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Definitely not American. Our society has a long way for this "unthinkality." Just imagine, "500 Americans have so far been killed in Chicago this year..." It's almost laughable. It’s unimaginable, grouping us all together in this fashion. But shouldn’t we be? American is simply, White American. Let’s face it, it is. But I do have hope, I never imagined having a Black President.... African-American. To me it's like the new "negro." Non-threatening, soft, 'light in the ass.' This term diminishes the strength of Black people and I believe the media uses it specifically for that purpose. There are many Blacks in America without African ties (that’s not taking into account we’re ALL from Africa, but that’s a whole 'mother' story) so the African part just refers to ‘having Black skin.’ And also, African-American has no cultural value. Unlike Italian-American, Asian-American, Native American, Blacks have no heritage or motherland to connect to to display pride and unification throughout the world. Blacks, in general, are the newest breed of humans on the planet. Now, BLACK. The term Black has historically been condemned. The rhetoric of blackballed, blacklisted, blackmail, black lie, black prince, black heart, etc. as negativity, evokes a scornful look, or frown, upon anyone that uses any term that involves the word ‘Black.’ So think about it, in the english language, adjectives precede nouns so any use of the word Black before the noun, has already produced a negative effect. Black man, Black woman, Black child, etc. The same thing. Not all cultures and languages utilize this method. But here in America, it’s taught. And that teaching has instilled a lasting negativity that has been embedded in our cultural DNA. James Brown, "Say it loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud!" Black for me. Why? Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise. Maya Angelou, "Still I Rise." What say you?

Thanks for your comments. And congrats on the book, hopefully we'll be casting for season two before the year is out. Let's stay in contact, I'd like to get you on season two to talk about your book.

As some of you know I not using social media for at least 6 months. Instead I'm using other websites to help promote my content. So for this list I ran a Google search to find articles and other lists on other websites where I might be able to share a link to my page. During my search it was interesting to discover so many articles on the issue of African writers who feel they are the flavor of the day. It was interesting because I noticed this trend myself. here in US, African authors dominate disproportionately book deals and the media's attention in general relative to Black writers. However the same was true for the media's outsized focus on Urban fiction before that African writers, and chicklet before Urban fiction... The attention paid to Black writers goes through ups and downs the sad part is that black people control none of these trends we rely solely upon white corporate media media and we react accordingly. When was the last time you read an article about Urban fiction? With the exception Ray Brown's Good2go publishing https://aalbc.com/authors/imprint.php?imprint=Good2go+Publishing there is no urban fiction promotion here. It is not like the readers of the genre went away all of a sudden, they are just ignored. And we can't do anything about it...at least right now.

Very interested article and docu-series. Somewhat kismet for me as one of the stories Mercy, Mercy Me in my newly released book Urban Rhapsody deals with a young single father raising a teenage son.

HAPPY (belated) BIRTH DAY !!!! May God bless you to enjoy many many many more years in peace and good health. And if you're still celebrating and don't mind risking BOTH your peace and good health, well..... Here, this 40 oz is for you: ps. You should have never admitted you used to (?) drink malt liquor, I'm gonna be fucking with you about that one for a GOOD minute.....lol

Thanks for the reply it was very helpful. Please keep us posted on the progress with your website.