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It's unfortunate that the Florida teacher chose to resign instead of stand and fight. The Sunshine State is an appropriate nickname only due to the weather. That whack a mole azz governor is running Florida like a can of mixed nuts.

Folks are threatening FBI agents out of fealty to the former POTUS and he hasn't said anything to denounce their actions. He can't even pretend to be a statesman.

@Cynique, the back and forth between you and @Pioneer1 is funny as h8ll. Definitely makes the forum more lively and entertaining.

@Delano, I'm not your financial advisor but I wouldn't place that bet. From never showing tax returns to the Russian collusion investigation and being twice impeached, "mishandling" government documents will not land the former POTUS in prison. The GOP will do everything in its power to insure that nothing happens to this dude considering the amount of influence he has over them.

@Cynique, you're right especially considering you've heard some form of the same thing for well over a half century and counting. Instead of being delusional and/or wasting our keystrokes pontificating about what would make life better for AfroAmericans, it probably does make more sense to acquiesce to the status quo and let the chips fall. I'll wait until your b'day arrives before officially recognizing and hoping it's a happy one.

Again, I'm thankful that you continue to support and provide this space for discussion. I haven't been around here as long as everyone else but I do enjoy reading you all and I'd hate to see this discussion forum shrivel up completely and/or go away.

I watched the entire video. First, I find it incredulous that white folks like to ask Black folks why their problems exist and whether or not any of it still has to do with racism. The interviewer couldn't get anybody to grant an interview but he found an articulate Black doctor. The doctor did his best to do what Black people try to do in these interviews. The doctor gave well meaning and thoughtful answers to the questions. But, he never flat out laid the blame where it belongs which is the system of racism white supremacy. The doctor did correctly state that white folks have colonized whole countries that were once inhabited exclusively by people of color. The history of Australia is mind blowing. I digress.... The area through which the interviewer was driving once inhabited by black immigrant farm workers. Their white employers made a sh8tload of money and built affluent Palm Beach communities. Nothing was invested in those once working class and now poor communities. The people who live there are left to pull themselves up by the bootstraps and survive by any means necessary. Sports is the best escape route. It's the same affliction that affects AfroAmericans all over America. Our people have been replaced by Hispanic folks as the working class. With no economic infrastructure in place and no reparations, AfroAmericans are expected to compete with white folks for education and jobs on an uneven playing field. The doctor mentioned that there are only 400 AfroAmericans in his profession out of a population of 40 million people. That's a microcosm of the problem.

In his wisdom, a few years before he died, Dick Gregory talked about it. When the former POTUS was elected, Dick Gregory basically said white people in America would start losing their minds and doing dumb sh8t. When asked what AfroAmericans ahould do...Dick Gregory said "do nothing...this ain't about (you) Black folks".

On all fronts. Only AfroAmerican men can unify and protect our people. We've allowed white supremacy to keep us divided. It's not that we don't know any better. We're just not doing enough to overcome it. IMO, we have no idea of how the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) caused by slavery could have been passed down to and could be the source of all forms of dysfunction among AfroAmericans.

@Pioneer1, my complexion is dark-skinned...no confusion. I'm that n8gga white folks loathe and love for several reasons. But, knock on wood, I've only gotten mad love from my fellow AfroAmericans across the skin tone spectrum for as many reasons. I've written about how the Willie Lynch syndrome has affected AfroAmericans over several hundred years and counting. Skin color is one of the attributes that has been used to divide and conquer AfroAmericans. Doesn't matter. We're all still prisoners of war. Then, we have nerve to be fighting over who makes the most bread crumbs and who should get the biggest piece of chicken in the prison.

Right. The government has always maintained a bead on militias and white supremacist groups but it doesn't stop them from stirring the pot and acting a fool. The government doesn't fear these clowns but the people do. They have stormed the Capitol and executed Black folks and have more guns and ammunition than a small army. Locking up the former POTUS could potentially cause a bunch of brush fires all over the country started by right-wing clowns. Just like January 6th, law enforcement will be told to stand down and they'd better not fire a single shot endangering the lives of those American patriots.

