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Her class was similar to mine. Now that I think about it, she probably struggled more with transitioning up in class. Therein lies the rub Cynique, for you see that it is actually harder for someone trying to be middle class than for someone was was born into it over a period of generations. For example of grew up with the "get over" mentality. It was not a mentality that my mom instilled in me, it was one I learned in the street. It encompasses everything from cheating on tests, beating fares, shoplifting, selling drugs, not paying of lying on taxes, etc, etc. This mentality sees nothing wrong with any of these activities -- in fact you are a sucker if you don't do these things. So while middle class values are indeed available to anyone, the lower you are on the social-economic ladder, the more difficult it might be to achieve. Of course the transition is easier for some than others. Staying in the middle class, is particularly for Black people -- there are quite a few new books written on this subject from different angles.

I like the first cover best because it’s not obvious. The title and the picture together made my head tilt northwesterly, and made my eyes shift in the same direction, in Curiosity. Now I wanna know more.

@Pioneer1I never obeyed Mzuri's orders to go to the corner. ( I see you finally posted a picture of yourself.)

Sneak Peek at Cover design for 6 Magic Cans of Happiness Act 3. Let’s get your feedback. https://daniellegfny.com/index.php/2021/10/24/as-6-magic-cans-of-happiness-2-is-about-to-be-released-preview-of-6-magic-cans-of-happiness-act-3-artwork-revealed/ #artwork #ColoringBook #Reading #readingcommunity #WritingCommunity

Cynique It's a simple formula that has worked for many people. Selling dope has worked for "many people" too. Prostitution has worked for "many people". Stealing has worked for "many people". We're not talking about what works for "many" people. That's not the focus. The focus is on...or should be on....what works for MOST people. In fact, the graduation rate is up for black kids And? The "graduation" rate is up for ALL kids now a days because they're not flunking them or holding them back anymore. As long as they show up to class and don't drop out, they're shuffling them through the system. You have kids showing up to college who can't even read and can barely count. Graduating from highschool NOW a days means next to nothing. not to mention that today's kids are all computer literate because they have phones and games and the internet and high schools nowadays are geared toward computerization. You mean the same computer literate kids that spell "you" as "u", never capitalize their words, and think emojiis are actual letters of the alphabet? Oh....THOSE kids....lol....gotcha.😉 incidentally i did not lead a sheltered life. Guuuurl you know you was spoiled...shut up, lol Miss "living in a sorority house with White maids" having ass. Gone on somewhere, lol

I wish these anti-vaxxer and china conversation were separate from the acknowledgment of Powell's death, but that is the nature of the forum digressions. @Mzuri I asked for one reputable source. You posted two. I looked at the first one you shared royalhealthpilot.com, does not strike be a "reputable." What makes you believe it is reputable source? Here are a few reasons the site is questionable to me -- even before I've read the article. Domain Name Characteristics The domain (https://www.whois.com/whois/royalhealthpilot.com) is expires in less than a year and is created in 2018. Reputable sites are typically much older and their domains do not expire in a year. Consider AALBC as an counter example: https://www.whois.com/whois/aalbc.com Next the site gets FAR less traffic than this discussion forum (see graphic below). The site doesn't even have an Alexa ranking. Article Characteristics No Author Cited Next I look for the author of the article. The is none. This is a red flag. Interesting the article end with "Guardian News" this is a SERIOUS red flag. Based upon what the link @Pioneer1 posted. Article Has Typos The article need editing: "Deoxy ribonucleic Acid (DNA)" is an error in the first sentence Article is stuffing Keywords The article is poorly written because is over using specific terms in an attempt to rank well in search. For example the term. "biological weapons" is used 14 times without relating new information. Sources Not Referenced There are no links to sources. The Cambridge University’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk is referenced (not linked), but no where on the Cambridge's site can you find any reference to any reports or articles claiming, as the article claims, "humans should be worried about being wiped out by a killer pathogen that is specifically designed to kill people of only a particular race." Factual Inaccuracies Again, the claim from the article that "a killer pathogen that is specifically designed to kill people of only a particular race." is simply false. It simply can't be done because there is not genetic basis for race!! Since @Mzuri and @Pioneer1 have both cited fake Guardian articles, I'll do everyone a favor and share an article from the actual Guardian, "Why racism is not backed by science." If you are truly serious about learning the truth, I suggest you learn how to discern reputable sources from bogus ones and confine your reading to those sources. If you read and understood my response you can no longer say that you do not know -- ignorance is no longer an excuse. There are a variety of other words to more accurately apply to someone who rejects the truth in favor of bullshit sites? Will you continue to be one of those people?

