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ProfD Social media has been a huge influence on how younger folks communicate. So much so it's actually destroying (or evolving...depending on how you look at it) the common vernacular...lol. I'm hearing a lot of White folks sound "Black" in the way they communicate. Talking about "baby mammas" and "where you at"....lol. Culture plays a huge role in how other groups of people interact. True. And both Latino and most Asian cultures are steeped in racism and xenophobia. ATL seems to be the capital of gay Black dudes. I would agree. And from what I heard, D.C. is a close second....lol. The question is what can Black men do to fix it. The first step is acknowledging that there is a problem. ....something most Black men don't want to do, especially when it comes to sex and attracting women. Most don't want to admit that they AREN'T attracting the women that they'd like to. It's like admitting that their dick is too small or something...lol...it would be the LAST thing they'd admit to even if they knew it was true. Troy You ever heard of InCels? Yeah, and they used to be nearly all White. You never heard of a Black InCel, until about 10 or so years ago and now you have PLENTY of bruthaz walking around lonely. They just don't call themselves that. White men improved on their game by getting online and ADMITTING that they were having problems getting and keeping women. It spawned a lot of internet social groups like Pick-up Artists and sites that specialized in Online Dating apps and over-seas brides and hook ups. Black men are too proud to do that. We make songs about having "ho's in different area codes" and how our cell phones are overflowing with these ladies calling us up and sending picture. However when I go to a public place like a shopping mall or grocery store, most of the Black men I see are walking alone while most of the White and Latino men are walking with women and families. All of this bragging ain't adding up in 2024...lol. richardmurray 30 million interracial relationships including : muslim with jew/black with white/asian with european and similar seems like a lot but it isn't. You consider Muslims with Jews an "interracial" relationship??? And again, what i see is a black person who joins his non black brethren who like to suggest their populace is being whittled or lessened by a growing quantity of interracial relationships that is simply not true. If this is true..... The difference would be that the Black person you speak of (I wonder who that is referring too...lol) would be CORRECT in suggesting that White men scooping up Black women is on the rise AND it's whittling and lessening our population....while the "non Black brethren" who believe this are being somewhat paranoid and over the edge. But as paranoid as these non Black peoples are....they are smart enough to SENSE and ACKNOWLEDGE a potential problem and threat before it materializes. Our people could learn a lesson or two from this. Don't sit up and wait UNTIL Whites and Asians snatch up all of the sistaz not only in the U.S. but in Africa too....THEN all of a sudden niggaz want to do a Youtube video crying and lamenting over it. Which some are starting to do right now.

ProfD I believe spirits are having a wonderful time because they don't come back to tell us anything. You may not have had any spiritual visitations from deceased loved ones but millions of people around the planet claim they HAVE and billions more have made the same claim through out history. I said "claim" because I'm not in a position to validate what they say, but it's certainly compelling. We have no way of knowing nor can we define Enjoyment for others. No? Gimme 10 minutes with a CONSENTING woman and I'll PROVE to you that I can know what she enjoys and clearly define how much she enjoys it...lol. I wrote supposedly. The Supreme Being will be the judge...supposedly. So you base that standard on a supposition (from your perspective) that you're not even sure about? And as we follow this line of reasoning..... If you believe The SUPREME BEING "supposedly" judges a human for their behavior, do you believe there will be some reward or punishment for that behavior? And when do you suppose they may receive it? The benefit is everything that comes with being human. I doubt that anybody wants to trade existences with a cicada. It comes out after 17 years of incubation and dies shortly thereafter. Lol...that was funny for real. Well, a human can live like an animals in SOME respects and still enjoy the same benefits. For example.... Humans don't have to get married and go through the rituals of weddings or even rearing children....just to enjoy sex. They can enjoy that benefit the same as an animal can, without the higher standards the society places on them. Situational awareness is a survival instinct. Getting out of the hood should be the goal. For most people, it is. However there is a large minority of folks who not only LOVE the 'hood but THRIVE in the 'hood and wouldn't live anywhere else even when given the choice. I had several relatives and friends like that. I had an uncle who was a hustler and made ALL of his money underground and he wouldn't go north of 8 Mile, lol. He literally STAYED in Detroit and wouldn't leave the city under any circumstances and actually preferred the most 'hood parts of the city. He said that's where the money was...lol. Humans have the ability to adapt to their environment and conditions. Most do, anyway......

