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@ChevdoveI'm trying to figure out why this conversation is necessary. i have on numerous occasions expressed a disinterest in Africa and on other occasions kidded about my RH negative blood. You seemed to have taken my latest musings on this subject personal, and pioneer, who is one of my least favorite people in the world, decided to inject his obnoxious self into the proceedings doing what he does best which is to spout his made-up versions of things, - lies that are rarely grounded in truth or fact. But, rest assured that you can agree with him to your heart's content, because i couldn't care less, contrary to what he imagines. This site needs all the contributors it can attract and other people's approval is not required when it comes to posting things. I'm glad when you and Mel come aboard because you both always have input of substance. So keep on doing what you do, You're a welcome addition to this board. And thank you for your kind words.

This post was motivated, in part, by another conversation on these forums, “Black Middle Aged Men Invisible? I call BS.” I’m using the world of books to support my argument that Black middle aged men have been so marginalized in our culture; that they have been rendered invisible. I'm hoping this 3 minute video will help drive home my point. Let me know what you think?

African Americans are probably more Americans than African. We should be more concerned about the content of our mind than the condition of our hair. Dick Gregory. Judging by the posts it isn't a racist picture. It seems to be more about the eye of the beholder. Women are to be consumed like a meal. The complaint is that she isn't appetizing

@Cynique You're welcome and THANK YOU! But, I didn't take it personally. Funny yes, --but no, I didn't think you were spiteful because, Girl!, if you is alien.... well, I guess I need to check myself! LOL, okay, but hopefully, things will smooth out... @Cynique He wished you Happy Birthday! Thank you so much!

@Cynique I agree with this statement and with most of what you wrote! Geez! So true.

On sale this week at MVmedia, Abengoni by Charles R. Saunder and Terminus: Tales of the Black Fantastic from the ATL Abegoni: First Calling Sword and Soul originator and Sword and Sorcery master Charles R. Saunders storms back onto the literary scene with an new epic fantasy sure to become a classic. Matile Mala, once the most powerful empire in the black continent of Abengoni, is slipping slowly into decadence, and becoming more and more vulnerable to aggression from the nations and tribes it once dominated. In the capital, Khambawe, ancient rituals endure, dominated by dreams and delusions. As Tiyana, who is both priestess and princess, conducts one such ceremony, known as First Calling, the rite is disrupted by the arrival of a half-wrecked ship from Fiadol, a far-distant land across the sea that is almost forgotten by the Matile. Led by a Seer called Kyroun, the pale-skinned people on the ship seek refuge among the Matile.But the Matile themselves are in need of aid, as they soon come under attack from their ancient enemies, the Uloans, who have flourished while the Matile waned. Along with her father – the High Priest Gebrem –Tiyana marshals the waning forces of Matile magic in conjunction with the powerful new sorcery wielded by Kyroun and his followers in an effort to forestall the threat of imminent annihilation.As the Matile and Uloans clash, other foes of the fading empire wait on the sidelines, like vultures circling a battlefield. The newcomers from Fiadol hold the balance of destruction – and Tiyana must anticipate which way the scale will tip … Terminus: Tales of the Black Fantastic From the ATL Atlanta. ATL. The Rising Phoenix. The City too Busy to Hate. The Black Mecca. Capital of the Deep South. There, between flitting shadows and full moons, exists another world filled with dark creatures, demons, and immortals. Only a thin veil separates the Atlanta you know from this mysterious realm. Nine brave authors risk it all to reveal the crossroads of Southern charm and the Black Fantastic. Y'all ready?

@Pioneer1 I have been saying this all along, that we are a hybrid group of slave descendants who have our own unique indigenous culture and have assimilated into the American mainstream. So all of your BS about our true African instincts and lifestyles being repressed as we are restricted to an unnatural European morality are totally inconsistent with your above quote. How we act and dress and comport ourselves are a manisfestation of the amalgamated bloodlines that make us a new breed akin to an ethnicity that is what it is. Also there is a growing consensus on this board that black unity is an unrealized concept that has been continually promoted by those who haven't discerned that adhering to the same idea over and over again and expecting a different result can be a sign of "insanity". Individuals of color can get over in this country and transcend the "effects" of white racism by finding a niche for their skill-sets. Out of necessity, in the year 2018 of the 21st century, it's time to get a new set of eyes and broadened our scopes, instead of clinging to old notions that that function as security blankets.

One of the first things I noticed about this video is how all of the women are AfroAmerican but all of them have either reddish or BLOND hair! There skins also appear to be lightened. You're starting to see this quite a bit among church going AfroAmerican women today. Because so many racist conservatives have attempted to hijack Christianity even many of the Black churches have fell victim to the racist propaganda that having blond hair and light skin makes one more "holy" or closer to being angelic.

Chev Oh! You'll have to excuse Cynique...lol. You're still relatively new to the forum and I forgot to tell you to be careful when you agree with me because Cynique is INSANELY jealous for my attention when other women are around. You've been agreeing with me a lot and just us communicating with eachother was probably enough to tweek her and set her off. Don't take it personally, any woman who shows me attention or positivity will draw her ire. And often times it will come straight out of nowhwere. Her high intelligence and articulation mixed with her insane jealousy makes for a terrible combination toward whoever she focuses her wrath on. Only when she gets TOO bad do I step in an "put it down" on her but other than that.....it just is what it is so don't let it get to you, LOL. Cynique Yeah right. "at my age" my ass.....lol. Personality doesn't change THAT much with age. Something tells me you had the same attitude at 25 as you do at 85!

@Pioneer1 So much for all your blather about European traits that black women are trying to duplicate. Gravitating toward blond hair and blue eyes is in black DNA. 😛

@ChevdoveWell, you do "you". At my age i am not interested in celebrating anything but who i am today. Because nothing else really matters but the here and now. The present is the present and the future yet to come. The distant past is about what might've been. Not my thing. But since it's yours, carry on. We don't have to validate each other.

Thank you, @Troy !!!

@Pioneer1 black people in these areas have been carefully taught not to leave their "area". I learned this first hand when I left New York and moved to Wheeling, WV - Wheeling is not even on the mason-dixon line but there are unwritten rules to know your place. In fact, Wheeling, WV never even had slavery but the black people there knew they weren't allowed in certain areas... When I moved there - one of my first jobs was in an area where the city's founders had herded all the black people. Small section of the town on a hill that was almost 70 percent black -the rest of the black people were sprinkled around town - but those folks never left the area and most lived in the town's only housing project. So you can imagine how fascinating I was to them because I lived in a big house on a main thoroughfare where no other black people had ever lived. My closest black neighbor was state senator and his wife...they had left the area and returned so they no longer had that mindset. Anyway, when I would go to work some of the children would wonder how it was to go to those events where "white" people went ... I would ask - "You mean to tell me you've never gone to blah blah" and they'd say, "no ma'am" - as if it was some unwritten rule that they were not allowed out the area - and they never went. It's generations after generation of being subjected to institutional racism - and the parents don't know any better so they pass down the warnings to their children...