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Pioneer1

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  1. Glory is one of my favorite movies. It's over 30 years old but TIMELESS. I still remember my first time seeing it.
  2. Troy ? I didn't know there WAS much of a relationship between Bill Cosby and Dr. Alvin Poussaint. I remember him because he was more popular in 90s than he is today, but I wasn't aware of (or maybe I forgot) his relationship with "da Cos".
  3. I think the mainstream (white stream) pays far more attention to Kanye than Black people do. But they don't do it out of respect for Kanye and his ideas; they do it as a form of humiliation. They give him attention because they're expecting him to make a fool of himself which plays into their "Black Inferiority" narrative. When was the last time you heard Dr. Alvin Poussaint's name even MENTIONED in the media? They don't want to show Black folks who actually have some SENSE because that doesn't fit their "Black inferiority" narrative. The support AALBC.com gets from institutions and people will never generate as much attention as as someone with, say, 100,000 Instagram followers. Don't say "never"....lol. You don't know what may be in store for you in the future. I do consider AALBC an INSTITUTION now. And as such...I think those who have benefited off of promoting their books on your platform not only owe you a debt of gratitude but should also initiate an ENDOWMENT to ensure that this institution remains not only in existence but relevant for decades to come. Think about it..... AALBC was started it the PREVIOUS CENTURY! You made it from the past century to this one. Imaging how far you could go with an Endowment program where those who grew out of this platform reached back and gave so much a year to ensure it's success.
  4. Del When she said a Black ventriloquist, that's who I was thinking of. I didn't know his actual name, but I saw him on some old t.v. shows like The Jeffersons. I think you have to have a bit of a "split personality" to begin with if you chose to be a ventriloquist as a profession. If I were a woman I'd be a little uneasy around a man like that, lol. How could you take him seriously?
  5. Troy Please quantify, "A lot." More than you were getting working your 9-5...LOL. This particular brother didn't have a HUGE following like Tariq Nasheed or Joe Rogan, but he did have (and still does) a nice sized audience and I'm sure the donations were welcomed. Does that now excuse his reaction? It helps EXPLAIN his reaction, but it doesn't necessarily "excuse" it in my opinion. Not that what he did NEEDS to be excused by me. Certainly he has the right to cuss and throw a temper tantrum at perceived injustice. Who am I to tell him he shouldn't? However having known the brother for some time and having considered him intelligent, quite reserved, and somewhat religious (kind of Black Hebrewish) I wasn't expecting that reaction from him. I've been on this site for years and even when I disagree with people you know there are certain behaviors I haven't engaged in. Now imagine if me and a female poster got into a disagreement over a topic and I resorted to calling her a bitch and telling her to suck my you know what and we engage in a brief back-n-forth before ending the conversation. You'd probably be unpleasantly surprised if not a little shocked at my "out of character" behavior. I would expect that behavior from some people but given that brother's intelligence, religiousness, and otherwise reserved demeanor I was a bit shocked at what I considered to be an immature reaction from him.
  6. She broke the rules but if should receive any punishment it should be a FINE....not a suspension and prevention from participation. I also heard that her mother recently died so perhaps that was part of her way in dealing with the grief. Marijuana isn't a performance enhancing drug so this punishment was far too excessive for this young lady. She and others should definitely PROTEST this decision.
  7. Troy I also forgot that a lot of people make their money through social media. A lot of people make thousands and even MILLIONS from sponsors and donations and selling products off of social media so what may be a minor inconvenience for some may be costing others a lot of money.
  8. I'm not sure why Kevin Samuels is picture in that video, it was all about Tommy. Kevin is a whole 'nother fruit cake....lol. But you're Tommy's his arguments are childish because he sounds like a hurt little boy. He constantly complains about what women are "allowed" to do but men can't.....as if we should be allowed to act like women. A lot of men, and especially younger Black men take to him because he expresses the anger they feel against women. But outside of emotional satisfaction his rants solve no problems. They only make more. Men and women are different. Traditionally women weren't EXPECTED to make a lot of money, be tall and muscular, or even "super man" in bed. ...all she has to do look good and/or be sexy to satisfy most men, lol. Cooking, cleaning, and being good mother WAS expected but now it's just a bonus, lol. Instead of complaining about why men aren't able to get away with the same things that women are he should be teaching younger men how to improve themselves to make themselves more desirable to the opposite sex. Instead him and clowns like him and Kevin are wasting time complaining about something that is BIOLOGICAL and hardwired into women's psyche and won't change anyway. I'm working class and what some even consider poor. What I look like preaching to women that they SHOULD sleep with me regardless of my financial status???? I don't go around getting angry at women because some would rather have a man with a Lexus or yatch and mansion. I EXPECT women to flock towards men with a lots of money, they are biologically programmed to do so. I figured that out by my late 20s. What's up with these goofy ass niggaz all over the internet crying about how women don't like broke dudes???? "She don't like meeeeeee! She said she's tired of eating from the $1 menu! These women ain't shit" Plus Tommy made a bunch of SEX VIDEOS. He makes his living from complaining about his mistreatment by women for being a dark skinned man, but he's making millions and having sex with the women of his choice WHILE complaining about it.
