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Why did I know you were light skinned -lol! One thing I’ve learned on this journey is more freedom fighters of African descent look like more like Malcolm than Martin lol.. (ok I’ll be back with a response) 🤣🤣🤣 Also, you will have no argument with me on the topic of Education! Education is always the key and it would definitely help people understand the difference between social construct vs biological construct. Race is not biological - but if there were different races, it would homo sapiens vs neanderthals. Today, neanderthals are allegedly extinct. Ok for real , I will develop a response.☺️

Sudan War, US & Russia Fighting Proxy War In Sudan To Set Naval Bases In Red Sea There are some new reports published recently that answers to some questions and viewpoints shared in this community about what is really going on with the conflict in Sudan! One viewpoint is that this conflict is about Russia being the instigator to abrupt outbreak of violence in Sudan but then another viewpoint is that it is not just Russia but a proxy war between America and Russia. Well, it seems like more and more reports support the latter viewpoint! Irish politician Calls Out Western Countries For Funding War In Africa Another major point-of-view in this community which really peaks my interest is how the AU can help in this conflict! This too is what I believe as well, in that the participation of the AU is pivotal. But, I also believe that the countries where the Habesha people concentrate are also being targeted. In fact, the headquarters of the AU is in Addis Ababa and so, I believe that these people are already dealing with a lot of foreign pressure and so, the conflict in Sudan may also spill over into their borders. Which brings up another viewpoint as to whether or not other AFricans will help Sudan. IMO, it may happen and I based my beliefs on what had occurred in the past during the Great Mahdi war in the late AD 1800s. I have done a little research and tried to piece together what really did lead up to this conflict but, how much information is avaliable? When it comes to AfroAmericans, I believe that we are not offered a clear pathway to really understand everything, but I believe that we should try to learn as much as possible. One major reason why this conflict in Sudan peaks my interest is because my ancestor was stolen from that region in the early 1800s when Mohammad Ali came from the north, the Ottoman Turkish government, and set up in Egypt. Decades later, the Ottomans were replaced by the Arab Egyptians and the British were in control. So, it was during this time that the Mahdi conflict occurred. Secular reports say that the British government were surprised at one point because the Muslims in Sudan joined with the Habesha people and a few 'heroes' miraculously travelled southwards over a great expanse of desert and then came back north and was able to gather a large force. power lines were cut and so, communication was thwarted to the point that the British force was caught off guard and the poor and starving African men somehow overwhelmed the enemies one night and captured a lot of fire power. But they eventually lost the war, nevertheless, I believe that there is a lot more to understand about that war and I believe that it may relate to what is going on right now. Just like the Madhi conflict, I believe that religion plays a big part in these conflicts as well as many Africans are outraged about being oppressed by foreignes from the west. And so, it should come as no surprise that I believe this because most people know my stance! So, I will briefly mentioned that this very conflict in Sudan began abruptly on April 14 and during this very day and week, there were a lot of celestial wonders that did occur in the skies! As a matter of fact, the volcano eruption going on right now near Mexico City, began on April 14, 2023! Even though this volcanoe has been active for years, this recent eruption is alarming sceintist! In addition, Mt. Etna is also erupting right now and there is a record setting flooding in Northern Italy as well. And, I believe that there is a connection with what is going on right now on our earth that correlates to what is also going in in the skies! History says that about 2000 years ago during this same week, a celestial occurrence eventually led to a violent edict in the Middle east. So I would not ignore the fact that those AFrican people over there do have conflicts based on a religious basis and have been attacked for this reason too.

Yes he would! 🤣 In my mind’s eye he has those freckles too - And I bet when he was “little pioneer” he had those blond edges like a halo to his light brown ‘fro! I betcha!!! And yes, @Pioneer1 a lot of my fair-skinned and multi-ethnic friends were always marching on the frontlines! You nailed the psychology of “light skinned ” freedom fighters. But Neanderthals - there is genetic difference between modern humans and neanderthals. Biological evidence indicates all modern humans originated out of Ancient Africa - And that’s what is problematic for people who turned “pink” due to migrating out of Africa (away from the sun and equator) then mixing with the remaining Neanderthals. BRB 😆

One of the best things you can do is try your best to find OTHER Black folks who think like you and try to live around and network with them as much as you can not only for prosperity but for protection. Like @richardmurray often says, this Western society has made a lot of Black folks selfish and individualistic to the point that they ONLY care about themselves. They could care less what happens to another Black person, even if it's right next door. You have a lot of Black folks who actually SUPPORTED the January 6th Insurrection and a lot more Black folks who didn't know it happened and could care less about it. They are focused on themselves and copping the next sack of weed or getting liquor to drink over Memorial Day weekened. As long as THEY got a little money in their pockets...."everything" is fine as far as they're concerned.

