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😏Lol....I know good and well I shouldn't be cluttering up the board with this excess thread but I guess I'm just trying to be cute. To those who feel AfroAmericans NEED to go out of our way to form alliances and coalitions with other groups outside of our community in order to be successful: -We are statistically tied with Latinos for the largest demographic behind White Americans, so we have the numbers -We have more political power than any other demographic except White Americans. -And although it's disproportionate, I "believe" we actually have more WEALTH than any other group outside of White Americans! Asians and Latinos have a lot of wealth and pound for pound Asians may be the wealthiest, but in terms of actual wealth itself I believe we STILL have more actual wealth as a community than anybody else in this nation outside of White Americans. But I stand to be corrected if I'm wrong. So why do we need these other groups? What benefit are they to us? At this point, they are just more competition.....liabilities......not assets. I'm not saying we SHOULDN'T make coalitions and alliances. We can....and it would be nice....but we don't NEED to. The only thing we NEED to do is unite.....as much as we can...with eachother. Unite the Black man with the Black woman. Unite the Black Christian with the Black Muslim Unite the Black Democrat with the Black Republican (who ain't selling out) Unite the Black Blood with the Black Crip Unite the Black Gangsta Disciple with the Black Vice Lord Unite the FBA with the Black American who's immediate ancestors were immigrants THAT'S the type of unity I want to see!!!

@Pioneer1, as I mentioned, there's no shortage of dysfunction among AfroAmericans. I often refer to the most dysfunctional and toxic as n8gglets. AfroAmericans should not embrace negativity nor glorify it ignorantly. Without airing our dirty laundry and putting them on blast, there's a lot AfroAmericans need to do internally to fix our problems. It starts at home. STEM based careers and businesses are crucial to success especially within the system of racism white supremacy. We should be encouraging more AfroAmerican students to concentrate on science, math, medicine, engineering and computer programming. Additionally, we need more AfroAmerican skilled workers in all trades and farmers too. Ideally, AfroAmericans should be able to run a self-sustaining community (city, state or country) from top to bottom without needing help from any outsiders. 😎

Stefan But when it comes to politics, the only way forward for Black America is through political coalition, alliances and cooperation. The Obama Coalition comprised African-Americans, Latinos, women, independents, millennials and those with a college education. Obama recognized coalitions work and win. Why can't you? With all of this Rodney King "can't we all get along and love eachother" wishful thinking.....you're neglecting a few things. 1. Alliances and coalitions can't be ONE SIDED. In order for you to work with Whites, Latinos, and Asians they have to WANT to work with and form alliances with you...and most don't. Most just want to USE AfroAmericans for their own benefit and exploit our community to benefit theirs. Black folks are running around BEGGING for an alliance with others, but they aren't begging....asking...or even wanting an alliance with YOU. They want you OUT OF THE WAY so they can get closer to White folks. 2. Any coalitions and alliances made must be beneficial to US. You don't unite and form alliances with other people JUST BECAUSE. We have to actually GET something out of it. The White folks who supported Obama did so because they stood to BENEFIT from him being in office whether they were politicians who needed his charisma and popularity to help THEM get into office or members of the LGBT community who would benefit from his presidency by him ushering in more LGBT friendly laws. The Latinos who DID support him....many if not most didn't...did it because of the assumed open border policies of the Democrat party. Most Asians did NOT support him because they didn't see any benefit for them. Most people with good sense and high esteem don't go around supporting people JUST BECAUSE but they do it strategically because they see a benefit in it for themselves and their community. You want us to form coalitions and alliances with these other groups just to be "liked" by them even if it benefits nothing for us. What benefit is there for us to unite with these people MORE than uniting OUR PEOPLE with eachother first? What do they have to offer us???? We have the numbers. We have more political power than any other demographic except White Americans. And although it's disproportionate, we actually have more WEALTH than any other group outside of White Americans. Again, what do THEY have to offer US for an alliance???? Like I said earlier, when it comes to these other non-Black groups it seems YOU want an "alliance" with them.....THEY DON'T. They either want to exploit you or want you out of their way so they can get closer to White power.

🙋🏽‍♀️ Here! Hi lovely! Nope! I have no patience for gender issues. I’ve grown tired of some men trying to dictate a woman’s partnership choices. It’s a waste of time. If those men were so concerned. They would simply show up be present and stay put. Anything less, is lip-service, bitchin’ and moanin’.