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Absolutely. Whether it is a personal or romantic relationship, when all parties understand the business side of it first...they can function better. Friendships benefit from a similar mentality too. Keep the business straight. No confusion = no misunderstandings. While built differently, strategic alliances can become soild friendships too. If one is forced to choose one type of relationship...go for strategic alliance. Mutually beneficial. Otherwise, the most successful relationships are a combination of friendship and strategic alliance.😎

Every group of people on the planet seems to have folks who do whatever it takes to blend into the dominant society here in the US. European white folks put their ethnicity aside in order to reinforce the white population here in the US. White folks no longer identify themselves as [insert ethnicity here]-Americans. They are just Americans. Black folks from Africa and the Caribbean also lighten themselves with make-up. If they're too dark to hide it...they'll just conform to whiteness. Begs the question is it considered self-hatred when folks deny their ethnicity.😎

Nobody's saying it's in our blood not to marry. Just pointing out that neither Common nor Drake put a ring on Serena's finger. As we're pointing out...neither of them married her for whatever reason. The white dude came along and did it. Janet Jackson dated Jermaine Leprechaun Dupri for years. No wedding bells. The rich sand n8gglet married and gave her a child. Penny, er, Janet was walking around in the Middle East for a few years wearing a burka before they divorced and she came back to America richer than before she left. False equivalence bro. Regardless of color, humans belong to the same species. That's why they can procreate. If/when a Black woman runs to the jungle looking for a real ape and not a n8gglet who looks like one...that's a problem.🤣😎

Those dudes married their wives before they became successful. Dr. Dre didn't marry his 1st baby mama or a few of the Black women he dated including Miche'le. Dr. Dre eventually married a woman who could pass for white. Suge Knight claims Dr. Dre said he himself wanted to be white. Of course, Suge couldn't help him there.🤣 No woman wants to kiss a bunch of frogs hoping one of them puts a ring on her finger.😁 Common and Drake and whoever else she dated could have left a bad taste in her mouth.😁 People do not have to justify who they choose to bun up with or bang or marry. Black men certainly aren't in a position to be judge or jury either. Self-hate is very real. But, I don't believe that is the case with most Black folks who choose to kick it with non-Black folks.😎

The sentence doesn't have to be reduced. Diddy will get credit for time served. That's why his lawyers were trying to get his sentence in the range of 14 months. Then, he would have been released on Friday for time served because he's been locked up for more than 80% of 14 months. The courtroom sketch artist doesn't embellish the picture. Diddy is sitting in the detention center looking like this guy.🤣 They're not going to let him dye his hair in the penalty box. Best thing for him to do now is cut his hair and beard low. The old man look didn't work at sentencing. He's gonna sit down for a minute. Might as well groom himself and chillax.😎

Oops. Didn't know you were gonna play that trump card.🤣 The question is are those Black men willing to commit and put a ring on it and start a family. As sista @Mel Hopkins pointed out both Common and Drake are still single. Although he's with beautiful sista Jennifer Hudson now, Common has been labelled a serial dater. He hasn't married any of the women he's dated. So, if the Black man isn't willing to settle down and the Black woman has dated a few of them, she might start looking elsewhere. Black men have to do a better job of locking it down with them rings and things if they really want to hold on to that Black woman.😎

Right. She was already trending towards a white guy.🤣😎

On Friday, 3 October, the judge gave Diddy 50 months in the penalty box and a $500k fine. Diddy has already served 12 months or so. Remains to be seen which federal penitentiary he will be confined. Wherever Diddy lands, the next 38 months or so will be a breeze compared to the detention center he's currently housed. There's also the outside possibility that POTUS OJ could pardon Diddy before he gets comfortable in the fed pen. From the trial circus to the melodramatic sentencing, Diddy will be free before the next election. No need to feel sorry for Diddy. He's still a rich Black man.😎

Sista @Mel Hopkins congrats to your daughter, son-in-law, you and your family on the milestone of a wedding. Both you and your mom are living proof that Black doesn't crack.😁 I wish the newlyweds a great life together.😎

In no way was it my intention to romanticize the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. Again, just providing an example of a Black woman having a long-term relationship with a white man hundreds of years ago.😎

Democracy is what kept the Jan. 6th insurrectionists from doing more damage. Right. White racists have an allegiance to the religion of racism white supremacy. They will defend it. However, white racists will not overthrow the government or allow anyone else to do it either. The Constitution keeps white folks in check and everyone else by extension. The MAGA movement is real. Still, they don't want the smoke that would come with trying to overthrow the government.😎

It is still a choice. No different from a mass shooter or murderer killing themselves instead of going to prison or someone strapping on a bomb and blowing up a spot. An untold number of people killed themselves instead of enduring slavery of any kind. To this date, suicide is still a choice people make rather than cope with abuse or mental health or physical issues. Agreed. Unfortunately, the laws were different back in those days. It would be interesting to see those statistics. I really don't know how interracial relationships breakdown. Again, statutory laws as we know them hadn't been codified. From Greek philosophers up to modern religious leaders and everything in between, I don't think it is ever cool for a grown azz man to lay up with any child. Thankfully, statutory rape has been against the law for a very long time now. Castrate and lock up the perpetrators.😎

