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frankster

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  1. No....Diversity is Inclusive No...Race is Divisive - Exclusionary. Thats the accepted scientific fact of today.. Sex is based 100% in biology....all the others are mostly man made social convention/constructed. True....All oppression is not the same in degrees Nevertheless they are the same in kind....they all result in pain and suffering. I think we are striving to End all types of Suffering....cause to each his suffering is the worst. So too have a lot of black men shown to be in support of slavery/racism....Heyward Shepherd - The faithful Slave. Consider John Brown and uncle Clarence Thomas of today who you think would be a worthy ally in this struggle against racism? So they were being human beings and possible oblivious to the harm they are causing....such behavior is a known human frailty. Even you told me you took advantage of some women who came to you for help in their time of need....due to you being in a superior privileged position - human frailty. So we agree. True. They really want people from Europe....but will allow those who look white. Please do your research... Check out also the Vandals conquest of Rome....Rome was so divide they had two Emperors one in the east and the other in west. Please do it. Yes The Arabs was more united....and more fervent Religiously The Arabs were less intelligent less numerous and less technological advance.... The Persian outlawed Slavery and encourage religious diversity and social tolerance. True You could say/argue that... I do not totally agree..
  2. Yes.... both my wife and the school system forced it on them True. If I believe its truth and found enough independent evidence to support it as such....then the source and those who share in it is secondary - Truth is always First I Take the same Stance as I do with Abortion - I am Against both. I would never deny or block access for any one the Right to express themselves the way they desire....be it wearing blond hair or having an abortion To the contrary I would aid them both..... I told my daughter with regard to abortion - if your life is not in danger with the fetus/pregnancy being healthy and you are willing to carry that child to term i will raise that child.
  3. I Am African and American... Me being stupid is your opinion to which you are entitled Talk sense to a fool and he calls you stupid....Euripides I understand You maybe going in circles....trying slowing down. Thats a lie... Whats obvious is that you have an agenda involving Kamala. Sounds like most politicians i know of.....nothing new there Because our lives may depend on it....especially here in America Not true I hate being categorize or label....so I do not subscribe to any. In America....a lot
  4. If one has to rely on someone else to believe themself and others, then they truly have no mind of their own. The statement you made is completely antithetical to independent thought, and it demonstrated nothing less than an incapability to think, create and envision without having to rely on stock of others.
  5. Thats an indication of your intellectual capabilities....it did not come across it went over your head Now that it does not suit you If not black then what is she? And you care more about black America than Kamala? and you talking about irrational and illogical
  6. cool Never said it was true.. The very word race itself denotes a competition or contest... The people who conceptualize the idea of Race saw the White(europeans) Race as on top or first or best....and Black(African) as worst bottom or last Most competitive event is measured from a top down perspective ....winners to loser - thats Hierarchical. I agree that all humans are various shades of brown....and very few if any human being is black or white. The Pseudo Science of Races which was invented in the West for the purpose of oppressing some people....was accept from the 1600 to the mid 1900 as Scientific fact. With the defeat of Nazism it has been discredited as unscientific and socio-politically motivated. It is not based on or in biology.... No... Science continually repeats tests and proves its theories with new methods tools and hypothesis If new evidence/facts is found that brings into question formally accepted theories thought to be scientific fact.... Those theories in question...if they do not stand up to new and modern scrutiny will be reject as false and unscientific or fitted in to the new paradigm.
  7. Nature created Diversity and Variety Man used it to make Division and Separation. We all are Africans the differences you see is diet geography and culture....evolution - always remember we are more alike than we differ. True....but realize it is arbitrary and to suit their purposes - to oppress the weak and vulnerable. Truth is we all are different individually familially clan tribally ethnically nationally and Geographically. So now we measuring whose oppression is worst....house slave vs field slave light slave vs dark slave - we all share slave in common lets bond along those lines No not necessarilly as Blacks.....would you prefer people of color - or as victims of the oppression cool How were they helping to maintain it? They sacrifice who they were by "Passing" to achieve those benefits The people down there who support Trump want that wall and to keep immigrants out.....Trump is using that issue to divide America and garner votes. Those are not the immigrants they want....but will allow some who fit a specific criteria Sure did No it was not low intelligence or poor technology but divisions from with in Greece was conquered by Rome....Rome was less intelligent and had poorer technology than Greece The Arabs conquered Persia....Persians was way way way more intelligent and advance than the Arabs In both cases above it was division from within that led to their defeat. Hence Divide and Conquer..... has remained of of the longest and greatest maxims/truisms of Warfare. MLkjr did it and achieve some success it all depends Yes we can....Obama
  8. True. On a personal level if after or during its use you find a new productive and beneficial way of achieving and do so successfully....then one can say it aids creativity. true Well it often is....kaneh bosem - soma amrita ambrosia etc True Usually in conjunction with work exercise praying fasting and meditation...in short to seek a specific solution or inspiration. Those who know how to use it to achieve a specific end result with little or no ill effect.
