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Pioneer, I'm sure you'd agree that the sexual appetites of people, of both sexes, lie on a spectrum; from a desire for complete abstinence on one end to catch-get-enough or the other. I simply don't know what the relative distribution of men and women across the races are on this spectrum. But I'm certain you can find Black men on the abstinence side of the spectrum. I'd agree with Cynique that there is a double standard; a man can boast about multiple partners and be envied and revered, while a woman would be scorned or pitied. Image how that gymnast Gabby Douglass would be treated if she went around bragging about how she banged all the dudes on the men's basketball team. She can't even have a hair out of place for Christ's sake. I suspect women are just as promiscuous as men--it just isn't culturally accepted for to them to admit it. Besides, all these guys are not screwing the same woman over and over. It takes two to Tango Bruh. Anecdotally, I see much more evidence that white folks are far more promiscuous that Black folks who generally profess a far more conservative sensibility. The media seems to reinforce the perception that white folks start having sex at a younger age and have more partner than Back folks. White folks led the sexual revolution; invented viagra, swingers clubs, the porn industry, tinder, NAMBLA, and on... What is the first thing a European imperialist does when he invades a country? Before he steals a thing, he rapes the women. Nah man, I'd have a hard time believing Black men are more promiscuous than anyone else, Brothers just feel the need to brag about it more. Sadly too many of us derive our self-worth from the number of sexual partners we have and take too little responsibility for the consequences of so many partners; including the transmission of STD's and children no one wants to rear.

Well I have to admit that I haven't been up on the situtation in Flint as I should be. Partly because of some public concerns in my own neck of the woods that I and others have been preoccupied with. But also partly (probably mostly) because of the seeming indifference that a lot of people in Flint THEMSELVES seemed to have about the crisis. We went up there and tried to help people who were busy in the mall shopping for tennis shoes and clothes while so many of the children of the same community had rashes, emotional problems, and other symptoms from the lead contamination. It's clear as a bell that the poisoning was intentional. Even if the Republican leaders in the state capital didn't initiate it with the intent to poison the city, the fact that they knew the water was poisoned for months and STILL allowed the people to consume it without so much as a warning is just as damaging. But I expect that from racist Republicans. What I DIDN'T expect was the indifferent and apathetic attitude of so many of the residents who took that "So what we 'spoze to do about it?" attitude after their children were poisoned. It's hard to feel sorry for people who can still party, go shopping, and shoot eachother down in the street....basically business as usual....after their own children were poisoned. Nationwide....... Black people have known...or atleast had access to the knowledge...that their communities were being poisioned for decades. What steps have they taken to rescue themselves from this plot? How many Black people are studying agriculture and irrigation and medicine so that they can cure themselves and their children and secure a decent living environment for themselves? It's one thing to be a victim once, or maybe twice....you have a natural right to get mad and blame the assailant. But if you're repeatedly being victimized over and over again, pretty soon you're going to have to look at yourself and what YOU are doing wrong that you constantly find yourself in this situation. What else will happen? Unless Black people change their mentality or God changes it for us.....the same shit will continue to happen over and over again.