As cruel as it may sound.....some people SHOULD be alone. When my female friends or female relatives talk about some man they're always trying to hook somebody up with, I point out to them (similar to what you suggested in the other thread) that there is a REASON that man is by himself and doesn't have a girlfriend or wife at his age. Usually, there are MULTIPLE reasons. I tell them to leave men like that alone and let them BE. You never know WHO or WHAT kind of psychotic clown you may be hooking your friend up with...lol On a more positive note........ Just because somebody is alone, doesn't mean they're lonely. Some people are introverted and do just fine growing old and alone by themselves. They manage to find help when they need it without the drama that comes with a lot of social relationships.

ProfD Hard to know without talking to the dudes. Maybe they are lame in one way or three. No, these are solid young bruthaz. Straight, made right, working, most of them have vehicles. All of them can hold a conversation. I will say that most of them are hesitant to approach women though and I think it's a generational thing. Most of them grew up with and around White dudes and among White people "online dating" is the big thing. Yet, a conversation with these cats reveals why they're alone. They're not women magnets. Unless a Black man is semi-retarded or deformed, if he's normal looking and in shape...that ALONE should make him a woman magnet...in my opinion. There shouldn't be THAT many barriers and obstacles to overcome in order to gain the attention and attraction of the women in your community. Again, something is wrong. Many Black women are buying into the feminist mentality that thay they don't need toxic masculinity. I understand this. So why aren't most of the Latina or Asian women buying into it when they too are living in the same society as the Black American woman are? Access to the same information. It appears that many Latina women MAKE IT A POINT to hold on to and support their men in public as if to tell the world how proud they are of him. Even if he looks like a BEETLE with a goatee....she'll do it for him. Black men tend to be more masculine than Latino men and definitely more masculine than Asian men, it appears our masculinity should COMMAND more public displays of loyalty and affection from our women. Also, Black women believing they can be head of household Is leaving them without a Black man. Again, the question is why aren't Latina and Asian and even young White women having these vary same beliefs? Also, why are the same Black women who DON'T want a Black man being head of the household....WELCOMING White men to be the head?? I've seen sistaz who cussed and hung out all night and were straight up hood rats CHANGE OVER NIGHT when they got a White boyfriend or husband. It wasn't a religious conversion either. On the rare occasions I asked one what happened, they'll look at me grinning and say they stopped acting like that because "her man" doesn't like for her to behave that way. WTF?????? Again, Black men tend to be far more masculine than these other men but for some reason many aren't commanding the same respect from women. This is why I believe something subliminal is going on. I don't think it has to do with having a job or baby mamas or other garbage being put out in the media, I think it's much deeper than that. Even when it's CLEAR that a Black man doesn't fit that profile...many of them aren't getting it. Otherwise, I guess it depends on where you live. Around these parts, established dudes have pick of the litter. I've been around the nation these past 15 years bro, I've seen certain patterns. I was down in Atlanta before the Pandemic and saw PLENTY of hillbilly looking White men with beards running around holding hands with Black women....while Black men were holding hands with EACHOTHER. White men almost DRAGGING sistaz through the mall and down the street by the hand while they're grinning and trying to keep up. Meanwhile bruthaz standing around against a wall with hoods over their heads smoking weed and looking goofy. Atlanta 2018. Something is wrong.

