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@Chevdove and @Pioneer1, you all can usually have a spirited discussion regarding this topic without "catchin' feelin's" as we say in the hood. I purposefully read Chevdove's work and keep it moving. I know better than to interject my sense of humor into her scholarship. 😁 But, I do believe you two can put the train back on the track and re-engage in your scholarly debate without anyone being offended. 😎

Black folks aren't the only ones sporting rainbow hair which dates back to Rock and Heavy Metal groups and which has now gained popularity among whites and Hispanics, too. Just like high falsetto voices date waaay back past "Switch" and the DeBarges (who are bi-racial and do not have to "process" their hair). The BeeGees were examples of white guys singing in high falsettos, and all the lead singers in the Doo-Wop quartets and later the MoTown male groups sang in high falsettos, one of the most prominent one being Eddie Kendricks of the Temptations. And, of course, Prince, - and Phillip Bailey of Earth, Wind, & Fire, and the Isley Brothers. There was a famous male singing group back during the 1930s and '40s called the "Ink Spots" whose lead tenor sang in a high falsettos. Men who are secure in their masculinity do not have a problem vocalizing in this style which probably originated in Italian operas.

Must be a warped form of Fantasy Island the n8gglet edition: Garbage TV shows with zero nutritional value in terms of intellect provide another form of empty entertainment for people who don't get high and/or drunk. Men and women both talk a lotta sh8t about what they wouldn't do until they're approached with an Indecent Proposal: I'm not surprised by what folks will do when the price is right. 😎

PREACH!!!!! We actually need to play by OUR OWN rules instead of theirs. In some ways things were better for our people in the 50s and 60s than they are today. Atleast we all could CLEARLY see who the enemy is and had more unity since most of us were in the same boat.

I was also dreaming that if we leave enough negative reviews we may force his investors to notice and perhaps stop funding his start up, leading to eventual bankruptcy. Now that’s fighting back! Let the racing white guy lose his company! It is ironic that my father, who was active in civil right movement, might have marched with this whitey’s Jewish grandpa (CEO is Jewish) in the 1950s and 1960s. Of course, Jews have done better than us since then. In any event, I appreciate the dialogue but am saddened we have not fought back on Glassdoor. I am also tired of us, bright brothers, talking. Or not taking action because it’s “ not above board”. He is a racist and that’s not evolve board. So we should feel free to fight this injustice by leaving reviews even though I experienced this racism and not you. We don’t need to play by the rules, we need to drive racists out of business, one racist at a time.

@Chevdove you r response to @Pioneer1 was prodigious in terms of detail and patience. You obviously care about the quality the dialogue you have with pioneer, because your response showed effort and thought. I don’t know if pioneer ever accepted our corrections on the word generation… there is an old saying, “words don’t have meaning people do.” Sometimes, usually i suspect, once a person demonstrates that they reject the definition of a word or distorts it to make a point it is time to move on 😉

@Cynique Last night, I watched an old film, the Tempations! It is one of the few films that I can actually get approved in the schools to show because a lot of 'black-centered' films I want to show to my predominantly Black school teens have too much subject matter that the schools will not approve. For my predominantly White and 'other students' I can choose a lot that will be approve though. Anyway, I'm digressing... The Temptations, film is one of my favorites and I go back and forth of which actor is my favorite. The actor that plays Eddie Kendricks is awesome. And then I love Leon. And you're right too, about Philip Bailey, there is nothing odd about him having a high pitched musical voice! Switch too, is another of my favorites. Their straight hair is in their DNA! LOL.

@Pioneer1, Black folks can be successful both individually and collectively. Unfortunately, 1) like-minded folks have been dispersed and 2) the Black community no longer has charismatic, intelligent leadership and 3) God hasn't appeared yet. While all Black people didn't agree with Marcus Garvey or Malcolm X or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. or Fred Hampton or Minister Louis Farrakhan, etc., those angels could get n8gglets to listen and some would take action in it. I attended the Million Man March both times. It was awesome to see that many Black men unified in that moment. Those marches let me know it's possible. It just takes a strong Black man (God) to make it happen. For whatever reason, He isn't ready to show up and out yet. You and I may not see Him in our lifetime. But, that's what it's gonna take to right our sh8t, er, ship.😎

@Chevdove Ok........

