ProfD

Mzuri, all is well. No worries. I don't debate. 

Most folks know how to comply with police. As I mentioned, most encounters end without a problem.

Unfortunately, there are ignorant people on both sides, citizens and law enforcement. That's when problems arise.

Some people have little or no regard for life whether it's their own or someone else's. That needs to be fixed.

4 minutes ago, Mel Hopkins said:

blue collar in what respect?

Roads, bridges, highways, tunnels and facilities are in need of repair and maintenance.

There's massive amounts of landscaping and clean up that needs to be done too. 

America should be beautiful everywhere we look. Not a piece of trash or a blade of grass  should be out of place.

No robots required. People need to get their hands dirty. 

Mzuri, the young man didn't do himself any favors in that situation but under the circumstances he didn't deserve to be shot in the back. 

40 minutes ago, Cynique said:

@ProfDI'm surprised you didn't  pick up on the Frantz Fanon reference.  

I saw the Fanon reference.  He was heavy and a genius.  Gone too soon at 36 years old.  Yet, his work influenced so many others.  I was consumed with your racial detachment. 

2 hours ago, Mzuri said:

Biden Gaslights America!!!  

 

Biden insists the worst jobs report is a 'significant improvement'
and a sign America is 'moving forward' before he walks away

without taking questions

I'm not surprised.  Between the stem cell injections and Botox shots, he has to get out of dodge before he falls asleep and/or starts melting.

A 35 year old person can run for POTUS.  Yet, the last two have been septuagenarian. By no means am I advocating age discrimination. 

I just want 20 diverse and smart candidates on the next ballot for the general election. 

Cynique, I'll eventually get used to this self-imposed divorce from the black race. 

Also, I can definitely understand how the sight of rows of tall corn and wheat and sound of n8gglet farmers over time can be fatiguing.

In the meantime, I'll continue looking forward to enjoying whatever jewels you decide to drop. 

The barbershop harmonies of the Four Freshmen gives me a visual of the saccharine 1950s. 

But, it's cool. At least I know you like Chaka.   Keep the music coming too. 

21 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

"Sheeeeeyiit
I don't know what YOU'RE talking about...."

The problem is not JUST "white supremacy"....but also Negro Stupidity.

I'm a huge fan of comedy.  That dude was one of the greatest to grace the planet.   

Glad my favorite living comedian (Dave Chappelle) gave him shine on his show.  Real recognize real. 

Bummer that I didn't get to see Mooney perform live before he left the rock. 

5 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

There is a lot that I don't like about the Chinese economy but what I DO like about it is it's DIVERSITY.

 

.....in China the government ensures that the Chinese labor force has a healthy mix of office jobs, skilled trades jobs, factory jobs, and agricultural jobs.
So where you don't qualify for ONE industry....you qualify for ANOTHER.

The manufacturing industry is alive and well in places like China and India where TENS of MILLIONS of people have relatively decent paying factor jobs still.
They're supporting their families off of the jobs they're working in factories and on farms.

I wouldn't call the Chinese employment program an exercise in diversity. 

Xi Jinping is gangsta as a benevolent dictator. He's running the country in excess of 1.5 billion people according to code (Communism). 

China has a caste system and opportunities are handed out within it.  Same goes for India.

But, to your point, the US does have plenty blue and green collar work that needs to be done.  The Infrastructure program should address it. 

15 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

If we were to go strictly by that code, then a woman really shouldn't have ANY children because most AfroAmericans today can barely take care of THEMSELVES alone....let alone any dependents.

On top of that....
A Black person in THIS society doesn't really know when they'll end up in GREATER CONFINEMENT and away from any children they may produce.

True.  That's why the code is  suggestions.  But, I think only reproducing that which one can afford makes sense. 

We don't need more lost and wayward folks running around being a menace to society.

3 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

ProfD

He already said I wasn't Black...but after Rev. Run reads this he's REALLY not gonna believe I'm Black but.....
I've never been a Franks fan.
It wasn't hot enough for me....LOL

I kicked it with the Tabasco sauce for a while until I started going to Mexican and Caribbean joints and getting the SHO' NUFF hot shit that they import from the islands.

Now I rocks with shit that's so hot that you'll be able to take a piss and light it up like Morris Day did in that one movie, lol.