ProfD I only wrote that the spirit is free. No idea of if it's conscious Well if you don't know if the spirit is conscious or not, then the question I have for YOU is what good is the spirit being "set free" in death with no more pain or suffering, if you aren't conscious to enjoy it? Yes it's good to NOT suffer any more pain or humiliation, however if there is no consciousness....how do you enjoy it? Humans and animals live by a different code. Supposedly, the Supreme Being gave us dominion over them. We're held to a higher standard. Ok, mr.agnostic....lol And my question is W/who is holding us to this "higher standard"? And if we don't meet the standards, what are the consequences...besides the ones we may give eachother? Like I was telling this sista the other day who wanted to argue with me over the virtues of being a Catholic.... Humans get married, have sex, have children -higher standard. Animals just have sex and have children -lower standard. The offspring of humans live, eat, shit, and die. The offspring of animals live, eat, shit, and die. What Benefits do we get from being held to a higher standard in YOUR opinion? Not among humans. We're supposed to love each other. Says who? There's a lot of people you SHOULDN'T love, in my opinion. N8gglet sh8t doesn't get validation Nigga shit may not fly well on Wall Street, but it just might keep you ALIVE in the 'hood....lol. Sometimes just walking down the street in a wife-beater and doo-rag on your head is enough to keep people from fucking with you, lol. Humans have been doing the same sh8t for thousands of years long before racism white supremacy. Yes, that's part of my point. Them coming along with their various religions and moral/ethical codes don't change reality. We may be living UNDER their rule, but human nature is human nature and the most effective Black folks seem to be the ones who discover "the real" on how to survive and thrive in this system.

When I was a teenager, I was told by a few of the OG's that I will eventually come to realize that there is more to a good woman than just a nice body and pretty face or even sex. They told me that the older I got, the more her attitude and behavior would matter. I relish the wisdom some of those bruthaz passed down to me. I've come to enjoy the sound of a REAL woman comfortable in her femininity. One of the reasons I like foreign women is hearing them talk to each other. They sound so feminine and happy when they're chattering to eachother in their own language. I just sit in a corner on my laptop and just listen to them while engaging in my own business.

Obviously. How many people do YOU know with over 30 felony convictions (stop right there...how many people do you know who actually HAVE over 30 felony convictions???) who are not only NOT locked up behind bars, but can go around giving speeches and raising money and meeting with world leaders? Obviously this thing is a sham.

ProfD Sistas aren't going to wait around on brothas forever to get their sh8t together. Also, sistas aren't going to compete with each other for the handful of available Black dudes that are firing on all cylinders and established. Otherwise, the interracial thing has been heavy both ways for a long time especially in certain parts of the country I hear (read...lol) what you're saying but..... 1. A LOT of bruthaz have got their shit together. But the sistaz ain't choosing on them for one reason or another. At work and in my neighborhood I've met over a dozen heterosexual intelligent working young AfroAmerican men and they are telling me they have so many problems with women. Why? Why are so many healthy virile young Black men having ANY problems with the opposite sex when they are the epitome of masculinity? Back in the 80s and 90s it was White men who were having trouble getting and keeping women, now all of a sudden you almost rarely see a lonely White dude. Either he's gay with a partner or straight with a woman....of any race he chooses. Something is going on in this society. 2. There aren't just a "handful" of Black men out there but MILLIONS. There's no shortage of available Black men. Any and everywhere you go in this nation there are Black men driving and walking around and most of them are NOT married and most of them are working; but I don't see women chasing after them like they did in the 80s and 90s. ...again, something weird is going on. I don't see White women chasing after and hitting on Black men like they were in the 70s and 80s. 3. Yes, interracial dating has been heavy in different parts of the nation for a long time but it was MOSTLY Black men with White women. I've been all over this nation and I didn't see MANY Black women with White men until about 15 or maybe 10 years ago when it really started to take off. There has to be a reason why? I think our sistaz and women of color in general are literally being brain-washed or conditioned to find White men attractive. I'm serious. Although a lot of bruthaz do fuck shit...women are genetically hardwired to find certain traits attractive in men and Black men tend to dominate in those traits regardless of their other negative behaviors. Being tough, physically strong, sexually promiscuous....are things most women DO find attractive and always have. So why would it all of a sudden NOW turn women off and drive them away??? No, something else is going on. You may think this is ridiculous but I don't think it's what Black men are doing that's turning off a lot of women, I truly believe they are being subconsciously programed through subliminal images or something influencing their attractions. That, and many if not most foreign women are being told NOT to have any type of sexual relationship with Black American men.