richardmurray @richardmurray To me the question going forward is, how do you get majority consensus in the black community in the usa when individualism is so beloved and uttered in the black community in the usa. You may not get a consensus among the COMMUNITY as a whole, but you can definitely get a consensus or a definite majority around certain issues. For example.... Among Generation Xer's...support for Tupac is pretty much a consensus. Among Millennials and Generation Zer's....support of Marijuana is pretty much a consensus. You develop unity around certain IDEAS and POLICIES instead of around racial identity or racial loyalty. Mel @Mel Hopkins Or people are labeling themselves. I identify as an American belonging to the African diaspora. It makes more sense to describe myself based on ethnicity, cultural traits, tribe, and even geographical homeland than to say I'm black or white. Black people aren't black any more than white people are white. And the more we identify each other that way, the dumber it sounds. I support people having the right to label themselves if they are PROPERLY EDUCATED on race and ethnicity. However in the U.S....as in much of the world..they are NOT. Most people confuse race with ethnicity with nationality to the point that you have Black Latinos who are heavily discriminated against and mistreated claiming "Latino" as a race instead of Black simply because they don't identify with us culturally. Or Nigerians and Somalis who will tell you they aren't "Black" but African. Race, ethnicity, and nationality are clearly defined and even scientific. The confusion comes from the purposeful MIS-education of the population. So maybe that's the uptick in multi-ethnic people identifying as black. Well as a relatively light skinned man, I can tell you that ONE of the upticks in multi-ethnic and light skinned people in general claiming to be Black and enjoining themselves with the greater Black community of America is the enjoying the PRIVILEDGES that come from being lighter and "whiter" among people where lightness and Whiteness is often revered and sought after on a subconscious and often conscious level. Many if not most AfroAmericans see light skin as superior in not only beauty but also strangely enough in intelligence and morality. Why? Because many subconsciously see WHITE people as superior in beautify, intellect, and morality....and because light/mixed people are closer to them....they see them as one step closer to that ideal. Most light/mixed people pick up on and understand this at an early age as they are often treated better by other AfroAmerican children and even AfroAmerican adults because of their complexion. A treatment they usually DON'T get from White folks. No law says you can't identify yourself as any ethnicity you choose. No, and the interesting thing about U.S. law is that while they allow YOU to call yourself whatever you like, those in authority reserve the right and EXERCISE the right to describe and label you as they please without your consent or even knowledge. When police are looking for a suspect they'll say, "White male, 5 foot 8 inches, wearing a green jacket running southbound on....." They don't stop and trying to find out what race or culture the suspect identifies as or what gender/sex they identify as...they ASSIGN ONE to them. The FBI and other government agencies do the same thing in legal documents. So while they ALLOW identify politics and games to be played among the general population and even in the media....among the government authorities themselves....clear distinctions and differences are not only acknowledged but used. Chev @Chevdove White German women that had married Black men were forced to divorce their husbands and etc. I'm glad you pointed this out! A lot of foolish among our people actually support Hitler and think that the Holocaust and the actions of the Nazis were only against the Jews....and not Black people. You even have some Muslims who believe the Hitler wasn't such a bad person because he went after the Jews without understanding that Hitler and the Nazis were HARD CORE RACISTS who hated Jews BECAUSE of the non-White blood many of them had. It wasn't the religious differences that caused the other White Germans to hate the Jews. It was the fact that many of them had Black and Middle-Eastern ancestry from long long ago that crept up in their physical features like darker skin, bigger nose, and kinkier hair, bigger penis, etc.. You never know where or how the African genetics may display itself in the Jewish population. The Nazi ideology was you must get rid of the entire community to eliminate the risk of the Black/Arab genes from popping up among the White German people. This also brings to my mind another thread where the terms GROWTH RATE and REPLACEMENT THEORY was mentioned. I think that we as Black people need to be careful and not play into these phrases because I think it is White Supremacist people that are playing into an unnatural fear. This REPLACEMENT THEORY of them becoming extinct is the same thing that led to the attempted Black Genocide tha has been blotted out of our educational systems that occurred before slavery. And this REPLACEMENT THEORY is the fear, IMO, that led up to the Halocaust and the killing of many European Jews. And white people are so slick.... They'll sit up and claim that OTHER PEOPLE are trying to "replace" them all the while THEY are the ones practicing GENTFIFICATION and going into Black neighborhoods trying to replace the population. They'll sit up and cry about THEIR population numbers declining as an excuse to lock up Black men and spread AIDS and WAR in Africa to reduce the Black population. Despite all of their talk of declining numbers, when I go outside I see just as many White folks with blonde hair jogging up and down the street and walking their dogs TODAY as I saw 10 and 15 years ago. Old White men all up in the hood walking their dogs and winking at you as they walk by........ "Hey there buddy! Ya think those Celtics are gonna do it this year???" Where's the population decline they speak so much about?

Happy belated birthday queen! Beautiful woman. I admired her beauty and sexiness since first seeing her in a low budget flick called The Arena, as a kid when I was up late at night watching television. I had to be no more than 8 or 9 but I said WHO IS THAT???? Her, Nichelle Nichols, and Diahann Carroll were tearing it up back in the 60s and 70s.

