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@Pioneer1i don't agree with anything you've said, and it's pointless to argue the subject. All you've done is to the reinforce the definition of semantics.

@Pioneer1, I want all Black folks to win. I just don't want it to get twisted that some groups of Black folks are smarter and/or harder working than others. All groups of Black people have similar problems regardless of where they live.😎

V That is the goal of AGI

@Pioneer1, I'm not doubting African Intelligence or industriousness. Most immigrants share those traits to varying degrees. In fact, the US doesn't allow legal immigration among people of color without some type of credentials. My point is some Africans have similar problems back home that AfroAmericans face here in the US. The difference is AfroAmericans have nowhere to run. We don't have a whole country to return if things don't work out here. End of the line. 😁😎

Of course, humans are behind it, but I trust the output is generated purely by AI. @Delano I asked the ChatGPT the following question, “Why is African American Literature Book Club (AALBC) a good resource to find information about books written by Black authors?” It responded: The African American Literature Book Club (AALBC) is a good resource to find information about books written by Black authors because it is a community-driven organization that is dedicated to promoting and celebrating Black literature. The AALBC website provides a wealth of information about books written by Black authors, including reviews, author interviews, and lists of recommended books. The website is also an active community, with forums, book clubs, and other resources where readers can connect with each other and discuss books. In addition, AALBC is a great resource for discovering new Black authors, as well as for learning more about the history and evolution of Black literature. The organization also hosts events and provides resources for writers, making it a hub for the Black literary community. In summary, the African American Literature Book Club (AALBC) is a great resource for finding information about books written by Black authors because of its commitment to promoting and celebrating Black literature, its extensive library of information about books and authors, and its active community of readers, writers, and literary enthusiasts. To more directly answer your question, I posed the following question: "Compare and contrast Goodreads with the African American Literature Book Club (AALBC) as a resource to find information about books written by Black authors" The program took a lot longer to answer this question. Goodreads and the African American Literature Book Club (AALBC) are both online resources that can be used to find information about books written by Black authors. However, they have some key differences: Goodreads: Goodreads is a social network for book lovers that allows users to share and discover books, create and join book clubs, and keep track of books they have read or want to read. It is a more general platform that is not specifically focused on books written by Black authors, but rather on books of all genres and by authors of all backgrounds. It provides a large database of books, authors, and reviews, as well as a variety of tools and resources for book lovers, including the ability to create personal reading lists and track your reading progress. Goodreads also allows users to connect with other readers and join virtual book clubs to discuss books they are reading. African American Literature Book Club (AALBC): AALBC is a dedicated resource specifically focused on books written by Black authors and is committed to promoting and celebrating Black literature. It provides a comprehensive library of information about books written by Black authors, including reviews, author interviews, and lists of recommended books. The AALBC website is an active community, with forums, book clubs, and other resources where readers can connect with each other and discuss books. The website also provides resources for writers and hosts events, making it a hub for the Black literary community. In conclusion, both Goodreads and AALBC can be useful resources for finding information about books written by Black authors, but AALBC is specifically focused on Black literature, whereas Goodreads is a more general platform for all books. Whether you choose Goodreads or AALBC will depend on your specific needs and interests as a reader. Now I see how some platforms are using AI to generate articles or students use it to write papers. Finally, I asked the program, "Tell me about Troy Johnson the founder of African American Literature Book Club (AALBC):" I could tell that some of the information was grabbed from my site and paraphrased. There is a factual error in that I am not an author. Though my name does appear on the cover of at least one book, so I would not call it egregious. The last line, "He is committed to promoting diversity and representation in the literary world and has made significant contributions to the Black literary community." is spot on 🙂 The program seems to have crafted this entirely on it own. I know I never wrote that about myself. I did an internet search and could not find the text, This is the response; Troy Johnson is the founder of the African American Literature Book Club (AALBC). AALBC is one of the largest and most comprehensive online resources dedicated to promoting and celebrating books written by Black authors. Johnson started AALBC in 1997 as a response to what he saw as a lack of attention and recognition for Black writers and their works. He wanted to create a platform where Black literature could be celebrated and where readers could find information and connect with each other. Over the years, AALBC has grown into a thriving community that supports Black writers and promotes Black literature. In addition to his work with AALBC, Johnson is also an author and literary critic. He has written extensively about Black literature and has been a frequent speaker on the subject. He is committed to promoting diversity and representation in the literary world and has made significant contributions to the Black literary community.

