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Again the sterotypes are killing your reasoning pioneer. The quote of yours that Cynique disputed is absurd on its face. As far as a traditional African cultures that accepted homosexuality and was not influenced by islam or judism... try all of them.

Puleeze. The reason why i challenge so much of what Pioneer's says is that he and i have a different world view. I never have to work at disagreeing with him, - it kinda comes natural. i am probably old enough to be his mother and it always amazes me as to how set in his ways he is when it comes to his conclusions about blackness. Take our different views on homosexuality. i grew up during the '40s and '50s. My small, midwestern home town, a suburb of Chicago, was the location of a small ghetto island surrounded by a sea of white people, many of whom i went to school with. Growing up here, there were always males around - choir directors, hair dressers, slick haired guys who powdered their faces and gossiped - guys we called "sissies". They were a part of my community and weren't bad people. We just accepted them, just like we accepted people with low intelligence, calling them "not quite bright", and the sneakin-around-cheats who were "playin' on" their spouses", and the expectant couples, who "had to get married", and the the frequent imbibers who we called, "liquor heads". When i went away to the state university, i encountered a cross section of blacks from villages, towns, and cities located all over Illinois, everyone bringing their ways and customs and accents, all of us congealing into a group where blackness was our common denominator, where huddled together, interacting and learning about each other, we existed amidst a large white student body. As i grew older, i encountered a wide variety of black and white folks during a very pivotal and volatile period in American history when there was plenty to observe. To me, this explains why, in the present, when i interact with Pioneer our interpretations and impressions of black life don't jibe. Plus, our interests are also different. I am not Afro-centric. And he is not into meta-physical spirituality, or the thoughts and disciplines of "white" philosophers . My black experience apparently shaped a point of view different from his. And contrary to how he portrays himself, Pioneer rarely agrees with me. i am not arguing by myself. BTW, i found myself immediately disagreeing with his just-made remarks on another post about the sex habits of Millennials. My observation are that they are definitely not chaste prudes. They are who originated the "hookin' up" practice, a phrase used to describe one night stands. And smart phones are their favorite venue for exchanging nude pictures.

Actually 1,400 is nothing to sneeze at. If you can get more than 1,000 people to do anything every month you have an impact, and it is enough to drive much more. By the way the traffic that you get from AALBC.com is largely due to your efforts. If other authors utilized the platform in that manner than you did, then impact would be even greater. It is one of those scenarios when more authors take advantage of the website, the more they benefit. I just started another website for a new author: Shari Farmer-Ogogo: chariogogo.com If 1,000 authors used AALBC.com as their primary web presence instead of Facebook or Amazon (now the two most popular alternatives to a dedicated website based upon my anecdotal observations), I could provided more free services to authors and and greater information to readers. I'll create the widget. Are you thinking about a seal or something similar? #readingblack

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