎1 point
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1 pointDeviantart Video Maker https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Deviantart-Videomaker-Examples-1325065109 #videomaker #video #tool #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr #hddeviant #kobo #kwl #deviantart #tumblr #rmaalbc #aalbc @Troy I know you and others are huge supporters of ai use so you may enjoy this1 point
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J.Edgar Hoover genuinely feared the Black Panthers. Really believed they were a serious threat.1 point
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1 pointHard to believe. Time really does fly! Last year I visited his home in MN. Calling it a mansion would be an understatement. I did not get to see the entire place -- that is like a $400 tour. He is one of the few musicians I saw more perform than once (twice). I saw the Ohio players twice... I think that is it. Anyhow he was doing a residency on Vegas the last time I saw him 2007 he walked by everyone's table and I patted him on the back :-) If he was alive today he would still be only be in his 60's! Charley Murphy (another one gone too soon) tells a hilarious story about ballin' with Prince.1 point
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There are a bunch of thing I need to work through, but the most important thing is that one. Resetting your password does not work yet (did it ever?). I hope to have that working sometime this evening. If you can login you are free to use the forum. After I get the password reset working I'm begin making some esthetic changes. Fun facts: We have been using this software since Sunday, September 13, 2009! The last time I upgraded to a new server was in 2019 and the forum was down for 10 days (at least)!1 point
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Since the forum have been restored only @Delano , @ProfD , @aka Contrarian , @richardmurray, @Troy have posted. I just noticed if you mouse over the name, you see a preview of the profile. Many of the other posters @Mel Hopkins , @frankster , @Pioneer1 , @Chevdove , @umbrarchist ; @harry brown , @Milton have yet to return. I know I have to make the forums landing page less confusing and more appealing. I doubt think I would post here looking at the main page:: https://aalbc.com/tc/ I struggled trying to get the forum back up I got tired of looking at 🥺it but I really need to do something with that main page and cracking on attracting more participants. In the past 7 days despite the outages traffic from search is slightly up 2% according Goolge's Search Console with the most popular page in search results being: THE 100 BEST BLACK MOVIES (EVER) - Culture, Race & Economy - African American Literature Book Club1 point
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When the pendulum swings back and the smoke clears, America will never be the same, no matter which party prevails. Civilization aided and abetted by AI will morph into an entirely different society. If you're an optimist, nothing to worry about.1 point
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1 point...well they the ones paying him. Were it not for y'all I would know nothing about pop-culture. I would not worry about the promoter too much. You gotta buy insurance. T-Boz and Chill lbetter squash their beef and make that paper! "Independent thinker" Is a euphemism for arrogant ignorance. The idiot who does "his own research" in fringe corners of the WWW.1 point
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Comedy was built on people insulting & pranking each other.😁 Obviously, that is your call to make but know that from a comedian's perspective, you're very good at clapping back.🤣 I respect your desire to do something different from having the last word but if there is any *fun* in it...keep going. Life is short.😎1 point
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I'm going to stick with this software. As I plow through all the problems on the rest of the site. I don't think the trade off of moving to new software is worth the the learning curve. Besides this forum's posting capabilities are better than most other solutions I reviewed. This software has a major upgrade available. I think I will use it. I also want to better integrate this forum with the design of aalbc I also want to use the same login for the forum as well as the rest of the site. I'll try to get all of that working with the new version of the forums software. I'm also getting rid of the Google Analytics code and Google ads (they don't generate enough revenue to be worth the headache and it made using the forums on a phone more difficult. So things will actually be getting better around here 🙂1 point
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Not a chance. Cynique resides permanently inside your head. ☺️1 point
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The Legendary actress Bette Davis was one of the others who took credit for this Academy Award nickname, claiming the statue reminded her of her Uncle Oscar. Maybe Oscar Micheaux was her uncle. Who knows?1 point