@TroyYes, this calls for being a person of good character, something a narcissist like pioneer knows nothing about.

Schools have become glorified day care centers. However, the building blocks of knowledge and social skills are there if folks are inclined to take advantage of it constructively. The library is filled with books on everything human beings know up to this point. History, Science, Math, Literature, Technology, etc., it's all there. The question is how many Black parents are equipped with and willing to pull the resources together in order to educate their offspring i.e. home-school. White folks set up private schools and home-school their children for this very reason. In a system that benefits them, white folks have the luxury of catering to the intellectual capacity and curiosity of their children. They can expose them to knowledge they feel is most beneficial to their well-being. They weed out anything that will make their childen dumb and/or conscience of their privileged system for that matter. Black educators should be bucking the system and providing knowledge and information that stimulates our children intellectually and provides them with the skills to be self-sufficient. Instead, Black folks have taken up the position of trying to fit within the system. No desire and afraid to destroy it and build our own.😎

@Pioneer1, you're right...people pay for goods and services provided by others. But, the reality is that s8x is free. Human beings are s8xual creatures. When people become s8xually active there's no money involved. Younger folks f8ck like rabbits. They enjoy it. S8x only becomes a transactional commodity because for one reason or another people are willing to pay for it. Men pay prostitutes to avoid commitment and/or because they aren't attractive themselves. Men have to pay to have s8x with women who aren't genuinely attracted to them and/or above their pay-grade. That's how a dude who looks like Flava Flav gets with a woman who looks like Halle Berry. Gotta pay up.🤣 The same woman who will charge one man for s8x will give it to the dude she really likes for free. Men are better served following the laws of mutual attraction. Find a woman who's genuinely attracted and s8x is on and popping...no dough required.😎

Rodney campbell 👏 👏 Man, I've been saying this for YEARS!!! Black people, especially Black boys usually do excellent BEFORE they get enrolled in school! They develop much faster both physically and mentally than White children before entering public schools. As soon as they go to school you start seeing a decline. Start having social issues. And by the time they hit middleschool around the time of puberty you REALLY see a decline. I really didn't learn anything in the public schools system. My Mother taught me how to read at 3 before starting school. She also taught me how to read, write, and count. The White teachers didn't teach me jack, except how to eat graham crackers and take naps...lol. Like you said, this public educational system was designed to DUMB DOWN and SUPPRESS the true creativity and intellect of Black students. Which is all the more reason we should either homeschool our own children or build our own institutions with our own curriculum. You're also on point about the foods and vaccines. Yet another reason we need to open up more of our own grocery stores, restaurants, hospitals, and laboratories. We can't continue to just trust whatever White folks thrust upon us.

You pay for food. You pay for a place to stay. You pay for service on your vehicle. You pay for health care. You pay for a good time at the movies. You pay for drugs and alcohol so you can feel good. But all of a sudden, when it comes to paying for sex.....people feel some sort of way. It comes from being brainwashed by Caucasians and their anti-sexual religious dogma. Europeans, Aryans, Arabs, etc....have called sex nasty, evil, a "necessary evil", and have heavily regulated it through their religious indoctrinations and the people of color who grew up under their influence also have these same dysfunctional beliefs. Before the coming of the Caucasians, most Black societies not only had legalized prostitution but had big COMMUNITY ORGIES where all the adults in the community would come out and have sex with eachother, often times in public and in the holy temples. WE didn't think of sex as "sinful" until White folks came along and TOLD you it was. It's been said that Kufu (Cheops) one of the Kings of Kemet actually prostituted his daughter out to raise money to help fund the building of one of the Great Pyramids. This thing most men have against prostitution doesn't come from a HIGH MORAL perspective, but actually comes from PRIDE. Most men don't want to think of themselves as being so "lame" or "wack" that they have to pay for sex. They like to think of themselves as so "boss" or "playa" that women THROW themselves at them and offer them sex at no price. In my observations, that's less than 5% of the men out there. Most men....who ARE having sex, because some aren't...lol.... are PAYING the women they're having sex with either directly or undirectly.

being willing to acknowledge that you learned something is not a sign of being soft, but one of strength.

ProfD Well, Black folks USED TO get out in the streets and riot. That's when as a community we had more pride, masculinity, and refused to tolerate certain things. Since the 90s, the AfroAmerican community has become more confused and "soft" in a way so many of those who were down to hit the streets have either gotten older, died off, or locked up. It's a shame that so many Black youth have gotten so docile that the White power structure can't even trust them to riot anymore and has to resort to sending in White infiltrators to stir things up...lol. Look at what happened in Atlanta a few days ago. A bunch of White kids running around starting fires and throwing rocks.