  9. @Troy it is fun to watch how @Pioneer1 uses chicanery equivocation and ambiguity to make and defend his belief. true This is where @Pioneer1 and I may agree.....since the 1950 thereabouts vaccines have been repurposed and used for various global agendas disguised as philanthropy. True.... Thats cool As It was mostly targeted toward @Chevdove & @Pioneer1.
  10. 'You don't have to look black to be black': The complex racial identity of a tiny Ohio town 'You don't have to look black to be black': The complex racial identity of a tiny Ohio town
  11. Coily means tightly curled....4c How does that not contradict your earlier statement:- I think it would be considered a Trait as a component of a phenotype I think a phenotype is a SET of observable traits of an organism. Informally or colloquially hair is often referred to as a phenotype but in actual fact it is a trait. Ok....we actually splitting hairs now okay... This is heredity and genotypes....not exactly what we are discussing but - yes related. I get that you think nappy hair locks and coily hair tangles....while I think that coily hair and nappy hair is the same - you seem to think curly hair and coily hair is the same. Give me something other than or more than just your thoughts or something that supports your idea of nappy locking hair as opposed to coily hair? Bear in mind that the difference between curly and coily is in degrees of tightness of curls True Yeah i know of those issues.. Here is a recipes to see those naps again...bald your/the head and only wash it on a regular basis after about a month tell me what you see - don't worry the effect is temporary based on hair growth.
  12. My guess is they are referring to the Amhara or Oromo ethnic Groups and not the Mursi or Hamar Ethnic Groups all four are of Ethiopia or Ethiopian Nationality. So our Female origins are different.....explain? I am Confident you can find out which gene it is? If Nappy tightly curled hair (4c) and Coily hair is not the same please show them both and the "Locking" that differentiates them. Cool....E1B1 is responsible for the phenotype nappy hair. Which Haplo groups does not have these Genes E1B1? What Haplo groups can nappy hair not be in?... Are you saying that an Albino(Type1A) who has very little Melanin or is unable to synthesize (Pheomelanin or Eumelanin)....is incapable or unable to have Nappy/Coily hair? To my understanding Africans are the Originating ethnic group of the human specie and so they should have all genotypes and have the potentiality to express all phenotype. "probably" means there maybe exceptions....correct? Doesn't the picture below contradicts your statement above that I have emboldened ? https://images.app.goo.gl/UrEunDAdyypzBNZHA Yes....Because African is the Original Type of human. Yet....intermixing among humans can lead to mutations and a continuing of Variation in phenotype expression. The Widest Variation in Genotype and Phenotype is among Africans. True....but not in every case as humanity continues to evolve.
  13. Black connotes a racial categorization....I see racial categorization as a social convention - if you live in a racist society then the society treats you according to how it categorizes you. The US as a racist society states that if you have one drop of black blood then you are black...if you belong to the US society then that convention holds and is binding. Outside of that society different rules applies....in some parts world that same person maybe seen as white. 3/5 was a political compromise. Just as how I do not accept the idea of races as biological so too i do not accept the 3/5 concept as biological. True That too can be the case... Some Rulers are oppressed by their higher ups and some feel oppressed(live in fear of) by their subjects The idea of races is based on hierarchy.....the more white the more human the less white the less human and more animal. Yes they are regardless of race or color just human....so says biology neither are they white.....just humans various shades or hues of brown True....but a woman has every right to identify as a human Not if it is happens as part of a concerted effort in Protest against a known injustice...then it becomes much more In the recent past they did not need to.....but things have change a little since the arrested and jailing MLK jr True Now the idea of race as biology has weaken....and so has racism with it. Sociological it is real in racist societies....because they enforces its biases with violence and discriminatory treatment laws practice and mores
  14. How could I be dishonest when you yourself said we are all shades of Brown????? They are definitely not what we typically understand to be "sub saharan" black....if anybody is being intellectual dishonest here it you. You are welcome Race has no biological basis....Race is a social convention Yes ...which gene and how it expresses itself is based on epigenetics True How we self identify is very important to us and who we are.... True. But it is very important and to us how we Identify ourselves Well yes they should be.....but i am not so naive to believe they all will True...to differing degrees True Phenotypical differences are more based on diet and geography than genes alone....for example the same genes that is responsible for hair color can give blond or black depending on the environment in utero and out - genetic variation I do disagree....and it is a biological lie Gender is Social....Man made Sex is biological...Nature Made Yes thats because that pepper corn stage is temporary and most evident soon after a very(near bald) low cut then only wash do not treat or comb.... I left out that detail as it tells me you are not entirely familiar with black hair....it says a lot about who you are If you look closely you will see that the peppercorns are growing out I gave you the recipe... So is all afro.....before it is grown treated and combed regularly
