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  1. You know you call them people whitey!!! ************************************************************************************ @tipsyturv Your questions that started, basically, with "I have a friend who" made me suspect that you were referring to yourself. You can identify yourself however you please, but I would hope that you identify yourself honestly and not by your skin tone. As to the people who question your heritage, next time someone asks you about it, give them an answer and then turn around and ask them about theirs. Most people don't even know what it is. Or ask them what part of Africa they originated from. I guarantee they won't have an answer. ************************************************************************************
  2. ************************************************************************************ @Pioneer1 You finally got some of your wish Philadelphia Ends Pulling Drivers Over for Minor Traffic Offenses ************************************************************************************
  3. @DelThe pop up ones are very irritating. They do have a tiny arrow that you can click on to get rid of them "courtesy" of Google and then on my adroid phone there is another symbol at the bottom of the page that will close all of the open ad pages. I have to go through a whole ritual almost every time i try to get to some sites. The "vip" link is a particularly annoying one.
  4. You will find people with superior skills in different areas. Just because someone excels doesnโ€™t make them part of the ruling entity. The question is does the governing structure serve the people or the other way around? Criminals arenโ€™t good examples to prove suppression of our people. I will say he served as Crispus Attucks for the American Counter revolution.
  5. ************************************************************************************ The Republican Party has evolved. The Secretary of Defense seems out of touch and he doesn't have anything to do with what the troops on the ground are interested in. They are warriors, and they want to know what is really going on. Not the nonsense that CNN/MESSNBC spouts. That's why their TVs are on Fox News. Again, I would ask you - Do you even watch Fox? What are they reporting that is fake? I need to know so that I can be on the lookout for it, since I have not noticed it. Please point it out to me. ************************************************************************************
  6. Absolutely! It's about time....now they can use their resources to help more people and go after SERIOUS crimes.
  7. 1 point
    ************************************************************************************ @Pioneer1 I donโ€™t post about my income on the forums. Nor do I concern myself with other peopleโ€™s income. My next door neighbor is a doctor. I assume that he is a millionaire, but am I going to ring his doorbell to ask him how much he earns, invests, or whatโ€™s in his bank account? Of course not, that is crass. The next house is a regional insurance franchisee. Iโ€™m pretty sure heโ€™s a millionaire too. You need to get out of the mindset of worrying about whether some other person made $100K and figure out what you can do to monetize NFTs and/or crypto for yourself, if that is something that interests you. And if it doesnโ€™t, then donโ€™t. Nobody is trying to force you to do anything. Do you. ************************************************************************************
  8. If you control someone's heart and mind they are no longer a threat and they have become a resource.
  9. ************************************************************************************ The fact is that military personnel have always leaned Republican. Most government personnel also. You know this from your years at the Postal Service. Do you even watch Fox News? What are they reporting that is fake? ************************************************************************************
  10. Chev ou know, I was conditioned to never even consider the possibility that people of African descent were anywhere in the South American countries until I worked at an Afro-centered charter school a few years back. It was at that time, that I learned that second to the continent of Africa, Brazil had the largest population of Black Africans. That completely 'Blew my mind!' But then after researching, I did come to realize about the possibility of more. Yes I used to date a Black woman from Brazil. She could barely speak English, but she LOVED Marvin Gaye...lol. I don't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist but, I do. I do feel like there is some type of effort to push some type of movement against people of African descent in certain places in the western league realms of the world. I feel like something strange is going on. And, like, we don't have much economic power, so it baffles me but deep in my heart I feel that I know. They won't teach us the whole truth over here. They won't teach us about the 'African American natives' that dominated these Ancient American continents in ancient times and that there was a movement against these natives when the Europeans came. They wont teach us and it seems like history is trying to repeat itself. I don't expect my enemy to teach me the truth, and neither should you. That's why it's important for us to gather the knowledge for OURSELVES, organize it, and pass it along to our children so that they can compound it with their additional findings. That's the true scientific way. Right now what most Black folks are getting from these universities and other educational institutions isn't real KNOWLEDGE...it's just INFORMATION. And usually FALSE information at that. Real knowledge is ACCURATE information that has been VERIFIED by a trusted source. We need our own archeological teams to get out and dig up the truth for ourselves and not just take the words of White folks "You won't BELIEVE what I just found in these ancient ruins! A bottle of hot sauce and an afro-pick"
  11. Mzuri Lol...I prefer the term "devil" for the racists.
  12. 1 point
    The Block recently reported on a trader who borrowed 3.5 ETH (around $12,000) on NFTFi, offering an NFT that had last sold for 3.25 ETH. Over the next three months, the value of NFTs from the same collection skyrocketed to around $300,000 on the low end. On October 10, the loan period ended, the borrower failed to repay the loan, and the NFTโ€”now worth many times more than the original loanโ€”was taken. Itโ€™s just like other loans pay back what you borrow.