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Yeah, I just read that year-long conversation that states 23 years ago! I pose the question to kick the conversation off and didn’t really express my personal opinion until a while into it “Hi Ruby I don't buy into the concept that Black people are attempting to mimic white standards of beauty. Black women do so many different things to their hair. Many of the styles, textures and colors used don't belong "naturally" to any racial group on this planet. Nor do I buy into the concept of self hatred. Simply because, as Cynique pointed out several months ago, white people also go to great length to modify the natural color and texture of their hair. However white people are not accued of self hatred to the same degree as Black people and they may go to greater extents to change their natural hair. A great many people (Black and white) are victims of consumerism. Marketers have figured out an way to make many women want to change their hair -- often on a regular basis, at significant cost and time. In much the same way that someone figured out how to convince women that 50 pairs of shoes is not too many to own, someone has convinced women changing their hair style is just as important. Men are increasingly victims of this as well; more and more of us are spending too much time in beauty salons, jewlery and shoe stores.” After almost a quarter of a century, my opinion on this matter has changed a little: I think we need to take more responsibility and how we are so easily manipulated by marketers it’s not just a matter of buying things we don’t need or doing things to ourselves that aren’t necessary like getting butt lifts. Today It’s a matter of letting others tell us what to think. Manipulating what people think has always been around, but it became more aggressive and more pervasive as social media became popular, which wasn’t the case 23 years ago. Now, AI promises to put this on steroids. Today we have reasonably intelligent people who believe vaccines are bad or who believes it was a good idea to vote for our current president. I don’t think this could’ve happened 23 years ago, so my opinion has changed.1 point
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As @Troy mentioned...it's great that you're taking AI for a spin. @aka Contrarian...in your use case, AI is an excellent tool. It's not putting a human being out of work. Enjoy.😎1 point
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1 point@ProfDProfD Well, so much for Arizona. Michigan looks like the real deal. Guess having the Fab Five show up brought them luck.
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1 point@aka Contrarian....late on the response but I thought UConn would win that game. I'm going with Arizona getting past Michigan to meet UConn in the championship game. In my tournament challenge, I picked Arizona to win it all. We'll see. On the women's side, I'm glad the South Carolina Gamecocks under head coach Dawn Staley sent undefeated UConn packing.🤣 IMO, NCAA Tournament Basketball is more fun to watch because those kids play their hearts out.😎1 point
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Read the quote below; the words of Pioneer directed at frankster "Who's side are you on....the victimizer or the victim? You're talking like you'd rather things remain the way they are and have been for hundreds of years RATHER than see the Black community be on top, out of fear that it may harm one little hair of the chinny chin chin of some White person." This is the jive-ass nigga who wants to lecture me about America, and how grateful I should be to live here. A blatant example of someone who should never be taken seriously. "The sound and the fury of an idiot saying nothing"1 point
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Mel "Between nine and fifteen thousand years ago, scholars believe that a land bridge existed between Asia and North America that we now call Beringia. The first inhabitants of what would be named the Americas migrated across this bridge in search of food. When the glaciers melted, water engulfed Beringia, and the Bering Strait was formed." ( Mack 1.1) We just walked on over to the Americas. There were Black people here before Columbus It was easy to migrate to the Americas While this is a probability for how Black people arrived in the Americas in the distant past, we actually have more recent examples of how Black people arrived in the Americas before Columbus. A prime example would be Mansa Musa's brother Mansa Abu Bakr 2. I'm sure you've heard of Mansa Musa, the king of the Ghana kingdom and at one time the world's richest man. He had a brother....Mansa Abu Bakr II......who built ships and actually led an expedition of men to the Americas back in 1311. Over 100 years before Columbus! The First African Voyage To The Americas, a story - African American Registry Exploration Mysteries: An Early African Voyage to the Americas? » Explorersweb African King, Mansa Abubakari II Discovered America in 1312, 180 Years Before Columbus – The Savannah Tribune It's been said that the large stone sculptures of helmeted heads that are clearly of African descent found down on the coasts of Central America are tributes to Mansa Abu Bakr II and his men. heck most indigenous people and Hawaiians were Black first.. Facts. That was before the Asians started arriving and mixing in with the native population. Here are some pictures of the last Queen of Hawaii. TELL ME if she doesn't look like a sister Anita Baker never knew she had....lol. As far as your video..... While "Black Caucasian" is an oxymoron.....lol....just like the Hawaiians were originally Black but became mixed with Asians, this appears to be the case all over the Pacific Island from Polynesia to Melanesia to the Somoan and Fiji islands. Islands full of dark and Black people with an Asian admixture. ProfD Gotcha! I knew something strange was happening....lol. Reminds me of that movie "Who Cloned Tyrone"....where no matter what he did or went through....the next day looked the same as the day before, lol.1 point