  9. BREAKING NEWS @Chevdove Looks like your girl Shari'carri won't be competing in the Tokyo Olympics! Apparently she tested positive for marijuana use and they aren't allowing her to compete. Update! Shari'Carri Richardson Won't Be Allowed To Compete At the Olympics. | REAL 92.3 (iheart.com) I'm not sure what marijuana use has to do with your ability to run or not. It's not as if it's a performance enhancer. If anything I would think it would SLOW you down..lol.
  10. I don't support the death penalty...not for this society atleast. But I DO support corporal/physical punishment for certain crimes. Especially crimes that involve violence or sexual violation (which could be considered a form of violence). It's obvious that simply tossing people into a lock-up isn't enough to deter some people from repeating their offense. Hell, for some people from extremely destitute backgrounds....prison is a STEP UP from where they were already living. String them up against a wall and whip their ass enough, and the next time they see a little kid or woman and get a funny thought in their mind...they'll flinch. "Not sure what you did buddy, but I hope it was worth what you're getting for it now"
  11. Facebook is a private entity, just like Twitter, Youtube, Discord, and other platforms. They legally have the right to ban who they want for whatever reason they want or no reason at all. The sooner our people understand and accept this the sooner they will work together to build their own larger social media platforms on the internet or better yet build their own INTERNET instead of expecting Caucasians to give them justice. An intelligent young brother I had a measure of respect for (and still do to a certain extent) recently exhibited some behavior I thought was a little "beneath" him. Apparently Instagram banned him for 2 weeks and so he took to Youtube and cussed Instagram out. I hadn't really heard him cuss before or show a lot of emotion. He was rather stoic and logical in his demeanor which made him stand out as a young Black man and I found it rather impressive. So THAT behavior of cussing and throwing a mild tantrum over being suspended for 2 weeks on a platform he should have KNOW would do that to him....kind of made me look at him in another light.
  12. Many people were talking about these incidents happened back in the 70s, but I found out that atleast one of the incidents happened as late as 2004. Del I didn't realize how many women were victims of sexual assault until I got older and older and started relating to women in a LESS physical way and in a more intellectual way in terms of conversation and genuine platonic friendships. We'd be driving down a highway or sitting in a coffee shop and women will talk about their early experiences of being violated as casually as talking about the trees outside or the weather. Almost no emotion. It was slightly shocking and a bit confusing that they weren't breaking down when they'd tell me some of this shit they experienced. Mel The encounter you shared reminds me of the old saying, "The only person who can stop a BAD guy with a gun is a GOOD guy with a gun". It took a good man to stop a bad one. Not only should we teach boys not to rape, but we should punish them appropriately WHEN they rape or sexually assault someone. You can teach and talk to some people until you're blue in the face but wouldn't impact their behavior ONE BIT if they don't think there will be any negative consequences to their offense. It'll go in one ear and right out the other. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT for physical crimes like assault, rape, armed robbery, ect...will make a young thug think twice or maybe three or four times before they decide to violate someone.
  13. The arguments in the Black community have already started. One side says Cosby was a victim of racism who should have never been incarcerated in the first place and the women were just trying to grab a bag from him The other side says Cosby was a rapist who should have been punished for his crimes a long time ago and LATE justice is better than NO justice. Back and forth...back and forth. Issues like this illustrate the importance of CRITICAL THINKING. Just being one dimensional and seeing things only in Black and White is one of the reasons the AfroAmerican community ends up further divided...especially when it comes to issues like this. I may be wrong but I believe Dr. Cosby pretty much ADMITTED that he drugged atleast some of the women before his sexual encounters. So their ability to resist was indeed compromised. I believe that crimes were indeed committed although I'm not sure what the exact punishment should be. But I also believe he was used as a "fall guy" for the Me Too movement who wanted to see predatory men get locked up and the Establishment didn't want to prosecute and imprison their own...so just focus on making a public example of the Black offenders as usual. It doesn't justify what he did, but it puts it in perspective. However my biggest take away from this situation is that we as Black men need to be more sensitive to OTHER demographics, especially women. We know how offended we get when it comes to racism and can smell insincerity and injustice a mile a way when it comes from Caucasians. We need to understand that most women are the same way when it comes to sexism. Sexism and even misogyny (which was almost unheard of among traditionally mother-loving Black men) has been increasing in many Black circles over the past 40 years and especially the past couple years thanks to social media platforms encouraging it. I mentioned Tommy Sotomayor and Kevin Samuels in another thread but they are just a few of those responsible for spreading this hatred. Many others exist and are gaining popularity. A lot of Black men are being programmed to literally HATE Black women and blame all of the ills of the community on them. Many of the victims of this sexist and irrational programing themselves are NOT critical thinkers. Many are one dimensional in their thinking due either to youth and immaturity or just poor intellectual abilities....and are being manipulated into being anti-woman and especially anti-Black woman. You see this on BOTH sides to various degrees but the anti-Black man attitudes that exist in some circles among Black women have existed at basically the same rate for atleast 50 years, it doesn't seem to be "growing" like the anti-Black woman attitudes. How do we counter this and heal our community? As I said earlier I think Black men need to be more sensitive and considerate of other demographics. A lot of brothers are saying and are of the beliefs that why should they care about other people when no one cares about them, but I remind them that if they looked back in their life at the few people who DID care about them and showed them any love...it was mostly likely a Black female as opposed other demographics. But more importantly I think CRITIAL THINKING is one of the solutions and we need to teach our people from youth what it is and HOW to best engage in it because I think the sooner you learn how to think analytically the less likely you are to be manipulated and used for other people's diabolical plans.
