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I'd like to give you a glimpse into my next book. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Dear Society, Why are Black Women always so angry?’ One evening, while I was channel flipping in hopes of finding a comedy, a documentary, a lecture about something positive – anything on the upswing, I heard those words, and that did it for me! I decided to write a book in article form because I have much to say, but in different light relative to the alleged angry black woman. Article I excerpt - Truth, Excuse or Something else This book of narrative, non-fictional articles takes you on an educational and emotional journey of my life and my experiences as an alleged ‘Angry Black Woman’. Guess what Society - It takes a Pimp to know one! Word on the street is that, you are only Six Degrees from knowing who I am. Have we met? Article II excerpt - The Geographic Angry Black Woman My journey through adulthood has taught me a lot about perception and stereotype and reminds me of an exercise that I performed as Diversity Champion of a major corporate company. The exercise consisted of a lecture, interactive discussion and class participation in which the attendees were asked to read a group of words on several sheets of paper posted around the room and to identify what race of people they felt fit that category of words. Sheet One: Gang member, welfare, food stamps, small time thief, likely to end up in jail or dead. Sheet Two: Most likely to succeed, Track star, computer programmer, honor student, volunteer, Big Sister, team captain. African Americans were often listed on sheet one while whites, Indians monopolized sheet two. The room was stunned to learn that Sheet One + Sheet Two = ME. What do you see when you look in the mirror – truth, excuse or something else? Article III excerpt - Why I love you so much I love you so much because I can see it in your beautiful eyes – Your determination, your fight, your struggle, your perseverance. That spirit that measures your man-hood, that defies defeat - that spirit in which your mother’s breasts nourished you for what’s to come - begging quietly to be heard and to be given a chance, and praying that you’ll make it home alive. My heart bursts at the thought of your strength. I admire your endurance, humility and humble spirit. Tell me, how can I possibly be an angry black woman when I love you so much? Other Articles: Angry black woman and the family dynamic White paper, Black Ink, Color Pencils Me and my Angry Black Mother It takes a Pimp to know one Six Degrees from knowing who I am Beauty and the Twenty-Dollar bill Almost There Black Night, Black room, Black sky and The Angry Black Woman Poems I'm in Love with my Sexy I Don't fit the Script I Am Who are You am I Almost There 40 Years, 7 Days Two Hours and a Kiss I have, finally, learned to lift my head, love my kinky hair, big lips and voluptuous ass, and I oil my beautiful black skin so it shimmers in delight while looking society straight in the eye and saying, ‘It’s not me, it’s you!’ This book of articles also enables me to share my expressive art work & poetry - inviting you to feel my soul. Signed, A Non-Angry Black Woman P

Have you experienced and do you think it is possible?

Only three Black writers have won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Do you know them? (off the top of your head--without looking it up).

Well, our fearless leader has been inaugurated much to the satisfaction of all the Evangelicals whose prayers for a Trump victory won out over those praying for a qualified leader and are now praying that the tyrant they were against, will miraculously become a savior they'll be for. Sharing this sentiment are the many others who are simply resigned to accepting defeat. The undertones of Trump's inaugural speech were "it's my way or the highway" - obviously his formula for making America great again. And if a Cabinet made up bigots, clueless amateurs, corporate millionaires and Russian puppets is any indication of what Trump considers "great", then this nation is at risk of collapsing under the weight of its "greatness". The only people more pathetic than the "forgotten" crybabies conned into thinking they'll be better off with Trump, are the "deer-in-the-headlights" Democrats, lost in the shuffle. Thomas Jefferson once said :“I hold that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.” Carl Schurz another statesman, later said : "My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right." Malcolm X declared: "if you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything. Barak Obama spoke about the "the audacity of hope." To all my sisters out there demonstrating for justice and equality, this 83-year-old retread from the 1960s says "right on!"

What Would Dr. Martin.Luther King Think.,Book.By D T Pollard. He Ask.This Question All The Years After Dr. King Death. Written.After Barrack Obama Was Elected President. Protesting.For Black Males Murdered By Racist White Police,Black Lives Matter. No Protest For Black Males ,Street Gangs Killing Other Black Males,More Black.Males In Prison. What Would Dr. King.Think.And Want Us To Do. Have Not Read This Book. Wonder If He Condones Black Church Corruption,Like Everyone ,Who Goes To Church,NAACP,Politicians?Black Church Takes Up Millions Of Dollars,Poverty In Communities. Preachers Controlled Church Money,They.Owned The Church Money. Buying.Rich Cars,Mansions,Diamond.Rings, They Are Not Uplifting Black Communities,Being Mentors,Teachers To Black Children,Especially Young Black Males..Preachers Beat Their Wives, 3 Have Killed Their Wives,Children With Mistresses..What Dr. King Think.About The Black.Church?Black,Church Used To Be A Place Of Unity And Strategy. ..