@Cynique, IMO, regardless of how the mixed race population grows they will still be seen as people of color and treated accordingly. Same goes for any minority group. One of the benefits affirmative action was to further divide AfroAmerican men and women. Providing opportunities to and promoting AfroAmerican women at a greater rate would insure instability in their relationship with AfroAmerican men. The system knew that AfroAmerican women as breadwinners would make it harder for them to meet equally yoked AfroAmerican men leading to a power dynamic in a household. Most definitely, AfroAmerican women could turn to non-AfroAmerican men in order to create balanced households based on incomes. However, AfroAmerican women won't control the power dynamic in that relationship because non-AfroAmerican men are raised to be the head and not the tail. Similarly, AfroAmerican men could turn to non-AfroAmerican women with whom they are less likely to encounter a power dynamic because of how non-AfroAmerican women are raised. Several years ago, the US allowed a mixed race man to become POTUS and serve the maximum number of years. It didn't move the needle one bit towards a colorblind society. White supremacists have mastered dominating other groups regardless of their population size. I doubt that will change in my lifetime.

The bandwidth of this forum can accommodate topics that lead to healthy discussion/debate. The religion threads is an example of a topic that some of us do not post leaving it up to those with more knowledge, information and interest in it. I posted a humorous comment in one of the religion threads and sista @Chevdove piped up. A topic of high intellect discussion could automatically separate the chaff from the wheat.

@Pioneer1, the fear of right-wing extremists going crazy is one of the reasons the former POTUS won't go to prison. Another reason is fearing the right-wing base could grow larger if he's imprisoned. The GOP would reclaim the House and Senate and eventually the White House. The main thing they're trying to do is keep the former POTUS from running for political office again. Democrats like their chances of winning against anybody other than him.

@Stefan, I wrote that all AfroAmericans including leadership should be using their voices and platforms regarding the preservation of Black History.

IMO, the chances are zero but I'll call it very slim to none that the former POTUS goes to prison. Time and again, he's proven to be Teflon in court.

It's an interesting fight considering AfroAmerican men and women are in the same proverbial boat. This power dynamic only seems to exist among AfroAmericans. Even the poorest men and women in other cultures do not seem to struggle over leadership.

@Pioneer1, unfortunately, many Black folks have already been conditioned to look down on AfroAmericans. It would take a great deal of education to reprogram black folks into working together.

Where I grew up we called it jonin'. We mostly laughed at the insults but sometimes it would lead to arguments and fights. Nobody got killed though. The mama jokes defnitely descended from the dozens. To this day the easiest way to offend most AfroAmericans is to talk about their mother. "Your momma hair so short she has to roll it up with rice." "Your momma so ugly she look like your great-grandaddy." It was juvenile and insensitive but some of it was funny as h8ll and we'd be in tears laughing back in those days.

@Pioneer1, IMO, the participation on this discussion forum is already low. A sub-forum will be even more lean and it will be the equivalent of one hand clapping. I'm enjoying the comfy chair here. Besides, I probably wouldn't qualify for a high intellect forum with my sense of humor.

Vitamins and supplements are fine for but eating nutrient rich foods is better for the human body. Proper diet and exercise are the real keys to weight loss and good health. Consider all of the places on the planet with the most physically fit people. They're not popping pills or pressing patches on themselves. Physically fit people live a healthy lifestyle from what they eat to how they work and play.

Maybe I should be more specific because not all Black folks care about the struggle of AfroAmericans... Everything AfroAmerican leadership fought and died for back in the 1960s is being rolled back. Yeah, I definitely think current AfroAmerican leadership absolutely should be fighting to preserve our history and rights. After all, that's how they made it to their current positions. But, AfroAmerican leadership should not be alone in the fight. ALL AfroAmericans should be using their voices and platforms to speak up and out against the whitewashing of our history. It would be great if other Black folks join us in the fight to preserve our history too.

The real question is why are Black folks allowing our history to be whitewashed. The people should be using their platforms to draw attention to it. Elected Black leaders should be fighting on our behalf to maintain our history too. Instead, they're busily chasing abortion rights, gun control and other initiatives that are important to white supremacists.

I'm jealous. There was no gofundme campaign when I bought my 1st property a few decades ago. Several properties later, I never received any help. They'd better figure that sh8t out without their hands out.

I Just recently heard that 24 years ago, Mumble mouth Herschel put a gun to his ex-wife's head and threatened to blow her brains out. This clown claims he doesn't remember it. But, she does and told him to pull the trigger and said, "I know where I'm going...do you". Obviously, Mumble mouth didn't go through with it. But, upon hearing about that ordeal...some dude in Georgia said he would still vote for him because he's a Republican. Unbelievable. Then again, maybe not because the former POTUS once said that he could walk down Madison Avenue and shoot somebody and get away with it. I guess that's just how their party rolls.