Black. Police. Should. Be. Found.,, Guilty. And. Put. In. Prison. For,Murdering. Tyree Nichols...They. Would. Not. Have. Done. This,To. Someone. White.......This. Man. Was. Innocent..Not. The,Gangsters ,Thugs ,Crack. Selling. Gangsters. In. Memphis.......Why. Is. There. No. Anger. Protest. For. The. Gangs,,Thugs, Crack. Selling. Gangsters. That. Genocide. Black ,Communities. Every. Week. .Black. Children. Black. People. Lay ,Dead. In. The. Streets. Because. Of. Gangsters. Thugs. Bullets. In,All ,Direction ...A. Black. Memphis. City.,, Politician. Cried. After. Seeing ,The. Video. Of. The. Police. Beating. Tyree Nichols...Does. The,Politician. Cry. For. Black. People. Murdered. By. Street. Gangs ?No. They. Do. Not..The. Black. People. Murdered. By. Street., Gangs,Street. Thugs. Have. No. Life. Value. ,Black. Children. Life Do,Not. Matter ,Murdered By. Street. Gangs..No. Nation. Wife,Protest. Against. Street. Gangs. And. Thugs. That. Genocide ,Black. Comminities.....For. Black. Lives. To. Matter. ,It. Depends. On,Who. Murders. You...

For starters, Artificial Intelligence needs to come up with the cure for cancer, diabetes, Alzheimers, Parkinsons, ALS and MS in order for me to be impressed.😎

TIGHT. All of the audio book's. The 5-7-5 7-7 written poem. All are very good. Thank You for sharing.

This country is hilarious in how it treats prostitution. It's against the law for a woman to sell herself on the street. But, most dates are essentially men buying s8x from women. Same goes for a man paying a woman's bills. Yet, it's not considered prostitution. Otherwise, the police could show up in any restaurant or movie theater and start arresting folks because there's plenty prostitution happening there.🤣 Brothels and escort services are legalized prostitution. Men with money can have extramarital affairs without the baggage associated with infidelity. Married tricks and hoes get fancy titles...husbands and wives. They're under contract to have s8x with each other. Yet, let some men lose a job or money come up short and he might be sleeping in the doghouse. No s8x. Conversely, there are women in marriages and relationships who look at s8x as a chore or job. They dread paydays and birthdays and holidays and any other occasion that requires f8ckin. 🤣 Then, there are men and women who sneak around having s8x with someone else because they're tethered to a situation for one reason or another (finances, family, material possessions, etc.) and cannot leave. Prostitutes. Prostitution is truly the oldest profession. The world is filled with pimps, hoes and tricks. I had the whole game figured out by the time I was about 9 years old. 😁😎

@Troy you ranked higher than Goodreads and The Schomburg.