So glad you kept it up! I didn't know you wrote books too. (ok sometimes I'm in my own world. )

As we head into Black history month 2017 I hope to find out more and report on the under-told story of "free negro" - A British legal status referring to black people in early America who were not nor were ever slaves. If anyone has any info know that I welcome all tips!

Amazon is being analyzed as a company that may potentially become a trillion dollar business. The giant is rolling downhill and everything in its path will be crushed. Macy's, The Limited, Sears and countless small retailers have disappeared and it is not going to get any better. We the people demand speed and convenience and those things are all that matters. Speed and convenience means that we are left to be on our phones and watching our shows. We don't need or want to walk or drive to visit stores if that store isn't connected to our phones in some way.

Wishing: Troy Cynique Delano And other members of the AALBC family a happy new year................

No Cynique you did not strike me as elderly in the least. I too appreciated that the situation my not present itself again so i cherished the moment even more. I went on about how you look like yourself, because you did. I see A LOT of photos of folks, meet them in person, and wonder who was in the photos they release Well next time you are in the 'hood check out a restaurant called Peaches. It is not much to look at, but they have an excellent breakfast I'm not checkout the duck bacon and the biscuits.

Well, I might be a little psychic because when I engage with a person for any length on line, their true persona begins to transcend their words as I read between the lines. I just pick up on certain things, that are said or that aren't said. People give themselves away and don't know it. Their style of expressing themselves takes on an attitude. The only thing anybody from this forum might be surprised about upon meeting me is my demeanor, Although 82, I am neither feeble nor sedate. And I have, after all, shared a lot of my personal philosophy as well as my life history on this board (much to the indignation of Sara who inadvertently revealed a lot about herself in her posts). My cyber personality would be different only in that I would bite my tongue a little more in person because I don't want anybody to go upside my head. People often tell me that I write just like I talk and I think I do because I write in a conversational tone. Contrary to what some might hope, deep down inside I am not really a sweeet person. Troy was exactly as I expected him to be. He and I have often clashed about things so I know both his mild and aggressive side. I know his pet peeves and his passions. And we fell into an easy conversation right away, quickly finding things to snicker about. I found it amusing that he kept saying I looked just like my picture. How about that? Troy and I didn't spend any more than about 10 minutes together because since there was no controversial topic to discuss, we pretty much said everything the moment called for. After meeting and greeting and bidding our fond farewells, me and my daughter split because we were in "Chiraq" after dark and didn't want to get caught in any crossfire. LOL. We even took an alternate route home because the expressway we usually take has had 12 drive-by shootings in the past 2 months. So we hopped into the Range Rover and got the hell outta Dodge. Mission accomplished. I met my good buddy, Troy Johnson, in person.

"Tapped" me on my back?! I was talking to someone and I felt someone punch me in my back. My immediate reaction is that this person better know me. So I turned around and it @Cynique in the flesh. Cynique, in an ideal world we could have taken more time to actually have a conversation. Seeing you was like meeting a celebrity. A celebrity whose career you may have followed and taken a photograph with, but getting to know someone takes time and I think it has to be in person. The interesting thing about getting to know someone on these forums versus real life is that (at least for me), is that I tend to be more honest here. I'll express views and opinion here that I would keep to myself at a cocktail party. Here I'm less filtered, so I'm probably more likable in real life But which one is the real me. I think if you know me both here and in the real world you probably know me better than most. Lurkers may fall into that catergory, but hardly anyone you actively posts does. @Delano (who i actually went to business school with in the early 90's) falls into the category of both. I first met him in 1991 when we both were constants in the PC lab. But I have not seen him in about 10 years so we have moved from physical to virtual. Choosing between the two; physical trumps virtual. But when there is no other choice virtual is better than nothing. Our culture seems to behave as if virtual relationships are better than physical ones, given the huge amount of time we invest, in corporate curated, virtual relationships. Corporate control of the relationship is one of the reason's I've optioned out of using social media for personal reasons; social media imposes which greatly distort who we really are. I actually started to dislike people in the social media world that I actually liked in the real world! So if someone who I actually know, warts and all, in the real world, is seemingly constantly boasting about how great wife, children, lives are; they seem phony and disingenuous to me. But then I realized it is not them; it is the way social media works, so rather than disliking people I otherwise like, I try my best to ignore what I see, or like hit the like button and keep it moving.

This is beautiful! Cyber relationships are great but there nothing like real life human interaction!

EU. Well, at least Troy took a good picture. It was great to meet him in person! As soon as I entered the crowded room, I spotted him right away. When I got close enough I tapped him on the back. When he turned around, he immediately recognized me. It was a very pleasant and sentimental occasion to finally cap our 13 year cyber friendship with a big hug.

OK, here's my question. How does my web page strike you? Should I keep it? Or let it expire when my 30-day free trial is up. Here are my 3 numbers: 827. conniediversbradley.simplesite.com