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That is news to me! I have been reading about how the reporters have a double standard when it comes to reporting about the Ukrainians versus other ethnic peoples. I also just read that some Africans fled to Russia and were welcomed. The Russian government fed them, clothed them, sheltered them and welcomed students into their college.

Bingo. As I mentioned in another thread, Putin wants the USSR restored. Under no circumstances does Putin want NATO/US any closer to the Russian border. I think it's disingenuous of the media to report that Ukraine is winning. Putin could have shock and awed that country into oblivion 3 weeks ago. That's not the goal. 😎

Yep. It's unbelievable and sad that there are white supremacy proponents and sympathizers among black folks. Then again, race traitors have always existed among us. Brother Nat Turner didn't get very far with his plan because he was sold out by a black man. If there was going to be a black revolution, clowns like Larry Elder and Vernon Jones are among the 1st black folks who would be subjected to the drop squad. The governor of MS is an idiot in chief who should have been cancelled. Same goes for the clown running around down in FL. Yet, it would be meaningless to take down any of the folks I mentioned above because there are millions of people who think just like them. 😎

"What is it for a man to gain the world (power) and lose his soul (humanity)?" Using power to destroy and control other human beings is the real definition of evil. White folks have used power negatively to conquer the world. But, the question is what have they really gained. One could argue the spoils of slavery and war have flooded white folks with untold wealth. I contend that the reason white folks will never enjoy peace is because their lust for power doesn't allow them to rest. Maintaining white supremacy (power) leaves them in a perpetual state of wickedness. That's why white folks build the most impressive defense systems. Their fear is that one day non-white folks are going to rise up against them and usurp their power. Every act of aggression that white folks make against others and even amongst themselves is to practice killing and to spread fear and control among non-whites. They project strength in order to maintain world order and power. 😎

Author: Steven C. Thedford Book: Title: Kwansabas & Other Poetmes ISBN: 978-0975973059 Publication Date: January 17, 2021 Request: I am interested in a book review. The Kwansaba is an African American verse form of praise created in 1995 by Eugene B. Redmond, East St. Louis Poet Laureate and professor of English at Southern Illinois-East St. Louis. The poems honor Kwanzaa, a celebration of family and African American culture, and praise writers such as Richard Wright and Sonia Sanchez. The poetic style of the Kwansaba utilizes the number seven, the numeric foundation of Kwanzaa. Thus, a Kwansaba is a heptastich, a poem of seven lines, with seven words in each line, and written with no word exceeding seven letters. Darline Roy talks about the strict rules of a Kwansaba. The idea was first used by Eugene B. Redmond and refined in the summer workshop of 2015. But there are exceptions to the rule of seven. He agrees that imposing some restriction makes you think about what you are writing. Another example of a kind of poem that has rules is a haiku, a very short form of Japanese poetry in which the first sentence has five syllables, the second line has seven syllables, and the last line has five syllables. In addition, the Kwansaba poetic form embraces its roots from the South African tradition of the praise poem, called the izibongo in Zulu. A praise poem offers veneration to a person, which was popular in the Middle Ages and continues to be embraced in African cultures today. However, the African praise poem is not restricted to this part of the continent and is not uniquely an African motif; it was used during the Renaissance in Europe. Moreover, the praise poem itself is the manifestation of the oral tradition of atavistic songs of the African ancestors. The “Other Poems” featured in the later part of the book are digressive; they may follow the rules of the Kwansaba but sometimes do not offer praise. The subjects of the poems range from relationships to community.

I am glad you went through it. That’s the things about quality and high information videos and audiobooks, they are long and they sow so much into your life.

The term mulatto is as outdated and offensive as colored. The ideas black intellectuals floated 120 years ago have amalgamated with varying degrees of success. Individual AfroAmericans have made significant gains over a century but collectively, we still have a long way to go. To date, there is still no AfroAmerican infrastructure in place to insure self-sufficiency and maintain wealth. If white folks stopped hiring and patronizing AfroAmericans, the unemployment rate and poverty rate would hit 75% easily.😎