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@Pioneer1 I thought about you Paul MOoney talks about DNA and race.

Lost us the keys of our inheritance (continent) on this ground sprung from the resources rich and unlimited that let us have to be made to find our keys to check(control) the people who wish to enter?

Hello Everyone I hope I’ve signed up, I’m looking forward to share my thoughts

@Pioneer1 I don't know about that part, but the rest, I do agree. I am not 'what today's definition of a feminist means' but, women do think broadly about family life and sexual relations. My mother is matriarchal. My husband comes from a very dominant. male dominant, background, and we've had to 'duke it out' over the years... LOL...over certain issues. Some women, IMO, will be quiet, if they are dealing with a male dominant man and if they want to bond, for reasons of protection and wealth, they will. But, afterwards, if they are shut out from being 'at the table' on decisions, they will turn you out. And that kind of gender contention is not good for our culture, IMO. Their needs to be a balance. My husband's father's definition of 'family life and sexual relations' really pissed me off, and so, we’ve had some conflicts too before there was peace between us. I eventually admired him because he was willing to listen to my viewpoint and meet me ‘at the table’. He could separate himself from controlling people around him and make solid decisions independently. He was able to view me as a unique person without sizing me up and comparing me to the controlling women around him. I think he was ‘Old World’ in more ways than one. Like me, I think that he was searching for spiritual balance with the opposite gender and I think that is the true test of a lasting relationship between men and women.

Man, go' on somewhere and STOP BLOCKIN'.......lol. It ain't even like that now anyway....lol. We've had too many political and religious conversations so now she's n the FRIENDSHIP category (sorry Chev, lol)

Troy Some Black people believe Black people should patronize Black businesses whenever they have can, some black people believe all Black businesses are subpar and never patronize them, while others look for the best deal regardless of the ownership. What code should we adopt when it comes to creating and supporting our own businesses? How would we enforce compliance to any of the rules defined? I haven't developed such a code myself, I'm just saying we NEED one. Just promoting the idea. But right off the top of my head I would say Black people should have the right to patronize any business they choose whether they're doing so for prices, quality, or just plain convenience. The ONUS wouldn't be on the patron but on the BUSINESS. From an early age part of the Code would be to teach Black males in both school and home at an early age to make sure that every thing you produce....at school, at work, in your own business is TOP QUALITY and make no excuses for not providing it. It's not about punishing people, just giving them more options. Elijah Muhammad said if you see a dirty glass that people are drinking out of you don't have to condemn the glass to get the people to stop.....just produce a CLEAN glass and put them next to eachother and most people will NATURALLY gravitate toward the cleaner glass. You don't have to FORCE AfroAmericans to patronize their own businesses if we are making sure we offer SUPERIOR services and products to anyone else! 　 　 　 　 Chev I am divided when I read this. I can absolutely understand, AfroAmerican males having a code, and obtaining morals for yourselves, but I dunno, leaving out the input of AfroAmerican woman while you make this code, could end up being probematic. It's about balance. We most certainly will consider and be heavily influenced by the AfroAmerican woman because men NEED women just like women NEED men, but we must put HER perspective in the PROPER perspective. Especially when it comes to family and sexual matters. We must know and understand that while there are exceptions, men and women tend to think differently and have a different understanding of their roles in family life and sexual relations and these differences must be acknowledged and respected.....not condemned or used to justify mistreatment.

It is a start 🙂 But remember, Chevdove is married admitting you are wrong won't get you anywhere with her 😉

Oh, I'm sorry I misunderstood your statement! (there you go Troy...I'm admitting I was wrong.....lol) I thought you were talking about BLACK MEN who were running down OTHER Black men and hyping themselves just to get next to you. Honestly, I'm a little bit surprised at this. I mean I knew it was possible, but I didn't think most other races of men were bold enough to get in a Black woman's face and run down her own man like that. Damn.

Chev You see this statement you made here starts out as "The fact is..." and this is a problem because 'facts' are not based on any of us and our beliefs, but it is based on TRUTH, whether or not it really did happen or not. So, we can choose to believe in certain concepts or happenings or we can NOT believe, but that doesn't make it 'true or false' though. if certain historical subjects did really happen, and we choose not to believe, then the fact still stands that it 'really did happen'. I agree totally. Our "beliefs" have no bearing on what has or hasn't happened....nor do our interpretations. I believe that if we, especially Black AfroAmericans choose to reject a lot of history about Black African oppression thousands of years ago, and the process of how we keep becoming suppressed under White Supremacy, and do not consider that there is a pattern here, of history repeating itself, then we will not be able to see solid solutions to become free from this wicked cycle that we continue to be caught up within. I agree with this also. Infact, on non-verbal IQ tests one of the main methods of measuring a person's intelligence is PATTERN RECOGNITION. If you are intelligent enough to recognize PATTERNS and how they relate to your behavior or others, you can predict certain outcomes and either prepare for them OR modify the circumstances that may produce them! One of the problems with our people is that they're WELL VERSED in history and scriptures yet with all that knowledge they STILL can't figure out how to keep the police from shooting their son down in the street or how to cure some autoimmune disease they contracted from the chemicals being put in the environment.....so what good is all this "knowledge" of history and religion? When I was a kid in Detroit I used to sit at the Shrine of the Black Madonna bookstore and read for HOURS about ancient African history and the greatness of Mali and Kemet but when I came out with all that knowledge I was STILL unemployed and to drive out to the suburbs to and ask White people for jobs....lol. We need to focus on the HERE AND NOW and learn how to improve our health, our wealth, and our community in a wholistic and practical way.