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1 pointSame here. I'm not patriotic in the sense of wearing flags &/or putting them on my property.😁 However, in the same way that I didn't get to choose my parents, I didn't have a choice of where I was born. The USA with all of its warts is my birthplace. It is my *home* country. I do not believe there is another country on this planet that is as diverse & with more opportunities than the USA. For that reason, I feel that gives me even more *right* to call out racism white supremacy & every other form of BS from the USA & its citizens. Reaching that stage in life of being able to call balls & strikes without giving a d8mn is a perk too.😁😎1 point
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1 pointI've never given the immigration issue a whole lot of thought probably because it has never directly impacted on my life. But I do agree that criminal illegal immigrants should be deported back to where they came from. And - that anyone born in this country is automatically an American citizen. I'm not a particularly patriotic person, and I'm always amused at how black people can chronically complain about racism, and express so little regard for their white countrymen yet so resolutely declare their love for this country. As somebody famous, Winston Churchill(?), once said: "America is the worst, most flawed country in the world... except for all the others." That sentiment kinda resonated with me.1 point
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🤔....is Go Daddy gone yet? Mel I'm assuming this stands for "Foundational Black Americans" and ADOS American Descendants of Slaves? Correct What is the difference? Pretty much the same ideology that focuses on us as Black Americans having a separate and distinct identity and culture from other Blacks in the Diaspora. Yvette Carnell who is a staunch proponent of Reparations started the ADOS movement to establish a separate identity for us as Black Americans separate from Africans and West Indians so that IF and WHEN we do get Reparations, supposedly they'd only go to US and not other Black people who didn't descent from U.S. slavery specifically. The FBA movement was started by Tariq Nasheed because he liked the idea of AfroAmericans having our own separate identity and promoting our culture, but he did NOT like Yvette Carnell and didn't want to join HER organization....lol. So he started his own. Both groups are similar but many of those in the FBA movement don't believe that they or most Black Americans descended from slavery. They believe most of us descended from Black people who were already here in the Americans. Many of them don't recognize any ties to Africa what so ever. So I'm not sure how that will work in favor of their argument for Reparations. Many of the followers of both groups are so ignorant, they don't realize that most Caribbeans and Black South Americans also descended from slavery. The fact is, there were many Black people already here through out the Americas for hundreds if not thousands of years before Columbus. While that is true, the vast majority of us are descended from the Black people who were brought her from Africa during the Middle Passage. So both sides are correct. I guess it depends which history one wants to put the most weight on. But like I said, you can't have your cake and eat it too. If a Black American wants to hold on to the claim that they didn't descend from slaves and have no connections to Africa, then they won't be entitled to any Reparations money or benefits.1 point
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Mel Now wait a minute...... I wasn't ready for all of THAT.....shit, lol. Some women can live a lifetime alone and men can't imagine a life without someone in it. Facts. I noticed pretty early on, either as a teenager or my very early 20s......that psychologically speaking, men need women far more than women need men, lol. I've been to many parties and clubs and I've routinely seen groups of women sitting a table with no men around laughing and having a good time or on the floor dancing with eachother partying it up. "Ooooo........go on girl." "Yall is crazy.....I can't take yall nowhere!" I have YET to see a group of men at a club or party all crowded together dancing with eachother oblivious to the women in the area. But then again....I've never been to a gay club. Maybe that's normal there.....lol.1 point
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O@TroyI appreciate and admire your dedication and sacrifice. Always have. Wish I was about the future, instead of the past. Needless to say, I wish you well. 👌👍1 point
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I haven't. Thank you for sharing! I probably won't. I am working on my first screenplay but it's historical fiction.1 point
