ProfD

Flip Wilson jumped the shark back in the 1970s with his :Geraldine" character.  Blaxploitation films didn't show black men as  positive role models either.

The players have changed and the envelope has been pushed even further in the name of creative freedom. Every negative image and stereotype  is on the table. 

There is zero incentive to show positive, strong black men on TV or the big screen. That would stir up white folks' biggest fears. 

As a result, Tyler Perry and Lee Daniel and Lena Waithe get consulted and funded to show safe black men in their movies and TV shows. 

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/11/entertainment/superman-comes-out-bisexual-jon-kent-cec/index.html

They done added silly putty to the man of steel and normalizing the alphabet soup community to future generations of comic book readers. 

14 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

ProfD

Just drop the link and commentary in the new thread I started for you 

Thanks bro. Will do.

Ok. So, I tried to start a thread and I'm still getting the access denied sh8t from GoDaddy.

I tried to send Troy a PM and it says he's not accepting calls. Well, at least not from me. 

Moved content to the Spiderman thread. Thanks again Pioneer.

That's one of my favorite Gladys Knight & the Pips songs. There's only one Gladys.

But, they sang it. Alternative relationships. Same problems.

Folks need to know and love themselves before they get lost in someone else and have to sing sad songs.

Of course, some of the best music ever written and recorded comes from heartache and despair. 

3 hours ago, Cynique said:

 When the n-word and all of its variations is used among and between black folks, its implication is conveyed by the tone and inflection of the user's voice. And this dynamic is uniquely black.  

 

Of this I am guilty. 

 

Should we use the N word?  Well, maybe. As long as the n-word doesn't use us.  

QFT (quoted for truth). 

I definitely use variations of the word  as a term of endearment, frustration, incredulity, etc. Never in a hurtful or negative way I don't think.

NETFLIX does not plan to take down Dave's latest special. I hope they do not cave into the pressure of cancel culture. 

On 10/10/2021 at 11:50 AM, Pioneer1 said:

Yet nobody has answered my question as to WHY in the hell are so many cops still making routine traffic stops during a Global Pandemic.

Why hasn't it been halted, suspended, until the Pandemic is declared over?

Maintaining "law and order" by any means necessary seems to be a higher priority. They're not going to allow citizens to break laws and commit crimes just because there's a big bad virus floating around.

"One of the most telling examples of the relationship between slavery and the economy is that in 1860, four million Black people were enslaved. Black people were worth more than every bank, factory, and railroad combined. The four million Black people were worth more than all the manufacturing in this country before the Civil War began."

Factor in the 400 year head start in wealth building based on forced labor (slavery) and compound the interest.

That's part of the math required to calculate what I was thinking about when outlining reparations in another thread.

America might hope that history will wash away its original sin but that seems less likely to happen when there are so many standing reminders of it. 

On 10/10/2021 at 1:42 PM, Pioneer1 said:

Perhaps OVERCOMING racism isn't their objective.
Maybe PRACTING it...on other people of color they demean as "inferior"....is their goal.

And determining what you're mixed with and how much, helps to establish your "status" in their hierarchy.

 

 

It would be interesting to see what those mixed race folks would do if whites declared war on non-whites. Most of them would not be able to hide or blend. I guess they would be fine with 2nd class status when the dust settled. 

21 hours ago, Cynique said:

@ "Whomever" I am blocked by a firewall named Go Daddy from starting new posts here. I can just add to my old posts or comment on someone else's thread.    

Same here. I'm fairly computer literate but haven't put any extra effort into figuring out the problem. 

As you all may have read in another thread, I love stand-up comedy. I believe Dave Chappelle is the most brilliant comedian on the planet. He's right on the money with his latest special. 

9 minutes ago, tipsyturv said:

Do you not think it's a bit problematic to feel Black people should base their entire self-identity off of what a White racist sees them as?

No. I think black folks should embrace being black and proud of it.

