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Father Time is undefeated. POTUS OJ won't live forever. He's 1 of a kind. There's no successor or heir apparent to him.😎

AfroAmericans would have to use all existing platforms to make the case. The system of racism white supremacy. The only thing white folks understand is violence. Unfortunately, AfroAmericans aren't wiling to kill or be killed in order to overthrow the system of racism white supremacy. Knowledge & intelligence won't change the conditions AfroAmericans face under the system of racism white supremacy. AfroAmericans have ticked every box & jumped through every hoop & overcome every obstacle white folks threw out to keep us down. IOW, there are AfroAmericans tapped into every aspect of USA life. We have access to everything in the house. Yet, AfroAmericans are unwilling to burn it down. Disheartening is telling a knowledgeable & intelligent AfroAmerican they are over-qualified for a position &/or not offering them a better opportunity. 😎

It's not my theft.🤣 Most higher paying jobs require a certain amount of education. Bureau of Labor & Statistics keeps track of that data. Up to a certain extent. Adults are responsible for fixing their own mistakes. Regardless of how it looks, classes exist for a reason.😎

Of course I believe it's better. The AfroAmerican middle class has grown significantly over the past 40 years. There are several metrics proving that AfroAmericans are doing better now than several decades ago.😎

As they are cavalier about it, real people are dying as result those missle strikes. It's not a video game where every comes back alive with a reset button.😎

There's no reason for me to start believing those videos & images. They still haven't put out any real evidence or proof as far as I'm concerned. In the meantime, I'll wait on the crash landing in a Wal-Mart parking lot on a busy day.😁😎

As I remind other old heads, every generation says the generation behind them is worse. Young folks have always moved in mobs & packs & gangs to do dumb sh8t. It isn't new. Social media just makes it easier for them to organize & also for everyone to upload videos reporting it.😎

AfroAmericans have decades worth of data & evidence to make the case for current circumstances, conditions & predicament. Continuing with the analogy... The question is when are AfroAmericans going to take action by 1) taking that case to court & 2) changing the conditions. Analysis & studies work up to a point in building a case. Nothing changes without action & effort.😎

You're right. These racists are using illegal alien as a slur. If you steal a house & fix it up & other folks show up as squatters...are they illegal aliens?🤣 Greed & profits prevent paying livable wages. Individuals don't have the power to dictate that they get a livable wage. Unions even have a hard time getting pay increases. Feudalism never really went away.😁 The government tries to create rules & safeguards to make life bearable for citizens. Ultimately, politicians end up working within the interests of those who control wealth. The labor market is controlled in such a way to enrich the wealthy while providing the average person with just enough to survive.😎

I didn't pose the question as a truth. I'm aware of our history too. To endure a life of slavery & continue procreating over 400 years is a long time.😎

How would enslaved Black folks born in the USA during the 1800s have known any different or better? During the 1800s, I doubt that enslaved Black folks were receiving postcards & letters from free Black folks letting them know life was better in other countries. 😁 As I mentioned in another thread, despite its warts, the USA must not be that bad considering it seems to an immigration destination for people from all over the planet.😎

While a curfew may be harder to enforce, threaten a Black parents pockets & freedom & maybe they will put clamps on allowing their children to roam aroumd causing chaos & mayhem.😁 Social media is definitely to blame for stirring young folks up to act foolish.😎

As @aka Contrarian mentioned in another thread, fhe great Jazz saxophonist, Sonny Rollins has joined the celestial orchestra. Sonny Rollins was the last living musician in this 1958 picture A Great Day in Harlem: His legacy as a musician is cemented. Thanks for the music. RIP Mr. Sonny Rollins.😎

Sure. The military plays war games. It's nothing to mobilize troops & send them to different places & sit around. They're getting paid regardless. 😁 At least once a week, POTUS OJ threatens the USA could go back into the conflict. He doesn't mention ground troops though. His pump fake has become hot air.😎

IMO, percentage doesn't matter because it will only be used to discourage &/or as an excuse not to do better. Again, statistics won't lead to action & productivity. AfroAmericans have done it all from slavery to sharecropping to factory work & low wage jobs to running businesses of various sizes. AfroAmericans have not a great job of investing their cumulative wealth in building institutions & heirlooms that provide opportunities to the next generation. IOW, every generation of AfroAmericans has to start from the bottom & work their way up. Usually that means working within the system of racism white supremacy.😎

