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Two important figures in black American history. Bill Russell was a pioneer in American professional sports and Nichelle Nichols was a trail blazer for blacks in television. Both faced blatant racism and hostility for their chosen paths. Much respect for both stalwart individuals. RIP...

Bill at age 88, and Nichelle at age 89, were my contemporaries and trail blazers in their fields. We were young, middle-aged and old together. I'm lucky to still be here, and I don't take tomorrow for granted. RIP, my TV friends.

The mind tries to rationalize irrational and emotion motives. The uncomfortable unvarnished truth

Thank you for the tag @Delano i tend not to think about such things unless I’m writing. When I write, all the cosmic “truths” reveal themselves. I think this is probably why I tend to procrastinate instead of write. In short, we know everything - we’ve simply convinced ourselves we “know nothing.”. I likened this denial to a line from The Matrix To paraphrase quote “You’re not here to make a choice. You already have. You’re here to understand why you’ve made the choice.” I believe when we try to analyze the tangible with intangible”. - It’s a mind f-ck we perform to keep us in the state of plausible deniability. Probably why we created “God” to scapegoat. also: @Cynique you remind me of the Oracle.

I've been watching a lot more TV lately usually a couple of hours in the evening streamlining movies and the TV Series and a couple of the HBO talk shows like Bill Maher or John Oliver. I don't watch any commercial TV -- the commercials just get on my nerves. I have to say I tend to agree with Pioneer on the portrayal of Black men. here too the opinion is probably a biased due to gender. It seems to me that strong positive Black men are disproportionately underrepresented on the ole boob tube. Another thing I noticed is that interracial couples are over represented in comparison with Black couples. Again Black men may be more sensitive to these things. I imagine someone has collected data on these things; maybe it is something that can be looked up.

Ignoring the generalization about African women, men traditionally paid all the bills giving women the time to play their “traditional” role like minding the kids and maintain the household. Those days are over, as in many households everybody has to work including the kids. Kinda hard to be “mild and meek” when you are providing, often most, of the family’s financial support.

I would say that the ideal real man and real woman have served us well because through procreation they insure the continuation of our existence as human beings.

Hey @Xeon!

Rest in Peace and Power our beautiful sister!

"It is a cliché, but I don't think opposites attract either. I have the most fun with people who I commonality with. Some difference are tolerable but I doubt I could be involved with someone who is an active bumper-sticker-using, maga-hat-wearing, Trump supporter. Now if there were a republican supporter because thet were fiscally conservative that is a different thing, and we could argue the relative benefits of that mind set..." I agree. I could not have worded it better for myself. I am reasonably tolerant of different views. But one thing I will NOT tolerate is Trump apologists and supporters. If they are so-called conservative/Republicans...we can debate policy and politics. I don't have a problem with that. But if you support the toxic and destructive "BIG LIE" of Donald Trump...that's where I draw the line. My issues with him have nothing to do with politics...it is his shameless pathological lying...nauseating arrogance and stunning ignorance that I cannot tolerate. And I also agree with you comment about "opposites attract" as no more than a cliche. Why would someone who is deeply religious be attracted to atheists? Why would a person who has no interest in sports seek out a sports fanatic? Or why would a homebody type of person be attracted to someone who runs the streets and loves going to clubs, bars, street scenes, parties, etc? Makes no sense.....

Men and women will typically disagree along the lines we see here. I tended to agree with Prof and Pioneer for most of my adult life, but we were reared in America and are from the same generation. As a kid, if I cried while getting whipped my mother would whip me longer and tell me that she'd give me something to cry about. My mother also told me if someone hit you you better hit them back, harder -- I don't care how much bigger they are than you. She was old school, and she raised me in a way people raised boys back then -- Don't let anyone one punk you, and you better not let me see you cry. Buy today's standards that might be considered child abuse . But it is how men were raised. My own children (girls) have never been in a fight. I don't think anyone my age (especially men) escaped childhood without being in several fights or even catching a real beatdown. This is why Will Smith's slapping of Chris Rock actually angered me -- and I usually could care less about the shit celebrities do. What Will did to Chris was a profoundly offensive -- bitching slapping a man in public. My gut instinct would have been kick Will's ass or die trying. Today I the best reaction was exactly what Chris did. I imagine if Chris started weeping that would have been acceptable, by today's standards, too. Chris is from my generation so I know his reaction and composure took a lot of heart. I know some men considered Chris weak, but I disagree. Today we live in a different world; we have little need for "real" men. Todays "warriors" drop bombs from drones they control with a joy stick from some trailer out west. What few real gladiators we have now can play football or box, but these sports are being frowned upon because too many men are getting hurt. Men are indeed different from women. I do feel that the culture is trying make men and women that same. I think this is wrong. We should use our resources to understand those differences rather than making believe none exist. One simple and easily observable difference is that men are stronger than women. Of course there are some women who are stronger than some men, but on average men are physically stronger. This fact makes a difference in how men and women behave and the roles they might place in a culture. In 2022 technology has rendered the need for physical strength obsolete, but this change is brand new compared to he 100's of thousands or years humans have been on earth. Our genetics and attitudes will not change over night. Maybe it is technology that has "pussified" men. Maybe some men see women exerting equal rights as a treat. Maybe some men do not like effeminate, gay, or any aspect of manhood that does not conform to the traditional standard of manhood elevated in any way. Men are different than women and those difference should be explored and understood in the context of a modern society rather trying to make men the same a women. Men will always reject that -- even if they can not articulate, or understand, exactly why. Women, on the other hand, don't seem to mind making men the same as women. This may be another manifestation of our differences. More likely women see these changes as getting the same benefits, rights, opportunities men get, something they deserve.

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