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@Stefan, of course, I was not making a joke of the tragedy. My comment was to illustrate the fact that OJ was acquitted of a criminal offense but they held him responsible in a civil lawsuit.😎

A wholly owned black firm would not have to address and/or levy a severe punishment for such an offense. Black folks know they're under a different magnifying glass yet they continue to crash into the glass like an angry bird. I remember when Tiger Woods ex-wife went upside his head with one of his golf clubs. Sponsors dropped him. They convinced him to enter a rehab for sex addiction. Tiger's ex-wife got half of his half billion dollar fortune despite him having a $25 million prenuptial agreement. I cannot imagine infidelity voiding a pre-nup since side pieces is the main reason for having such an agreement. He had a terrible lawyer.🤣 Nonetheless, while Tiger didn’t want to claim being one...they treated his azz like a black man. Stripped him of everything until they were satisfied with his atonement. Black folks gotta play by their rules and know they will be harshly punished for painting outside the lines. We can't do anything they disagree with and get away with it. Just ask OJ. 😁😎

The United States of America's black history is being whitewashed in plain view. There's no shortage of Americans who would love for the peculiar institution of slavery to be a distant memory despite its lingering effects. The USA wants to rewrite its history to erase and/or marginalize the millions of black folks who gave their lives to building this great nation and those who fought for the freedom of future generations of AfroAmericans to survive and thrive in it. I fear that at some point in the future, the only black folks names to be found in a US History book will be Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama. I think AfroAmericans had better start researching and embracing our history past, present and future. Our history should be told in books, TV, film, music, fashion, etc. It will be disasterous to allow others to tell our history. 😎

It's all good. Hang on to your hat as we go around the track of these topics.😁😎

@richardmurray, this is a dicussion forum. We provide our thoughts and opinions on topics often times tangentially. No need take whatever I write as an affront. 😎

There is enough money within the black community to keep Ebony magazine afloat financially. Also, there is enough black wealth that the magazine could be FREE. The major challenge is getting folks to sponsor, subscribe and read it. 😎

The US government has long banned the use of federal funding for any type of drug paraphernalia. The current administration will not be overturning that position.😎

Brotha Colin Kaepernick will one day be recognized as a modern day hero for AfroAmericans. He doesn't hate America nor the police. He took a stand (knee) against supremacy and police brutality in America. It took 4 years for the NFL to acknowlege what he was trying to tell them with his protest. Unfortunately, not enough AfroAmericans took a knee with him. Here we are almost 6 years after Kap took a knee and a former black head coach had to file a lawsuit in order for the NFL to admit it that it has a diversity problem within the coaching ranks. AfroAmericans need more heroes like Colin Kaepernick and Brian Flores. I hope they continue using their platform to usher in a new era of black activism. 😎

Ms. Betty Davis was a huge influence on music. She inspired her ex-husband, legendary trumpeter Miles Davis to stretch the boundaries of Jazz. 😎

@daniellegfny and @Troy, I never saw the show for that very reason. I always thought it was aimed at white women.😁😎

I'll check. I believe the last issue I received was a commemorative edition for the founder Earl G. Graves. 😎

@Cynique, it's all good. One day I'll stop sermonizing here. 😁😎

Financial success is relative because it's necessary for survival. IMO, if Ebony magazine can restore the sense of pride in black beauty and excellence as it once did, that would be a another form of success. I'd love to see black women get away from hair weaves, fake eyelashes and other Eurocentric versions of beauty. Black folks all over the planet are naturally beautiful, intelligent, creative and talented. It needs to be highlighted through every medium. 😎

Money is like a narcotic and prostitutes, er, some people will do anything to get it.😁😎

@richardmurray, as you have requested/presented, IMO, history shows the black community has given education more power than it deserves. Education along with religion seems to be the only weapons and mainly as a panacea, black folks have been willing to use in order to cope with the system of white supremacy. You're correct in pointing out the fact that in order to take whatever they want and maintain power, white folks have always been willing to shed as much blood as necessary to include having folks kill among themselves. They are the devil personified. 😎

Georgia DA says she's not afraid to continue building her case. She's going to follow the evidence wherever it leads and subpoena whoever needs to be called. Nobody is exempt. 😎

Hamlet said the same thing to Polonius.😁😎

Whether life is a mystery or a question, UGK said, "one day you're here...and then you're gone". I say live your life to the fullest because the end is always near. The leading cause of death among human beings is birthdays. The next one might be the last... 😁😎

Black folks do not own the infrastructure (cable providers, satellities, etc.) on which their content is aired. That plays a huge part in how they present the news. 😎

IMO, CRT is an intellectual exercise. What's really needed is a codification of the AfroAmerican holocaust that an average reader can comprehend. When Americans truly know the history of slavery, how it benefitted the wealth of a nation and still has lingering effects to this day, it should make a whole lot of folks very uncomfortable. Then, maybe we stand a better chance of redressing that peculiar institution. We don't need to allow them to continue peddling the sanitized version of Black History in February, the shortest month of the year. It's the equivalent of putting up a Christmas tree in December. The Jews do not intellectualize the holocaust. Nor do they allow it be used as a political football. They make sure everybody on the planet is aware of the genocide that was committed against them. They have organziations in place to make sure nobody crosses the line in respecting it. I admire the Jews in that regard. 😎

Same here. I think it's unfortunate that some AfroAmericans think we are so far removed from that peculiar institution that it's not worth remembering and/or fighting to redress. America uses the holocaust and any other human atrocity or issue to ignore her greatest sin. 😎

It would be nice to see Ebony back in print. Putting J. Hud on the cover is a great look. That young lady can sang and she's a beautiful sista. 😎

@Stefan, the forum isn't all negative. I still see thoughtful posts. 😎

As I mentioned in another thread, it's not about me. I'm not selfish. A system of white supremacy is wrong against all of humanity. 😎

I know your comment was in response to @Delano but for me, as someone who is politically neutral, I do not see white supremacy as an argument. I believe the system of white supremacy is very real and it's the most destructive force against humanity on the planet. 😎