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Nobody I know uses the term "Afro-American". As far as I'm concerned, it is an obsolete label like - "jive-assed nigga". Over the past 50+years, "Black" is the most common word used when referring to America's slave descendants. Previously, Whites soliciously refrained from publicly calling us what was considered a derogatory term until we started calling ourselves that via the "Black is Beautiful" slogan embraced by the Black Panthers who took their cue from Malcom X. This all took place back in the late 1960s, and from that time forward we, as a people, proudly became "Black" with a capital "B"; going from an adjective to a noun. The idea of blackness being "a state of mind" also came about during this era, presumably to promote inclusiveness, especially since such dynamic activists as Huey Newton, Angela Davis, and Malcom, himself, were light-skinned. In the present, calling negroid Immigrants "African" suffices, because that is what they are, and nobody is confused as to what segment of the American population is being referred to when using that description. This applies to West Indians as well.

I respectfully bow out of this interaction. It's too much work for a Sunday

It was becoming unpaid work.

@ProfD Filo + Musk who started yahoo are the only ones from truly financially humble beginnings. And, to be even, they got lucky. Again, less than 1% of all websites failed. So, the entrepreneurial spirit you are talking about failed many non blacks. so.. your argument on the whole is unfounded but... I continue Zuckerburgs father offered his son a mcdonald's franchise , how many black parents can do that or euqivalent for their children? please don't say it is common for black parents to offer the next generation wealth. Gates parents have always been on the boards of big companies, how many black parents are on the boards of large companies while their children are in high school? please don't say it is common. And don't insult black history, again, black people have been blockaded from financial wealth by whites in the usa from1 492 to 1980 nearest holistically. Jobs father is from a fiscally wealthy syrian family. wozniak's father was an engineer for lockheed. Please don't say that they are financially common. Page and BRin for Google had well connected and well off parents. working as engineers for nasa or colleges in the usa. How many black engineers have not been accepted at Nasa? that had every single thing a white engineer did. Nasa is a great job for an engineer. You are connecting with big financial channels. All of them through their relatives or communities, many are white jews or have white jewish background which has a financial aspect to it, some are simply nepo babies, that have money or access to money, like Musk, who is also from a financialy wealth white clan. You mention entrepreneurial spirit but don't mention lack of fiscally capable parents. I know few black people have fiscally aiding black parents. I know that. it is interesting to me how so many black people in the usa accept white power or white advantage but then in assessing black people, blame ourselves as if the white people who are wealthiest in the usa, aren't assisted by white power or white advantage but simply have the entrepreneurial spirit. It is very imbalanced, or uneven thinking. @Pioneer1 I give blood to a blood bank, five times a day. @Troy I have created youtube or tiktok videos to share my art, but I am not the biggest user of either platform. There are a few youtubers I like because they are informative or interesting in the arts. I like Mayowa's world cause she is a black natural haired woman who has insightful positions on black identity, accented cinema cause he makes great posts on asian cinema. I like shadversity cause they develop weapons and test them and have helped me think on weapons in my own stories. So i admit as an artist youtube has some great educational folk. What are your thoughts on what to do about lurkers? any ideas. I comprehend that bots have always been used to augment perceived activity on websites, from the early 1990s. Thinking on it for a minute, from bots to paid real members of websites to now the llm identities, the children of the bots, so much activity online is augmented... two questions come to mind. 1)Of the facebooks/twitter/youtubes/google searches/netflix or other, how many of them used bots to augment their activity to appear positive? In my mind I begin to wonder, how many websites failed cause they didn't invest in bots, didn't invest in ways to augment popularity? If you augment popularity even if you aren't making money, maybe you can keep the investments running, especially in the dot com craze days, the earlier eras of the internet when money flowed to these bleeding firms. 2) what activity online has the least lurkers? I comprehend if one is online it invites de facto lurking, at least the possibility. I guess email, but I imagine you know, if not through experience through conference with others. 3) should black owned websites invested in lurking more ? I remember when beyonce or jay-z had some media thing and it was found out it had a bunch of bots, but it seemed so late in the internet, like an old style bot drive that white people used ten years earlier?

90% of social media visitors are lurkers. It is probably higher than that on some platforms. How many of you actually created TicTok or YouTube video for the public but have used the platform. The number of lurkers here is probably higher than 90% because of some very popular posts generate a lot of traffic.

Factually correct. Opinion based upon a flawed foundation of racial stereotype (sounds like more of your big penis belief).

