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Same here. I have the great fortune of being around Africans enough to know better. Being a natural comedian, whenever they (Africans) try to complain about AfroAmericans, I have several questions: 1) why did you leave your country and come to America 2) why didn't Africans come back to pick up our ancestors when the cruise ship got stranded 3) why did Africans sell each other into slavery 4) why are African countries practicing greed and corruption 5) why are people poor and/or starving in Africa with its abundance of resources 6) why do Africans mix and match Polo, FUBU, Phat Farm, Enyce and RocaWear 7) Why are Africans afraid to put lotion on their heels African n8gglets are no different from AfroAmerican n8gglets especially when it comes to believing the white man's ice is colder. 😎

Troy, I have no desire to be a drag on this very fine forum. If anything I write seems to be negative or out of line, let me know. You've captured it in the quote above regarding why black folks are content with sharecropping on the plantation that is America instead of owning it. 😎

Adding insult to injury, Eminem rounds up 12 AfroAmerican rappers to form a crew. Those n8gglets grinning and smiling in the background enjoying a white Trojan horse ride. Hip-Hop is black music. Michael Jackson looked just fine up until the Off the Wall album. The success of the Thriller album led to that dude to losing his mind and bleaching himself. The ultimate display of black self-hatred was him adopting those white kids and leaving his fortune to them. Yeah, because black folks don't own much of anything, white folks can take it and do whatever they please. Kinda like discovering America. 😁😎

The answer to everything you've expressed is a solid, strong black man. A man should not be with a woman who does not recognize and respect him. The little thugs and gangsters would fall in line if they had positive black male role models. Those same n8gglets seem to fall in line when the police show up and before the judge bangs the gavel. IMO, black men leaving the AfroAmerican community is a cop out. It's easy to take up with women who have been culturally conditioned to be submissive. AfroAmerican women bear the scars of not having strong black men around and having to raise children by themselves and having to work a job in order to make ends meet if they aren't the primary bread winner, etc. So, it takes strong black men to heal all of the scars, wounds and ills that have been inflicted on the AfroAmerican community.😎

Pioneer, there's truth in what you've typed but the reality is that as black men we need to boss up. In the same way that we wouldn't let someone disrepect us or ours out in these streets, we need to apply the same mentailty to strengthening the AfroAmerican community. A lot of the dysfunction we discuss here can be fixed if/when the black man pulls his pants up and lets his nutz hang and fists swing as necessary. Black men need to build and connect in order to solidify the infrastructure of the AfromAmerican nation. Too many black men are buying into the pussification of society. AfroAmericans definitely cannot afford to get pulled further down in that fox hole. We cannot do everything they do. 😎

Yeah, that author is on his head as far as I'm concerned. 😁 I have always been and forever will be fine with Black, African-American or AfroAmerican when describing black folks born in the US. Warts and all, America (US) is our home country. We just need to fix the raggedy parts of it. 😎

Mzuri, 1st and foremost, if anything i write comes across as complaining, this will be my last post on this forum. Definitely not my intention to drag it down. Working with what we got doesn't seems to be working as it relates to uplifting AfroAmericans. In other threads, I've mentioned banks, radio and TV stations and other things in terms of self-sufficiency that we do not have in abundance already. There's no reason that we don't. "And W T F does whitey want from us??? You will be figuring for a long time to answer that elusive question." It's not hard to see. Turn on your computer, TV or radio. Entertainment. Sports. Music. Fashion. Beauty. Black folks are participating in all of these activities. White folks are making plenty money in the process. Black folks don't own any of it. The NFL is a multibillion dollar business. Over 70% of the players are black. Yet, there are no black team owners. That's just a sampling of the bigger issue. But yeah, I'll fall back if it reads like I'm commiserating and complaining. 😎

Yeah, doing negative things and saying "white folks do it too" is the equivalent of finger pointing and it's childish. Ain't nobody got time for that. I don't have a problem with AfroAmericans taking a concept and improving upon it constructively. If black folks can come up wtih an action hero or a thing of beauty, go for it. Most art is built on variations of familiar themes. Some folks can take a blank canvas and come up with something original. A lot of stuff is derivative. Music and sports would be devoid of flavor if AfroAmericans didn't use their gifts, knowledge, skills and abilities to flip the script on it. Remove all black football and basketball players from the game. Hardly anybody would watch it. AfroAmericans added Rhythm and Blues; soul and funk to music. We are responsible for the baby making music of the 1970s. White folks consume what black folks do until they figure out how we did it. Then, they codify, reproduce and sell it to themselves. From The Rolling Stones to Elvis Presley to Michael Bolton to Celine Dion, they've repackaged black music. Now, they consider Eminem one of the greatest rappers. So, if black folks can come up with a better version of James Bond, Superman or a doll, they should do it. I'm a huge proponent of AfroAmericans seeing themselves in positive positions of power, intellgence, excellence and beauty. In my eternal optimism, I'll forever be pro-black to a fault. Even if it kills me. I can live with that. 😁😎

Absolutely. As I mentioned in another thread, AfroAmericans need to learn how to become producers instead of wallowing in being employees and the ultimate consumer. I believe that here in America, Asians make 90% of their money from AfroAmerican consumers buying their food, dry cleaning, beauty supply products and services (hair and nails), etc. When I was a youngin, AfroAmericans owned everything in my community. In the late 1980s, I saw the handwriting on the wall. AfroAmericans cashed out and Asians showed up. It's been that way for three decades now and counting. AfroAmericans need to figure out what other folks need from us and that we can produce for ourselves and own it. That is the beginning of building your own economy.😎