This is an unsurprising summation. The more intelligent you become. The more knowledge you attain. The more wisdom you have from experience. It all invariably points to The Creator. Many an atheist. As well as many Religious persons. Find the perfection of the universes design to be beyond any actual descriptive format. The only thing that can be said of Creation is that it is perfect. It is not random. It is not coincidence. It is not an accident. It is not chance. The greater that ones interactive ability with the very nature of reality is. The greater one knows that Their is a Creator. Lower level intelligence grasp the concept but get stuck there. Usually simply unwilling to accept that there is so much more and then learn it. That is selfishness. Because the next step after spiritual understanding is spiritual awakening, that next level is the level from which all earthly lies are abandoned. The study of everything will do that to a person. I too am at a loss to explain with these words the absolute perfection of reality. I know so much. ... But I am humbled when I place that knowing next to what is. Microbiology. Chemistry. Mathematics. Language. Health. Cosmology. Physics. Every discipline I command only lets me see The Creator that much more clearly, and respect his design that much more. There is a greatness beyond words that can only be known from Studying To Be Approved. Not Study. But Studying To Be Approved. They are two different things. Therein lies the problem for the people who use Hope. Faith. Belief. and Psychological programming of all types and kinds. If people attain intelligence, gain experience, and use wisdom, their entire Control Technique scheme will fall apart almost immediately. This is what happens as your intelligence grows. It does not take long to see and hear and feel The Creators influence all around permeating through everything. How could any amount of lies withstand that? It cannot. So they stop spending money on education, drop all scholastic requirements for passing, and literally institute a program designed to produce stupid, moronic, retarded, ignorant, overemotional, hyper-sexual, impulsively childish, people. Then force you to send your children to school under threat of arrest for child abuse and endangering a child's welfare. Even though several judges have already acknowledged through their ruling for decades now that SCHOOLS ARE NOT THERE TO EDUCATE YOUR CHILD AND HAVE NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO DO SO. I only know all of this because I was taken out of school and home schooled. When the police and teachers came to do what they do and my brothers, sisters, and myself, were tested, we all scored so high they had to place all of us 3 grades above our age group. It would have been more but Our Mother said no. She had proved her point. They hired her as a teacher within the following 24 hours. The fact is I never really went to school because they were nowhere near my level. None of us did. They also never tested us again. It greatly embarrassed them. Reporters were there and it never made the news. Although I was part of a feature in a children's science magazine. School makes you dumber. That is their job. LITERALLY. This mostly went into full swing after 1980. Any education before then was sound. With the food. They changed the dietary intake. You are what you eat. Furthermore. They forcefully Inject all types of chemicals into your bodies under the guise of Health. And always as a vaccine. They do all of this to keep you away from Studying That Ye may Be Approved. Unfortunately for far too many it works. Especially effective are the things that have grown men playing with a ball. If you want to see what Control Technique, Programming, Indoctrination, Conditioning, Hypnosis, and Brainwashing look like. Watch a group of men GROWN MEN. Who are playing, or watching, anything that has other men and a ball in the RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY called SPORTS. What they have been doing for Years is paving the way for The Simulation Lie. As far back as 1990. The Simulation Lie allows there to be A Creator or even a group of Creators who made this computer matrix they want to say we are in. For anyone who has always wanted power, authority, recognition, fame, and to be credited for their spiritual awareness, this is a win. Now they get to jump on the bandwagon of evil. Though that claim of being evil will not openly be made until their victory seems unstoppable. Which is usually when they begin to erect statues, make doctrines, and pass laws, to force people to see things their way and accept it as they present it. But. There is still a problem. The text from 1000's and 1000's of years ago which already hold all of the information they are just now admitting to. Literally making that admission with the full intent to take authority over information that is from 1000's and 1000's of Years ago. Everything they say is based on the truth. But the way they say it is not truth. They speak with the forked tongue. The only way to defeat their lies is to Study That Ye May Be Approved. Those who do not, will fall for the anythings, they will share. The fact that there is a Creator has bothered them from the very beginning. They used Religion to hide this fact and found it was an incredible Control Technique so they never let it go. Religion is Government. Government is Religion. Sports politics and Economy are also Religions. Anything that requires you to be tricked into taking up the action of using Hope Faith and Belief is a trick. All three of those things are inherently vile and wicked. They are the opposite of Truth. This is why The only thing I say repeatedly is Study That Ye May Be Approved. There are multiple levels involved in that task. Many disciplines that must be mastered. Many Tiers that must be reached. For freedom. For reality. For Truth. There is no other way. Every discipline you master will define The Perfection Of Creation. It all points to a single Creator. If you do not yet know enough they will push this matrix lie onto you. Study That Ye May be Approved.

I have been unfortunate enough to see + experience alot of law enforcement abuse. I don't want to repeat myself . So I will focus on how Black people in the usa from the end of the war between the states reached modernity culturally. Frederick Douglass side the Black church is the answer. At the end of the day, I realize , that the cultural trajectory of the majority, not all or me, in the Black community in the USA is a culture of individualism that Frederick Douglass side the Black church wanted when they started the Black community on this path with white financial support when the war between the states ended. The goal is for Black cops in mostly white law enforcement organizations to exists, for Black presidents in a mostly white country , Black Mayors in a mostly white city to exists, it isn't to deny, black cops in most black law enforcement organizations, or black mayors in black towns or black sheriffs in black counties. But the idea is for an individual allowance to exist in the Black community in the USA that will curtail Black communal strength, will curtail Black communal resilience, will curtail Black communal fiscal profit, but the goal is to get the majority of the Black community to be part of an aracial identity, an individual identity, that I argue has been reached. No, not all black people in the USA are philosophically aligned, but most are. The murder of Tyre Nichols represents the strength of the individual culture in the black community in the usa. These events will always occur for nothing is completely positive. All ideas have negativity, including nonviolence, including araciality, including miscegenation, including integrationists ideas like slavery... as well as militisms, or segregationists idea like Back to Africa. The question is, what are the negativities with an idea. The murder of Tyre Nichols represents an inevitable negativity from the individualism which is the majority philosophy adhered to by Black people in the USA today. IT will happen again, as it already happened already. It must. But I think most Black people in the USA, which doesn't include me, support the individualism and with sadness or lamentations, accept the murder of Tyre Nichols as part of the price for individual cultural allowance, which I argue no community in the USA has stronger than the Black community in the USA, even if it isn't articulated.

