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Correct. Dr. Frances Cress Welsing was educated as mentioned above. She was a "student" of Neely Fuller Jr.'s philosophy/concept. Dr. Frances Cress Welsing was deep too. She said Black folks should not procreate until they are 30 years old and married.

Neely Fuller is definitely not advocating that folks acquiesce to racism white supremacy. To the contrary. His book provides a guide for how to understand and overcome it. Dr. Frances Cress Welsing did not update the book. She was a student of Neely Fuller's writing. They did speaking engagements together. She did encourage him to update the book from the 1st edition. Just like Religion, not all medicine is good for all patients. Some folks will read Fuller's work and see him as an old man out of touch with reality. But, as Fuller states, it's up to the individual to take what they want from book and apply it to how they choose to deal with the system of racism white supremacy.

Yep. The Watts riot of 1965 was started by an altercation between police and a young black motorist. Read familiar. The Watts riot led to white flight. Once businesses relocate to the suburbs, it left cities like Compton to become overrun by poor folks, gangs, drugs and murder. There is a correlation between riots of the 1960s and decline of black cities from the 1970s onward. Drugs were thrown into cities with a Black majority to insure the people would destroy themselves.

In addition to providing the less intelligent folks with coloring books and crayons, we'd need to weed out the greedy folks too. The lust for money creates sellouts who will become cancerous and destroy a movement as well.

By outside classification, Fuller would be considered a social scientist moreso than a philosopher. He would consider himself someone just wrote a book of concepts. Take or leave for what it's worth to the individual. Social scientists and philosophers have put forth ideas and concepts that have built the various types of social systems and changes to them. Fuller also acknowledges the system of racism white supremacy is the most powerful on the planet.

I don't know his agenda but he has written a book that outlines a compensatory counter-racist code for dealing with the system of racism white supremacy.

@Pioneer1 The system of racism white supremacy makes white folks the most powerful collective on the planet. Black folks do not have such a tie that binds them. There is no system or network created by us for sustenance and security. Cats like Marcus Garvey had the right ideas but at the time, AfroAmericans were not in a space to get down with it. They were struggling to realize their birthright. Post Civil Rights movement, a failure to build and connect strategic alliances among Black folks could be attributed to laziness and indifference. Affirmative action and other initiatives were the opiates that put AfroAmericans on a collision course with complacency within the system of white supremacy. Flashes of individual and collective power among AfroAmericans have not been enough to motivate us into fully developing and sustaining it. Pitting groups of people against themselves and others and keeping them divided is a cornerstone of social engineering. The funny or sad part of it depending on one's view is that technology has made it easier to unite. Yet, the system of white supremacy is so powerful that Blacks folks won't use the tools at our disposal (technology, money, knowledge and information) to build those strategic alliances among ourselves.

Agreed. Organizing that 500 Black folks and getting them on code to solve a problem is a challenge. I feel that we missed a huge opportunity during the Million Man March in unifying Black men. So much more positive could have come out of that movement in terms of progress.

There are many Black people in the entertainment industry but a lower percentage than white folks especially in positions of power. Hip-Hop music was started by AfroAmericans. It makes sense that we dominate it from an artistic perspective. It's unfortunate that we don't own it. When Black folks migrated to California they lived among white folks. Of course, like every other major city, the white folks left for the suburbs and took their businesses too. Black folks were left to make it by any means necessary. @Pioneer1, I understand the point you're making about a group of Black folks growing up as minorities in a sea of White folks. Cities like Seattle, WA and Portland, OR are examples of it too.

Do not deprive yourself of oxygen (hold your breath) waiting to see Black police officers arresting white folks for voter intimidation or anything without permission. For that reason, Black police officers won't be assigned to voting stations to monitor voter intimidation. But, they'll show up wth sirens blaring if someone breaks in line or steals a ballot. Look no further than the January 6th insurrection. That video shows everything one needs to know about how white folks are handled by law enforcement. They were instructed to stand down. Do not fire a shot. January 6th would have been totally different if the rioters were people of color. It would have been a massacre with hundreds shot dead and/or imprisoned. There would be no investigation or senate select sub-committee hearings except to create a new public holiday...Put Em Down Day. White folks have privileges here that aren't extended or afforded to anyone else when it comes to crime and punishment.

That's just it...Black folks do not have real power anywhere on the planet as long as they're afraid to come together like a transformer and exert it. Fear renders one weak and powerless. Here in the USA. white folks make the rules and laws. They give permission (empower) others to act on and enforce them within the system of racism white supremacy. AfroAmericans need a voting rights bill regardless of the US Constitution because every politician we've had from past to present has either ignored or failed to codify it. White folks haven't given them permission.