Cynique Middle class values are there for anyone to adopt in the process of doing what it takes to get ahead. These values don't cost anything but good character. They're a state of mind! Do you ever think in the abstract? That's you problem (well....atleat one of them...lol). You keep arguing from an ABSTRACT or THEORETICAL perspective instead of a practical one...a more realistic point of view. Your argument is all a person has to do is dot every "i" and cross every "t" and everything will be alright for them; as if LIFE doesn't happen. It still hasn't occured to you that a large percentage of the population do not have the ability to graduate highschool. A good 20% don't have the ability to read at atleast a 7th grad level. And even if you do everything you "think" is right...you can still fall through the cracks if there isn't a sound and solid safetynet to keep you from doing so. Besides, graduating from highschool and not getting pregnant mean NOTHING if you are pre-disposed to addiction and end up an alcoholic or drug addict which is one of the main reasons so many people end up in destitution. Most people know right from wrong. They just live by their own code. In all of these true crime stories that I watch 🥺 See... And that's ANOTHER problem right there. You're watching that propaganda on television thinking THAT'S reality. It conditions you into that "good guy vs bad guy" mindset where you blame PEOPLE for all of their conditions instead of spreading some of that blame to the society they were brought up in. And you consider yourself a critical thinker. You could benefit from a class in Sociology. ....and you could benefit from Behavior Modification Therapy. Wanna make a deal to start the classes together? Troy For example of grew up with the "get over" mentality. It was not a mentality that my mom instilled in me, it was one I learned in the street. It encompasses from cheating on tests, beating fares, shoplifting, selling drugs, not paying of lying on taxes, etc, etc. This mentality sees nothing wrong with any of these activities -- in fact you are a sucker if you don't do these things. Exactly. She never HAD to do any of these things and probably never group up around people who DID have to. So in her "sheltered" mind....there is no excuse for not staying the course and completing the assignment. When you're facing not being able to eat or have a roof over your head...these "values" and "rules" go out the window and you do what you need to do to SURVIVE and stay alive. You're not thinking about graduating school when you're in an abusive home where you're getting your butt kicked every other day and watching a loved one get even worse. Education is the least of your concerns.

First you said my comments were right wing propaganda that couldn't be substantiated, and now it's so fucking what. Whatever's gonna happen is already happening. Get back in your corner and take your lapdog with you.

Bingo. World powers have been doing this sh8t for decades. Back in the 1950s, they had schoolkids ducking and diving under the desks or running to an underground shelter while practicing nuclear fallout drills. That faded away in the 1980s. From 1985 through 1991, the US was engaged in a Cold War with Russia. To this day, we're still watching Vlady Putin to make sure he doesn't try anything frisky. He's a gangsta litlte dude who scoffs and laughs at America's weak democracy. From 2003 through 2011, there was the Iraq War that settled an old beef. Of course, we just finished up the 20 year old exercise in Afghanistan. For several years, the US has been swatting at the pesky little North Korean dictator with the bad haircut who thumbs his nose at imperialism. Every now and then, he has his military shoot a missile into the sea. It is the military equivalent of setting off firecrackers just to annoy the US. The US creates these adversaries and boogeymen in order to justify the military industrial complex. It would be harder to spend so much money on weapons and sh8t without enemies real or imagined.😎

Here in the "midwest" (winking at @Pioneer1) and more broadly the south it is harder to be as optimistic -- and I'm a natural optimist. People are stock piling weapons and ammunition. The boys down here are not playing. Just think about the environment it takes to get hundreds of adults to storm the white house... People truly believe the election was stolen and that Trump actually won. As with anit-vaxxers the truth does not matter. They are operating with completely different information, "alternative facts" and believe what they are doing is right. Again the web's ability to create these filter bubble and quickly spread lies is a major problem for our culture.

