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If one knows the reason(s) for why they are not exercising their power, they can correct it. No different from going to the gym & becoming stronger. Neely Fuller Jr. taught us that Black folks have zero bizness focusing on fun.😁 This has nothing to do with my belief. Fact is most Black people are afraid to die. The religious Black folks want to go to heaven & try to live accordingly which means taking few chances i.e. sin & less fun. Violence has led to more power than any other action in human history. A person with that mentality has already been defeated. Right. That man should be having as much fun as possible before his clock runs out. In a terminal condition, that person should do everything they could have ever wanted to do in life as long as it doesn't bring hurt, harm or danger to other people. However, Black people should not allow the system of racism white supremacy to render them powerless into perpetuity. Instead, Black folks should treat racism white supremacy like a terminal condition & do everything possible to dismantle & destroy it.😎

I'm definitely not advocating that people calm down &/or ignore a situation in which they feel intimidated or threatened. They should have called the police. My point in this discussion is the police couldn't just arrest the white nationalists on general principle alone. They would have needed some type of meat on the bone. Especially under the system of racism white supremacy.😎

We'll call it a stalemate by counter-point.🤣😎

I believe Sen. McConnell is also on the slow boat to China as well. He won't make it to 2027.😁 There's a reason the called him Miss Graham. That dude was a throwback member of the alphabet soup community. Graham came from a time when those folks didn't pop out of the closet like a jack-in-the-box. I think Graham mentored Sen. Cory Booker & Sen. Tim Scott in that regard.🤣😎

Black folks do not own the DMV to the extent of being able to exclude any other group of people. White folks have already moved back into DC proper to flip it from a chocolate city to a mocha city.🤣 So far, the DC Mayor & majority of the city council is still Black.😎

I only clown on Ben Crump because he provides comedic source material. 🤣 I do not begrudge his work.

@aka Contrarian ...glad to see your knight in shining armor keeping you active & engaged. Keep it up.😁😎

Actually, I'm not paranoid when it comes to white folks. There's more than a few white & non-Black folks who would consider me a dear friend too. I talk to all of them the same way I write here about the system of racism white supremacy. Some of what I say makes people uncomfortable. But, I'm too old to sugar coat sh8t.🤣 As long as racial problems exist, we must be willing to call out & confront & deal with it. Ignoring these situations &/or burying our heads in the sand isn't constructive at all. There's no doubt in my mind that this young man would still be alive if he wasn't overly comfortable around white folks including his girlfriend. I'm wondering if that interracial relationship was a problem. Maybe we'll find out soon enough.😎

Problem is they aren't dying &/or being voted out of office fast enough. Then, there's a whole lot of people who share the same ideologies as their elected folks. The politicians are half the problem & constituents make up the rest.😁😎

The USA with all its warts & flaws is an FBA/AfroAmerican/ADOS inheritance. We should never stop demanding reparations for the 400+ years of slave labor & atrocities committed against our forebears. The USA is our home. It would take a great deal of time, effort & resources to trace our lineage back to pick a part of Africa & establish ties there. Then, it wouldn’t make much sense for FBA/AfroAmerican/ADOS to trade places with the Black folks who are leaving Africa for a better life in the USA. FBA/AfroAmerican/ADOS are not welcomed into other countries unless they can afford to be there i.e. show up with a 💰 bag if they plan to stay for any period of time. I would not advise FBA/AfroAmerican/ADOS to trade places with them. The USA is home for 50+ million Black folks who were born & raised here over many generations. It is neither constructive or productive for a child born to dysfunctional parents to find a better set. That child should grow up to live the best life possible despite the environment, conditions & circumstances by which they landed on the planet. FBA/AfroAmerican/ADOS have survived & thrived here in the USA despite our history. We are a unique group of people who have done great things & who continue to influence the world.😎

https://apnews.com/article/lindsey-graham-dies-south-carolina-bfa556e170f2df22ce9ffc7165da3dfa South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has died @ 71 years old after a brief & sudden illness. Senator Graham will be remembered as a staunch Republican. He was a warhawk & major supporter of POTUS OJ & the MAGA movement. The GOP lost a cheerleader in Senator Graham. Many of us will not shed a tear or miss him at all.😎

