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Even if properly documented, the murder and crime rate in Jamaica is nothing compared to pick a major city in the USA. The USA is the most violent place on the planet. That is why we have more guns that all other countries combined. I believe the mental health issues here in the USA are caused several factors including: 1) mentally unstable people procreating 2) environment 3) chemicals in processed foods 4) chemicals sprayed in the air 5) medications 6) mind control programming through radio/TV/film/internet People have to mindful of what they consume from both mental and physical perspectives.

Our perspectives are shaped by the environment and conditions in which we were raised. I'm from a place that was once considered the murder capital of the world. From dope to crack to Gangsta Rap music and every other societal ill, my city is not worse for wear. My city is actually safer than it was when I grew up there. Again, the numbers suggest that murders and crimes in major Black cities have gone down compared to the past. I'm not hearing that Gangsta Rap music is responsible for the murder, crime and degenerate and dysfunctional behavior that exists now.

When people have been brainwashed over several generations, it's harder for them to believe and/or accept they are being tricked. It was not my intention to pull a move. Sports teams at any level usually require a collective effort in order to win. Every now and then, there is a Michael Jordan or LeBron James type athlete who hogs the spotlight. Getting to the point of FBA/AfroAmericans being able to work with Africans requires a great deal of reprogramming on both sides. The juice may not be worth the squeeze. Keep in mind that Africans are tribal within their own countries. They can't get along with each other within the country and/or with their neighboring countries. That's why there is no United Countries of Africa. Greed and jealousy are universal human flaws. A person has to know how to deal with h8ters accordingly.

If smoking marijuana led to folks killing each other, the island of Jamaica would be decimated by now. I believe mental health issues have more to do with parricide and filicide than smoking weed and/or drug addiction.

Talk about back in the day...Gangsta Rap has not been relevant in a couple of decades. The people influenced by 30-year-old Gangsta Rap music would be in their 40s now. They might be smoking weed and tattooed up but I still contend the murder rate is not the same as the 1990s. Since the 2000s, millions of Black folks have graduated from schools, colleges and universities and built successful careers and raising families. IOW, I do not see where Gangsta Rap destroyed the FBA/AfroAmerican community or made things worse.

You wrote that nowadays most rappers engaged in street activity to boost their credibility. These dudes are studio drug dealers and gansgstas. They're like Hollywood actors. Kendrick Lamar is peobably the most popular rapper in the game. He's on a trajectory to have a $100 million dollar net worth. Nothing street about him. My point was the murder rate today isn't as high as it was back in the 1990s. Clearly, rap music didn't make it worse. The toughest stud is still a woman somewhere deep down inside. She's vulnerable to the *right* masculine man. I've seen a few of them crack and break in certain situations.

The universe eventually takes care of those beyond reach. The numbers haven't reached epidemic levels like fentanyl deaths. That's when white folks will start ringing the alarm. FBA/AfroAmericans don't need a pimp. Not necessarily. Some team owners lead it. Professional sports teams are set up to make tons of money. Winning is secondary. Relegate them to a certain class/status. I was referring to them looking down on FBA/AfroAmericans based on propaganda they have been fed by white folks. However, just like my African tribe had to learn, a lot of FBA/AfroAmericans are very well off. Can't look down on us. We don't need them for anything. They show up at my house for family functions grinning and smiling like Jack-O-Lanterns and drinking and eating up food like they just jumped off a Save the Children commercial. Only up until they're around successful FBA/AfroAmericans. They learn. Enjoy brotha @richardmurray's latest white paper.

IMO, well before parricide (killing parents) or filicide (killing offspring), people know there's dysfunction in those relationships. Parents have a tall order especially in if they feel guilty when their adult children fail to fully develop and/or have mental issues or an addiction. Either way, there are usually signs long before these killings occur. I'd imagine this happens more often than it's reported. Still, I don't think it has reached epidemic status. Otherwise, white folks would be doing PSAs (Public Service Announcements) about family members killing each other.

False. Very few street dudes have the level of intelligence & talent to become successful rappers. Jay-Z and 50 Cent are living examples of dudes with real street credibility who have built billion dollar empires in entertainment. They have cross-collateralized their success into other business ventures too. The majority of them never make it to a fraction of what Jay & 50 have done. The murder rate in LA is still not where it was back in the 1990s. Right. Something about her lips tells me Delores could have had another life before she became self-righteous. I knew a Maxine. She was community property in the neighborhood. Unfortunately, that's how it works on life until a change comes. It's not a problem if that woman interested in the man. Some dudes feel like they're entitled to any snatch box. The goofiest dudes will even call the woman a b8tch if she turns down his advances. Sure. Some dudes have stud friends because she can bring him around other females who might swing both ways like barn doors.