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/26/1049458617/kyle-rittenhouse-victims-arsonists-looters-judge-ruled This fella shot and killed a few people while strolling through a protest. Armed with an AR-15 rifle, he was able to walk right past the police. They even offered him bottled water. It took a few days for them to apprehend him. Now, it seems the dead people cannot be characterized as victims. But, it's OK to call them arsonists, rioters, looters, etc. I believe this case will be another example of white privilege in the criminal justice system.😎

Maybe it is part of human nature on some level. As a resident or a predominantly white neighborhood, I can tell you that white folks do the same thing. I love music and understand the power it has to move people, but the operative word is "considerate." I always wondered about this, but never aw any reports of this being the case. I suspects thing will be worse with people blasting music in their headphones so loud I can hear their music on a crowded subway Again, I disagree, you and Cynique are both Black, but you are in different social classes You have proclivity for making sweeping generalizations. While this may make it easier for you to understand the world for you, the relatively is that if gives you a faulty perspective. I'm a cis gender heterosexual male and I not a fan of big butts. They have bass settings on all radios because people, including Black ones have difference preferences for the amount of bass in music. The recent hullaballoo over Dave Chappelle's latest special should tell you that there are other factors than class that determines what one finds funny.

The high profits American companies generate and cheaper prices Americans pay for most everything we consume is the benefit. I do not believe American companies are willing to pull ALL product manufacturing back to the US nor are Americans willing to pay more money for products Made in the USA. IMO, supply and demand is the crux of the mutually beneficial relationship between the US and China. 😎

WOW I feel so sad for her mother.

nunca nyet nein non

I was referring to the final cover. I also think you should raise your price, the current price makes it seem like the book doesn't have much value.

Mzuri She can identify herself however she wishes but a Black Irish is a type of white Irish person, not one of Negroid descent. I figured that MIGHT be what Anonymous50 might have been getting at with the "black Irish" term, but I'm still not sure. Perhaps she can make it a little more clear. Did you know that the ORIGINAL people of Ireland were small Black folks...very small....and that's where the legend of the Leprachauns come from?

That's not much of a punishment. Lol....you do that ANYWAY.

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i have to spend a week alone with a cat.

Yes, they did support his assertion. What makes you say that they didn't? The Chinese are studying DNA so that they can develop ethnic-based bioweapons against specific groups. This has been all over the news and you can google it for yourself, if you're interested in it. Chinese Ethnic-Based Bioweapons Weaponizing Biotech: How China's Military Is Preparing for a 'New Domain of Warfare' China Wants Your DNA—and It's up To No Good Perhaps you don't feel that the Nigerian article is credible because it wasn't from THE GUARDIAN but it cites a Cambridge University study. And as I stated before, there are other sources about this same study. Cambridge University Warns Biological Weapon Target Ethnic Groups Based on Genetics Bioweapons Designed to Kill Only People of Particular Race You can't dismiss this entire concept because you think it's preposterous, the link is Nigerian, or you think certain links don't provide enough supporting documentation to satisfy your criteria. Sometimes you have to piece information together. Something else you might want to consider is that news about certain topics are NOT available in the U.S. because journalists don't want to cover it or it got buried. Just because you disagree with something, or because you didn't hear about it in your news, doesn't mean it's a wacky misinformation conspiracy theory.

Yes I mentioned that possibility in my second sentence. And point out that even within a city there can be neighborhood differences.

@Troy People from my status and generation were the forerunners of who later became known as "bougies" a group who now occupy a large segment of the black population as second and third generations of the fledgling black bourgeoise. I was never an oreo. All i wanted was to belong to the "in crowd" of cool blacks. The under pining of middle class values are all about respectability and propriety. Anybody can have middle class values if they strive to be upstanding and ethical and hardworking. Nowadays people just give the facade of being this way, while doing and acting anyway they want to in private. Also the town that i grew up in had ghetto acting people. i was not naive to the waywardness of the poverty stricken underclass.

