aka Contrarian

Whatever. At the week-end BAFATAs award show, which is the British equivalent of America's Academy Awards, somebody in the audience yelled out "nigger" when Michael B. Jordan and Deroy Lindo, stars of best picture nominee, "SINNERS", appeared on stage to announce the winner in one of the other categories. Michael didn't slap the offender who, it was later reported, claimed to have Tourettes Syndrome, and after a brief pause, the show went on... That's a hard act to follow, but the Oscars award show will be televised March 15th in America - and we shall see. Stay tuned... 😗

Just for the record, SHAKIRA is not called "white". She's Hispanic, a native of Columbia, South America, more like a Mexican than a Caucasian.

Chicago and the nation are mourning the passing of legendary civil rights activist, Jesse Jackson. Although the family's request for him to lie in state at the Capitol rotunda was denied, his casket will be trotted out at 4 different venues in Chi-Town and DC, and his South Carolina birthplace. In embellishing his acquaintance with Jesse, Trump called him "a piece of work". Take's one to know one... RIP Jesse.

@Pioneer1Yeah, take that contaminated olive branch and stuff it, and save me the trouble of further weaponizing it against your phony civility. And, wooo, who said anything about "picking a fight"?? I was simply asking Tesa a reasonable question but you weaponized this with your distortion powers.

@TesaWhat is your explanation for attributing to me things that I didn't say? Even going so far as to directing the reader to a site spammed with ads for "gaming" platforms. Trickery that smacks of AI mischief.

@Pioneer1yeah, yeah, yeah, ignoring your overtures is an example of my liking attention and drama, huh? Putting your ego-centric, self-serving spin on things, in denial as usual, thinking you have it all figured out. I declined because I had no desire to accommodate your attempt to control the narrative by playing "Mr. NIce Guy", something you really aren't, and I'm fine with not being friends with you. 'Nuff said, move on.

@ProfDWell, everybody knows I'm fading away, but you're the one constant - the nucleus, always unphased and on point, tongue-in-cheek, as regular as clockwork dispensing your updates on what's current. The sporadic coming and going of others isn't really as impactful; they haven't taken a leadership role, and I've come to know their patterns.

Where is Prof D??? Hope he's OK. His absence creates a big void on the premises. 😳

@Pioneer1Your approval is the least of my concerns. That should've been obvious when I declined your olive branch which was nothing more than a sprig of poison ivy, befitting your rancid toxicity.

@Pioneer1Oh puleeze. Spare me your cherry pickin. Like you're an old sage of wisdom instead of a die hard black fanatic and wanna-be visionary who never misses a chance to promote black superiority even as he drones on and on about what "black folks need to do" - to be worthy of his approval. 😑

Why waste time on theories at all when the only proof is what exists today, - manifestations wherein each group thinks it's better than the other, a mindset that is the one thing they all have in common. Something which will eventually prove to be their downfall.

@umbrarchist"we" is the operative word here, and there is no black "we" when it comes to exploring all of these familiar sources; only bunches of us, them, and they. By now it should be obvious that when it comes to thinking, Black Americans have just become too independent for their own good.

In other words, alternate theories; ones whose merits are more aligned with your beliefs. Sounds like a typical case of the kind of approach, ADOs reject when it comes to Afro Americans doing their version of revisionist history.

What is the alternate theory to the origin of species that "sensible" black laymen dispute, and prove Darwin to be wrong about?

To me, all this could be a sign that black people are gradually being absorbed into the mainstream, moving away from group thinking, embracing personal philosophies that determine what segment of the population they most relate to. Having repeatedly failed at becoming a unified entity, like members of white ethnic groups, they will fragment and gravitate to what best serves their individual interests rather than their national origin. In the future, beginning with the Gen Alphas, Blacks and Whites and Browns and Yellows and LGBTQs will merge into a new species and - will all live happily ever after in an AI Generated America. 😬 Have a good day.

Hummm. I wish Tesa had ended her above quote attributed to "aka Contrarian" at the word "mediocre", because I didn't say any of what followed that word, which was a commentary that amounted to observations which were not my mine, and an opinion that I do not hold about a subject I have no knowledge of. 🤫 Is she an AI creation??