I haven't sat down to play a video game in YEARS. Maybe I should get into gaming. Especially as I get older and don't do as much physical things as I did when I was in my 20s for fun. I was talking to a White associate of mine and we're around the same age. He is an avid "gamer" and said he got into it about 10 years ago as a form of fun and relaxation. I asked him what decided to make a 40 something year old man all of a sudden get into playing video games? He said something to the effect of as he got older sex became less "fun" and more physically demanding for him....lol....but when it comes to video games as long as you have a couch, television, and can see....you can have all the fun you want as old as you get. I could see an 85 year old man with a bad heart choosing video games over viagara-assisted sex as a healthier alternative for fun.....LOL

That's EXACTLY what's going on.....not just in Sudan, but in Ethiopia and the Congo as well to various degrees. What must be understood is that although the U.S. and Russia are ACTING like they are preparing for war with eachother.....and I say "acting" like it because they really MIGHT be or it MIGHT be a game they're playing together on the world....both nations are smart enough to stick together when it comes to the darker nations such as those in Africa. The U.S. and Russia may be rivals, but the leaders of both nations believe in keeping White folks on top and keeping Black nations in a state of chaos and disorder. So the game is for U.S. and Russia to both send representatives to a particular nation to fund them with weapons and training.....not to fight Russia or America...but to fight EACHOTHER INSIDE THE NATION or ANOTHER AFRICAN NATION. In other words, get Black folks to fighting and killing eachother and keep their nations in a state of instability and weakness....that's the objective. It's the same trick over and over again. Whether it's Europeans and Arabs using RELIGION to divide Africans; or the U.S. and Russia using Communism vs. Capitalism to divide Africans...same thing....get them to fight eachother and reduce their populations. When we recognize and realize this game they play, we can never be fooled. No matter what the excuse....be it politics, religion, economics.....whenever White people come to us trying to get us to fight eachother, we MUST reject the reasons.

Unless one has actually lived in New York City and ridden its subways for years, you have no clue what can happen underground. People are terrified of altercations, especially in subway cars where one cannot walk into an adjoining car. From all news and witness reports, I agree that Jordan Neely did not pose a physical threat. But few subway riders enjoy a person who appears disheveled screaming. The randomness unnerves them. Most are trying to get to work or go to school. This is the reason subway terrorist Frank James engendered such notoriety. But he had been nutty for a long time and simply chose the NYC subway to pull his nonsense. There is nothing funny or admirable about an individual shouting incoherently in any subway. But I don't believe Neely should have been killed. And the amount of money donated to the man who cost him his life is further proof of what I have saying all along: White Supremacy never went away. Nothing, except massive government and private intervention, will curb homelessness in NYC and other big cities.

@Chevdove glad to help and yes, remember, most black people in the usa in the 1800s had a more pure view of whites than black people in the usa after the year 2000. White women or white jews or white latinos or white asians weren't embraced in the black community like today, as non white male christian european descended folk. it is a book, read the book, nella larsen Passing eBook by Nella Larsen - EPUB Book | Rakuten Kobo United States

True....Saudi Arabia is setting themselves up as if they are fair and unbiased - they are not. Dagalo already know that Saudi are bias toward al-Burhan based on their relative background.

I forgot to mention i added this book to the site when pioneer first mentioned it.

@richardmurray, to advertise, endorse or invest in that digital ponzi scheme was ignorant. I do not believe anyone should be abused or mistreated. Folks definitely shouldn't use their *power* to harm others in any way. Rudy G. looks sleazy enough that I wouldn't leave a baby kitten alone with him. 😁😎

A fool invests in business ventures of which they know nothing. He has to face the music for being ignorant. It makes no sense for an adult woman to comply with that type of foolishness as a condition of employment. Something doesn't add up. These grown people have to take responsibility for their own actions. In common...it reads like they both got f8cked.😁😎

Or people are labeling themselves. I identify as an American belonging to the African diaspora. It makes more sense to describe myself based on ethnicity, cultural traits, tribe, and even geographical homeland than to say I'm black or white. Black people aren't black any more than white people are white. And the more we identify each other that way, the dumber it sounds. Anyway, my three daughters look Asian and very fair-skinned Latina. One twin has long straight black hair, and the youngest twin was born with naturally curly, strawberry-blond hair (she colors it now, but the most recent was her natural color). My oldest daughter's father is of African American descent, but her paternal grandmother looked Asian. They once told me they identify whichever way gives them the advantage—not kidding. So maybe that's the uptick in multi-ethnic people identifying as black. No law says you can't identify yourself as any ethnicity you choose.

It doesn't really matter how folks classify themselves. The system of racism white supremacy knows the difference and will treat people accordingly. South Africa is great example of how white folks can be a minority and still run sh8t. H8ll, white folks run some countries without having a real presence there.😎