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Delano

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  1. Which is why the class war is the only real war.
  2. As a teenager I was able to by Lucy's and Old English 800. Without id. There where numbers shops. And this Mafia cat owned a little store. That had gambling in the back. I even remember a place with pinball machines that had a functioning slot machine.
  3. Some Ancient Greek philosopher made a living creating weapons. It's was an still lucrative. Archimedes
  4. The matriarchal system is older than slavery, but it's used to justify slavery in the Usyis relatively new. My guess is that you can say the concept of race and racism coincides with the "discovery" of the Americas.
  5. In Rome Slave could become citizens. The US use Matriarchal lineage, so that any slaves born of a slave were also Slaves. I believe that was unique to US's system of slavery.
  6. Is that the case in every place that has Slavery.
  7. The Answer is Slavery, Slavery goes back a long ways. However the American Slave trade create the concept of White Superiority to justify slavery. So in the South you have White Women being the ideal and being seen as chaste. With Black Men being seen as sexual brutes, and Black women being temptresses. However that falls apart because White Plantation owners were raping Black Women and selling their own offspring. So you have a situation where Black Men can't protect their women, Black women are seen as sexually loose, and White women having to reconcile their perceived status with the reality.
  8. Nice one Prosecutor Johnson
  9. I have included some Black Science https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lFWrm2_d7VHCEbRYXsvLJrgF0zOJiAASQ
  10. I deleted that because it wasn't part of the book.
  11. There's a book called Guns Germs and Steel. It talks about why Europe not Africa colonised the world.
  12. I am looking at how Corporate America or the Military. Power resides with the ruling elite, which are a few families that have old money. Which as far as I can tell in the US doesn't include Black folks. So while it looks like racee it is always about power.
  13. Why do you suppose that is the case. That may not be true since the dominant culture seems to dehumanise us.
  14. @Troy have you been body snatched What you feel is more important than what other people think about your choices.
  15. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327802497_Corporate_Slavery_Does_it_Still_Exist
  16. Almost right . The tried to use Native Americans but they didn't survive . Eastern Europe is very different than the South in terms of climate . Your comment ignores "racial" differences Economic or Government I said what country for a reason. When I say Black I am only talking about US Blacks. It's always puzzled me how Africa has Gold, diamonds and Oil but has to get charity for clean water. Now this isn't the entire continent, however I am not certain it is the utopia you are painting.
  17. This is still unanswered The plantation system was rebranded: Massa -> Owner , Overseer -> Manager , Miss Ann -> Reception , House Slaves -> Middle Office , Field Slaves -> Back Office >.
  18. What country do Blacks call their own. What Language what culture, other than what grew out of Slavery. Yeah they got a few Casino what did we get?
  19. Black people define the bottom in the Untied States. If you have any success with improving the lives of Black people you will have some formidable adversaries. Try to tell the masses that Race Class and Sex aren't the war you should be fighting. The real fight is class warfare. The KKK was created after slaves were freed. They got zero and had a hostile adversary. The Black Panther were infiltrated by a government agent. James Baldwin was a bigger threat to the US government than both King and X, since his file was much larger. Why do you suppose the government spend more resources tracking James Baldwin then either Martin Luther King or Malcolm X?
  20. What we are witnessing is a fight for who controls the narrative. Some wars can't be won with arms only heads and hearts.
  21. Every society's life is based on myths or historical cultural values. Whether that is: fairy tales; fables; books; music, television or movies. Identity like race is a concept or rather a construct. Otherwise it would be self evident what it meant to be Black, White, Man or a Woman.
  22. Nice work, Troy. You should do more interviews. Your passion for books and the culture comes across, which can't be duplicated.
  23. Your head might explode @Troy
  24. https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/electroconvulsive-therapy/about/pac-20393894 Electroconvulsive Therapy Electroshock

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