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Again, I'm thankful that you continue to support and provide this space for discussion. I haven't been around here as long as everyone else but I do enjoy reading you all and I'd hate to see this discussion forum shrivel up completely and/or go away. 😎

Nick Johnson Interviews Dr. Daniel Leroche MD, How to Be A Successful Black Man Dr. Daniel Leroche Nick Johnson is awesome. He turned up on my channel yesterday, and initially, I thought his video was going to only cover the subject of a Florida’s rich and poor community, however, Nick has produced his video with an aggressive concentration on issues of racial disparities and he does not back down! He introduces Dr. Leroche at about the 9:40 minute mark of this video and I loved every minute of it! Nick continued to lead the question on ‘racism’ as he interviewed the doctor. Dr. Leroche’s responses were so on point. I have never been to the south of Florida, however the video looks a lot like Central Florida too. Sanford, Fla. And Orlando seems to have the same divides. Nick also has other amazing videos too of areas in the Panhandle and how poor White communities have been impacted with the college beach scenes and how Hurricane Michael changed the dynamics. I love his passion. Nick Johnson

I'm not so sure that "truth" isn't a delusion. @ProfDWell, my dear, you are one of the reasons, I was flabbergasted that pioneer would think HE would be who I would single out to admire from afar - if I was so inclined. 😉😄

@Cynique, you're right especially considering you've heard some form of the same thing for well over a half century and counting. Instead of being delusional and/or wasting our keystrokes pontificating about what would make life better for AfroAmericans, it probably does make more sense to acquiesce to the status quo and let the chips fall. I'll wait until your b'day arrives before officially recognizing and hoping it's a happy one. 😎

@Cynique I have been thinking about why I reacted. And I am having a hard time distilling the reasons into a coherent answer. I used to be mentally pugnacious and cryptic. Later I tried to be clear. Mostly now I post links or start topics. I rarely argue a point. In the case of Stefan, I am not always addressing him but his points. Since I feel trying to convince someone is pointless. I am learning to care less without become careless.

I watched the entire video. First, I find it incredulous that white folks like to ask Black folks why their problems exist and whether or not any of it still has to do with racism. The interviewer couldn't get anybody to grant an interview but he found an articulate Black doctor. The doctor did his best to do what Black people try to do in these interviews. The doctor gave well meaning and thoughtful answers to the questions. But, he never flat out laid the blame where it belongs which is the system of racism white supremacy. The doctor did correctly state that white folks have colonized whole countries that were once inhabited exclusively by people of color. The history of Australia is mind blowing. I digress.... The area through which the interviewer was driving once inhabited by black immigrant farm workers. Their white employers made a sh8tload of money and built affluent Palm Beach communities. Nothing was invested in those once working class and now poor communities. The people who live there are left to pull themselves up by the bootstraps and survive by any means necessary. Sports is the best escape route. It's the same affliction that affects AfroAmericans all over America. Our people have been replaced by Hispanic folks as the working class. With no economic infrastructure in place and no reparations, AfroAmericans are expected to compete with white folks for education and jobs on an uneven playing field. The doctor mentioned that there are only 400 AfroAmericans in his profession out of a population of 40 million people. That's a microcosm of the problem. 😎

@Delano He knows it! He knows that he has insulted certain people and that he is trying to divide the community. He knows it. True. Even though opportunist seek to divide the community, in some circumstances, the division may turn out to be a good thing because it may cause self reflection and also those who want to be better and to want to build a better Black level of respect amongst each other to strive for it. Well, @Cynique I do think he's condensending. He is not like Greg though. Black communities have always been easy to infiltrate and divide to conquer. White people can walk right up into a Black Barber shop and feel at ease, but it's not the same in other communities.

Collectively speaking, so far AfroAmerican men have indeed failed their women in terms of adequately protecting and providing for them in this society. We can make all the excuses we want to make ourselves feel better, however the facts are the facts.

Chev You'd also be an excellent fit for a forum like that because you like to post a wealth of information about the Bible and history that many if not most people EXCEPT for the intellectually inclined will not take time to read thoroughly. It's a shame for a person to take so much time digging up, formatting, and posting information so dear to them only for it to get ignored and float down to the bottom of the page or disappear because the average viewer is more interested in participating in beefs and online feuds than gaining insightful information they otherwise wouldn't come across.

