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  1. Pastor. Jamal. Bryant. Wants. His. Church. To. Grow. Marijuana !!,He,Says. For. Black. Males. Black. Men. To. Come. To. Church!!,,Black. Churches. Growing. And. Selling. Marijuana ...Will., The. Church. Congregation. Be. On. Drugs. Marijuana. In. Church ,??,,Preachers. Are. Idiots. Pimps ,Snakes. Who. Worship. Money. ,,Enslave. Black. People. Black. People. Who. Go. To. Church. Are,,Idiots. Morons.....Preachers. Should. Stop. Stealing. All. The,,Church. Money........Church. Should. Grow. Marijuana 😄😄😄😄😄!.
  2. @ProfD The answer to your first question is simple. The we you refer to doesn't exist. The whole point of any we is that those in the we share something in common. If historical perspective <why in modernity that we should care about Cleopatra or Greeks or Romans>or present strategy < how any of this ancient history will move Black folks beyond their present condition > are the elements that are meant to be common in a we and it isn't then the we doesn't exist. The better questions are two. 1) who in the Black community thinks like you Profd, shares your philosophical positions offline or online? They exist and are in the millions. 2) what is the we you are apart of doing as a group? The we you are apart of isn't merely Black people. Black people is the village. The we you are apart of is a tribe, Black people who don't care about cleopatra or greeks or romans who see no correlation to that history and how the present condition of blacks can improve under the system of white supremacy. You don't need black people who do care about cleopatra or see some connection to be convinced to your view. You need to work with those who see your view and do something. It is like I tell Black Donkeys or Black Elephants all the time. You two keep talking about the larger black community but you two don't have anything to show within your own tribe in the village. So, ProfD what is your tribe doing to better itself in the village? don't tell me your alone, other black people think like you. I know this for certain from offline conversation side black people you don't know who said exactly what you said. So, I ask again, what is your tribe doing to better itself and telling other blacks to think like y'all isn't dysfunctional proselytization.
  3. @Pioneer1, it is important for conscience and enlightened and intelligent Black folks to debunk BS especially when it comes from racists and white supremacists. It's not about changing the mind of a racist/white supremacist. But, it is a responsibility to let them know we're hip to their lies and deceptive ways. The reality is that so many of our brothas and sistas are either asleep or oblivious or have chosen to give up on the notion that many white folks are the devil personified. It's really no different from Black preachers spending every Sunday and prayer meeting and retreat trying to teach others about their Lord and Saviour and how to get into heaven. Only a handful of us consider it a waste of time.😁 Silence is not an option especially when the enemy tries to infiltrate the camp. Call them out.😎
  4. The worst thing for Black folks to do is wait for the system of racism white supremacy to tell them what it's going to do. Look no further than the actions of racists and white supremacists. Nothing they do is a secret. The age of social media has emboldened them even more and shows how they plan to rule the world for a long time.😎
  5. Yeah, I remember Cooly High! They were down at the Lincoln Park Zoo skipping class. "Whatchoo mean you ain't got no mustard!!!!" .....lol.
  6. Well whether this was staged or not it does indeed seem to be the playbook. It does however feed into the worse narratives out there, which made me suspicious of the video, as it is the perfect thing to feed for social media for views. Again without access to the source, it is hard to tell. In the age of AI it may be impossible for a layperson to tell...
  7. @Troy exactly, I wondered did he sue the film gods of egypt,where most of the actors looked northern european i was unable to find any way to email or message hawass or the lawyer. Isis + Hawthor in that film looked like brunhilda and freya. But that was a similar thinking I had. I adjusted my post with the following https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3847128833/weekend/ Mar 2-6 - $39,360 - 1 - $39,360 $39,360 1 Mar 9-13 - $14,958 -62% 1 - $14,958 $60,950 2 Mar 16-20 - $13,675 -8.6% 1 - $13,675 $77,216 3 So, Gods of Egypt wasn't banned, wasn't called to be banned in Egypt. People saw it in egypt. So, this invalidates the desire of the few in Egypt to pan the cleopatra film by Jada Pinkett Smith. And what does it prove. It proves that, the issue here isn't that the Cleopatra film in question isn't phenotypically or other racially correct, it is that, it is produced by Jada Pinkett SMith, a Black woman of the USA in the NEtflix zone, which is going to be mostly seen online in streaming. This is the true issue. Black produced and mostly on streaming not in theaters. Hawass and EL Semary realize that most of the young in egypt, like most poor people in the usa , get film through streaming, not theaters, they are afraid of said Cleopatra's visions being displayed amongst the youth, which will get some youth to question the Europhilic-whitephilic aspects of egyptian culture that have been peddled or enforced by those in power in egypt. I got you!:) I have found real evidence against them. @Chevdove check the comment above to troy. I asked if Gods of EGypt was banned in egpty and it wasn't. I hoped somebody knew but I finally found evidence, all cited.
  8. @Goldsteinberger No where on the link you shared does it say what you wrote. What is does say however is "Bias crimes rose in 2021 with 238 incidents reported. Of these, 40.3 percent were motivated by anti-Black or African American bias,..." Still even if what you wrote was true there were 201 murders in Minnesota in 2021. According to you 157 of these murders were committed by Black people. What does that mean to you? Do you really want to go down the path of comparing the relative murder rates between so called white and Black people? A cursory knowledge of history will tell you white people are the deadliest group of humans to ever roam the planet. The death toll is unimagainable in just the last few hundred years between your worlds wars, genocide, colonialism, imperialism, slavery... please! No group of people are immune to engaging in barbarous acts. To suggest that Black people are more violent than anyone else is ignorance at best and racist at worse.
  9. yeah that is what i thought too 🙂 I agree they do conservatism a disservice, but they are feed racists, xenophobes, etc, so it is good to hear what they are saying from time to time.

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