Blissful ignorance & hope are two reasons Black folks are powerless against the system of racism white supremacy. If a person is afraid to die, they're already dead. In other words, they're not living their Earthly lives to the fullest extent. The road to h8ll is paved with good intentions & potential. Some type of action(s) is required in order to gain power & exercise it.😎

Walking around wearing a mask & khaki oants is not probable cause or a crime. Law enforcement would have dealt with the aftermath. They cannot go around arresting suspicious people. In that type of situation, a person has to protect themselves. Carry a firearm or some other type of weapon for protection & self-defense. I'm not suggesting. I know law enforcement cannot run around arresting white nationalists or gang-bangers or anyone else before they commit crime(s).😎

Right. They would have need zip ties for handcuffs to round up those folks.🤣 I would be slightly curious to know if the FBI told DC law enforcement that Patriot Front was coming to town. Word is the white nationalists were not threatening or intimidating people. They just went about their bizness of getting to the Fair. Like a Becky or Kyle, If someone felt threatened or intimidated by the white nationalists they would have had to call the police. Right. The National Guard was already in DC. If the white nationalists were arrested, they would have brought in more guards.🤣 Right. But there's always been a shortage of Nat Turners among Black men. Black folks have always taken the high road of non-violent resistance which doesn't work against white folks & the system of racism white supremacy. I give the Middle Easterners a ton of credit in their willingness to fight & die rather than suffer colonization or imperialism under white folks.😎

Fair enough. I know far more Black folks from other countries who find happiness here in the USA than I hear from FBA/AfroAmerican/ADOS ex-pats living abroad. All of my FBA/AfroAmerican/ADOS enjoy visiting other countries & working in them for periods of time but they always come back to the USA. Point taken. I started to list physical & spiritual as wounds too. Bottom line is deep wounds never truly heal without some form of revenge. Otherwise, people remain scarred for life & from one generation to the next.😎

Maybe I live in Wakanda lite.🤣 Black folks do out-number any other group so we dont have to worry about the BS. The handful of non-Black folks mainly Filipino & Hispanic have shown themselves to be neighborly too.😎

Right. Same thing applies to boats, mountains, canyons, etc. Unless you're strapped up & know how to use the tools & proficient in self-defense, best practice to pass on the excursions with them.🤣😎

In the absence of being able to dismantle & destroy the system of racism white supremacy, it is extremely important to teach all FBA/AfroAmericans early & often, what the system is & how it operates to keep them imprisoned. Instead of churches teaching FBA/AfroAmericans about the sky fairy & his son & what they need to do in order to see them & have everlasting life, Black pastors should be teaching Black history & the atrocities committed against our people from slavery to present & about the system of racism white supremacy. Black Gospel music can still write & produce & sing the feel good songs. At least, the people will be educated in the most important lessons as it relates to racism white supremacy & be better equipped to dismantle & destroy it.😎

Unfortunately, too many Black people get way too comfortable around non-Black people. While most Black people will not end up a Nolan Wells, one unalived Black person hanging out with non-Black folks is too many. IMO, this young man's parents did him a disservice if they allowed him to feel that comfortable around non-Black folks. I see it a lot among middle-class & up Black folks who either live in mixed neighborhoods &/or send their kids to private schools & whatnot. It is even worse with interracial couples. Those Black parents allow their children to hang out with & have sleepovers with their non-Black associates & family members. There is no telling how many racists & anti-Black family members that Black man or woman has married into & take their mixed race kids around. Bad enough non-Black people cannot make potato salad or cook greens or fried chicken. 🤣 Add in the fact that some of those non-Black folks like to eat weird foods & hunt all types of animals & engage in reckless activities for fun. In the words of Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Black folks have no friends especially when it comes to non-Black people. Every now & then, we'll be reminded of it.😎