IMO, NF Jr. is right in that regard. Taking care of those who need the most help reduces the likelihood of them becoming hopeless, desperate and dangerous. Those nations were stable before the US & NATO started protecting them. Japan jumped into some sh8t they had no business during WWII. As a consolation for dropping them thangs (nuclear bombs), the US felt obligated to rebuild and make Japan an ally. The relationship between the US & Japan has been fruitful for many decades now. I'm sure brotha @richardmurray would disagree. Good luck. A higher power hasn't save any country or group of people yet. It takes 1) violence or 2 ) benevolence for a group of people to improve themselves. That's a human condition we can manage within reason. Team sports shows that working together cooperatively leads to success. Instead of fleeing to a predominantly white country, I wonder why those Black folks won't solve that problem in their home countries. if a man cannot stand on bizness in staying put and fixing his home country, he has no right to flee & talk sh8t to and/or look down on people in another country. Africans should not be looking to us for help that we cannot afford to give them. However, when FBA/AfroAmericans show up in African countries the only thing they want from us is a bag of money. As someone with intimate knowledge of property investment, construction, improvement, etc., everything I read and saw about Umar's school project raised BS flags. The problems Umar supposedly had with contractors was nothing more than a delay tactic. He was stringing folks along to continue his grift. I believe Umar is comfortable now knowing poeple will give him money just to hear him talk his sh8t and blink and repeat himself. Kinda like a pork chop, er, Pan-African preacher.

Understand your perspective. Just like Hollywood movies, most of the gangsta rappers didn't actually sell dope or kill anybody. No sir. That azz gonna be dealt with tough love. I won't be able to, er, have to call the police though. West coast rappers putting a bullseye on the Crips & Bloods led them to a peace treaty. Death metal and other forms of suicidal and dysfunctional Rock music still exists. Several Rock artists & musicians have unalived themselves too. I'm clowning. We don't know what she was doing but with a name like Delores....I wouldn't put cigarettes, drinking, Dolemite, Millie Jackson & Blowfly off her radar. That's like telling women not to wear skimpy clothes. A whole lotta folks go from victim to willing participant. Ask those down low n8gglets who've spent time as Jay-Z said.."locked up...behind bars". She doesn't see the gay dude as a man. He's like another girlfriend. Plus, she doesn't have to worry about him trying to poke her snatch box. Right. You could have accepted them as one of the guys.

Absolutely not. I believe in capitalism and socialism too. Folks should be free to make as much money as they can as long as it does not bring hurt, harm or danger to others. As NF Jr. often said, we have a responsibility to help our people who need it the most. As I've often mentioned, Scandinavian countries seem to have found a balance between capitalism and socialism. However, the Scandinavians do benefit from having a mostly homogeneous racial make-up. But, Black folks can use that model as a blueprint in how to take care of each other. Environmental conditions matter. Those conditions were set by the system of racism white supremacy. Eliminate the conditions that breed drug abuse, poverty, violence and hopelessness. Those incentives will appeal to individuals mostly. Not so much to FBA/AfroAmericans as a group. Gotta tear down several walls ofmisunderstandingss first. No excuses. They knew their ancestors were taken somewhere. They don't ask directly. Show up in their countries and soon find out. Right. As they should. Stack bread. Send it back home to build. They don't care who gives up that mean green. Money makes the world go round. Dr. Umar Johnson is textbook example of someone with a personality disorder. Highly intelligent. Completely dysfunctional.

Instead of attacking the artists reporting what they see through entertainment, those activists should be focused on whoever is pouring drugs and poverty into the Black community. White folks own a lot of guns. Mass shooters are mostly white. Drugs, prostitution and violence were rampant in the Black communities in which those rappers grew up. Again, they were reporting what they saw through entertainment. Nope. Drugs, prostitution and violence were a part of the Black community before rap music. There are segments of entertainment that glorifies the worst aspects of humanity. Hollywood movies glorify killing people, goons and gangsters. The porn industry makes a lot of money promoting free s8x. Whatever balance white folks use to separate the hemispheres of humanity, the fact remains that they lead the glorification and monetization of dysfunctional behavior. White folks are literally responsible for dumping drugs and guns into Black communities. They finance the movies and music tied to the effects of it. She should have attacked the folks who were bringing drugs and guns into the Black community while dragging on her Virginia Slim cigarettes and sipping Wild Irish Rose. Goes back to it is easier to attack the victims than it is to confront the abusers. We need Black folks who are willing to attack the system of racism white supremacy instead of attacking the victims of it. It wouldn't make sense to encourage a card carrying member of the alphabet soup community to be a real man or woman i.e. fulfill the role assigned to them biologically. They aren't interested.