No. The Egyptians Calendars are based on astronomy. Their Calendars therefore, can be used today to correctly date their historical records. Based on NASA today, the variations given by other modern day scholars and their discrepancies have been well documented and I definitely hope to share more about this as well. In fact, I've already address this several times but, as this 'correct dating' issue is a passion of mines, I believe it is important to address it constantly to show how historical records have been accurately dated to match today's Calendars. All ancient civilizations are defined by 'record keeping' and ancient Egypt is one of the most amazing recorded civilizations of all time; that is why the Bible begins with this civilization. That is why I love this video of Nick Johnson and in how he chose to interview Dr. Daniel Leroche who spoke about ancient Egypt. Where's your reference @Pioneer1? 4000 - 2022 = 1,978 B.C. The Biblical Moses was not even born at this time!!! This is your opinion!!! Stop pushing your opinions on others. Again, if you speak of another HISTORICAL MUSE then, this is not the topic at hand! And give a reference about your version of this historical Muse/Moses. You way off target. Prove it! I have given you references one of which is the late IVAN VAN SERTIMA and the late DR. HIBBARD of whom published topics about this very time period and, I have written extensively about it as well. The end of the 18th Dynasty and the beginning of the 19th Dynasty of the Ramesses have scientific phenomena that absolutely agrees with the catostrophies detailed in the Bible. At that time!!??? No, not at that time in Egypt! There are not mountains in Egypt along the Nile river.

@Pioneer1, it's a waste of time and energy trying to *force* someone else to provide an opportunity. Then, as we've seen historically, if/when white folks do provide opportunities to Black folks, they throw shade and do whatever it takes to make it uncomfortable. James Brown said it right, "I don't want nobody to give me nothin, just open up the door and I'll get it myself." Needless to type, Soul Brotha #1 was a very shrewd businessman. It's better to *create* opportunities and become self-sufficient. Folks are more inclined to want to work with those who bring more to the table than their hands out and lip service. 😎

As @Cynique mentioned above, it goes back further than the aforementioned artists. Black men have been singing high and straightening hair and wearing tight azz suits for a long time. However, the difference is a whole bunch of clowns, er, folks, men and women, weren't running around with Skittles colored wigs and dyed hair. Only the *different* people (artists and musicians) were bold enough to wear green hair. Now, it's becoming normal. 😁😎

While many whine and cry at the mention of "institutional racism", we do have something "systematic" going on here. It has been discussed that cops, white cops that is, often have an "innateU" fear reaction to black people. I mean in interaction with black people, a white cop will flip into SHOOT! mode quickly, far more quickly than with a white, because the white cops simply fear blacks more than they fear whites. Now this is not an "institutionalized" phenomenon in the sense that there is some training to this effect, or rules governing it, but it is a consistent pattern. and it is institutionalized in the sense that much in our culture TEACHES people that blacks are: emotional, irrational, angry, volatile, violent. amoral, etc. A cop can pull over a black lawyer and he sees a gangsta thug. I've heard whites many times express anguish over having encountered a "big black guy". A big white guy apparently isn't a problem... The 2 of us here... we're in the country, and a few weeks ago an unmarked large white van pulled into the driveway. I was immediately apprehensive, wondering who it was, and my fear was that it was some white-right militia. When I saw a "big black guy" get out of the van, I relaxed. Oh cool, he's black, I thought. The guy was from USPS in an unmarked truck, delivering a package. Afterward, I said to my fellow traveler here, that was weird, I was fearful and moving toward the gun when that truck came in until I saw the black guy and then I relaxed. So... am I racist? (We're both white.) She said, no, that's not racist, we have good reason to fear the whites. This is a reversal of the usual reaction by whites, apparently, who "instinctively" (due to cultural training/brainwash, really) fear black people. We were thinking, why are we different? She said it was simply because we were around black people a lot and knew them, so didn't react to them based on stereotypes, while we've had bad experiences with the whites and know that many of them wish us dead (for being Democrats). Is this country (USA) goddam crazy or WHAT?

Yep. Clearly Sisqo was a head of his time. 😁 I blame him and O'Dell Beckham Jr. for inspiring these n8gglets to look like they're in a rainbow fraternity. 😎