 

I only mentioned Frank's because of the tag line.  It's not my hot sauce of choice either. Child's play.

I'm a hot sauce and spicy food connoisseur.  My dad started me out with Tabasco sauce when I was 5 years old. 

I've graduated to hot sauces that will put the average person in the ER. 

I'm up to ghost pepper, habanero peppers, Scotch Bonnet, etc. Addicted to capsaicin close to 1 million SHUs (Scoville Heat Units). 

23 minutes ago, Mzuri said:

I don't know about any code.  

 

I Marriage and men are fickle.  There are too many variables that can happen in relationships...

Mzuri, the code being referred to merely says that a woman should not have more children than she can afford to raise by herself. To your point, it is because the man may not be around to help for whatever reason. 

25 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

I'm beginning to wonder if the message itself might have to be SIMPLIFIED for the majority of our people (AfroAmericans) to receive it and accept it.

 

It's getting to the point that trying to have a basic common sense conversation with some of our people, especially many under 30....is like speaking to them in broken Espanol.

The message has to be blasted everywhere, print, media, music, etc.  Gotta put that sh8t on everything like it's Frank's Hot sauce. 

29 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

I think intelligent Black people should be business owners but I'm backing away from the idea of pushing  business ownership on Black audiences now unless I'm talking directly to people of a certain pedigree or on a certain level.
We know working a J-O-B for someone else isn't the quickest way to get rich, but most people aren't gonna get rich ANYWAY so why even put it in their minds to?
Somebody has to do the labor and keep society running, infact the vast majority of adults must willingly participate in this process.

Right.  Only a handful of people will start  businesses and somebody has to do the work. WEB DuBois called it the talented 10th.

However, if every worker has a an entrepreneurial mentality (think like a boss), they will own the work they do and enjoy it, 

Folks trade labor for money in jobs they hate and consume a bunch of unnecessary sh8t to make themselves feel better. Drugs and alcohol are popular.

If a business owner has motivated employees whether they are working on a farm or in a warehouse or office or driving a delivery vehicle,  who feel empowered and invested in the work they do, everyone benefits.  

Rich is relative.  Being able to cover the basic necessities in life (shelter, food, clothing, transportation, entertainment, etc, ) without having to stress over it is enough for most people to feel rich.  

IMO, folks have gotten weary and worn out by the word racism and don't really know what it means because "smarter" folks have miscontrued and misrepresented it.  

However, once we codify that racism = white supremacy and hammer it home, that should should clear up any and all misunderstanding about the definition of racism.

Once folks understand  that racism is white supremacy, they can begin to see how it works in all areas of human activity (economics, education, entertainment, labor, law, politics, religion, sex and war). 

Once the confusion is removed, folks can get down to the business of replacing the system of white supremacy with a system of  justice which is balance among people and correctness. 

10 hours ago, nels said:

Having worked for one of the largest voter registrars in the country and having an unbiased thorough understanding of exactly how clean elections at all levels (i.e., federal, state, local / municipal) work from end to end (e.g., planning, design, architecture, acquisition, procurement, staffing, vetting, vendors, ballots, tabulators, statistics, servers, networks, routers, cryptology, etc.), including the courts through which they adjudicate...

With so many people having access to similar knowlege and information, it should be easier to determine whether or not "free and fair elections" have been compromised one way or another. 

Meanwhile, there's enough conspiracy theories to keep folks dazed and confused; debating on the internet, TV and watering holes around the country.  Politics has become a circus and magic show for adults. 

3 hours ago, Mel Hopkins said:

It is important for families, non-traditional families - including single parents, cohabitating singles, and even single men and women to file a Will and set up a Trust Estate.  

Definitely important to have a Will and Trust Estate. Black folks should have the equivalent of  a business plan when it comes to their investments (land & property).

For the longest time, black folks have stressed the importance of getting a good education in order to get a good paying job.

Well, a good paying job which usually means trading labor for an hourly wage leaves most people just over broke (job) especially once debt and consumerism are factored.

A savings account is not the same thing as an investment account. Land ownership means nothing if it is not appreciating in value and/or producing passive income. 