"The Reparations Plan outlines a variety of methods to provide restitution, compensation and rehabilitation to individuals who are Black and/or descendants of a chattel enslaved person and have experienced a proven harm in San Francisco," the ordinance reads. There are approximately 46,000 Black residents in San Francisco. The article also states that money from the city budget will not be allocated to the reparations fund. This is a political move and shell game from the Democratic mayor of San Francisco. If/when the mayor decides to run for higher office, when talking to Black voters, he'll point back to this ordinance and say "I threw y'all a bone".

For those who have rolled into 2026, let's hope that it is a year filled with Love, Joy, Peace, Prosperity, Health and Happiness. In the meantime, I will continue calling balls & strikes i.e. offering my opinions/perspectives on whatever comes up around here. I enjoy the easy chair I've taken up. As always, many thanks to brotha @Troy for providing & maintaining this platform. Much appreciated.

States and cities claiming to study or hand out reparations is definitely a smokescreen to stir up anger and confusion. They are trying to make a mockery of reparations. Trivialize the issue down to nothing. I hope that Black folks interested in reparations keep their eyes on the ball. Don't fall for the BS.

Right. Sellouts, bootlicks and shills are no different from coons on the plantation during slavery. The same type of n8gglets that snitched on Nat Turner and got him killed. As long as this line of thinking is the default position, Black folks will never be unified or get UP. That's because we are not training Black folks to be that way. For one reason or another, self-defense is not an automatic thing that is taught in the Black community. Many white folks learn how to kill early in life. The funny thing is that Black folks will join the military where the primary objective is to kill or be killed in defense of the country. The 1st things they do in the military is teach new recruits 1) discipline, 2) physical fitness and 3) how to kill. There is absolutely no reason that FBA/AfroAmericans should be fighting for Africans. I do not recall Africans getting on ships and rescuing our ancestors from slavery. It is funny that other Black folks expect FBA/AfroAmericans to cape for them despite their delineation from and disrespect towards us. I'd rather let our people die on their own terms instead of caping for those who don't give a sh8t about us anyway. Of course, I didn't donate to FDMG Academy. I listen to Dr. Umar Johnson for comedic entertainment.

Right. I'm referring to a ritzy movie theater experience. Bringing the family to see Wicked there will cost several hundred dollars.

I have always found it amusing that Black folks tried to hold Black rappers to a higher moral standard especially when it came to their lyrics. The same Black folks would watch white produced movies filled with violence and nudity. A white man kill up a bunch of folks and f8ck several women...no problem. Blockbuster at the box office. Blacks folks in theaters grinning and eating popcorn while contributing to the profits of those same movies. OTOH, let n8gglets gang-bang and be misogynistic on wax and self-righteous Black folks were ready to call the FBI. Somehow, rap music was destroying the Black community. Nevermind the fact that pimps, prostitutes and dope dealers, gang-bangers and murderers were around before rap music. Also, the same self-righteous Black folks weren't complaining about blaxploitation movies and Richard Pryor, Millie Jackson and Blowfly records. C. Delores Tucker was probably smoking Virginia Slim cigarettes and sipping on a Singapore Sling while watching those same movies or listening to those *dirty* records too. As brotha Malcolm X said..."who taught you to hate yourselves". Young cats like Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole are very intelligent and know how to interview. Again, it's easy for older generation to cast aspersions on the generation behind them. The reality is that there is nothing new under the sun. Same sh8t (game), different players. @Troy nails it in that regard. Just like blaxploitation movies, some pimps had high-pitched voices and permed hair (jheri curls in the 1980s) too.

The older generation didn't think much of those rappers. C. Delores Tucker wasn't impressed with them. She lobbied to get that Parental Advisory sticker on tapes and CDs. Today's artists do far more interviews than their predecessors did 35 years ago. Many folks clowned Eazy-E's high pitched voice. Definitely had to respect his business acumen.