Proof is not subjective. Fingerprints, DNA, 911 recordings, security camera images, coroner's reports are objective, Reasonable doubt enters the picture when juries bring a human element to the proceedings, inadvertantly identifying or empathizing with the defendant. Or, if there isn't enough proof. Evidence and proof are legal terms. Outside the courtroom, if it's all about "he said/she said" and unreliable eye witness reports, then forget about a resolution.

@Troy Yes. This is a proposed method to generate, in one instance: Black Authors. Black Books Written. Black Books Published. Making use of: AALBC's Resources. By unifying the members, who will donate to the cause. Members donations would be banked within AALBC. Said donations would them be used to purchase ISBN's. Advertisement. Printing. Authors Page. ... and ... expanded advertisements wherever and whenever possible. With the goal being to increase aalbc.coms presence and reputation among budding and blossomed writers of all ages. making aalbc.com the first choice and immediate goto for all publishing considerations, from individuals as well as LLC's and Incorporated's in both the long and short term goal association. With a mere 10% kickback from the donation fund to be returned from each book until the return is full again. We members could then redonate the funding to repeat this process for as long as required. Their are multiple goals that will all be met with each publishing donation. Everyone involved wins. Although it is rarely ever done because of reasons .... there are no losers in this plan and no downsides for anyone involved. It is an everyone wins dynamic. This has not gone anywhere else. It has no value anywhere else. This is the only place that such a concept could be achieved.

@Del StrachenBut the intrinsic meaning of the words are the same. It's only when they are put in the context of a sentence do they become qualified. "Guilty" or "not guilty" is the verdict, not "proof". it's about semantics.

Evidence and proof are interchangeable. and both come in degrees. In a court room, they can either be overwhelming or adequate. A judge or jury decides whether there is reasonable doubt. In pioneer's world whatever he says, goes. 🤣

Pardon the interruption but it says proof is the evidence sufficient enough to establish a thing is true...😎

I haven't and have no plans to. It's not necessarily the story that I find offensive.....because as far as I'm concerned Harry and Markle are two WHITE PEOPLE (Markle is a White woman as far as I'm concerned) who are in love with eachother. Not much interest there. The offense comes in when I considered how many Black women TRY to relate to Markle and call her a "sista" and how her story inspires some and encourages others to sit around hoping and dreaming for some red-headed White prince to come down and snatch them away. It encourages more White man worship....and that's the danger.

Black. , Mafia. Family. Show. About. Black. Men. Brothers. Who. ,Organized. ,A. Successful. Cocaine. Money. Laundering. Business ....Drugs,Violence. Being. Glamourized ...As. The. Black. Communities ,Inner. City. Communities. Have. Crack. Cocaine. Gangs. That. Leave,,Black. People. Black. Children. Dead. In. The. Streets. .....Black. People. In. Prison. For. Buying. And. Selling. Crack., Cocaine... Drugs. And. Guns. Are. Deliberately. Being. Dumped. Into,Black. Communities. For. Black. Genocide.....Neither. Black ,Democrats. Or. Black. Republicans. Care. White. Democrats. ,Racist,Like. White. Republicans. .....White. Opiod Suppliers ,The,White. Politicians. Want. Arrested. For. Supplying. The. Opiod ,,To, White. America. They. Not. Interested. Who. Dumps. Out ,Cocaine. ,Into. Black. Communities. Where. Is. Black Lives ,Mater ?.Black. Politicians. NAACP. Concerned. About. Black. Communities ,Before. The. Elections....

All happening, while Black America is getting crushed by its own ignorance, stubbornness and stupidity.

