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Not a position to like or dislike. The facts are: 1) Black communities had been flooded with drugs since the late 1960s. Drugs were a poison pill to destroy Black folks in more ways than one. 2) The 1994 crime bill did lead to mass incarceration of Black folks. The majority of whom were non-violent offenders. That 1,2 punch combo did exactly what white folks intended since the days of POTUS Nixon. Interestingly, we do not see or hear the same tactics being applied to a war against drugs in white communities. Crystal meth has never been criminalized as harshly as marijuana and cocaine. Fentanyl and opioid addiction are supposedly a huge problem for white folks but there's no harsh punishments being handed down on them for trafficking in it. I do hear the media talking heads blaming illegal immigrants for bringing drugs into the USA. White folks have always been the biggest drug dealers in the world through the pharmaceutical industry and illegal drugs too. There's no shortage of crime and violence and death on the hands of white folks. Yet, they aren't being punished as harshly. The main trick of the enemy i.e. white folks is getting Black folks to hate and destroy themselves by any means necessary.

I'm sure you brothas are already aware of the Black Boule. If not....that's interesting. I'll just type that they are the Black folks who would least be interested in Reparations.

@richardmurray when I was younger I was not a fan of musical either especially those on film. That is perhaps the main reason I have zero interested in seeing The latest iteration of the color purple. Now I did see it on Broadway and it was entertaining enough, but again not enough for me to pay to go see it on the big screen. I have little interesting in seeing Hamilton for the same reason. People rave about it, but a musical about Alexander Hamilton, nah I pass. I have seen musicals I thoroughly enjoyed, Avenue Q, The Book of Mormon, The Lion Kings, etc, etc But given the choice I will usually pick a drama over a musical. As a Trekkie, I watched an episode that was effectively a musical. I tolerated and appreciated the whimsy and creativeness of the episode, but one was definitely enough and they better not do it again

richardmurray What do you find distasteful in most musicals you have experienced? I find most of them corny and boring. I like singing, but I'd rather it be in a song or music video than as part of a movie or play. Perhaps it's the fact that somebody would stop in the middle of a scene and face the audience and start singing....seems strange or weird to me. Do you give musicals a chance or is the advertised concept of most musicals a negative for you? I've been to several musicals a a child, especially ones given in church and on school field trips. I didn't like them then...lol. I've seen less but still a few as an adult, and STILL didn't like them...lol. Maybe I just haven't seen the "right" one to capture my interest. Troy I remember this very well. I can remember when the Jackson 5 came on the Ed Sullivan show it was just so surprising and I was so excited I ran through the house telling everybody. That was 1969. The show Julia was on by then, but Black people were still largely under represented. Yeah, I heard about them and another very popular Black show from the 60s I heard people going crazy over was the Flip Wilson Show. I was born in the very late 60s and don't remember it when it came on but I heard older people talking about how folks would stop what they're doing where ever they were to watch the Flip Wilson Show. People calling off from their jobs or setting up television in the laundry mat or barbershops just to watch it. You HAD to catch it when it came on. There were no VCRS or DVDS in those days so if you missed it you MISSED it...until it came back on as a rerun, lol.

Never the less....it's a good read.

I could not hear the woman speak, but we’ve o for a long time google uses all our personal information. Look at all Gmail accounts that google mines for financial gain. The only way you gonna stop is not to be online. If you think for one second, there’s some other web based company is not selling your data. Good luck.

@richardmurray i’m not on the lineup year. I don’t think it’s the largest lineup. They generally have a lot of people speak and workshops, but there are quite a number of high profile accomplished people this year. I’m still debating if I will attend. But if I was within driving distance I would not miss it. Honestly I can’t imagine anyone with the marginal interest and Black Book would miss it.