ProfD I believe heaven or h8ll are right here on earth. Not in the afterlife. This is very similar to what the Nation of Islam teaches According to that logic, nobody is free because everyone is subject to rules and laws. Correct. Nobody living in a society is actually free. You may be lumping atheists and agnostics together. No, I know the difference. Without going to Websters....an atheist definitely doesn't believe while an agnostic isn't sure one way or the other. However it's interesting that as an agnostic, that you believe that a spirit lives on after physical death. Do you also believe that that spirit is conscious? Being weak will get that azz run over but that doesn't make it *right*. It depends on your moral code. In nature, WEAKNESS itself is wrong. Weakness and sickness are evil. Strength and vitality are good. Animals aren't going to church or burning incense at altars.....they are living their lives based on their natures and reproducing one generation after the other based on the law of "the strong survive". It appears to be working for them to some degree. I'd be considered a bully if I ran around taking advantage of weak people. I'm not sure, but perhaps nature intended for the strong to take advantage of the weak in some ways...to weed out the weak. As you know, in the hood...being a strong and hard GANSTA is more respected and honored than being a book smart punk or sissy. Is that right? Is that wrong? Perhaps that we have gained the wrong understanding of what it means to be "good" or "bad" living under Caucasians and being influenced by THEIR ways of thinking.

I've noticed over the past 10 years or so not only is there a rise in Black female/ White male relationships.....but for the past year or so I've noticed that they have actually OVER TAKEN the Black male / White female relationships! Maybe I'm just noticing it more but it appears that now in 2024 in the public places I've been, there are MORE Sistaz running around with White dudes than Bruthaz running around with White women. This is a huge problem in my opinion for a number of reasons..........

Speaking of lazy and women........ Most of the younger women I talk to tell me about how their AMERICAN boyfriends ONLY want blow jobs, they don't want to have sex. I've concluded that most of this desire comes from straight LAZINESS. Many of these young dudes are too fat and lazy to put the work in to screw a woman, but laying on the couch or laying in the bed and getting sucked off is much easier. I stressed the word "American" because I tend to talk to women from ALL backgrounds including a lot of foreign women too. Most of the foreign women are married, so they don't have boyfriend but actual husbands. And they usually don't tell me what THEY are doing in bed...lol.

ProfD Death is freedom. No more pain and suffering. It depends on whether YOU believe in Hell or not. There are rules and laws that prevent people from doing whatever they want to do. Then they aren't free. ANY restriction cancels out the condition of true "freedom". You may have LIBERTY, but not freedom. Death is not form of unconsciousness. Supposedly, the spirit has been set free. I believe this. However as an agnostic, I didn't know YOU did. Internal turmoil and strife doesn't give the right to colonize a sovereign country. No, but being WEAK does. Internal turmoil, strife, and excessive division usually LEADS to a weakened and vulnerable state that makes one easier to be conquered. China was once a super power. Several dynasties. Plenty wars and conflicts within the country. Yet, they weren't colonized. China was colonized by the British. Great Britain and Ireland had conflicts. They weren't colonized. Britain colonized Ireland. That's what the conflicts were about...lol. That's a chance I'm willing to take. Self-defense can be proved especially if I'm in the right. True

The shit Trump was doing was well known as far back as 2015 and quite possibly 2014.