Right. The reality is that very few people are spending their time trying to figure out conspiracy theories or who's orchestrating their oppression or how to escape from the prison of it. Instead, people indulge in whatever form escapism that allows them to cope with their circumstances and condition. The world we live provides enough opiates for people to get high however they choose. Money, s8x, drugs, material possessions, entertainment, etc., are just a few of the things that people use to cope with the prison conditions. Same goes for thinking and talking about it. So, as soon as you start getting too deep in telling folks that they are incarcerated or reminding them, it becomes depressing or too much to process and they need a hit...time to escape. Since most folks are born into their condition, they have been institutionalized from the very beginning of their existence. No amount of intelligence or education will force change. Very few people have the divine wisdom to see a problem. Even fewer people have the power or desire to solve it. Action is the only way to solve problems. Recently, NF Jr. said that if the smartest people got together, they could solve the racism problem in less than one year. 😎

ProfD People who are busy living don't have time to sit around thinking about stuff that doesn't enrich them and/or add to their happiness The same can also be said about people who are too busy getting high and playing petty psychological games to "get over" on their peers. They are so busy with the day to day hustle and grind from living in an oppressive environment, they don't have time (or in many cases even the desire) to think about who's actually ORCHESTRATING the oppression they are experiencing. They can't see past the tips of their noses. But that denial still won't protect them from falling into manholes...lol. As for me.....like the brother from Goodie Mob said: "My mind won't allow me to not be curious.... My folks don't understand so they don't take it serious...."

My question is why are so many 9/11 Conspiracy theorists White.....why aren't BLACK folks just as skeptical? Besides the Nation of Islam and a few other grass roots organizations, how many Black folks are asking questions about ANYTHING that happens in this world now a days.

Laughable. Black Americans are too busy trying to unblack themselves.

Cynique: Try reading the Bible account at Matt 1: 18-25. It is the Apostle Matthew who labeled the three men who came from the East as astrologers in Matt. 2:1. He actually used the Greek word ma’goi to describe those who visited Jesus. The word likely refers to experts in astrology and other occult practices. In the eastern tradition, as many as 12 men made the trip. But in the western tradition, the number is set at three. They were never called kings. Spiritism is condemned in Deuteronomy 18:10-12. Just because the Bible mentions Spiritism, this does not mean it is approved. The same is true of magic. This practice is also condemned. And just because the Bible mentions astrology does not mean the God of the Israelites approved of it. The same is true of rape. It is mentioned several times in the Scriptures. But that does not mean God is okay with it. Now, about the star? Where did it lead the astrologers to? It led them to Jerusalem where they met up with King Herod. From the prophecies in the Hebrew scrolls, Herod knew he would soon have a rival. So, he wanted to kill the baby Jesus. It was Herod and not the star, that directed the astrologers to Bethlehem. All Israelites knew knew their Messiah would be born in that city. So, Herod told the astrologers after they found Jesus to come back let him the baby's location because he, too wanted to do obeisance to the child. But Herod wanted to kill him. There were neither airlines, nor bullet trains back then. It took more than minute to find the child. By the time, the astrologers found Jesus, he was a toddler and living in a house. This is why after the astrologers left to return to the east, Herod realized he had been tricked. And enraged, he order the slaughter of all boy babies two years and under. Do you really think God wanted that done?

LOL! @Pioneer1 I can't believe you tryin to call me out like this. Let me reiterate my stance on my personal choice in life: As a Black woman, my first love is definitely a brotha. Before, I met my husband, my preference was specifically, dark skinned typed and I actually thought I was going to be married to a particular one, but it did not work out. And before, him, there was another that did not work out. And then before him, a Puerto Rican man proposed to me and I accepted, but I changed my mind and hid from him all summer. LOL. Then, well, I've had other proposals too from non Black men. And, I chickened out and ducked and hid. It was too much for me. Like the negative attention that Megan's getting, man!--the racism is crazy! But it's been my experience in that 'Men will be men', no matter what, and when they see a female that they like, they will respond and 'race' is not a factor! Again, that's been my experience. When I met my husband, and when it came down to it, I could care less whether or not, he was dark or light. My husband is older now, but to me, he is still handsome. He is 'a light skinned Negro'. But, I believe now as I have before, culture is very important, however, again when 'it' comes down to it, A MAN IS A MAN, and I don't care what color or 'race' he is. Some people break cultural barriers and marry and I have no problem with that especially when it comes to a sista. And this makes me appreciate Prince Harry a lot. Meghan Markle is absolutely beautiful and they looke like a match made in heaven. I hope that he continues to stick up for his choice, but he sure is getting hit hard. I hope he doesn't fold.