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Of course, some here be against it because we look, pretty shitty. The US would probably most of the top 5 over the past 400 years. Chattel Slavery, Genocide of indigenous populations, lobbing two Nukes, etc, etc. This appears to reflect a small area. There are many middle class and upper middle-class areas where you can find people these types of people who are from FBA Black families. We are the majority in these classes.1 point
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@aka Contrarian ain't workin' right now. Tell her to put the phone down and help you get things going....lol.1 point
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1 pointI'll give you one guess... Money! ...yeah basically. I made that observation myself, thought I don't hear it expressed very often perhaps that is considered poor form. It is the kind of observation I would expect @Pioneer1 to comment about, albeit wrapped in some conspiracy. I was always curious about bridge when I learned it had similarities to whist which I play pretty regularly now. Bidding makes all the difference in Whist too. That or when our leaders become entertainers. Robots which can do all of that are on the way. If first one will do a longer more than kiss and hug you. That is a problem that trust will go away with the webserver I'm migrating to.1 point
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Mel OMG! Do you know that my ex-husband said the same exact thing LOL! Maybe I'm subconsciously auditioning for the same exact role. But then again, maybe saying shit like that is one of the reasons WHY he's your "ex"....lol. ProfD There should be no confusion among FBA/AfroAmericans about where our birthplace stands as it relates to the original sin of slavery & acknowledging it through a series of actions including recognition, apology & reparations to name a few. Both FBA and ADOS have made it crystal clear that ONLY descendants of American slavery are entitled to Reparations from the United States. If Ghana and other African nations had a SERIOUS shot at somehow FINESSING some money and resources out of the West and even the United States in Reparations payments...I wonder would the most outspoken representatives of these movements eat humble pie and get behind their program, lol. That's why it's not good to burn bridges.1 point
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Awesome gesture introduced to UN by the West African nation of Ghana.👏🏿 There should be no confusion among FBA/AfroAmericans about where our birthplace stands as it relates to the original sin of slavery & acknowledging it through a series of actions including recognition, apology & reparations to name a few.😎1 point
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1 pointLol....I don't know where THAT one came from. Most folks don't know how short our cute little sista really is...... I was at an event where she sang for the opening. Man, she hopped off stage and walked past me. I was sitting down and was STILL taller than her...lol. I waved at her and she had to LOOK UP at me to smile....lol.1 point
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Yep. Most people don't know that this is where the word "slave" comes from....the Slavs Places like Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia and Slovenia....the slavic regions of Europe where the Arabs and Africans used to go and get slaves to bring back to the Middle East and North Africa. Called "Mamlukes" So.... Are you done hibernating? Like a bear or groundhog.....lol....you've decided to come outside and join us for the Spring?1 point
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Some African dudes at work are the same way. I mean, you can barely get a "hello" or "good morning" out of some of them UNLESS they want something from you. Every morning you can say, "Hey my man....what's up....how are you this morning!" All you get is a dry: "Yeah yeah....hey mon'......" Nigga glancing over at the White folks HOPING they don't see him talking to you. Now if they need something from you or need for you to talk to somebody for them: "Hey bruda! I need to get some important papers copied. Who can do that for me?" I tell them: "I'm sure the Immigration Department at the Federal Building downtown has a copier and a fax machine you can use! Why don't you run down there after work and ask them can you use it!"1 point
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ProfD Funny thing it's illegal for us to buy cartons of cigarettes & break them down to sell loosies. Well see, I didn't know that. I don't smoke or deal in cigarettes so I didn't know it was illegal for citizens TO do that. I guess that's why they have an ATF bureau. Easily. Same mentality that bums a ride & doesn't offer gas money or *borrows* household sh8t (sugar, cooking oil, flour, a few pieces of bread, etc.). That caused flashbacks from childhood. We had a woman who lived next door who would constantly ask for shit like that and we KNEW when she wanted something because she'd always first greet you buy saying, "hey neighbor"....lol. Any other time she'd either ignore you or give you a "Hey" or stale "How you doin'". But when she wanted some sugar or milk or eggs or wanted to use the vacuum cleaner..... "Hey Neighbor!"1 point
