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  1. Orthodox Jews live it up on Welfare Is Nels White? Because these wildly errant assertions have been proffered by White racists for decades. I've read them so many times in online forums. Well, Nels, I am sorry to inform you that Blacks do not commit more crimes than other ethnic groups. Blacks are simply arrested in greater numbers by law enforcement and often, false testimony and evidence has been employed to imprison them for long terms. The news media, especially, when it's local, will always highlight and exploit criminal acts supposedly committed by Blacks. I guess Nels never heard of the Innocence Project. The views that emanate from this poster's mind reminds me of the nonsense from White racists I contended with for years on countless online Conservative forums. They too, always made mention of Black Crime, which is kind of hilarious since more than 86% of murdered Whites are killed by other White people, according to the Justice Dept. But folks like Nels only want to grouse about killings in Black communities. it's all because for White conservatives and the Blacks who love them, Black people are the main problem. As long as Blacks who love Trump and hate Democrats can frame the debate in terms of Black crime, Black drug addiction, Black families and Black pathology it means they can ignore the spree killers, family massacres, drug addiction and criminal pathology among White people. These days, about half of Blacks suspects arrested for allegedly committing violent crimes are mentally ill, off their meds, delusional and should have be in institutions, not on the streets. Blacks support phony politicians, according to Nels? Has anybody been reading the latest news about Donald Trump? How this racist clown conspired to thwart the will of the people in the 2020 election? And some on here are forever beating up on the Democratic Party. I cannot believe I am reading such racist lies in the year 2022. And in a Black discussion forum. Yeah, White racists who were Democrats in the 19th Century birthed the Ku Klux Klan and did many horrible things. In fact, White racists were known as Dixiecrats right up until the time of LBJ. The major parties switched racial ideologies during the late 1960's and early 1970's. I thought most Black people knew this. If Nels is indeed Black, pray for this individual who appears full of self-hate. I had only one issue with Maxine Waters. Her urging to harass political opponents while they are out in public. I thought her view was criminal, illogical and dangerous and still believe so. Black people are outnumbered in the U.S. And many of our White detractors own guns and it's no secret that those who endorse the hatred of many Republicans hope and pray they get to use them against us. Nel's vituperative diatribe against Black people also includes this insulting lie: That Black people VOLUNTARILY rely on government assistance to survive. As if Orthodox and Russian Jews do not. As if Chinese immigrants in New York City do not. In Brooklyn, N.Y., the Chinese community offered year round classes for their people to teach them how to receive Social Service money. Russian Jews became wealthy by taking advantage of welfare payouts while running businesses behind the scenes. There are entire Orthodox Jewish towns in Orange County, N.Y., such as Kiryas Joel, where nearly 90% of the residents receive welfare. Go talk to Black residents of these areas and you will discover that I am telling the truth. Does Nels not understand there is no longer a lifetime reliance on social service assistance in many states? That many on welfare have to work? That many are forced to undergo drug testing? Not so for members of "favored" groups. They get to do what they want, including secretly owning companies, hiding outside income, using their homes and other properties and declaring these sites of religious teaching? This means they don't have to pay taxes. Yet, Nels wants to attack Black people? Is this person a plant? An undercover racial terrorist? It is individuals such as Nels and those who like their comments who are dooming Black people. Because they are not helping at all. But they are hurting us. Not all Blacks are criminals. Not all Blacks are uneducated. It is a sin that some Blacks advance a bit, then seek to slam the door on others desperately trying to better themselves. Such folks are cowards, totally afraid to face new competition and talent. Isn't that why Whites kept Blacks out of professional sports leagues for so long? They were terrified Blacks were better. And many of us were. https://forward.com/opinion/382944/lakewood-welfare-fraudsters-prove-jews-are-on-the-white-side-of-law/
  2. How does black America get away from the race card? https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/mlks-niece-rips-biden-race-baiting-voter-reform/
  3. Read. The. New. Mayor. Choosing. A. Black. Woman To Be. The,,New,New. York. City. Police. Commissioner...Mayor. Choosing,Black. Woman. Who. Is. Head Of. Police. Detectives ,,Keechant Sewell. To. Be. Police. Commissioner. ..That. Will. Be. A,,Tough Job. Surrounded. By. Racist. White. Police. ........
  4. Yes because the love of an individual doesn’t wipe out the views a person may have of a specific group. @Mzuripart of the backlash against mixed marriage is the rape by White Slave masters.