ALL laziness is mental....whether it manifests itself in a person's thinking or in their behavior. If a person physically doesn't have enough energy to perform, it's usually due to a medical condition called "lethargy"...lol. ...and having said that, almost all laziness comes from lack of proper motivation/stimulation. Take some of the laziest bruthaz you can find, and then put a sexy well built woman around in some booty short and watch them "come to life", lol. I walked into a Polo store the other day and a young fat brutha was just sitting there playing on his phone with his feet propped up on the counter. A polo store is NOT Foot Locker, that is NOT the type of place for such common and laid back behavior by employees...but he didn't seem to care. He did greet me....without looking at me..and let me wander around the store by myself. Naturally I didn't buy shit, but the reason I'm telling the story is because..... About 10 minutes after me and another man came in who received the same greeting, a group of young college aged girls....mostly White and Asian..in those sweat shirts, yoga pants, and yoga shorts...came bouncing and giggling in and I noticed how the nigga LEAPED up off the chair like he got stung by a bee...lol. He made sure to talk to every single one of them...and it was a group of 5 or 7 of them! They told him atleast twice that they were just looking and waiting on some movie to start but he didn't care. He asked them what they were looking for. Explained what was the hottest selling items. Just wouldn't let them go. I left the store and he was STILL following them around talking shit and grinning. He was MOTIVATED. It took him out of his laziness.

I support both the RIGHT to prostitute and the RIGHT to gold dig, as long as both parties are consenting adults. If I really loved a woman or was infatuated with her sexually and couldn't get her any other way EXCEPT with my wealth, I'd absolutely use it! And be GLAD that I had the wealth to use! Back in the day when I'd buy something and then later on kind of regretted that I spent so much money on it although I DID want it, a wise person would tell me to stop regretting and BE GLAD I actually HAD the money to spend!

ProfD I believe death is the end to all pain and suffering and ultimately our mortality. We're born to die. Ok, so according to that belief you DON'T believe death is "freedom" or "paradise". Freedom means no restrictions or limits. The ability to do what you want or will. Being totally unconscious doesn't allow for that in this Realm....because you have no wants or will. Cancer is still kicking azz and taking names. While you are correct, all slow deaths aren't Cancerous. Smoking cigarettes or even drinking could be considered "slow deaths" if you're suffering an illness because of them. That slow death will often give you an opportunity to STOP using those substances and change your lifestyle so that you may LIVE a much longer and healthier life. False equivalence. It doesn't matter how they were living before foreign oppressors showed up. Tell that to those of a lower status or prisoners of war from another tribe who may have been suffering UNTIL the White man showed up and put EVERYBODY under bondage....thus giving them a little relief, lol. Iran calls America the "great Satan". However I wonder how do many of the Iranian WOMEN....who are often thought of as oppressed in that nation....feel about America when THEY come here and enjoy fewer restrictions than they did in their home countries? Whether you talk about Africa or the Americas....we know that White folks wouldn't have been NEARLY as successful as they were in conquering Africans and Native Americans if they weren't already beefing and fighting with eachother for centuries before Caucasians even showed up on the scene. I'm not making any compromises when it comes to protecting my life and liberty. What if protecting your life COSTS you your liberty?

My position on homosexuality and bisexuality has evolved over the decades, especially as I've moved away from organized religion and Caucasian based ethics and morals. I realize that something can be abnormal yet natural at the same time.

ProfD We've covered this already. Neither POTUS Obama nor Biden could have had former POTUS Orange Julius prosecuted for the crimes he committed as a private citizen. Ofcourse it's not the PRESIDENT himself that prosecutes people but they do it through the Department of Justice and with their Attorney Generals. Obama could have done this. If POTUS Obama had committed crimes as a private citizen, it would have been on the state to make the case against him. Not the government. The state IS a government, but Trumps crimes...assisting foreign interference with an election and others...were FEDERAL crimes. Again, Obama could have used his Department of Justice to investigate and go after Trump. Private citizen or not....doesn't matter. Infact, because of the recent SCOTUS ruling....it would have been EASIER for him to go after Trump BEFORE he became President than now. It's not so much that Trump was above the law, it's that Democrats don't play like Republicans do. We saw this back with the 2000 election fiasco with Bush and Gore.