Of course, folks laid low until the coast cleared. They know that presence is unsustainable. Nobody will go upnin there mass shooting if/when they know folks with guns walking around. Question is how many parents want armed people patrolling an elementary school. 😁😎

Exactly. IMO, alliances are far more productive than friendships because there is no emotional connection. An alliance is better because it is strictly business.😎

The system of democracy worked as designed to keep that from happening. POTUS OJ cannot afford to stand up a military to overthrow the government. The Secretary of Defense cannot order the US military to take over the government on his behalf either. The military pledges loyalty to the US Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. POTUS OJ and his sycophants don't want to FAFO. Wars, conflicts, disease outbreaks, etc., are a form of 1) population control and 2) economy boosters. Follow the money. There is a system in place to maintain world order. White folks are running it for now.😎

He has a mission but may need help getting out of that ditch. There's no shortage of people who are content in their station whether it's being poor or abused or overweight. We would think they should be on a mission to change their situation. Nope. Leadership can put a foot in folks azz and motivate them to do better. The current administration deployed the national guard to DC and n8gglets stopped committing as many crimes. When a whole bunch of folks have weapons training it is a deterrent. That's they wanna have "good guys with guns" in schools. Mass shooters are less likely to show up at schools if they know strapped folks are walking around. We never hear about a police station getting shot up.😁😎

Sure. There is a difference between friends and allies. Friendships are built naturally and unconditionally. Alliances are formed based on mutual interests. Quid pro quo. There's something in it for all concerned parties.😎

Sure, she had choices. She could've stayed in France or ran away or killed herself. Just to name a few things. At some point, it has to be consensual especially when babies kept popping out. I doubt those interracial relationships were down south up to the Mason-Dixon line. The white racists didn't play those games.🤣 Former boxing champ Jack Johnson had his way with white women. It led to riots and fines and prison time for him. In 1959, married couple Richard and Mildred Loving were convicted of breaking the law in Virginia. In1967, the Supreme Court ruled that laws banning interracial marriages were unconstitutional. According to history, Thomas Jefferson seemed to treat Sally Hemings very well. Her bedroom was in Monticello. Not slave quarters. Sally Hemings could pass for a white woman. The only reason Jefferson probably didn't marry Hemings is because he promised his 1st wife Martha as she was dying that he would never remarry. Although classified as slaves, Hemings and their children lived a relatively good life at Monticello. The offspring were taught trades and they were freed upon turning 21 years old. The Jefferson-Hemings children did well as adults. They Blended into white society. The sons married white and Black wives. They produced mixed race grand children. Just laying out an example of despite how it started, Black women could have been fine with interracial relationships hundreds of years ago.😎

White racists do not have to start a race war as long as they are winning on all other fronts. The current administration is pushing white nationalism which is good enough to satisfy most white racists. As long as white folks are made to believe they're better off than non-white folks, they won't start a race war. However, there is no better time than present for Black folks to become proficient in weapons training. "Before anything else, preparation is a the key to success." Staying ready mitigates having to get ready.😎

True. Exhibit A would most famously be Sally Hemings who bore 6 children to Founding Father and POTUS Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson made Sally Hemings his concubine when she was about 16 years old. Hemings never married. Sally Hemings lived at Monticello until after Jefferson's death in 1826. Then, she lived with her sons until she died in 1835. This was back in the late 18th and early 19th century. No shortage of Sally Hemings over the past 235 years and counting. Surely, that resulted in millions of mulattos and quadroons and mixed-race folks running around in America.🤣😎

That's true especially for those of us who post here on a regular basis.😁😎

That would be consistent with the direction the country is heading under this administration. The issue holding up a compromise is affordable healthcare which benefits red and blue alike. These politicians are getting paid to do less than nothing.😎

The fact that they were stupid, er, emboldened enough on that day to march down to the Capitol at his command told a whole lot.🤣 We'll have to wait and see what's in store after the 2028 election. Some folks don't believe it will happen.😁😎

Nope. Cuomo is still in the game. Democrats might lean in his favor if Mamdani is too far Left for their tastes. We have no friends. POTUS OJ does not have any affinity for and/or loyalty to any Black folks. Look at thd le broken tools he has discarded. POTUS OJ may seem cordial with few Black folks but trust and believe it is always self-serving. He really doesn't need Black folks for anything. We'll know if Mayor Adams can serve of any usefulness to the current administration. It won't go unannounced. They like to brag.😎

Women can consume themselves with all types of sh8t and d8mn near forget men exist.🤣 True. I'm sure many of them do but there is no shortage of exceptions for one reason or several. Age range varies. Most of their issues with men stem from how they were treated. Of course, we have no way of really knowing what they think and/or how they're coping with their issue(s). I live by those words for the most part. I have to make some room for VGQ though.😁😎