  5. Absolutely. That person should still be considered a racist/white supremacist or a race suspect. 😎
  6. Responding example taken from 1 occurrence of 7 major occurrences out of more than 32 significant occurrences personally witnessed and observed over 45+ years. Condensed & Truncated… | This is only a brief summarization. Case 1 of Many: (U.S.) A black male supervisor at a major financial institution overtly demonstrated hostility toward U.S. blacks ((i.e., not actual) non-mixed black sub-Saharan Africans and their direct descendants, as defined), and others. The supervisor repeatedly disparaged, denigrated, mistreated and more, both U.S. blacks, whites and those of eastern / oriental Asian descent over a period of ~3.5 years. This supervisor explicitly stated on multiple occasions that his targets did not possess the fundamental intelligence, cognitive, analytical and judgmental capabilities (at a minimum,) that were required to execute extremely complex business initiatives, purely and expressly because of his (i.e., the supervisor’s) target’s race. Considering this supervisor’s own (minority-classified) race, in many respects - this seemed to be a rather contradictory position for this supervisor to take. This supervisor’s actions caused great emotional, psychological, physical and economic distress among numerous individuals that were subject to the supervisor’s actions. Said supervisor repeatedly stole, plagiarized and altered proprietary work product(s) that were created by his targets, per the management directives that they acted on. Eventually, the supervisor was exposed, and his actions ended up costing his employer somewhere north of $55 million in an undisclosed confidential arrangement. = = = To the participating community, feel free to draw your own conclusions. IMO, keep in mind that discussion boards are simply for interaction and reflection, and nothing more. - - - Oxford: rac·ism /ˈrāˌsizəm/ prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized. "a program to combat racism" racial discrimination racialism racial prejudice/bigotry xenophobia chauvinism bigotry bias intolerance anti-Semitism apartheid the belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as inferior or superior to one another. "theories of racism" Oxford: “typically one that is a minority or marginalized” | Note: assumed or through empirical assessment and confirmation as “typically”, but not stated ‘solely’. Thus, can and is applied to ‘other’ non-minority racial and / or ethnic groups. - - - Webster: “: the systemic oppression of a racial group to the social, economic, and political advantage of another” = = = Black people can most definitely be racist, particularly in countries and societies where they are the (dominant) majority. Racism applies to people of color and non-people of color as well. It is one of many highly complex and manipulative drivers of discrimination across nearly all segments of both modern and historically classified societies. "The idea that “black people can't be racist” is just a meme, not a coherent argument." https://www.nas.org/blogs/article/where_did_we_get_the_idea_that_only_white_people_can_be_racist "Yes, Black People Can Be Racist" https://humanparts.medium.com/yes-black-people-can-be-racist-b74dfb1ba6f2 https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/22/us/kendi-book-anti-racist-blake/index.html https://soh.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/items/show/33208 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/black-on-black-racism-the-hazards-of-implicit-bias/384028/ https://cornellpress.manifoldapp.org/read/i-m-not-a-racist-but/section/351f960b-17b8-4454-9bcb-0bc4cd1de42f https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/26/black-america-blames-white-america/?utm_source=GOOGLE&utm_medium=cpc&utm_id=chacka&utm_campaign=TWT+-+DSA&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_YCPhYPJ9QIVmR-tBh3vqwEwEAMYASAAEgI29fD_BwE = = = The (believe it or not) left-leaning narrative-driven anti-Semitic ADL conveniently defines racism as: “The marginalization and/or oppression of people of color based on a socially constructed racial hierarchy that privileges white people.” https://www.adl.org/racism Through documented practice, the ADL’s stress on “people of color”, appears to be nothing more than a well-obfuscated conspiratorial attempt to further invade and manipulate black minds and behaviors in order to control what blacks hear, see, say, think, do and believe. In turn, this could and can potentially lead to a level of unbridled subjugation of the black body politic, to a point where the detrimental effects and impacts that are directly attributable to the ADL’s agenda, either are or may become irreversible. Progressive Groups Call to Cut Ties with ‘Racist’ ADL https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/14/progressive-groups-call-to-cut-ties-with-racist-adl/ Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Left-Center Bias https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/anti-defamation-league/ "The ADL move to jam “hate crimes laws” down our throats must be repelled by all thinking Black people. None of this benefits Blacks, who are shot down in the streets by “law enforcement” agencies that have been weaponized and trained by the ADL!" https://noirg.org/articles/the-adl-hates-our-freedoms/ One could easily surmise that only a very extensive and exhaustive deep dive into the role of the liberal Jew in (i.e., as it apples to) the success, failure and misery of black America, can expose the inherent risks of looking at only one side of the racism argument – this, as one approaches the fork in the road and the ‘likely’ undesirable choices that lie along each path. - - - How Jews Rule https://www.realjewnews.com/?p=1298 Jewry's Creation of White Guilt https://www.realjewnews.com/?p=468 Interviews, Kevin MacDonald PhD Interviews, Jewification Of America Articles https://www.realjewnews.com/?cat=28
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    I miss you too! And in typical “me” fashion - I’m still putting together the files and links from the research I promised to send to you. The main reason I got side track is because I found a PhD Kenyan woman who hosts a blog that is adding primary source data! 😳 I will do my best to send what I have -including the link to her blog! 💕💕💕
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    I miss @Mel Hopkins too!