  15. The division was created by racist.....so as to better keep people divided True....but they were still expose to the same oppression as all africans or blacks were. A situation bought on by their peculiar circumstance....in order to "pass" they must distance themselves from that which they are. Some like Hoover took it too far.... True.. Are they to be blamed? Did they create and maintain this system? Yes in both scenarios Really maybe you haven't been playing close enough attention to recent political shenanigans around the southern border and fence/wall building. You are dividing and disowning your own.... Divide the racist.....not your cohorts So you think it is wise or best to further the goal wishes and aims of the racist Not divide....division in our ranks leads to being conquered. Lest unite and work together against racism.
  16. I do not believe in Races so why would I accept the idea of any human being being 3/5.... The choice have been made....I am one of the Oppressed Nature/God has made me as I am.....I accept what and who I am with no regrets If given the choice....I will stick with Natures selection. Not all Rulers are Oppressive....heavy is the head that wears the crown Society has its flaws.....but all in all it is more good and beneficial that bad. I agree.... Calling and recognizing that everybody is human is a start. Getting arrested and going to jail is a protest. Well Racist are still trying to find a scientific rational or biological basis for race....so far they have not found anything that stands up to scientific inquiry and rigors of proving. As of today Race remain a scientific and biological fiction.
  17. no I am not... Based on your interpretation of colorism....it is a reasonable question to ask I Agree I agree I know that is what you meant....but I felt it necessary to point out that these relatively light skinned people are native to Africa south of the Sahara Yes...Race is ascribe to various biological features especially as an aggregate with other features common to an ethnicity or geographic region. Genotype is what is pass on from parent to child....Which gene is expressed depends on diet and geography - Epigenetics The parties involved. Africans and peoples who present as black are still under threat from White racism. Basically it is a further dividing of the oppress...so as to weaken and foster internal strife and turmoil. The whole idea of Race is a biological lie.... It is a social construct introduce to divide human beings along lines of their differences....so as to oppress use and abuse for purposes as of greed a section of humanity. Most humans are 99.9% identical in their genetic make up..... Yes I am.....yet I never abandon them in their time of need...... only in their time of want True.. if i am wrong please correct me as to my supposition on your behalf. I will take that to mean you would not ....even though they are of a light complexion. My guess is you would not abandon theses people because you know that they are Africans So to you their Africanness is more important than their humanity....this is so because you ascribe to the ideology of Races. Then we should use it to divide the racist oppressors....not ourselves. I posted people of the same Khoi San people who treat their hair....to demonstrate that what they have is a afro hair Please....peppercorn or peasy hair you posted is mostly a result of washed untreated uncombed hair
  18. Interesting side note First thing is that Indians was in ancient and pre-colonial times considered Ethiopians Some Indians Historians of Dravidian ethnicity trace their ancestry back to modern day East Africa....Ethiopia Eritrea Somalia and Djibouti - Horn of Africa K Harris mother is from the Indian State of Tamil Nadu which is in the South of Indian....Tamil Nadu is the Blackest State in India - in my opinion. Tamil is believed to be one of the oldest language in the World....Residents of Tamil Nadu are mostly of the Dravidian Ethnic group Though K Harris mother says she is of the Brahmin Caste....One could say(not necessarily true) that the Brahmins are the whitest caste in India Thanks for the reveal Chevron Dove.. Traits can also be exclusive to an individual....as in idiosyncratic - usually based in/on a particular gene expression What gene is responsible for this genetic trait that is exclusive to and only found in Africans? Aren't we all of African Descent? How so? That is why science does not rely on observation alone....The earth looks flat but is it? Aren't Traits also a result of genetic variation and gene expression due to geography. Define this genetically speaking LOCKS that is exclusive to Black Africans? Coily means tightly curled as in LOCKS Kinky Frizzy wooly nappy springy bushy are all basically afro.....3a-4c Congratulations....I respect the accomplishment True...the Halo of Angels and the fully bloomed Crown Chakra Is this seal of the Living God exclusive to Africans with Afro Hair? under a microscope....is that still phenotype? African Hair runs the spectrum from straight to coily....As African hair is the mother of all types of Human Hair.
