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ProfD

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  1. The love I'm referring to starts in the womb and continues through being raised by a solid mother and father and village. That's why I keep stressing solid and strong Black men who can relate to them from a position of strength. No weakness. Everything about me disarms a n8gglet. They're not going to try me for a number of reasons but mainly because m presence commands respect. Obviously, we have to do more than talk a good game. When n8gglets can see your success...it becomes like EF Hutton. They're going to listen even if it's only for a few minutes.๐Ÿคฃ To be clear....some n8gglets are going off the cliff because they're already beyond redemption. They weren't loved properly from the jump. Can't save them all. Allowing the system of racism white supremacy to handle our business is not a good look. For sure. More solid and strong Black men need to put in work by raising their own kids and securing the village too.
  2. I believe VP Kamala Harris is an intelligent woman. However, intelligence is not a prerequisite for higher political office. There's no shortage of proof i.e. dumb people currently sitting in leadership positions. I believe Democrats would prefer Gov. Whitmore or Gov. Gavin Newsome over VP Harris. Most people don't need much more than basic needs met in order to be comfortable. The system provides it for the most part. There's zero poverty in oil rich countries. No collapse. Capitalistic countries are slowly replacing labor force with technology...robots and AI. Hopefully, we will live long enough to see if the economy collapses or civil war breaks out. I'm betting the US will become a huge welfare state in the future. Adult US citizens will be provided with a UBI (Universal Basic Income). Enough *money* to cover basic necessities. The UBI will be supplemented by working whatever job an individual can find or the business they create. Oil rich countries and Nordic countries are examples of what I foresee happening here in America. Sure. Those issues can be addressed by insuring that people who need the most help get it. ๐Ÿ˜Ž
  3. Actually, each and every one of us can police our communities. It starts by engaging with and talking to people who are most vulnerable. When I'm out and about, I'll speak to and chop it up with young dudes who look lost and aimless or smell like weed. They're usually impressed to see a Black man well dressed and driving a nice truck and mostly importantly, willing to talk to them. A lot of these people potentially headed to prison really need more love and to see and hear from solid Black men. We are the police they should encounter more often. ๐Ÿ˜Ž
  4. I think you read a lot more into what I typed. I didn't go Corey Holcomb on Fani Willis. ๐Ÿคฃ Surely, you saw the episode of Wendy's show post-surgery when she walked out with the big hair and big boobs and a flat azz and skinny legs. Pez dispenser was the 1st image that came to my mind.๐Ÿคฃ Of course not. Same time I'd rather not be mischaracterized or misunderstood when I'm calling balls and strikes. Maybe we need to have a virtual cup of coffee to clear the air. I'll pick up the tab and let you use my WiFi to save on your data rate. ๐Ÿ˜ It doesn't matter who plays QB for da Bears if they're unwilling to invest in the offensive line to protect him. Da Bears also need to add a few more offensive weapons. IMO, QB Justin Fields is not the problem.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  5. There are more well adjusted AfroAmerican children than dysfunctional. I've heard that non-scientific trope. As as I musician, I know that it's patently false.๐Ÿ˜ That's an easy problem to solve. In fact, folks have been moving away from them for several decades now.๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜Ž
  6. Agreed. Everyone on the scene of Elijah's murder should be behind bars. He definitely should not have been killed.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  7. I grew up in the hood and made it out. Americans have the power to change those conditions. Absolutely not. We throw away more than we can consume. There's no reason for people to be poor or in poverty anywhere on this planet. Human greed is the only reason those conditions exists.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  8. I'm curious to know what I've written that leads you to believe I only see women as objects of gratification and critique. Unapologetically, I'm an alpha-male to the core but definitely not chauvinistic. Women love me because I'm a chivalrous gentleman. I give women much credit where due. In fact, I pointed out that Fani doesnโ€™t need a man to pay for anything. NF Jr. has already dropped knowledge on entertainment. Wendy Williams falls in the trashy category.๐Ÿคฃ She's gotta lie in that bed she made for herself. I think Commanders should take QB Caleb Williams especially since he's from the DC area.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  9. Better Black law enforcement would insure that our people are not wrongfully arrested and convicted or mistreated or killed. Unfortunately, there are too many Black law enforcement folks hiding behind the blue wall and happily collecting a paycheck.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  10. Losing a soul is a really a metaphor and a reminder to maintain one's humanity as a physical being. Andrew Carnegie who was once the richest man on the planet profoundly understood the importance of redistributing wealth mainly because he grew up poor. He knew the ramifications of hopelessness and despair. Interestingly, while there are poor people all over the world, America has the highest crime and murder rates of any other country. ๐Ÿ˜Ž
  11. Labeling criminal or crazy or infirmed seems to be in the tool breaking handbook. I'm not impressed by social status, fame and celebrity. My inner comedian finds source material and hilarity in how people will prostitute themselves for pocket change. Reminds me of 1) what profit a man to gain the world and lose his soul and 2) a rich man has the chance of getting into heaven as a camel does passing through the eye of a needle. Forgive the resident agnostic for paraphrasing here.๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜Ž
  12. Not even the racist *founding fathers* didn't design the system to work as it currently does. Private industry has been operating in the same manner since the industrial revolution. The game has been modified to look different. I don't see it pretending. The gov't is blatantly allowing capitalists to call the shots. Besides, it's *their* interests the gov't uses to print money and everything else it does. Instead of underpaying or overpaying American workers and/or forcing them to work in unsafe conditions, companies outsourced the work to other countries with relaxed labor laws. Companies are providing American workers with the bare minimum required to maintain their legitimacy in the USA. American people have to open their eyes to realize the game that's being played. Technically, nobody in America should be poor. Not in the beacon on the hill. The most developed country on the planet. The system in its current incarnation is doing a masterful job in keeping people dazed and confused. ๐Ÿ˜Ž