  9. Replace white supremacy with a system of justice. Fair and equal balance between all people. 😎
  10. ProfD I’m afraid if we owned all the means of production and distribution of our entertainment, we would succumb to the same market forced White folks do and produce simulator or even worse material. “blackploitationfilms, 1970s sitcoms, gangster rap, black reality shows,…” are all are easy to create and make money. people who produce culturally important entertainment usually struggle. Are there any recent counter examples?
  11. The entertainment industry dictates everything from Hattie McDaniel in "Gone with the Wind" to blackploitation films, 1970s sitcoms, gangster rap, black reality shows, etc. AfroAmericans have to own studios, distribution companies, movie theaters, TV channels, radio stations, etc., in order to control the art they produce and narrative. As long as AfroAmericans are signing contracts and taking out loans to produce art, they're at the mercy of the money folks. 😎
  12. Let me throw this in to the mix. What are your thoughts on how it applies to the topic?
  13. Have you noticed the mainstream media use the qualifier some of Dr Kings family? It’s good to show that there is diversity in views among the King family and Black Community.
  14. You are too old for the new reality Blacks are facing. Trump has sounded the return beacon to the Republican Party. This is because of his good sense, business approach to life. Once again Black people are asserting they don’t want handouts. They want people to get out of their way. The biggest challenge is overcoming the rising tide of criminality in our communities. People do as people see and hear. We have to speak live, not dependency into our communities.
  15. @daniellegfny In defense, many black people don't like superfly or sweetback. I can comprehend why they didn't, they do not, and they will not. Danielle, I know you know that for a time our forebears were enslaved to whites. But, doesn't that mean black people have the freedom to interpret the usa as they want? MAny of our forebears didn't want to be part of this country. I am not saying all. But no one can deny many black people forced from their home an ocean away, didn't want the trip, and died not getting what they wanted. Freedom from white people/the colonies of britian or the usa that came after it. So, in modernity, I don't see why any of us have a problem with some black people having an extremely different opinion to the arts , let alone anything else, when it isn't like our forebears planned for us to be here.
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    @Mel Hopkins I miss you, too! 😘 @ChevdoveGlad you still show up occasionally to disperse the pollution 😊 @Troy i'm glad you haven't lost patience with me when it comes to my squaring off with my female antagonists.😉 @Del and ProfD. i appreciate your two having the broad minds to keep things in perspective. 🙃 'Hope my reappearance annoys the right wing lackeys who slither around this forum. 😆
  17. Daniellegfny, I am a retired Senior News Editor who ran his financial news magazine's newsroom. I gave guest lectures at Baruch College while still a reporter. I abhor racist individuals and ignorance. Sidney Poitier was the first Black to win a Best Actor Oscar.
  18. Trump is a racist, a liar and an unaccomplished bully. He was guiding the U.S. into a hellhole.
  19. No pontification or distorted image here. I know a whole lot of AfroAmericans who are living well in, out and around the hood too. Still, I'm not blind to the ills that plague AfroAmerican communities nor the obstacles imposed by white supremacy. There's no reason for AfroAmericans to believe we've arrived and/or accept the status quo. 😎
  20. As I may have mentioned before, it's not about living my life. I'm not selfish. From where I sit, I'm better than good. I'm that n8gga who has done very well for himself in making it out of the hood. Still, I'm aware of the challenges my fellow AfroAmericans face from conditions imposed by the system of white supremacy. 😎