Rev, there's quite a bit to unpack from your post. But, I extracted a couple points that I do agree. Black folks (AfroAmericans) should be up in arms over the swiftness in which hate crime laws were enacted for the alphabet soup community and Asians. Black folks have been killed by racists with impunity for centuries. There is no protection from a knee on the neck or a bullet in the back from a racist. IMO, regardless of what traces of our DNA show, the United States of America (USA) is the homeland (country) of the AfroAmericans. As such, AfroAmericans should have the full rights of citizenship as afford by the US Constitution. We should also have reparations for America's original sin. AfroAmericans definitely have the responsibilty of learning and knowing their history and passing it along to their offspring. We should be filling the internet and TV with knowledge and positive images of ourselves. Our intelligence, excellence and beauty should be reflected in everything we do in all areas of human actiivity. AfroAmericans have a lot of work to do here in America. Unfortunately, many of oru people have been been anesthetized, dazed and confused by insolence, distractions and tokens of progress and/or success. It's never too late to get it right. 😎

If folks are that busy they shouldn't be dating. If folks aren't doing anything worthwhile or constructive, they definitely shouldn't be dating. IMO, American society is definitely conditioning male behavior to be less assertive and aggressive. The equivalent of pulling a lion's teeth outta its mouth. They want males to be more sensitive to everything. I call it the pussification of men. Unfortunately, too many boys are being raised by women. A mother can teach her son how to be caring and compassionate. She cannot teach him how to be a man. However, by design, real men and women will connect. Survival of the fittest. Without it, humanity ceases to exist. Alpha-males don't need coaching and/or a pep talk. They know what to do when it comes to getting a woman's attention. I definitely remember those days when males and females seemed to be more attracted to each other like magnets and they had no problem with public displays of affection (PDAs) The times have changed and it looks different but folks are still hooking up and showing PDAs. Just a matter of being in those spaces. Movie theaters, shopping malls and school and college campuses are filled with it. Ao, I'm not overly concerned that dating will become exclusively virtual nor will old skool male/female interactions be compromised. Pheromones still exist.😎

Unfortunately, the government won't blow up the electoral college in favor of the popular vote. I think SCOTUS justices should definitely have a term limit of no more than 10 years on the bench.😎

Cynique, thanks again for starting another canvas thread on my behalf. Check out the harmony and orchestration on this cut: Another one of my favorite vocal groups. 😎

Agreed. Apparently, both men and women are so busy working that they are too lazy, er, don't have time to meet each other in social settings. These folks prefer to let a profile separate the chaff from the wheat. There's several problems with that concept but a few stick out: 1) nobody can list everything they're looking for in another person nor their own strengths and weaknesses 2) pictures lie 3) pheromones cannot be transmitted through a computer Yet, between social media and a pandemic fueled isolation, folks may end up here: Hopefully, I'll be dead and gone when "Computer Love" becomes real: I'd hate to be the one having to explain the good old days. 😁😎

I doubt it will go that far but if so, I'm guessing national guard would get called up similar to during protests. Before that happens, I'm thinking they'll ease up on the vax status mandates.😎

Since I cannot start a thread, I'll keep using others...😁 Hair...Synthetic or Real or Magic Marker Around these parts there is no shortage of beauty supply stores. Of course, most of them are not owned by black folks. From cute to ridiculous, my sistas seem to have a deeper appreciation for showing off fake hair or human hair that once belonged to someone else in the form of a lace front or weave. Brothas aren't exempt. They're wearing toupees or using a shoe polish like substance to fill in the hair that's either gray or missing from their head and face. Seems black folks took more pride in their natural look once upon a time. Just wondering why they're spending so much time and money trying to look pseudo-European or searching for the fountain of youth. 😁😎

She's also a huge football fan and a musician. So, she may be watching the game or playing piano or both.😁😎

It's not that I couldn't get into the Four Freshmen. I've just been spoiled by the harmony in Soul music. 😁😎

Agreed. I do not have contempt for white people. I take issue with the system of white supremacy. 😎

Reads like Gen Powell had Parkinson's disease and cancer. He was vaxxed. Yet, they're reporting the achoo virus pushed him over the edge. IMO, Gen Powell and Condoleezza Rice were two of the smartest folks in the GWB Jr administration.😎

Cynique, I'm from Washington DC aka Chocolate City: I'm all over the planet when it comes to music. 😎

Stevie is one of the greatest living composers. Let's go back to Chicago: We canI do this indefinitely. 😁😎

Radio is limited by bandwidth whether it's FM (Frequency Modulation) or AM (Amplitude Modulation). The signal is limited within a radius or region. Syndication is how those conservative talking heads thrive in getting their messages across the country. The radio stations pay to broadcast them. XM Radio is satellite based which allows one station to broadcast its content across the entire planet. So, black folks would have to buy AM and FM stations throughout the country and at least one XM station to broadcast iour own content.😎

Guilty as charged your honor. 😁 Most relationships are established where we live, work and play. At work, folks spend 20-40 hours per week. That's plenty time to passively get to know someone. No silent 1st dates (movies) and/or food & beverage outings. At work it's just casual conversations. Every day. I have zero personal experience with dating sites because I'm an old skool dinosaur. I prefer to hunt in the wild and rely on the laws of mutual attraction. I see why marriages fall apart. Coworkers spend more time listening to each other's wants, needs, desires and problems. 😁😎

Awesome that your life has been great but America has plenty explaining to do for what it has done and continues to do. 😎