  13. Well, just in case you optimists&pessimist think my idea of exiting this world is about ending it all, what i have in mind because i think your consciousness outlives your physical body, is moving on to another level of existence, something which could be imminent since i'm living on borrowed time Well, contrary to what you might imagine, the cat who is probably on her 9th life, is a family pet. My 5 kids, 8 grandkids and 7 great grands will look after her, something they already do more than i do. ๐Ÿฑ ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง @ProfD
  14. Mruzi which they have no control over, and which does not define them. A lion or wild dog has no control over how THEY were born either, but that doesn't mean they aren't vicious beasts who's nature is to kill you and eat you. The nature of White people..in general...is to kill and oppress darker people around the planet. That's what they've been doing from China to Nigeria to the Dakota. Surely this is no co-incidence. Surely something has to be in the PEOPLE themselves to make them act this way. So you are just as bad as whitey. Not unless I enslaved and killed people, which I haven't. And atleast I don't CALL them "whitey" like YOU do.
  15. ************************************************************************************ Most Indians in India are supposedly Caucasian although some are classified as Asian. I guess it depends on their location and their hair texture and/or ear wax, that is the criteria used to determine race, not skin color. Again, I think it's up to the individual how they want to identify themselves. ************************************************************************************
  16. it bothers me that she dresses in indian garbs only because she doesn't seem to celebrate her black heritage or speak up about it as often im all for people celebrating who they are but if ur gonna celebrate all of it, truly celebrate all of it...not just some of it. i know someone who has a multi-racial mixed black/white/indian grandmother and they identify as multiracial because of her (their grandmother literally looks like a white woman with a tan lol) their other 3 grandparents are black though. do u think theyre going too far identifying as multiracial?
  17. No, because there is only one race. But even if we played the silly race game, when did โ€œIndianโ€ become a race? Presumably you are referring to the people on the land mass known as India. Those people have a wide range of complexions given that fact how are yโ€™all defining Indian? Percentages are meaningless in terms of peopleโ€™s phenotypical characteristics.
  18. ************************************************************************************ I am not a genealogist but I would say that people with multi-racial parents and grandparents are multi-racial. What they claim, as far as their race is concerned, is up to them. As to Chilli claiming to be "Blindian," I think she looks ridiculous dressing in Indian clothes, and she comes off like an attention seeker, as I stated before. Why can't she just sing about the Scrubs and Waterfalls and go sit down somewhere. ************************************************************************************
  19. 1 point
    What real money are you talking about? The money we use today is not โ€œreal.โ€ Indeed all money is based upon a fiction we create and choose to believe. Today I rarely use currency. Why should I? This morning I threw away a penny. It is worthless and i have no reason to carry it around. Why they continue to mint those things makes no sense to me. They probably cost more to make than they are worth. Cryptocurrency really is the future. Because there is no central authority controlling it, making it far more secure and efficient It is global and virtually unhackable. As far as NFT Iโ€™m looking into getting into that space, but Iโ€™m proceeding with caution because โ€ฆ well you know our peopleโ€ฆ.
  20. ************************************************************************************ I disagree and I don't care what anybody sees. Just because one of her great-great-grandparents is some exotic race doesn't mean anything if everybody else in her ancestry line is Black. She is Black. If she wants to prance around in Indian garb and call herself "Blindian," that's her business, I don't care. She is still Black. ************************************************************************************
  21. ProfD Corporal punishment (flog, cane, waterboard, amputate, stone, etc.) would reduce crime immediately. Absolutely. I wouldn't support stoning or amputation because I don't support IRREVERSEABLE punishments. But as far as flogging and caning and doing it repeatedly depending on the crimes they committed...absolutely. This is why violent crimes are usually so low in African and Asian nations despite more poverty. They will PHYSICALLY punish you over there in those nations. Now of course, I'm not with the corruption and massive poverty that exists in this nations and that should be addressed. But the fact that a place with MOVE poverty has LESS crime should tell you whatever methods they're using to punish criminals are working. Like you said, warehousing people is BIG BUSINESS in the U.S. Literally, especially with private citizens. Did you hear about the "special meeting" they allegedly had back in 1981 among the big time music executives in Los Angeles who met with other wealthy movers and shakers. They got together to discuss having enough traffic to make privatizing prisons profitable. And they said that's when the decision to promote GANGSTA RAP was introduced! I'm not sure if you knew this or not but Eazy E was a Republican and you know George Bush invited him and the NWA to a luncheon. Chev I remember reading a post of yours a few days ago about Black people in certain areas in those regions being victimized and, earlier today, I was shockingly remined of what you wrote because someone told me that a lot of the victims in the recent killing of 119 prisoners were actually Afro-Ecuadorans!!! So, I researched and it does seem like it! OMG! WHAT????? Absolutely digusting. It's so sad to see Black people caught up in this mess way down in South America. As rare as it is to even see and hear about Black Latinos on television, and now so many are going through this mess. I knew that many Black folks lived in slums/Favelas down in Brazil but I didn't know they were going through this in other parts of South America too.