  21. I'm not into censorship, or steering per se, so I'll have to defer on what could be a very long list.
  22. @nels and @Stefan, I wrote that white supremacy controls the entire planet based on the fact that post WWII, the axis of world power was the United States, Great Britain and Soviet Union. However, with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, for 30 years and counting, the United States has been recognized as the sole superpower in the world. The United States still recognizes the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Canada as primary allies in maintaining its power over the planet. All of those countries have one thing in common. 😎
  23. @Chevdove One point, about the support for said law in nyc. you have to comprehend, nyc has a larger percentage of recent immigres than any other city in the usa by a wide margin. So you have to comprehend, most city councils in the usa don't have any interest for a law like this, but nyc is a unique city, not just in size, but its makeup. For example, washington d.c. itself has a large black population, who are in the descendent of enslaved mold, but the virginia counties outside washington d.c. are filled with immigrants, but many of these immigrants are financially above the immigrants who are in nyc , who are usually from more financially poorer means. then you look at a los angeles. los angeles is the second largest city in the usa, but the mexican populace in los angeles is a majority of the latin american community and they tend to be very wary of recent immigrants, while nyc's latin american populace is the most multigeographic of a latin american communit in the usa, you have colombians/nicaraguant/s paraguayans/peruvians/ et cetera, the mix means less a singular focus as in los angeles and the asian community in nyc is also not led by the chinese american community in the way los angeles has a huge chinese american community that dictates more and is less prone to this law. so.. the uniqueness of nyc's makeup has a role to play in this.
  24. @nels rough and beautiful, the trick to nyc,is it depends on who you are in the city, if you are living in the sky the air is beautiful , the sun is lovely, if you are living underneath the sewers, times can be quite difficult, but nyc has always been a microcosm of the usa, sequentially, the haves and the have nots in one city. with every possible zone in between. I have told people before, my clan has been in nyc for a long time, it never was hell, and many times was nice, as well as many times sour. ... maybe the lesson nyc needs to teach the usa is to stop trying to be iddylic, cause neither warrant that. @Chevdove the whole in a city of an unknown number of people. Comprehend one of the chinese mafias, i think the tong, had put so many illegal immigrants in a tenement in chinatown that they got caught by health officials, not the nypd, who were probably paid off anyway. They had in one tenement on average thirty people in a room. You used the term, the whole.. I have no idea the number of people in nyc. I know it is far more than the listed ceiling of 9 million. What is my point? if you want a law to reflect the whole in nyc, that will require people in government nyc does not have. Community leaders that nyc does not have. business owners that nyc does not have. @Stefan stefan!! what do you think being in government is for? the entire elected class of the usa is about giving jobs to your kin. Why do you think so many rockefellers and kennedys are spread throughout the government of the usa? PRivate sector jobs or opportunities of ownership come and go but governments are forever, most job security in the world, when you have the most powerful military in humanity at the moment. All elected officials, help their kin get in, that is the whole point. Adams clearly is an amateur at doing it with pananche, but he was president of a borough and a state senator and didn't show much pananche then so why now as mayor. remember, he didn't compaign on being the leader of all leaders or some guiding light. his selling point wasn't effective government. he had one campaign motto, make the streets safer. Which can be rephrased to, nypd growth. Everything else is a candy store for him. He will not say that, but that is the reality.
  25. I don't know everything and I don't want to knock you on this, either. I just strongly believe that the vote only represents the whole when the vote is genuinely legitimate and not made under coercion, duress, deceit, gaslighting, and worse.
  26. You're 100% correct. The prison industrial complex has also become a mental health institution. Mentally ill folks are free to roam certain communities until they commit a crime. Then, they're locked up and released back into the community once time is served. Rinse and repeat. I saw this coming down the pike back in the 1990s. 😎
  27. I am not sure if the problem is Criminals Being Released. I believe the real issue is the shutdown of all the mental hospitals years ago these folks should be in. Now, granted, these institutions were poorly run, replete with horrors of abuse and behaviors we would not wish on people who stole from us. But I remember the regional debates about closing them and I think I was in favor of this move - under the belief of giving all folks a chance. However, the mental health crime surge is now a serious and on-going problem and too many innocents are being losing their lives. I feel these institutions need to be reopened.
  28. Teaching your child to be a Racist may. Individuals who understand the fallacious argument of racism will allow them to marry whom ever the please. The argument you are making supports discrimination and irrational hatred. What people do is sparked by what they feel. Emotions - Experiences - Interpretation.
  29. Racism isn't about thinking of racial superiority and/or hating another race of people. Racism is having the power to subjugate other races of people. Africa is a predominantly black continent but they do not control their natural resources or infrastructure. Black folks cannot be racist because they do not have the desire or power or a system in place to do so. The system of white supremacy is the true definition of racism as evidenced by the fact that it controls the whole planet. 😎
  30. Who cares? Ignore the race crutch. "Teaching your children about racism, how its practiced will ensure they wont marry white people". This statement reeks of pure lunacy.
  31. There is a reason Jews who were not born during the holocaust will never forget about it. Every AfroAmerican should know the history of slavery and how racism still exists. By design, that knowledge is being white-washed. 😎

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