  13. A very small number of well-adjusted AfroAmerican children will grow up and head to the hood to traffic in foolishness. Arts and entertainment has always been used to articulate pain and suffering or glorify fantasy. Prior generations of Black folks believed the devil's music and movies would be detrimental to our well-being. Black music and movies aren't destroying society any more or less than content produced by white folks. Non-Black folks are the biggest consumers of Black music. Their communities aren't adversely affected by it. Black music and movies aren't the *problem* in our communities. It's the lack of codification and leadership and pride and unity among Black folks. We should be able to enjoy music and movies in the same way as the dominant society. White folks aren't coming against John Wick movies or Country music talking about drinking and driving fast and f8cking. Sistas need a better selection of strong Black men with whom to build and breed. Give that Black man a better selection of Black women with whom to build and breed. We know the *problems*. Just a matter of solving. Of course, it begins and ends with codification.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  14. Fair enough. But, former POTUS Orange Julius (POJ) doesn't get a pass because AfroAmericans know exactly what he's implying in that statement. Then, POJ has enough sycophant n8gglets around trying to justify and legitimize his BS to Black folks. F8ck POJ and those shoes and that Tang kool-aid he's peddling. ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜Ž
  15. We should always be leery of entertainers and celebrities especially those who tear down the community and/or do nothing positive to build it. This could be an attempt on her part to resurrect that 15 minutes of fame. I just find *her* situation as another example of tool breaking even if it's indirectly.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  16. Black folks talk a good game when it comes to criminal justice reform. However, Black folks on the inside of the judiciary and law enforcement systems aren't helping our people. Black folks will lock up and send their own people to prison faster than white folks do. Tethers (non-FBA/ADOS) are the worst offenders especially when it comes to punishing AfroAmericans. The problem is huge.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  17. We may be around the same age but I've always been an old man trapped in a younger body.๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜Ž
  18. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/where-is-wendy-williams-documentary-dementia-diagnosis-producers-interview-1235836418/ Former TV talk show host Wendy Williams is having health issues and life challenges The same woman who made a living gossiping started to crash and burn after her husband flipped the script and took on a younger boo thang. Before her marriage failed, I thought Wendy was in decline when she had surgeries and showed up on her talk show looking like a walking Pez dispenser: Wendy isn't the 1st person and won't be the last to fall. But, it should be a cautionary reminder that karma and Father Time are undefeated. ๐Ÿ˜Ž
  19. Right. It would not make sense for the Democrats to show their hand especially if it's strong. Either way, you can rest assured that will not happen in your lifetime or mine.๐Ÿคฃ It's been on that brink for 8 years and counting. I'd have my popcorn ready especially if the civil war goes as the late Dick Gregory described it in his wisdom.๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜Ž
  20. Right. Regardless of the -ism, there will be permanent victims. Also, there will be those who find a way to thrive and survive as bootlicks, shills and other forms of suck ups.๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜Ž
  21. The 1st thing that comes to my mind is that if this guy and others can speculate/know about it, Democrats surely know about it as well. Yet, Democrats don't appear to be alarmed and they're silent about it. Maybe they are complicit in letting it go down. 2020 was a test run. Of course, since I believe both parties are two sides of the same coin, I would not be surprised one way or another. The system of racism white supremacy remains the same. ๐Ÿ˜Ž
  22. The real question is why are AfroAmerican voters always being singled out when it's POTUS election season. We don't see and hear politicians pandering to any other group of people. There is no Asian or Latino Rock the Vote the campaign. POTUS candidates aren't holding rallies in Chinatown or showing up to baseball and soccer games begging for minority votes. Sure enough, you'll see POTUS candidates in Black churches or some other AfroAmerican event for photo-ops. Those candidates will show up with a bottle of hot sauce pretending they know how to eat fried chicken, greens, potato salad and chitlins.๐Ÿคฃ It will be someone like the aforementioned bootlick or Rep. Jim Clyburn the sharecropper who will be the town crier and head usher escorting candidates around.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  23. OK. Now, we're getting to the heart of the matter and source of your irritation.๐Ÿ˜ That Black elder snitch definitely should have minded their own g8tdamn bizness.๐Ÿคฌ The migrant crisis is really a political football. Right-wing nuts are worried about somebody else invading *their* country and taking jobs they don't want. Left-wing lunatics plan to use this new population of immigrants as a future voter block. Rich people are silently using migrants to make more money. Black folk have much bigger concerns to address. Unfortunately, non-white folks appear to be the most passive creatures on the planet. Most Black folks do not have the same level of barbarism as white folks. White folks are willing to kill or be killed in order to build and maintain their way of life. Black folks can build successful communities anywhere if/when they are willing to kill and die for it. War is one area of codification. Got to have an army of soldiers willing to put in work.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  24. Mardi Gras was started by the French. ADOS folks in New Orleans do participate in it.๐Ÿ˜Ž
  25. Here in DC, we still teach babies how to play Spades.๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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