Right. There are movie theaters here with full service bar and a food menu. The seats recline and have tray tables attached. The vibe feels like watching a movie while sitting in a restaurant. It's not a cheap movie experience though. The tab will be no less than $100 for two people.

It's no different from people listening to preachers. The fact remains that those who do have a following could make things happen if they were inclined to change their grift into nation-building. The church building fund could become a school especially when the members are already sitting in a big azz church building. The sacrifice would be for the greater good of future generations of our people. Dr. MLK Jr. and brother Malcolm X had naysayers while they were alive. It didn't stop them from doing the work. Despite n8gglets all over the place, things have changed for FBA/AfroAmericans since the time those men were assassinated. It takes a special person who's willing to lay down their life for others. Especially knowing some are ungrateful and undeserving of the sacrifice. The Nigerians agreed with the strike. They didn't execute it themselves. Let another man fight the battles and rest assured that he'll take over the house, bed and women too. Exactly. The US will get rid of your terrorists and control the black gold too. That's why a handful of Nigerians are driving Bentleys and Benzes on dirt roads up to mansions in the middle of nothing. Black folks should own the entertainment they provide. Not just be employees. Eliminate the problem. Kill the abuser or have them killed. Nothing wrong with enjoying entertainment. Right. I can entertainment myself. I don't have to enrich white folks with it. We literally cannot afford to walk and chew gum at the same time in that regard. NF Jr. was referring to as it relates to dismantling the system of racism white supremacy and replacing it with a system of justice. It wasn't necessarily about building alliances with other Black folks. In fact, it was no contact until we had our own sh8t together. It's spread out over various factions and organizations. Other than religion, Black men usually do not follow other men who talk a lot and produce nothing. If there is an inkling or proof that a man is full of sh8t, another man definitely won't be following him. Some.Black men gave Dr. Umar Johnson a pass for a little over a decade before they cashed in their chips and left the table. If Dr. Umar Johnson had produced something tangible instead of grifting under the guise of building a school, he would potentially be a leader of men. Most dudes could see through Dr. Umar Johnson within 10 minutes of him talking and blinking and repeating himself.

I would say they are the only folks who can legitimately check the other box on forms.

It starts with looking in the mirror. Build strategic alliances with folks who think similarly. For example, the influencers and podcasters do have a following. Grow from there. Sure we do. Nope. Conversations with our folks will keep that from happening. I stay on the bumper of non-FBA folks in my clan. They understand both sides of it. Exactly. Some of these people don't even claim being Black. No reason to cape for them any more than we would for Ukrainians. There's always something to be done about it. People don't want to sacrifice anything especially their freedom or life. Again, I'm not suggesting Nigeria should have prevented or confronted the US about the strikes. The Nigerians should have eliminated Isis if they were a problem in their country. Again, that's not the point I'm making here. Countries should fight their own battles first. This was never about stepping to America. It's about getting rid of terrorists in their homeland. The Black folks in positions of power aren't in the game to uplift or help our people. They have accepted a comfortable spot and a paycheck within the system of racism white supremacy. There's plenty black folks can do to break the system of racism white supremacy. The main thing is we could stop enriching them in everything from providing entertainment to shopping in their establishments. FBA/AfroAmericans won't benefit from an alliance with them. The Somalis have fled a whole country. Also, they're still fighting among themselves over there. Yesterday, it was announced that Somaliland, an enclave within Somalia, has been recognized by Israel as sovereign. They are cozy with the devil as always. We don't have anything to do with the injustices they're facing. Our focus should be reparations. We definitely don't have any business trying to help another group of people when our sh8t ain't straight over here. Class clowns in effect. Nothing we can do about them. There's no singular person in charge among most groups of people. Gotta sit down with the heads of various factions within the group. Think of it in terms of how the United States is constructed from 50 states to their representatives at the federal and state levels. Minister Farrakhan oversees one faction among FBA/AfroAmericans. I'm not so sure that he actively runs NOI nowadays. There's someone who's built tough enough to talk to them. No shortage of intelligent gangstas among us. Africans are brainwashed into delineating from FBA/AfroAmericans long before they come to the USA. Again, Africans are tribal within their own countries. The only people they really trust and admire are white folks and other non-Blacks.

When she showed that Black female magnificence, I wonder if the feminazis came out with pitchforks back when that episode aired.