Trying to identify every ingredient in the cake is an exercise in futility. Just enjoy it.

Nor do I see a constructive benefit in a person knowing and/or believing they're mixed. It's not like they're going to use it in order to overcome racism. 

1 hour ago, tipsyturv said:

You think kamala harris tries to claim something else?

she's half indian lol

Tiger is actually half asian ...they both have whole "other" parents. 

 

 

As a bobble head, er, talking head, these folks can check as many boxes as they want on the census form. But, the main categories are White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. Again, I know what racists see.

Pioneer, I take it you have a plan to insure your financial needs are met. Be well.

The ripple effects of this pandemic are wide. Population control. Social divide. Workforce restructuring.

Do not be distracted by the balls juggling in the air. Always watch their hands.

18 minutes ago, Cynique said:

Prettty much what i tell my grandsons. 

Excellent advice. Young black men especially need to learn this skill in order to live another day and file a police report if necessary. 

23 hours ago, Cynique said:

@ProfDDuring a traffic stop, does being addressed as "Officer" set the tone for what proceeds? 

Absolutely. Engaging with an authority figure from a position of pseudo-respect de-escalates the situation with minimal contact.

When I was a younger cat, nobody was going to disrespect me. It was easy to whup azz if/when problems arose.

Thrn, my godfather opened my eyes to killing with kindness. It has served me well throughout my life. "Thanks" goes a long way too.

IMO, the biggest mistake black folks make is consistently relying on white folks to give them a job.

As I mentioned in another thread, black folks should be thinking strategically especially when it comes to entrepreneurship. 

Case in point. Detroit had plenty factories. Black folks had the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities to run it. When the white folks abandoned the factory, Black folks should have pooled their resources, bought and reopened it to build things.

In a NF Jr voice, what did black folks do but go home and sit on the porch and scratch their heads. Oh well, no more jobs guess I'll sell drugs.

Last time I visited Detroit about 16 years ago, property values dried up so bad, I heard you could buy a whole single family house for a stack ($1,000). 

This happened in every major city that once had manufacturing jobs. Baltimore,  MD is the same way. Straight depressing. I can buy an entire city block of housing right now for about $500k.

Problem is there's no infrastructure to make it worthwhile. I'd have to do what Dan Gilbert did in Detroit and Cleveland. Use my own money to rebuild a city. 

Music is my thing. Early on, Hip-Hop was a gold mine. White folks didn't wanna have anything to do with it. Thought it was a passing fad. Black folks were making legal dope money selling their own music. 

White folks caught wind of it, decided to front the money and n8gglets cashed out. Now, Japanese folks (Sony) own the master tapes. They pay black folks a salary to produce their own music. 

Manufacturing comes in different forms but the bottom line is to produce good, products and services and more importantly, own the business. 

I'm definitely hip to cats like Napoleon Hill. His book should be right next to that Bible that seems to be present in every Black household. 

I can go on all day regarding this topic because I'm passionate about it but sista Cynique  is tired of hearing about what black folks should do.

19 minutes ago, Cynique said:

@ProfDDo black people react differently to black cops than they do white ones? 

Not in my experience and observation. Where I live, we see blue. Let's get this encounter over and done with so that I/we can get back to whatever we were doing previously. 

2 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

He WROTE for one of the greatest....the man himself...Richard "hold on muthafu--" Pryor!

 

I loved his commentary but I personally thought he was too serious or angry to be very funny.
I got the sense of a slight bit of RAGE being suppressed in his jokes. 
He wasn't just a some fool or clown that got up saying random shit like Kevin Hart.  You could tell that real THOUGHT went behind his work.

 

Did you see his brief appearance in Spike Lee's "Bamboozled" movie?

I found THAT impressive because as much as I like him, I kind of took him as a "feminine" type of man in his demeanor.  But when he played that role in Bamboozled he was straight-masculine all the way.