Ditto. @Delano that is an interesting subject

Why do you say that? Now you can get you grass cut for damn near free and your strawberries cost a lot less too. meanwhile YOU get to sit in an air-conditioned lounge on your job hitting up on the ladies

How do you really know there's no interest in it? Just like pro sports, let a wealthy white dude announce he's financing a Black Male Pageant & n8gglets will come running to be in it.

Enjoy my brotha. Here in the USA over 140 million people are enduring a snow storm.

Thanks @ProfD I'm having a midnight snack. Today is Australia Day. It's like the Fourth of July. Except Aboriginal call it Invasion Day.. There's a big Aboriginal festival across the street. Will check out our this year.

The theory is more interesting than his application so far. However it is sparking some ideas so it's worth the price. You're ahead of me. I'm either bored, jaded or apathetic.

I think they SHOULD have beauty pageants for men too, but that's not going to be very popular because Black men and men of African descent in general would routinely win them and it would severely damage the concept of White male superiority. In order for White men or Asian men to win "beauty" or "handsomeness" competitions they would literally have to make white skin or slanted eyes one of the traits or standards OF beauty for men, which would go against nature. Other natural markers for male physical attractiveness like muscularity, symmetry, deep voices, smooth and dark skin....Black men rule. Women...not just American women but women all over the globe...consistently see men of African descent as the most physically attractive and masculine regardless of the propaganda and conditioning.

Which would explain addictive behaviour as a coping mechanism. Which is a slow form of death or a refusal to live a constrained life.

Humm. Sounds intriguing. If I were young and energetic and adventurous I would check out this book. But, I'm losing interest in life.

Amazed. They. Have. Not. Got. The. Athletes. From. Other. Countries .Pro. Baseball. Players. From. Other. Countries ,NBA. ,,Basket. Ball. Players. College. .Sports Have Foreign. Players. ..,White. Pro. Hockey. Players. ....This. A. Money. Business ..

IMO, it is unfair to compare the US (340 million people) to Canada (41 million people). The population of Canada could fit in California. 70% of Canadiens identity as white (28 million). The rest of the country breaks down as Indigenous (1.8 million), South Asians (2.6 million), Chinese (1.7 million), Black (1.5 million), Filipino (960,000), Arab (690,000) & Latinos (580,000). Canada takes care of its citizens by way of social safety nets, public healthcare & government regulations. Again, the majority of them identify as white. The US as a pseudo-rainbow & melting pot is much bigger & fueled by racism white supremacy is a different setup.

Neely Fuller, Jr. (October 6, 1929 – February 1, 2025) Roberta Flack (February 10, 1937 – February 24, 2025) Jawanza Kunjufu (1953 – April 25, 2025) Tony Rose (October 11, 1950 – May 27, 2025) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (January 5, 1938 – May 28, 2025) Thomas Sayers Ellis (d. July 17, 2025) Vivian Elizabeth Ayers Allen (July 29, 1923 - August 18, 2025) Larry Ward (d. August 19, 2025) Quintard Taylor (December 11, 1948 to September 21, 2025) Assata Shakur (July 16, 1947 to September 25, 2025) Malcolm Jamal Warner (August 18, 1970 – July 20, 2025) Michael I. Days (August 2, 1953 - October 18, 2025) Keturah A. Bobo (d. October 2025) DéLana R. A. Dameron (January 30, 1985 – November 29, 2025) Elle Simone Scott (November 28, 1976 – January 5, 2026) Charles S. Finch III (February 25, 1948 – January 17, 2026) Eric Huntley (September 25, 1929 – January 21, 2026) Addendum (to be edited) Sly Stone (March 15, 1943 - ) D'Angelo () Angie Stone () Some of these folks I knew, some I admired from afar, and others I was unfamiliar with. Quintard was a Brother whose work I really admired at https://blackpast.org/ He built his site into an institution. I spaced on our last meeting and missed it. I called him back and was wondering why he did not return my call... Keturah was a shocking loss because she was just so young and had such a bright future. Vivan Allen was Debbie and Felicia's mom who was force in her own right I did not know until she was gone. Eric Huntley, they don't make men, publishers, or booksellers like him (and his wife) any more! We are all soft, weak, and asleep compared to him. Of course, I don't have to tell anyone here who Kunjufu, Fuller, Shakur, and Finch are any why they were important. R.I.P.

I didn't even know my girl Roberta Flack passed away last year Come on Troy, how could you forget Theo...... Malcolm Jamal Warner

@Troy...thanks for acknowledging some of our elders, brothas & sistas who have departed the rock. We can add Sly Stone, D'Angelo & Angie Stone to the 2025 list.

Nevermind. Richard.