Sure. I'm extremely pro-Black. However, I don't think it's right to call another human being an illegal alien. Even more insulting when used by the same people who stole this country from the Native Americans. Wait a d8mn minute...what we have here is a false equivalence.🤣 Forcing someone into a s8xual encounter does make the perpetrator a rapist. Whichethnicity comes to mind when you hear the term illegal alien? Right. Low wage jobs aren't meant to be careers. It should be a stepping stone whether summer employment or part-time to finish school. Not to build a life &/or raise a family. A man over 30-years-old who isn't a homeowner or who owns a landscaping company has no business pushing a lawnmower for a living.😁 A low wage job is no good for an adult if it doesn't cover shelter, food, clothing & health insurance, etc. It takes a very long time for a low wage job to lead to high wage opportunities. The failure lies in AfroAmericans depending on someone else for a job instead of creating them. A college degree is not required to build a successful business. Just ask someone with a CDL Commercial Driver's License).😉 Most factory jobs have been out-sourced to other countries where labor is cheaper &/or replaced by automation. As AI is coming down the pike, white folks are encouraging their young people to learn trades. There will always be money to be made in knowing how to build & fix things with one's own hands. Not by pushing a broom or mop. White privilege is very real. Makes sense considering that being in control of the gamethey have tilted the playing field. They take care of their own.😎

That makes you guilty of using a derogatory phrase invented by white racists.😁 Why should AfroAmericans fight for low wage jobs?🤔 Right. AfroAmericans should not be working in such a place. For several decades now, AfroAmericans have been educated to seek better employment opportunities. It only proves that AfroAmericans don't want to work for them. White folks aren't beating down doors for manual labor jobs either.😎

Many AfroAmericans have done well for themselves given certain opportunities. Tilting the playing field requires more than providing labor i.e. working for someone else. Real capitalism is building & producing wealth generating institutions. Am*zon is modern example of it.😎

White folks repeat history, music & everything else they cherish. They don't allow anything treasured &/or that reinforces white supremacy to fall down the memory hole. AfroAmerican/FBA/ADOS should never allow white folks to forget about the legacy of slavery & the reparations they owe us. That also includes attacking the system of racism white supremacy. Many ministers & speakers as a part of their cadence repeat certain words & phrases for emphasis. Repetition makes messages & lessons stick. I'm neither a minister or public speaker but as a musician, I understand the method. We do the same thing with music i.e. repeating certain motifs.😎

The phrase illegal alien is considered derogatory & offensive. Yet, right-leaning media personalities are being allowed to use rhe phrase while they're on-air. Interestingly, there's no public outcry especially from the Hispanic community most affected by the phrase. The same white folks using illegal alien probably wish they could say n8gger & get away with it.😎

Right. Mao killed millions of Chinese people. It didn't keep the population from growing. Capitalism isn't bad. The tilted playing field is a major obstacle for certain groups of people. Money will make folks do something from tame to strange for some change. A population over 1 billion people is a lot of mouths to feed. Gotta put them to work by any means necessary.😎

The USA has not put any boots on the ground in Iran. Whole war has been aerial. So, the chance of a draft are zero. As a result, the war in Iran is a non-issue to young folks. No different from Desert Storm & War in Iraq back in the 1990s & 2000s. No protests during those conflicts either. It's proof that many Americans are doing well enough to grin & bear the escalating price of gas. I would offer that people are doing well enough to keep a roof over their heads, food in the fridge, reliable transportation, alcohol, drugs, etc. & just enough access to money & credit to make ends meet. That's why fewer people are protesting in the streets. Life isn't that bad.😁😎

There's a reason cable TV airs several programs about World War II every day of the week. Why would white folks have on a continuous loop, a historical event (war) that happened 84 years ago & cost millions of lives? Don't know which generation to which he belongs but I believe @richardmurray would prefer to live in Haiti if unknown circumstances didn't prevent him from relocating there.😎

The comedian Katt Williams' voice popped into my head as I read that line & thought...."is this mf,, er, dude really calling us stupid right now".🤣 @Troy...thanks for providing a more diplomatic response than I thought about typing.😁😎

They are protesting at the ICE facility in Newark, NJ this week. A few folks have been arrested. Last week, Secret Service shot a man near the White House after he opened fire on them. He later died at the hospital. There's a certain amount of F8ck Trump protests happening around the nation. The media is not reporting most public protests because the current administration has them shook. 😎