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  1. @Mel Hopkins Thank you. I believe the Diaspora has had a great impact on what we believe. I can see that you have a lot of insight because you have traveled abroad while I have not. That's probably why I am more geared towards the Christian doctrine. When it comes to African Americans, I don't choose to be judgmental in what we believe because, I feel that it will take a long time before we can really get to the whole truth. I just hope that we keep on trying!
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  2. I will always support the plight of Black women in our betterment, and I do still feel connected to the ideals of the Democratic agenda because that seems to be where Black people have the greatest fight. Thank you.
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  3. @richardmurray Thank you. I really, really appreciate this. I have so much doubt but I do hope that I can get the confidence up to write about my experiences. Part of my doubt is that I know that my views are extremely controversial and stem from my anguish about slavery in America.
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  4. @Mel Hopkins Thank you, thank you and thank you once again. You always THINK and come to the proper conclusion by employing evidence, logic and common sense. It's a pity that so many on news forums and discussion groups these days are in such a hurry to pound a keyboard before they even know what the slop they want to pontificate about. Most honest-hearted and level-headed Journalists are basically the same. As you told me, a true Journalist never forgets their roots to investigate, ascertain reliable and responsible sourcing and then let people know of their findings. That is what you do and I applaud you! People will gloss or ignore the phrasing honest-hearted and level-headed. Only because they have an agenda. I do not care for those who just mouth off and then refuse to offer proof or cite sourcing for their assertions.
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  5. Oh one more thing! Thanks to President Obama's Jobs Act, my mother and I have private equity shares in black-owned technology fabless semiconductor company, Espre Technologies, Inc. Equity crowdfunding allows us to support black-owned businesses. And it's the first time we've been able to get in on the ground floor before it goes belly-up or public. The seed money we raised in the first round of regulation crowdfunding allows the inventor to fabricate his Edge device protection SoC (System on a chip). While the proprietary technology is a bit complicated, In short, -it helps wireless channels handle increased data. Without it, autonomous cars could stop processing information when it's most vulnerable. Or it can protect construction cranes from bad actors. The Jobs act allowed a black woman, Linda (Lynn) P. Smith, President/Founder/CEO, in Cincinnati to start a private equity regulation crowdfunding platform to raise money to "buy the block." While many people have probably heard about Bezos's real estate investment platform to allow people to buy shares in rental property, This sister's business helps people crowdfund to property to prevent gentrification. So, again working with who we have serves us. We need more legislators who believe in democracy and equity for all people.
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  6. @Chevdove exactly, the black populace in the usa, has a heritage of nonviolence. rightly or wrongly, functionally or dysfunctionally. I don't see the scenario in ukraine as a cultural war. modern humanity has three empires: the usa/china/russia. the empires are testing the water to see where the weaker countries will align. In the end, the usa/russia/china haven't had any issue in their borders. It is still the same cold war proxy stuff. Ukraine may become the next germany. interesting, I hope you have your story written down for later generations in your clan. Alot of people in the usa talk about genealogy, but while genetic tracing can be informative, nothing beats messages from the past that have emotional content. @ProfD I will say this, I will love the us government to give multiples of billions to native american reservations.
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  7. True - but it helps folks like us to not carry them. They need to be left in their hell...they don't need us to remain there with them. (Aside: Someone killed my loved one and I forgave him on day one. And when I look back I think about my loved one and all the beauty he brought into the world)
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  8. Africans asking about your son's "tribe" makes me so happy! I got so giddy reading your reply. And I think it has something to do with my experience while working for United. One of my passengers looked like my Nana. She didn't speak English. She didn't know how to find the person supposed to meet her when our flight landed in Dulles. I think it was a delay or something. Because she looked like my Nana - I gestured if she spoke "Amharic," She did! I went to another passenger - who appeared to be from West Africa (he was wearing cultural garb), I know their language can be Yoruba, but I took a chance and asked if he also spoke Amharic, and he did! I was able to help my "nana" looking woman -and the West African brother agreed to help her when they disembarked. You already know I did a lot of research for my book. So without that background, I wouldn't have a clue to make the connection between the two if I hadn't, especially since I'm just a regular black American woman who happens to share mtDNA with North Africans/Ethiopians. All this to say, I'm not surprised your son looks like Habesha. And here's why I think it's a given. When I was in Lima -some of the Peruvians thought I was from there. When I flew to Jamaica, WI, and Aruba, some locals asked me if I had family there. We can learn a lot from the people who call us out. I know I did. For example, I learned the people from Aruba are Arawak (Taino), also from West Africa and Peru, and spoke a language-remix called Papiamento. As I was traveling around the world, I felt so proud to be African - even where they "hate" black people they still paid deference. It was a bit unsettling but in a way that made you wonder about your place in history. When we Black Americans travel abroad or find ourselves in a global setting, we see our people. I believe we (our ancestors) were nomadic people for so long that we crossed the whole African continent! This thread was eye-opening for me. Another one of "there is no right or wrong; simply belief" Although I used logic (as in debate) to tackle the topic, I still realized that my way of reading scriptures is more Hebrew than it is Christian. I even found an article in Time magazine that tackled the same theory of how Hebrews (Jews) and Christians read the Bible differently. I've always read the scriptures as a story of the Hebrew people, how they viewed their Creator, and their interaction with the Tribes they met along the way.
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  9. Another mass shooting for the 2nd time in as many weeks. An 18-year-old who cannot buy a pack of cigarettes is allowed to purchase an assault rifle legally. Ridiculous. An AR-15 is not required for deer hunting. It is made specifically to kill people. But, gun lobbyists are a powerful group. Let's see if this latest string of tragedies forces a change in position on assault weapons.
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