ProfD Sitting on the couch won't get us any less My issue with the "vote the couch" campaign is that it feeds the spirit of LAZINESS that many of our people are already afflicted with. Kind of like telling Black youth to forget about a 9 to 5...be YOUR OWN boss. It feeds a spirit of laziness and lack of discipline in those who are already predisposed to such. Many of our people voted "the couch" even when we have a clearly superior choice in candidates like Obama VS McCain or Romney. They didn't refrain from voting simply because they didn't think they would receive any tangibles. They refrained from voting because they didn't feel like going through the "trouble" of registering and then waiting in line to show up and vote. But despite my issues with it, I wouldn't change the fact that people are allowed to NOT vote if they wish. It's their right NOT to exercise their rights if they so choose.

ProfD It's a fools errand to believe someone else is going take care of them forever. Lol...there are a lot of fools of ALL races, in America. Troy No, I don’t think most Korean will come to the US are racist. You are shoehorning and American on Koreans for no good reason. Ok. So you don't think it. ((shrugs shoulders)) Lol... But I think the documented and historical friction between Koreans and AfroAmericans not just in ONE region but ALL OVER the United States from coast to coast is good enough reason to start forming conclusions around a pattern of relations. If Koreans are racist, why do you presume they would only be racist against Black people? Who said I did? Many of them don't like Latinos, Indians, or even other Asians. Also, there is a bias; people who choose to come to America from Korea probably have some very significant differences than the ones who choose to stay. "Probably" isn't definitely. You're arguing with hypotheticals. For example, if you choose to leave your home and culture behind boarding entirely different one, being racist would not be very helpful and surviving in a foreign country. It would be if racist Whites sponsored you and brought you over here to be allies with them AGAINST AfroAmericans. Infact, NOT being racist against AfroAmericans and treating us fairly would be to their detriment. Racist Whites would then see no reason to bring them over here and would leave them in their own country....lol.

You're never too young....or too old...to think correctly.

ProfD I was thinking the same thing. She just turned 60 and he's 90....so there is a 30 year age difference. Although he does look good for 90 Troy You're starting to sound a little like a CONSPIRACY THEORIST with those FEMA body bags...lol. Do you mean the death toll was around 2000 for Milton...or did you mean Helene? I haven't heard of much damage from Milton, but they're STILL finding bodies from the damage Helene did.