Yessir. Mooney was the man behind the legend. He seemingly had no problem with playing his position. 

Mooney's stand-up delivery did seem to have an edge of rage but his ability to turn his observations into comedic source material was brilliant. He made people think and laugh. 

I have no proof whatsoever but I suspect that brotha Mooney may have been a closet member of the alphabet soup community who was old skool with it. Nonetheless, he was one of my favorite comedians.

Politicians aren't enriching black folks because we don't have enough of an economic infrastructure in place to take advantage of government contracts, small business loans, subsidies, tax breaks,  etc.

Otherwise and unfortunately,  it looks like the primary way  black folks get a windfall of cash is by accident (killed, injured, discrimination, etc.) or by luck

...hitting the lottery. 

Pioneer, I'm not in disagreement with a benevolent dictatorship. That's how most countries operate. But, it only works when there is no racism. 

On the planet, I would say that 80% of the work most people do is physical to some degree. About 20% of the workforce sits behind a desk and about 10% of them have their feet up on it.

China only became the modern day plantation because it's cheap labor. Companies make maximum profits by shipping jobs overseas.

Technology in the form of automation will be the final nail in the labor coffin. As soon as machines can farm and build things faster than human beings, there will be even fewer jobs.

Not sure about where you all live but cashiers are disappearing around here. The honor system of self-checkout is in full swing.

Unless I'm in a hurry, I still look for a human being to ring up my purchases. But, I see the handwriting on the wall. The cashier's days are numbered.

Non-technical educated professionals will be replaced in a few decades too. I believe the pandemic was a dry run in showing how many white collar jobs (administrative and management) aren't required.

Folks need to strap in because if they don't know how to use their hands and/or mind to produce goods and services, it will be a perpetual "Winter in America".  

17 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Ben Crump has made more Black folks millionaires than BOTH Trump and Biden COMBINED...lol.

But some of yall don't like him.
You claim our brutha is an "ambulance chaser" have contempt for him, but it's ok when a White lawyer is doing it....lol.

Yep. I called Benny with that lisp a modern day ambulance chaser under the guise of civil rights. But, I have no contempt for him. Get paid. Help others get paid too. Do something with the money. 

I'm pro-Black to a fault but I still call balls and strikes as I see it. Anybody can get it.

When my people do well, I'm proud. When n8gglets are f8cking up, I acknowledge that too. I want black folks to win on all levels...constructively.

Beneath my intellect, there's also a comedian. Factor that into what I write as well. Emojis don't always get the point across.

Yep. There is a fine line between spicy enough to enjoy and too hot to taste. 

When I cook for other folks' consumption, I do not compromise the flavor of food for the sake of bringing the heat. But, I've always got my own stash of hot sauce to top off my portion.

Cosby was a brilliant comedian. D8mn shame that dude looking chick helped in getting him thrown into greater confinement for a minute. White supremacy sent their message. 

As it relates to eliminating confusion, it would help if artists and musicians wrote songs with a real message that made the listener think and learn. 

Common is a conscience rapper. Jay-Z rapped that he could write lines like Common Sense but ever since he made $5 million, he ain't been rapping like Common since.

Fast forward to present and these mumble rap n8gglets are not only rapping about nonsense, they repeat the same dumb azz lines as if they have a speech impediment. That sh8t is to music what McDonald's is to nutrition. 

12 hours ago, Cynique said:

@ProfD I've been meaning to as you: To what do you contribute the high rate of suicide among policemen? 

I think PTSD is the primary cause of it.  They deal with and see things that cannot be unseen and/or forgotten. 

That's why I believe psychological evaluations need to be more extensive especially when folks want to go into law enforcement or military service.

Also, mental health really needs to be addressed in this country across the board. I believe many folks have pre-existing mental conditions that go undetected.

Anyone who's ever dealt with social services knows that some folks are unqualified to issue drivers licenses or food stamps. That funky azz attitude could be a mental problem.