@Cynique, IMO, regardless of how the mixed race population grows they will still be seen as people of color and treated accordingly. Same goes for any minority group. One of the benefits affirmative action was to further divide AfroAmerican men and women. Providing opportunities to and promoting AfroAmerican women at a greater rate would insure instability in their relationship with AfroAmerican men. The system knew that AfroAmerican women as breadwinners would make it harder for them to meet equally yoked AfroAmerican men leading to a power dynamic in a household. Most definitely, AfroAmerican women could turn to non-AfroAmerican men in order to create balanced households based on incomes. However, AfroAmerican women won't control the power dynamic in that relationship because non-AfroAmerican men are raised to be the head and not the tail. Similarly, AfroAmerican men could turn to non-AfroAmerican women with whom they are less likely to encounter a power dynamic because of how non-AfroAmerican women are raised. Several years ago, the US allowed a mixed race man to become POTUS and serve the maximum number of years. It didn't move the needle one bit towards a colorblind society. White supremacists have mastered dominating other groups regardless of their population size. I doubt that will change in my lifetime. 😎

Indeed. Self moderation and self discipline is a sign of maturity and high intellect in and of itself.

The bandwidth of this forum can accommodate topics that lead to healthy discussion/debate. The religion threads is an example of a topic that some of us do not post leaving it up to those with more knowledge, information and interest in it. I posted a humorous comment in one of the religion threads and sista @Chevdove piped up. 😁 A topic of high intellect discussion could automatically separate the chaff from the wheat. 😎

Another thing that causes division between AfroAmerican men and women is how they are treated by law enforcement. Time after time I know of and have heard of stories where Black women have stabbed or shot Black men only to serve little or no time in jail and in some cases not even be arrested. Rarely does this happen the other way around. AfroAmerican women are often let off the hook for crimes committed against AfroAmerican men that if they did the same thing to a White man or woman would have been prosecuted for. Cynique One of my daughter's white male coworkers told her it is currently "a black woman's market", that they have usurped both white and black men, This is propaganda being whispered in the ears of Black women to gas them up and DECEIVE them into thinking they have finally "arrived" at some seat of power in a market they don't even control. It's designed to cause FURTHER division between Black men and women. Most White men (and most Black people with common sense) clearly see that White men for the most part STILL control the economics of this nation and decides who gets the money and positions and how much OF it. The fact that they can pick and choose who they give jobs to versus who they incarcerate gives you an idea of their plans. These hybrids may very possibly produce a new race which embodies the best of both/all races, and color will become irrelevant. We already have this. It's called the LATINO community, and it's even more confused and divided than the AfroAmerican community! Because they are so racially mixed, most of them don't know who the hell they are or what to identify as and end up ignoring the most of their Black population. It doesn't matter what happens AMONG AfroAmericans....most White people will still know who they are and many will still try to preserve their integrity.

@Stefan, I wrote that all AfroAmericans including leadership should be using their voices and platforms regarding the preservation of Black History. 😎

IMO, the chances are zero but I'll call it very slim to none that the former POTUS goes to prison. Time and again, he's proven to be Teflon in court. 😎

It's an interesting fight considering AfroAmerican men and women are in the same proverbial boat. This power dynamic only seems to exist among AfroAmericans. Even the poorest men and women in other cultures do not seem to struggle over leadership. 😎

We used to call this activity “snappin” and i agree with @Chevdove it is sad. Audre Lord’s idea that this is a crucial exercise to learn how to take verbal abuse tells me she never participated in this activity on a regular basis. All it was, was us kids verbally abusing each other. there were no lessons no instructions it was just juvenile and stupid. Our time could have been put too much more constructive use.

Without reading the article I’d say if it is one with any market penetration it would be duckduckgo. Note i will read the article… DDG was #2 smile I never heard of the others. Here is a the source article: https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/best-private-search-engines-true-no-log-services/

It's not true and everyone on the forum knows it , but he does not. Sometimes a person can neither take criticism nor perform self inspection.

Maybe I should be more specific because not all Black folks care about the struggle of AfroAmericans... Everything AfroAmerican leadership fought and died for back in the 1960s is being rolled back. Yeah, I definitely think current AfroAmerican leadership absolutely should be fighting to preserve our history and rights. After all, that's how they made it to their current positions. But, AfroAmerican leadership should not be alone in the fight. ALL AfroAmericans should be using their voices and platforms to speak up and out against the whitewashing of our history. It would be great if other Black folks join us in the fight to preserve our history too.😎

From a racial pov it's about collectively dealing with the larger society and the restrictions it placed on people of colour. On the relationship side it's an issue of dominance. I would say it's a multifaceted problem.

i don't agree with this Audre Lorde quote. It's not a contest for freedom, It's a contest for leadership. Black men want to lead, despite the fact that they have not proven their leadership skills. Black women don't want to to follow because they are too strong to bend to the demands of incompetency.