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Wayne Lewis of Atlantic Starr born April 13th, In 1957 Wayne Lewis- of Atlantic Starr who cowrote Always https://www.al.com/news/2025/06/pop-singer-in-iconic-rb-group-who-co-wrote-popular-wedding-song-dead-at-68.html song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM-CiPKZF4g LYRIC [Verse 1: Wayne Lewis and Barbara Weathers] Girl, you are to me All that a woman should be And I dedicate my life To you, always The love like yours is rare It must have been Sent from up above And I know you'll stay this way For always [Pre-Chorus: Wayne Lewis and Barbara Weathers, Barbara Weathers] And we both know That our love will grow And forever It will be You and me, hey [Chorus: Wayne Lewis and Barbara Weathers] Ooh, you're like the sun Chasin' all of the rain away When you come around You bring brighter days You're the perfect one For me and you Forever will be And I will love you so For always [Verse 2: Wayne Lewis and Barbara Weathers] Come with me, my sweet Let's go make a family And they will bring us joy For always Oh, boy I love you so I can't find enough ways To let you know But you can be sure I'm yours For always [Pre-Chorus: Wayne Lewis and Barbara Weathers, Barbara Weathers] And we both know That our love will grow And forever It will be You and me, hey yeah [Chorus: Wayne Lewis and Barbara Weathers] Ooh, you're like the sun Chasing all of the rain away When you come around You bring brighter days You're the perfect one For me and you Forever will be And I will love you so For always [Bridge: Barbara Weathers] Hey, yeah [Chorus: Wayne Lewis and Barbara Weathers] Ooh, you're like the sun Chasing all of the rain away When you come around You bring brighter days You're the perfect one For me and you Forever will be And I will love you so For always [Outro: Wayne Lewis and Barbara Weathers] Ooh, ooh I will love you so For always Ooh, ooh I will love you so For always Ooh, ooh I will love you so For always lyrics from David Lewis Wayne Lewis Funny how they wrote one of the most well known romantic songs of the late 1970s early 1980s while also one of the best if not most well known cheating couple song song SECRET LOVERS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzwQ-PNJtPg song with stage intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe2UXqFo0DY LYRICS [stage intro] - San Bernardino! (crowd cheering) can we talk? [laughter] Okay. Right now I'd like to tell you a story, okay? But in order for me to tell you the story, you must, you just must use your imagination. Okay, ladies. (gentle music) Okay, first, imagine that this is the finest man you have ever seen in your life! (crowd cheering) Whoo! Is he fine or what? (crowd cheering) But he's mine. And I love him. But on my way to rehearsal, I saw this man. Whoo-whee! And girlfriend, let me tell you, he was finer than my man was! So I wanted to mess around with him a little bit. You know what I'm saying? But I couldn't leave my man, could I? - No. - So in order to have my cake and eat it too, I had to keep him a secret. Do we have any secret lovers out here in the house tonight? (crowd cheering) This is for you. [official song] Here we are, the two of us together Takin' this crazy chance to be all alone We both know that we should not be together 'Cause if we're found out, it could mess up both our happy homes I hate to think about us all meetin' up together 'Cause as soon as I look at you, it will show on my face, yeah Then they'll know that we've been loving each other We can't let 'em know, no, no, no, we can't leave a trace Secret lovers, yeah, that's what we are We shouldn't be together But we can't let go, no, no 'Cause we love each other so (ooh) Sittin' at home, I do nothin' all day But think about you and hope that you're okay Hopin' you'll call before anyone gets home I wait anxiously alone by the phone How could something so wrong be so right? I wish we didn't have to keep our love out of sight, yeah Livin' two lives just ain't easy at all But we gotta hang on in there or fall Secret lovers, yeah, that's what we are Tryin' so hard to hide the way we feel 'Cause we both belong to someone else But we can't let it go 'Cause what we feel is, oh, so real So real, so real You and me, are we fair? Is this cruel? Or do we care? Can they tell what's in our minds? Maybe they've had secret love all of the time In the middle of makin' love we notice the time We both get nervous 'cause it's way after nine Even though we hate it, we know it's time that we go We gotta be careful so that no one will know Secret lovers, yeah, that's what we are Tryin' so hard to hide the way we feel 'Cause we both belong to someone else But we can't let it go 'Cause what we feel is, oh, so real So real, so real So real, so real Songwriters: Wayne I. Lewis, David E. Lewis1 point
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I disagree. I think creativity is part of the human condition. We are all born with it. Sure there are degrees to individual levels of creativity. Different forms of creativity at different vary in value over time, but again we are all creative creatures— it is why we are not swinging from trees like our cousins. AI is already creative and this seemingly will only get better over time.1 point