ProfD Death is freedom. Depending on one's beliefs, their rewards (enjoyment) are in heaven. As an agnostic...do YOU believe that? Yes. A slow death is more grueling than dying quickly. Perhaps. Yet depending on your state of mind and abilities, a slow death ALSO gives you some time to come up with a CURE to PREVENT your death and possibly even PREVAIL over your enemies and come out much stronger on the other side. That's because they are still be oppressed. If those people were free to thrive in their own countries, life would be paradise. Is that a fact....or speculation? The reason I ask is because BEFORE Caucasians came to their nations to oppress them...were they living in paradise? Or were they living under OTHER forms of oppression and being ruled over by tyrants of their own kind? We do not get to qualify *good* and *freedom* when it comes to how someone chooses to live. We can certainly have an opinion. Especially based on their EXPECTATIONS and RESULTS. If you're CLAIMING you do what you do to bring freedom to your people....but it only leads to more anguish and oppression, then I would have to question your beliefs and intelligence. Those are the considerations a coward chooses to make. They live accordingly. No right to complain about their station or condition Presuming that those choices are the choices of a coward (which I don't agree with)....... Is cowardice a "sin" in your opinion? And if so, by what right do you judge it so? You just said that people have a right to determine good and freedom by THEIR OWN standards. So if a man determines that not fighting and going along with the program is a "good" decision to make or even the BEST decision to make....based on his abilities...who are we to judge? Especially if we aren't coming to his rescue. There's a reason the US has the most powerful military on the planet. Yes....and that reason isn't because of "bravery" or the willingness to die. If those attributes were what determined the strength of a military.....those in the Middle East would be among the most powerful and wouldn't be getting picked off one by one. The U.S. military is the most powerful because it's the SMARTEST and most TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED. I don't have the stats on this but it probably actually has a higher percentage of women and homosexuals than any other military on the planet also, but it still rules. Why? Because it's not so much about BALLS but about BRAINS. And again, my question is..... No doubt that our people are being oppressed in various forms. However, is the oppression that we as AfroAmericans have been going through SINCE AFTER 1865....really worse than death itself? Troy Lol..... Just when I think that you oppose my statements for the sake of being contrary and argumentative, you come along and change the game by agreeing with me. Actually, you articulated the point quite well that you MUST pick and choose your battles wisely. You talk of TWO times that you backed out of a fight as a kid, I can talk of NUMEROUS times....too many to remember...that I've backed out of conflicts as a kid in my neighborhood and at school. When I grew up, it was more than just having to deal with fist fights.....dudes had GATS....including AK's. You could "stand up" all you want but if you rubbed somebody the wrong way, they could get their boys on your or go home to their closet and cancel you out the next day. ....and that wasn't even the 'hood, lol. That didn't mean you had to be a punk or coward, but you had to use good sense and know WHEN and HOW to deal with each situation and who to just avoid. And yes, similar to you when I was VERY young....under 12 or 13...I would get angry at myself later on when I went home and ask myself why did I "punk out" like that. But as I got older and into highschool and started looking at the results of NOT punking out and answering EVERY challenge or potential conflict head-on....I realized how smart I had been about the situation. Especially as I look back at it today. A lot of the cats I knew who WEREN'T punks or pussies and NEVER backed down from a conflict or challenge are: 1. Dead. Because they ran into ANOTHER fool who wasn't a punk or pussy either and they cancelled eachother out. Bullets don't give a damn whether you're a punk or not. Bullets don't care how brave you are...they'll still "git witcha"..lol or 2. Locked up Unlike the streets...police and judges generally don't REWARD violent behavior. After you just popped somebody, don't expect the police to pat you on the back and congratulate you for not being a coward or punk. ProfD & Troy Every so often conflicts arise in your day to day life that you have to learn how to "handle" without being violent or confrontational. Especially if you're a Black man. You have to weigh your options. A few years ago I was standing on the street and some dirty bummy looking White dude came staggering up to me and said do you have a light? I don't smoke but I happen to keep a cigarette lighter on me and I let him use it. He looked at me and said, "Yeah...I thought so" with a slight disrespect in his eyes. Lit his cigarette while staring at me with some shiny blue eyes dancing in his head, then handed it back to me while purposely looking the other way in an obviously disrespectful manner. I could have flipped and said XY&Z and I could have actually flipped HIM. 20 or 30 years ago I probably WOULD have. But at that time, I just took back my lighter, looked at him like that fool that he was...and as he went HIS way...I went MINE. Didn't so much as think about it 10 minutes later. I drove away in my ride while he was probably homeless and staggard away to whatever hole he was staying in. Why would I get into an altercation with some poor white trashy FOOL who is probably looking for conflict in the hope that somebody may end his misery? As we get older...hopefully we get wiser.

Unless World War 3 breaks out first....lol

I heard you the first time....lol. I understand your point. One of the reasons so many of our people love the "one drop" rule is because a lot of our people want EVERYBODY to be "Black". They want to form some sort of connection and coalition with people, even if those people don't want to form a connection or coalition with them. It comes from low self esteem. When you think Latinos look better than the Black folks you grew up with, you come up with excuses to try to "include" them in your group. If you think Italians or Arabs are smarter than the Black folks you grew up with, you come up with excuses to try to "include" them with your people. You start digging into history and pointing out how much Black ancestry such-n-such has in them in hopes that they may see you as a "sister" or "brother" and hook up with you. I stopped doing that years ago. Although I acknowledge the Black ancestry of Latinos and that many Latinos indeed ARE Black just like many Arabs ARE Black and many if not most of them certainly have Black ancestry....I don't claim their ethnicity as the same as mine. I let them wander off and do their own thing. Power is EXCLUSIVE...not INCLUSIVE. If you really love who you are and are proud of your people....you don't go around trying to include everybody in that group. You start coming up with reasons and excuses NOT to include them...and then start looking at bonified members of that groups sideways and even come up with ways to justify kicking some of THEM out if they move kinda funny, lol.