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What you do is commendable, Troy. You have a great combination of skill-sets and, above all, your goal of advancing and enabling the black literati in particular, makes you an asset to the on-line diaspora which owes you a debt of gratitude. Just because I'm not a full participant in all that AALBC offers doesn't mean I don't appreciate your efforts. Just attribute my apathy to my advancing age. LOL

I see you shared it natively to Facebook. I can't wait to see what you think about the response to video on Facebook. Native videos get a ton of engagement vs written content on Facebook. This video is good and it's not irritating at all. It's a great pitch. I need to do something similar for my site. It's a great idea. You might want to break it down into 5 different videos called the features of AALBC. Use Cards to direct viewers to each independent video. You can also add annotations to clickthrough to each video. Right now I would have to imagine people will not watch it all which will diminish your watch time which will affect the search quality on YT.

You're a very good writer! That always helps to make what you write, interesting. Everybody has a story to tell. but very few have a good command of language. I wish you well.

Thank you both. Coming from two seasoned posters like yourself that is important to me. Troy I will check out the blogger database today.

LOL. The first paragraph was really directed more toward "Pioneer".

I thought the issue was that straight black men were unconsciously starting to act a tad effeminate. That's different from flamboyant behavior on the part of black men who are actually gay. Obviously the flaming male in the video is flaunting his gayness but this has nothing to do with a trend toward straight black men losing their masculine demeanor. Unless this distinction is made, everybody is not on the same page. I guess Gays, like Straights, come in all varieties, Chris.

I've avoided the Beyonce discussion overall, but I really don't get the excitement behind the song and imagery. What Kendrick Lamar did at the Grammys was a thousand times more powerful for the diaspora. Beyonce has a hook in her song that says "If he fuck me good, I take him to Red Lobster." That might be the tackiest shit I've ever heard in music outside of 2 Live Crew and Uncle Luke saying, "Hey we want some pussy." Doing a video set in Post Katrina New Orleans and using Mardi Gras imagery to support the above line isn't dope to me, but it is catchy as hell, just as the 2 Live Crew was catchy, but it wasn't empowering. I get that the fact that Beyonce is able to compete in entertainment at such a high level is empowering. Her status is important because she is doing something that is extremely difficult. Her music however is overall empty. She has made some great songs though in Independent Woman and To The Left. She is a hell of an entertainer though and business woman.