Wow! These dissertations so enlightened me when it came to the existence of the different sects of Blackness whose existence I have, heretofore, been completely ignorant about! Finding a niche with those whose opinions I share on many issues was exhilarating, leaving me, at age 92, astounded to learn of the actual existence of an official movement I could identify with in many areas of thought, like slave descendants having their own unique culture and immigrant Blacks being my personal idea of black carpetbaggers - and a cynicism about the pseudo African affectations of certain black zealots who make claim to everything African and attribute everything everywhere as beimg black in origin, citing skewed history as their source. Not to mention exposing the dysfunctional compensation that takes the form of a black male machismo that is laced with misogny and homophobia. Still, I'm not totally captivated by the siren song of the ADOs, having never been an enthusiast of Reparations, and any taint of this group being "MAGA lite" inhibits my formal commitment to their doctrine. My gut always instinctively recoils at any hint of Conservative right wing white supremacy. In any case, at this stage of my existence, I don't have to make a decision or a choice about such matters, and I remain a spectator, ever aware of how Society evolves, inevitably subjected to the changes that Time brings - changes that I, in all probability, won't be around to witness... 😏

Clapback to Trump's racist post.

@Pioneer1Does anybody really care whether or not you and I make peace? I don't. The sun will still come up tomorrow. Feel free to go back to being your true self. zzzzzzzzzzz

@Pioneer1I suggested we "move on" earlier in this thread but you couldn't pass up a chance to try and control the narrative by giving your typically revised and unflattering version of me to "prove" that you did, indeed, know me. Even called Salems "cheap" when in fact, they were a name brand cigarette that cost the same as other cigarettes back in the "salad days" of my youth, a classic metaphor which you insisted on botching by referring to as my salad making days, subsequently turning my "frequenting intimate little jazz clubs" to "bar hopping", my joining musicians I was acquainted with on stage, as "making a fool of myself" but, now all of a sudden, you are going to "let" ,Troy and me have each other because we don't see things your way, and all your cherry-picking, strawman ploys and false equivalencies - oops, I mean "explanations, evidence and truth" have been rejected. Yeah, right. And, to return the favor, I'm going to let you and yourself have each other, - as befits an egocentric die-hard. 😑

@Troyyes, I remember Diana Sands quite well She first gained fame by playing Sidney Poitier's sister in "Raisin in the Sun," which was based on the play by Lorraine Hansberry. Lorraine and Diana were friends, and both tragically died in their 30s, victims of cancer.

@Pioneer1You guess wrong. YOU were who informed richardmurray that you were changing the direction of this post, and promptly proceeded to shove your self-styled rules about blackness down our throats, later throwing a hissy fit because the way I chose to categorize certain men didn't meet with your approval. And black female athletes are no different from all the black male athletes who choose white mates. Your "testosterone heroes" don’t give a damn about your campaign to instill black consciousness. So, you are doomed to a life of beating the drum for a cause that disintegrates in the face of reality. Millions of black Americans make their own decisions when it comes their personal lives. You are irrelevant. Go somewhere and play with yourself.

So why do you change the subject when the truth about yourself is revealed? Huh? Unlike you, I'm not on a mission to extol black manhood and have no intention of submitting to your repetitive cross-examination! Too bad if you are offended by my cliches. Cheer up. Maybe your fondest dream will be realized and you will be transformed into an intriguing black stallion who a rich black female athlete will take a shine to. Woo-Woo! 🤯

@Pioneer1Nope, that's you doing what you do best, which is besmirching and distorting in order to put your spin on things. Truth, facts and authenticity are an anathema to a devious, deceitful person like you. That's why your sorry-assed campaign to celebrate the black male falls flat. But carry on since you have nothing better to do. It is a good thing, however, that there are so many much better representatives out there to exemplify the cause.

You don't know my forum facade from my real one. Anything that doesn't comply with how you think people should behave is considered "acting a fool" because you live in your own little world where you type cast people thereby making it easier for you to do your strawman /false equivalency voodoo. I haven't had a white female friend in 35 years. Your opinion of me amounts to zilch in my accounting. Suffice to say, I consider you the epitome of why anybody would reject black manhood.