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ProfD

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  1. Hard to argue against when resources are either stolen from a country or withheld from the people. It might be helpful to study the history behind most wealthy people. Wealth isn't built putting the proverbial shoulder to a plow. Excuses are definitely not a constructive way of coming up & building wealth. Right. They deserve to be taken out. This guy would vehemently disagree with your belief: The basic needs of human survival remain unchanged since we showed up on the planet. We have developed tools & technology to make life easier but the requirements are still food, shelter & clothing. How was the wealth they inherited built? Most poor people were born into it. Only a few people sink down to poverty & stay there. Richard Pryor was a brilliant comedian.๐Ÿ˜Ž All roads lead back to the money. Entertainment generates a lof it.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  2. There were witnesses to corroborate his version of what happened. Too late. A plea bargain would have been offered before trial. Believing in self-defense & stand your ground law is probably why the Anthony family didn't cop a plea. For whatever reason, the family didn't think about the fact that they live in Texas. The sentence is 35 years. Surely, they will appeal the conviction. Otherwise, Karmelo Anthony will be locked up until he's at least 40 years old.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  3. Study all groups of people & you'll find similar levels of intelligence among human beings. Intelligent OGs are respected. Absolutely. I knew him well before he became an activist. Always been a conscience young brother. He speaks truth.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  4. Every family has a dysfunctional member or a few of them. ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜Ž
  5. The fix was in from the beginning. The quick verdict was a sign of their arrogance in telegraphing the outcome. I believe the defense was working for the other side too. Don't know why the family thought it was a good idea to hire a white legal team.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  6. Well, it only took the jury less than 2 hours of deliberation to issue a guity verdict. Karmelo Anthony is now facing 5-99 years in prison on a murder conviction. The sentencing phase lies in the hands of the judge. To be continued....๐Ÿ˜Ž
  7. If you see a dude with Rasputia... It shows men stay for similar reasons.๐Ÿคฃ Training to be a fighter doesn't require any more intelligence than being a weightlifter. Just matter of discipline & getting in the gym & repetitions. People of average intelligence accomplish a lot. In fact, their hard work enables others to become millionaires & billionaires. Those fake weed smoking, gun-toting wannabe n8gglets could be your distant cousins too.๐Ÿคฃ Nat Turner is a hero. Agreed. Neither group should let the most ignorant represent &/or be its spokesperson. The intelligent among the groups should set the record straight instead of hiding as if they are in the witness protection program. I feel the same way about silent white folks who don't call out their racist brethren & the system of racism white supremacy.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  8. Gotcha. I'm just going by the fact it hasn't happened in a couple thousand years & counting. ๐Ÿ˜ Dr. Ben Carson is smarter than a whole lot of white folks. There's a whole lotta Black folks who will run rings around white folks intellectually. I knew you were going to mention gang members & African killing sprees. How many of those people kill non-Black people? How many of them start world wars killing millions of people? How many of them have gone on killing sprees to overthrow the system of racism white supremacy? Military members are paid by white people to kill or be killed in the spread of racism white supremacy. It is impossible to control an environment without owmership. Asking for resources versus stealing is a better decision to make. Again, debts have to be paid. Debtors have to be willing to pay up however the lender wants their money back. That's why they say be neither a lender nor a borrower. Haiti doesn't control the money it generates. That debt to France goes into perpetuity. Take a guess where I was born & raised. I'm good money there.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  9. My father & mother. Music & books allowed me to see a world beyond my own environment & expand my knowledge respectively. Life experiences & traveling & meeting & kicking it with different people.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  10. Right. Neither a deity nor drugs will save Black people. It is not that binary. Because white people have proven themselves to be extremely violent when necessary & don't mind dying to protect their power & beliefs. Black folks are afraid to die regardless of their intelligence level. Most Black folks are afraid of guns & violence too. Absolutely not. Mainly because I'm willing to neutralize them. Of course not. That's why they have so many guns. Just like the tears & T-shirt protests nowadays, back in the 1960s after the assassination of Black leaders & 1992 after the beating of Rodney King, n8gglets burned up sh8t in their own communities. That's totally different from attacking the real instruments & sgents of racism white supremacy. I already wrote it. Taking benefits from another man is a debt to him. It has to be paid one way or another. Most of it stems from the greed & corruption in Haiti. I know plenty ex-cons & street n8gglets. I tell them to their faces they're lazy. The same effort they pour into dumb sh8t could be more constructive in building for our people.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  11. That's interesting. I've never seen people getting high &/or wailing away outside an abortion clinic.๐Ÿคฃ Money, love, laziness, low self-esteem, children, etc. Maybe so is he's not lazy. The majority of people here in the USA have the ability to learn according to literacy rates. That woman was trained to be a fighter. Most people are not of low intelligence. They can be taught &/or trained. Of course they are human. I don't believe that's why you have a soft spot for them especially considering your disdain for n8gglets.๐Ÿ˜ He needs to man up & handle that situation. I would prefer that we either get along & cooperate or have no contact. There should not be any confusion or confrontation across the Black diaspora. Some Black immigrants bring that smoke on themselves by talking sh8t about AfroAmericans. Fear & laziness are two major obstacles. White folks have imported Asians & Arabs have to keep an eye on them & serve ss a buffer group. No doubt...there's no shortage of lazy n8gglets. ๐Ÿ˜ Of course, I don't place any stock in one's religious beliefs.๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜Ž
  12. Sure. A person can definitely make decisions that lead to being poor under the systems that control resources. Poverty is a condition of human design. The anger comes from knowing wealthy people aren't necessarily smarter &/or harder working. Inherited wealth is a great example. Criminals are heading into the system of greater confinement &/or the cemetery.๐Ÿ˜ The West exploits other countries. They would argue their culture isn't failed. It's just different from ours. Those cultures have been living the same way for thousands of years. How did the heirs amass that fortune? Nope. She self-medicates to temporarily escape the reality of being poor. One of my favorite Richard Pryor punchlines.๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜Ž
  13. Obviously, I feel differently because neither religion nor drugs solves problems. Millions of people have died from incurable diseases than hsve been saved. Black folks may be more populous & successful in other states but we don't have ownership or control of them. There's already broke & disenfranchised n8gglets wherever those from California choose to flee. Just creating more peoblems. Send s bunch of non-productive n8gglets from California to Atlanta & watch the BS escalate. Those same n8gglets could go to predominantly white states & cities & see what white folks allow them to do.๐Ÿคฃ We'll have to agree to disagree that people stay in abusive relationships & situations because they don't have the mental capacity to get out. Again, for whatever reason you choose to believe intelligence &/or the lack thereof keep people in poverty or abusive relationships & situations & under a system of racism white supremacy. Everything we see & hear from white folks reinforces racism white supremacy which is their code & religion. Why should broke & homeless & ex-cons be allowed to take that BS from one place to another? There's no such thing as a better prison. No different from moving in a new dilapidated house.๐Ÿคฃ Self-defense has nothing to do with having sense. Almost anyone can be taught how to fight. There are 100-lb women who can beat the sh8t out of man 2x bigger Not sure of why you come up with such a false equivalence. Most people do not have Down's Syndrome. Only because you have a soft spot for Black immigrants. If he.has the ability to move around, he should have the ability to build. Why are they either or welfare &/or facing greeter confinement? Solve the problems. It is still prison. Perfect place for lazy people. There's plenty Black folks in Michigan who could have stopped it Sure. The system of racism white supremacy will provide resources to any group of people willing to serve as a buffer between white & AfroAmericans. That's stereotypical trope perpetuating anti-Black sentiment for a long time. It doesn't explain how & why so many Black folks are successful. Put up the effort of fighting deportation but won't stay home & build & fight to protect it. That is backwards thinking. They have to put up with however white folks choose to treat them too. Sudan ia a country filled with Black Muslims. That dysfunctionalsituation makes less sense considering their religious beliefs.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  14. I don't see how what I wrote was atheist or agnostic. In your observation, white folks are smarter. White folks are not on top because they are smarter. They are definitely ruthless in their pursuit of domination & power. Those are not the only 2 actions Black folks can take in order to dismantle the system of racism white supremacy. Black folks are actually in a position to burn down from inside the house of racism while supremacy. The biggest problem is collectively Black folks are afraid to undo the system of racism white supremacy. Why? Fear of death & having to be self-sufficient has keep Black folks in check for hundreds of years. As a result, Black folks have chosen to live in the prison of racism white supremacy. No different from people who choose to stay in abusive relationships for one reason or 10 whether it is financial, security, laziness, low self-esteem, dependents, etc. ๐Ÿ˜Ž
  15. Along with religion, philosophical deliberation & pontification keep Black folks in a holding of pattern of sitting on a proverbial stoop & waiting...whether it's a sky fairy or some other savior or form of intervention. Black folks cannot wait around for something negative to pop off before we get active. Constructive action is an ongoing process.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  16. Reformation is possible. It takes stronger leadership & a sustainable effort. Best example of it is the ruse that is Christianity & Black churches. A whole lotta Black folks have stayed the course in that environment. Exactly. That ties back to knowing history & what our people are willing to do in becoming more self-sufficient & autonomous. Which state(s) do Black folks own & control? That abused woman will be running from one house to another until she finds benevolent refuge. It is better that woman learns how to provide for & protect herself. Never to be a victim. Self-sufficiency & self-defense applies to a man & a group of people in general. That's part of the reason white folks here in America have so many guns. They stay ready to protect themselves. Just like anywhere else with a significant number of well off Black folks, they don't have to flee. Stand up & build & protect. Become an unwanted houseguest &/or an abused wife. There's no real such thing as a comfortable place under the system of racism white supremacy. Black immigrants are catching more h8ll in these predominantly white countries. Beyond their labor, white folks don't really want them around. White folks tolerate non-white folks up to a point. AfroAmericans were born in the United States & built this country through slavery. We're entitled to be wherever we choose to live in this country. There's no reason for AfroAmericans to flee any state or city or town here in the USA. Stand ground & build & fight & protect. Don't overlook the bigger points he's making though. If s person is broke in one spot, how does fleeing change it? Again, leave to go where? Dealing with the same system of racism white supremacy in a new location. What opportunities or better life will relocating to Arkansas or Oklahoma provide? There's a whole lot Black men who built to stand ground & protect their way of life. Appreciate the offer but I'll always be better than good right here. I've built a very nice situation & arsenal to protect it.๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ˜‰ No need to worry about that. I've heard Dearborn, Michigan has a huge Muslim population. Sounds like y'all let the sand n8ggas come over there & set up shop nicely.๐Ÿคฃ Again, there's no reason that Black folks cannot do the same thing wherever they choose to live in the USA. Black folks cannot flee or sit around grumbling & complaining & waiting for someone else to build for & protect them. Where I come from that makes one a b8tch. No good.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  17. IMO, POTUS OJ is: 1) making white folks proud of being white 2) enriching his family & friends 3) keeping minorities in check Black people aren't unified to any degree significant enough to effectuate any changes collectively. The system of racism white supremacy has done a masterful job in causing all types of division within groups of people & among them. There are many barrels aka tribes (thanks @richardmurray) & a lot of people hang out in more than one of them.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  18. The Nation odlf Islam reformed quite a few. The FBI was the bigger threat to The Black Panthers. They could have dealt with folks who relapse. Fighting the US government was a bigger hill. Why should Black folks be run out of their home state & where would they go? Black folks need to stop ffleeing their homes & learn how to build & fight & protect their own sh8t. Again, it's no different than being imprisoned where you're either predator or prey or strong enough to stand your ground. There's no way we would allow non-Black folks to take over where I live.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  19. Again, what are people doing with that information to make life better for future generations? My point was that in modernity, there are Black folks who are perfectly fine with living under s system of racism white supremacy. They don't see it as oppressive as slavery Both. AfroAmericans are humans contrary to what some folks believe.๐Ÿคฃ All poverty is created by human greed. Happiness is relative. Most people don't care or know whether they're poor orbl rich until they compare themselves to others. Children are the best example of it. As long as they're provided with the necessities of life, rich or poor doesn't matter to them. Not until a person starts comparing themselves to others & how they're treated does it make a difference. The Western value system of what matters in life is terrible especially between the systems of racism white supremacy & capitalism. The systems promote both sides of that equation. The majority of people on the planet will never have more than they need to survive. Yet, people will be told that through education & hard work they can have more than just enough. Meanwhile, becoming a millionaire or billionaire has little or nothing to do with education &/or hard work. Fortunes are built on everything from someone else's labor to hoarding natural resources to trading in the stock market. So, when the average person is confronted with that reality, it can lead to disenfranchisement or despaire or destructive behavior. Laws are constructed to control &/or contain people who try to buck the systems which can lead up to everything from greater confinement to wars & death.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  20. There's no shortage of Black gangsters & thugs in California. They should be able to handle the Latinos & Asians.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  21. Right. It's easier to curate Black TV shows & movies to a streaming platform than removing Black books from libraries & rewriting Black history.๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜Ž
  22. Right. An all-white jury could definitely be in agreement. Among several things that could be in Anthony's favor is the pocket-knife with its 3.5 inch blade doesn't meet the criteria of a deadly weapon. Had the situation been flipped around, there wouldn't be a trial. The white folks would have insisted their own stood his ground & the Black got what he deserved for being a bully. The case shows that in 2026 there is still a racial divide in the USA no matter how many folks choose to bury their heads in the sand believing it's not.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  23. Right. The land of fruits & nuts that is California does seem to produce a few actors turned GOP politicians. The current clown-in-chief isn't from California but with a reality show background he definitely fits the mold. I believe California will remain blue in part because POTUS OJ hasn't given them anything.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  24. Sure. We should learn from our mistakes but nothing will undo the past. It's easy to observe how things have changed over time. Right. We don't see how there was anything good about slavery. Good if we actually did something to correct it. i was referring to our existence overall. Sure. However, the majority of human suffering & poverty is caused by greed.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  25. Exactly. There's no shortage of us in Texas. You're right. Black folks can pile up in those fancy vehicles they like to drive & head to McKinney. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜Ž

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