Lots of pregnant women getting shot these days. There was one in the news a couple of weeks ago. https://nypost.com/2021/10/07/pregnant-woman-akeila-ware-shot-dead-while-driving-on-georgia-highway/

Thank you which of the two covers do you prefer and why?

Cynique I know I'm in the minority but I can do without the shaggy or bushy beards black men are now sporting. But who ASKED you? "BACK to your corner!" Lol..... I didn't give you permission to come dangling out yet! ProfD Inspired a bunch of n8gglets to look like they're from the Middle East or North Africa. Nicca looks like an ancient Zulu chief with a big belly and gold chains around his neck. All he needs is a harem of topless women laying around him. ....minus the big breastesesess Rick has, lol.

Dude, this is a MAJOR mistake. You won't even take the time to question your sources. All jokes aside this is problematic. No. Neither of the articles you shared supported @Pioneer1's assertion, of the creation of "ethnic-based weapons." It is however fascinating that Pioneer made a statement that anyone with a cursory understanding of science knows is absurd. Pioneer shared a questionable source (did you read the article or even examine the source?). Next Mzuri says Pioneer's statement was supported by numerous credible sources, which it was not. Do y'all see how misinformation is spread? Again, I don't think you two are malicious, you are just not careful, and this one of the problems that social media, in particular, has made so much worse. On social media you can be in a silo with thousands of other people spreading misinformation recklessly misinforming each other. On a more traditional forum, like this one, there is algorithm filtering what you see. At the end of the day most of what we say here is of little consequence and for fun, but when you start talking about vaccinations being bad it matters. Believe it or not, I value your perspectives. Because it helps me understand how people think.

lol! This reminds me of a sensational crime story--Rae Caruth!

@Troy That's right. Why waste your time? This guy is inflicted with the cognitive dissonance virus. NOTHING you say will change his mind. These anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorists are akin to cult members.

I can’t pursue this debate as you will introduce anything to make a point. As in reincarnated slave holders have taken over the scientific community to create a vaccine to kill Black people and millions more white people as collateral damage. i can’t…. Also what is that website you shared? It is not The Guardian.

Are these "racist Caucasians" leaders in the scientific community? They can't be the same ones, for those people died long ago. So the people who developed the vaccines and are encouraging us to take them are like the Nazis? Is that really what you are saying? Far more white people have been vaccinated in the US than Black people. What are these racists up to? You guys who talk so much about "Investigating for themselves" kill me. I guess you are at home running double blind experiments, reading the latest academic journals, and maybe set up a home lab, huh. Wow. The Minister is old enough to have witnessed what polio can do to a human body, and it is curious that he would encourage people not to take that vaccine.

@Pioneer1 Your statement: “Minister Farrakhan and other Black leaders have WARNED you not to trust your open enemy. But greed and love blinds a lot of our people into having unconditional trust for them.” Who is our open enemy? The global scientific community? Do vaccinated white people have the same enemy? Who are these people with unconditional trust? Is the NOI telling people not to get vaccinated? If so is this just for Covid, or does this extend to other vaccines like MMR and the seasonal flu?

The physical interaction with other people. My Tulsa office, for example, introduced me to the world of venture capital. I may be able to take advantage of this would could be substantial for AALBC. I have had people come to my office and buys book from me on the spot. The text messaging service I use is from a startup that was right next to me in the office There is a company that sells web development and SEO to HVAC companies and I learned quite a bit from the owner. I have started learning about Crypto currency through folks in the office I could go on, but none of those would have happened in my home office. I have worked in Libraries, cafes, Starbucks, and B&N's but this pales in comparison to a proper desk in a coworking space or home office. I work as hard from from any location. Right now I'm on my patio in Florida (photo below). This time of year it is great, work space, but without other people you are constrained. I have largely worked in isolation for virtually all of AALBC's existence and that, in hindsight, has stunted the site's growth. Incorporating the ideas of others makes you better.