IMO, in addition to pushing a soild education to increase knowledge, skills and abilities, we should be teaching entrepreneurship and self-sufficiency by way of  learning how to build and maintain wealth which brings power. 

Wealth is accumulated from producing goods and providing services and maintaining and controlling resources. 

Of course, white supremacy has gotten a thousand year jump on the program but it's never too late to start thinking correctly and making the right moves. 

Pioneer, you're tracking as it relates to the social safety net and who wants to benefit the most while leaving non-white folks out. 

But, bro, you're on fire with comedy from the redneck flipping flap-Jacks at Waffle House and sneezing to the brotha sliding around in a greasy kitchen slinging hot French fries and the pic above...ROTFLMAO.

Pioneer and Mzuri, you're both correct in this debate.

Folks should be able to afford the choices they make.

An insurance policy could take care of that mother and her children in the event of a tragedy.

However, as human beings, we should never leave others to suffer regardless of their choices and/or circumstances.

Unfortunately, the system of white supremacy has a way of obfuscating our humanity. 

3 minutes ago, Rev said:

So let’s say I want a mansion right now I know someone who has it is it okay for me right now to go to their house kill them and take it because I want success 

It's not OK for you to kill someone and post up in their mansion but if it is your mission and it gets accomplished, you were successful. 

By nature, Black folks do not operate in that manner as we are naturally peaceful. White people enjoy savagery. 

I'm not surprised. Unemployment checks were still phat. N8gglets aren't going back to work until the tires run flat. 

20 minutes ago, Mzuri said:

 

 

@Pioneer1

 

Women should not have more children than they can take

care of on their own.  In other words, by themselves.

 

Do you see how simple the solution to that problem is?

Pioneer, I'm new around here and should probably mind my bizness in this debate but Mzuri is correct according to the code. 

In "Love Hangover ", Diana Ross sang "if there's a cure for this, I don't want it".

I'd imagine that's how supposedly cursed white folks would feel especially if sun burn and skin cancer was the extent of their worries in exchange for dominating the world. 

As Pioneer mentioned, it's easy for them to live with those conditions so that does not qualify as a curse. 

OTOH AfroAmericans are predisposed to racism, diabetes, high blood pressure, sickle sell anemia, gout, police brutality, etc., could consider ourselves cursed but we don't. We still believe we're blessed and highly favored. 

45 minutes ago, Rev said:

@ProfD

nah don’t do that that’ll take away my originality 

Yeah mayne, I'm not taking away from your originality. Read the post again 

17 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Not a chance...I LOVE my corned beef sandwiches...lol

I'm not gonna let a pair of buffalo butts run ME up out the spot.

 

Understood. A man's gotta do what he must for a favorite sammich.

Hopefully,  the mask mandate is still in effect in Michigan so that while you could smell a quarter ton o'fun, maybe that pungent toxicity didn’t get into your lungs.

I'm not much a bread eater. So, when I cook corned beef, it's usually with cabbage. 

Unless engaged in a violent confrontation, nobody  should fear that their encounter with the police will lead to death or severe injury.

In fact, most interactions between police and society do not end up with somebody being dead or severely injured.

Unfortunately, there are race soldiers embedded among those  who have sworn to serve and protect  citizens.  Given an opportunity, a race soldier will maim or kill.

IMO, police do not have to be re-trained.  They know exactly how use restraint when dealing with people who look just like them. 

There are numerous encounters where police have engaged in hours long confrontations without firing a single shot while the assailant does. 

The police recently engaged in a standoff with some folks barricaded in a house.  The police officer can be seen and heard on his bodycam begging and pleading not to have to pull his weapon.

I believe police officers should be a reflection of  the communities they serve.  It does not make sense to stick a dude with a KKK mentality in a black community. 

The law enforcement community should do a better job when conducting pyschological profiles in order to determine who should become a police officer.  They should keep a record of problem children (bad officers)  to prevent them from going from one jurisdiction to another.

While I don't necesarily think police need to be defunded, unless they are planning to go to war,  I don't see the point in a police department having military hardware (tanks, rocket launchers, assault rifles,etc.).  There isn't a city under seige anywhere in America requiring that much firepower.

Jacob Blake's life was spared but the quality of it has been severely compromised. I wish him well in his physcial and mental recovery.