Being in the country illegally is the crime. Wearing a mask is not a crime. It has to be proven that they are walking around to intimidate people. Right. The police could have harassed the white nationalists & provoked them into committing a real crime. The white nationalists didn't attack anybody during the 4th of July weekend. They just showed up for the Great American State Fair. Probably invited by the POTUS.😎

The provisions of section (a) only applies if any conditions of section (b) are met. People wear hoods &/or face masks all the time especially when it's cold in DC. They walk around freely going in & out of local establishments too. That law is enforced about as often as jaywalking or loitering.😁 Police aren't going to arrest people for wearing a face mask unless a crime is being committed. Someone would have had to call the police claiming they felt intimidated &/or threatened by the white nationalists walking around wearing face masks. Again, the police could not have arrested those goofy dudes for merely wearing a face mask.😎

So, the Mayor could have ordered law enforcement to arrest any suspicious looking white folks en route to the Great American State Fair. 🤣 The elected officials & law enforcement were not out-smarted or out-maneuvered by white nationalists. The cop shot someone who was breaking the law & threatening physical harm. On what charges would DC police have been arresting the goofy white nationalists? Expecting Black folks to enforce laws created by white folks against white folks is tall order.😁 Black folks are not the majority population in any state. The smoke would have come from the federal government. As soon as POTUS OJ would have heard that white nationalists were being detained by DC police for no reason, he would have ordered the national guard take over the city immediately.🤣 Those DC police officers are smart enough to know they cannot run arresting & shooting white folks for no reason. 😁😎

Those brothaz either need to stop overlooking the women that are attracted to them &/or put in the work necessary to make themselves more attractive to the women they desire. Confidence is built in some people long before they find success. I do not live in Wakanda but the majority of Black folks are doing very well around here. Not a pivot. I never said that money is all a man needs to get women. However, to some women, money does make a man more attractive than he looks.😎

The destruction of the system of racism white supremacy will free non-whites & whites too. There is a reason the USA has a diverse of mix of people. Immigrants from every corner of the planet; some risk their lives to come here. To what other countries should the Black person born in the USA flee? That is one aspect of the USA people find attractive. There is more to the USA that draws people from all over the planet to it. Opportunity makes the USA most attractive to people around the globe. Most of the people born in the USA & certainly not the immigrants who come here really know &/or care about how the country stolen & built with several hundred years of slave labor. Most people don't know &/or care about how the government was designed either. That's why immigrants keep showing up. If Black folks born in the USA were to leave, those same immigrants would gladly take their place under the system of racism white supremacy. The USA could offer 1-way tickets to any country of choice to persons with a non-monetary grievance & who want to leave. Even better, those individuals can buy their own plane ticket & sky up outta the USA. Nobody is stopping them. Nothing can be done to heal mental wounds. No apologies or money will ever be enough. Like many others, those Black folks who hated white folks found a comfortable spot under the system of racism white supremacy & made the most of their lives. Black folks in the USA know they cannot undo its history. Until Black folks do something about that hate, they are in a holding pattern of finding a comfortable spot under the system of racism white supremacy. James Forten had choices...1) live the best life possible under the conditions or 2) overthrow the government or 3) flee to another country or 4) kill himself. The majority of enslaved Black folks were given religion to quell their hatred of & anger towards the white who enslaved them. Instead of joining with other groups who love to destroy white people, Black folks are still using religion to deal with the existence of living under a system of racism white supremacy.😎

And the beat goes on as one generation analyzes the next.😁 The data & analysis in the video makes great points. The question is always what are Black men going to do about the institutions & conditions designed to marginalize & disenfranchise our brothers. In the meantime, part of what keeps successful Black men going who don't drink or use drugs to self-medicate is putting in the work to provide for & protect & inspire the next generation to do better. Funny thing is...all roads lead to the same place regardless of generation...a life of responsibilities & cemetery.🤣😎