  22. Here are the winners https://daniellegfny.com/index.php/2021/10/16/here-are-the-winners/ First Place Winner Second Place Winner #contestalert Congratulations ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽŠ #BlackTechTwitter #BlackTwitter #BlackGirlMagic
  23. ************************************************************************************ @Chevdove That is sad about the Afro-Ecuadorans. Black people are ALL OVER THE WORLD! As to the border-crossers, there are several problems with this situation. First off, we have a process for people to enter the U.S., and it's not that way. The people are being released, so we have no way to know where they are ending up. Some remain locally, most scatter in the wind, and not knowing where they are going is another problem. I am hopeful that they will eventually be tracked and deported, especially if they are criminals. There's also that whole problem about whether they are being tested, vaxxed, masked, etc. So we have potentially infected people traveling throughout the nation freely, but nobody knows where they are. All of that is another mess. It doesn't end there for me. I have the additional problem of all the Afghans they brought over. Hundreds of them are in my area also. Some are being housed on the main Army installation and some are at various annexes. The incident where the female soldier was assaulted happened at an annex within a ten-mile radius of my home!!! Those Afghans are permitted to roam freely and, although it's a hump, it's within walking distance. So it's worrisome for me. I am seriously contemplating relocating because of all this. SERIOUSLY. ************************************************************************************
  24. Wow Anglo "dad", are you ok? I think he needs a little bit of cultural exposure. ๐Ÿคฏ - Shout out to Meek Mill for commissioning art work from a black woman! Thank you for this link to the Artist, Nina Chanel Abney. This is my first time seeing her work and it is inspiring! #Sankofa - It appears she is reaching back to ancient KMT to bring us modern-day hieroglyphs and nudes to tell her story. Bravo for keeping African antiquity alive. LINK: https://ninachanel.com/ THIS! A lot of us black women love our bodies too. No one wants to be objectified that's brain-damaged western civilization programming - BUT when black men LOVE our bodies it's endearing, it's foreplay. it's LOVE. It says to us or (at least me) black men feel they're home ๐Ÿฅฒ
  25. Trump of course. The Talented Tenths was an ideological trap. We need to develop all our community so that can take independent action. America is on the verge of collapse and oppression is in the wings.
  26. Personally, I'm not offended by Meek Mill's artwork. I just don't find it to be in good taste. The artwork looks like something that should be in a Boondocks comic book.๐Ÿ˜ I'm not a black woman either but as a connoisseur of them, I can type/say unequivocally that many black women take great pride in their bodies and personal appearance. They just want it to be seen by the *right* person i.e. someone who they find attractive. That's why black women wear clothes to accentuate the positive and give an idea of what lies beneath. They certainly don't dress like Middle Eastern or Amish women. Women do not want to be objectified or sexualized by those to whom they're not attracted. When a woman is digging someone, it's on and poppin' and everything comes off. Religion and morality is the smoke screen folks hide behind until they feel safe letting their hair down and doing what comes naturally. Whodini said, "nobody wants to be called a freak but everybody wants to get freaked". ๐Ÿ˜ Even in black churches, the women try to out-dress each other in order to get the pastor's robe to rise. They certainly aren't going after the choir director dude because he's after the pastor too. ๐Ÿ˜ The bottom line is that black women are comfortable in their nakedness and willing to share it with whoever they feel is qualified to see them. ๐Ÿ˜Ž
  27. 0 points
    Mzuri LOL....has anybody ever told you that you can have one heck of an ATTIDUDE when you want to? Anyway.....you've answered my question in an indirect way. Thank you.
  28. Lol, how can a VICTIM of racism....be racist?

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