Surely, several factors beyond intelligence determine the outcome of one's life (family, environment, education, self-esteem, drive, determination, opportunities and luck to name a few. We have a responsibility as human beings to insure that those who need the most help get it. That includes those who have limited mental and/or physical abilities. The choices one chooses to make is a different kettle. Regardless of circumstances, if one has been provided enough nurture to grow and they know better but choose not to be productive...the onus is on them. The blueprint for success has already been codified. Many AfroAmericans have worked it to positive effective in their lives individually. We just haven't translated it into ownership collectively i.e. wealth. The system of racism white supremacy is very real. It does not absolve AfroAmericans from doing whatever it takes to dismantling it. Mastering capitalism is a step in that direction.

No. We don't get to wake up and choose an occupation at will. A person's aptitude (intelligence) plays a part in determining their altitude (profession/occupation/career). The 1st 18 years of one's life are usually formative. It's during those years that education, knowledge, skills and abilities are developed that determine what they can do in life. Of course, it's up to the individual to apply themselves to becoming whatever they aspire and desire to achieve. There's no shortage of obstacles in a system of racism white supremacy. No doubt. But, there are many self-inflicted gun shots i.e. lack of preparation that keep people from becoming productive and/or reaching their full potential too. There's plenty AfroAmericans working in every type of profession/occupation/career. The problem is that we don't own enough of it (capitalism).

I still think it's fear more than a lack of intelligence. AfroAmericans instinctively believe killing white folks is an automatic death sentence or life imprisonment.

@Pioneer1, AfroAmericans have been in Cali for a long time. Like everywhere else in the USA, it's unfortunate that our folks didn't build an economic infrastructure out there. AfroAmericans should own a huge chunk of the entertainment industry and ancillary businesses feeding from it.

I believe sista Britney Grinder will be freed when the politicians decide to make a deal. Everything else is a sham.

Considering the number of AfroAmerican politicians we've had from past to present including a POTUS, I cannot help but to wonder why none of them undertook championing an effort to change the 13th amendment.

Our ancestors invested 400+ years and counting of blood, sweat and tears in this raggedy azz country. There's no reason for AfroAmericans to leave any state in which we choose to live. We should be fighting racism wherever it confronts us.

Again, I'm not surprised. There are many AfroAmericans who are growing up in environments that foster the illusion that society is colorblind. Those AfroAmericans either don't believe in or they don't know anything about racism white supremacy until it punches them in the face as if it was Mike Tyson. Regardless of how smart they might be, there's no honor or loyalty among ignorant n8gglets. The penitentiary, grave yard and unemployment line is filled with them. Some AfroAmericans have been so mixed up they're just like that box of chocolates from Forrest Gump. So, whether it's giving advice to or trying to form a brotherhood and anything else with fellow AfroAmericans, they have to be vetted first in order to know what you're dealing with and what you can expect to get from them.

Just like VGQ, what you encountered falls under n8gga sh8t. You tried to talk to the brotha while he was high on the horse. He gave you that patronizing "I hear ya Black man" and half a smile response thinking you were a carry over from the 1960s. Then, his azz got terminated. Wonder who's crying now. Tell the rest of your coworkers to STFU because they might be on deck. As Main Source said...it's just a friendly game of baseball.

There's a huge difference between what these n8gglets rap and sing about versus what they will really do. As NF Jr. mentioned, sure enough, there are n8gglets who will shoot you dead over a pair of tennis shoes or less. But, tell that same n8gglet to kill the white boy who shot up the supermarket in Buffalo or play his loud music in a white neighborhood and watch the fear spread all over his ashy face.

@Sani Nassif, as a human being and a musician, I totally subscribe to the belief that love is the ultimate healer for mankind. We're just not there yet. Unfortunately, due to the religion of racism white supremacy, love is not going to keep white folks from controlling Black folks even if means killing us. So, we have to be able to defend ourselves on multiple levels. Martin Luther King Jr. tried to use weapon of love and white folks still assassinated him. Under the guise of law enforcement and racist white supremacists, they are still killing our Black brothers and sisters with impunity. White folks have colonized the planet due to willingness to kill and superior weaponry. Black folks have been trying to love the h8ll out of white folks for several hundred years now. So far, it's not working.

@Pioneer1, you're not going to believe this and I probably shouldn't type it but here's a secret...Black folks do not enjoy killing as much as white folks do. White folks love to kill sh8t. That's why they stockpile wespons and hunt for sport. They stay in killing shape in the event Black folks ever rise up. But, there's one small impediment...Black folks are afraid to kill white folks. Surely, Black folks will kill each other but that's having been conditioned to hate themselves. It isn't a natural instinct to kill. That's why regardless of where Black folks live on the planet, unafraid white folks can roll through and take their sh8t. Fear is powerful.

Going nationwide requires a huge capital investment. If Black folks took every dime they spent eating in non-Black owned fast food joints and restaurants, they could franchise a Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles or Turkey Leg Hut in every major Black city in America.

Not just Black. Hollywood has been inserting the LBGTQIA+ demographic in TV shows and movies across the board. They have a lot of power in Tinseltown.