  19. True because its a trait....a phenotype is a collection of traits - curly or coily hair type These people are definitely not black.....but brown They are Africans We are all Africans and Africans have the widest genetic diversity....these are some of the most unmixed peoples In other words these traits are in all humans.....just to varying levels and degrees of expression - Genotype No its not Yes....but only after their is no chance of reconciliation The division you are recommending is more of an abandonment of people facing or enduring oppression in their time of need. Abandoning people in their time of need is truly a despicable act... In the picture you posted of Africans who are not black but brown....would you divide out/against these san people? Those type of classification and categorization has always been used as a means to oppress
  20. Regardless she is being informed by societies mores True and sometimes they were considered as non whites. Racist idea are ingrained in all people born and grown in USA....as a default - One most work to dislodge racist ideas. Human Beings are biological creatures.... all are homo sapiens sapiens AfroAmericans are political and social creatures.....The idea of 3/5 humans was a political idea and race is a social idea The moment you begin to divide people....you become an oppressor of those who are divide out they become the "Other" What if they experience prejudicial and discriminatory oppression because society deems them to be black? By the fact that races do not exist as a biological truth...if you accept that social construct as genetically true the you have accept a Racist Ideology All humans are Africans and all Africans are human beings.....Regardless of Phenotype
  21. Appearances can be deceptive I think Most Shaman mostly smoke.....tobacco How do you know that weed is not among the variety of herbs.....they use I will not disagree.. Knowledge and Understand is primarily gain through training communication and study.....necessary requirements for Wisdom I Agree Marijuana is a tool if you do not know how to use it.....like tobacco it becomes a toy to be abused Does Cannabis (Marijuana) Use Increase Creativity? | Dr. Andrew Huberman The endocannabinoid system and the revolution of one | Rachel Knox | TEDxPortland
  22. The Human Stain....the movie
  23. True They are many types of weed....each giving a different effect according to your immediate environment and mood. Those are beginning effects ....THC enter the blood stream from the Lungs - blood shot eyes/red eyes order of effects 1.Paranoia 2. Short term temporary memory lost/disorientation 3. Relaxation 4.Heightened Sensory perception/attention to details. 5. Time dilation/slowed time 6. Humor/Laughter 7. loss of physical dexterity /impairment 8. Dry mouth and increase appetite 9. Euphoria 10. Heavy eyelids/sleepiness/cloudiness How do you know....it cannot make you smarter? Thats going against centuries of Shamanic Ancestral Wisdom of nearly every culture. It is in this "feel different" state that wisdom is often sought and found.. When it comes to making you feel better is the very reason ....why Shamans were also called bush or witchdoctors
  24. Yes.. sure it does it is true statement. Yes that is true I don't Not necessarily...She grew up in a white environment where her mother is not just seen as white....but more seen as Italian - in that same white family her father is seen as American as in Black American. How Black????....as in degrees of blackness She grew up in a racist society....and those are the standards of beauty... Well she does look like Jayne Kennedy.. Yes they are black if society says they are. This idea that you are now espousing will only serve to exasperate the situation to the benefit of those oppressing blacks. This idea is not new...it was introduced to the west in the 1500 to oppress non white people called the Casta System - Mulatto creole octoroon quadroon etc Yes because she was seen as not white ....black Well some say they do not feel accepted by the black community....as they are seen as not black enough. You are entitled to your opinions....no matter how misguided I think they are.
  25. There is no phenotype that is exclusive to any one race.... if so inform me Thats not proof .......thats a definition The thing with divisions is that it tends to lead to enmity and more division. Since they are not accepted by whites and half their family is black.....i think you will end up with more confusion In the USA They once were considered black then white then black again....just as Polish Irish ad Italians were not always considered white. You have dark skinned and African descent latino and light skinned and European descent latino The Term Latino means of Latin American descent or ethnicity....especially one whose native language is Spanish I am referring to black white mixes.... They are not white either ....... The you are back to were we are all degrees of white or black and the difference is arbitrary. You are entitled to your own definition.....all members of society may not always see like you do

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