  14. Chev Trust me, you aren't missing much when you miss Kevin...lol. If you've ever heard him, he acts and sounds like a feminine gay man anyway. I'm not sure why so many men listen to his show and take advice from him.
  15. I guess almost everyone's heard the news huh...lol. I've come to appreciate and respect the perspective of the opposite sex over the years. Part of me is very glad that an 80 something year old Black man who is blind and has other health problems doesn't have to suffer behind bars anymore.....however another part of me wonders how women and especially women who have been victims of sexual assault feel. I'm not a woman and I've never been a victim (or perpetrator for the record) of sexual assault so I don't know if it's my place to celebrate or say he shouldn't have been locked up to begin with. I'd love to not only hear the perspectives of @Chevdove @Mel Hopkins & @Cynique on this issue but also what they've heard of any female friends/family they know who may have been victims of sexual assault may feel about this.
  16. Here's a little TASTE of Tommy Sotomayor He says things far more inflammatory but I don't listen to him much so I can't all of the crazy shit he says but that's just a taste of it.
  17. Troy That would explain the rapid economical advances over the last 50 years, but seems like a poor use of energy. It depends on one's perspective. Maybe if you're wealthy and and have everything YOU need, you'd consider entertainment the better use for technology. Seems like superior intelligence would be better used to stop us from killing each other, stop us from making the planet inhospitable for human life, curing cancer, or ending poverty. How do you know superior intelligence isn't being used by malignant forces to CAUSE these problems? It's hard for me to believe human beings came up with the formula for nuclear weapons all by themselves. How are we better off using technology (money,. time and energy) by putting a helicopter on Mars? You and I aren't getting anything out of it, but I'm sure those who built the robot and those responsible for ensuring it made it safely to Mars are gonna reap a fortune from this little project.
  18. Smoke-n-mirrors my man...smoke-n-mirrors. Both him and Matt Gaetz and the others have been under several "investigations" for years for one reasons or another but ain't NONE of them had hand cuffs on them yet. Trump has been caught on live television committing several crimes and people are playing stupid like they aren't sure if what he did was illegal or not. That man ain't going to jail.
  19. Simon???? Simone Biles is nice.... She's got a pretty face. But like Sha'Carri...she's a little too masculine with all of those muscles popping out. That meat is a little too tough for me to chew..lol. I don't want a woman with a harder body than mine. Now I'm looking at something VERY nice right now. If you want to see BEAUTY IN MOTION check out this sexy chocolate piece of candy on the tennis court at Wimbledon named SLOAN STEPHENS Now she's JUST RIGHT. She's got the pretty face, and nice toned feminine chocolate body....to too muscular. Biggie Smalls said: She got it goin' on.
  20. Attractive woman....slightly masculine in my opinion...but still attractive. I wish she hadn't messed up her skin with all those tattoos though.
  21. Chev What I do not fully understand would be of its' importance outside of Texas in relation to the federal mandate ending slavery. Because it's a SYMBOLIC victory. It's a bone that the Caucasians in the Democrat party threw at Black people to make it look like we're making political progress when in fact making it a Federal Holiday does absolutely nothing for us. It's like passing out Monopoly money. Absolutely useless to someone above a 12 year old mentality.
  22. Chev The definition of ruddy is clear as a bell. No need to continue going back and forth over it...either you accept it or you don't. You obviously believe in the Bible, which is your right. So you're going to use what is within your means to make it's characters...especially it's positive characters...fit your desired narratives. When I believed in the Bible I tried to do the same thing. However a time came where I had a stronger desire for TRUTH than I had for merely confirming my former beliefs and looking for excuses to promote my narratives.
  23. Tommy Sotomayor and Kevin Samuels are also arguing with eachother over which of the two is better at ridiculing and debasing Black women. Tommy said he was the FIRST to start it on his platform, but Kevin Samuel claims he's BETTER at dissing Black women than Tommy. ((shakes head))
  24. I agree. I think what they're calling "aliens" have been among us for a very long time already. Probably since the beginning of humanity. I think they're also the ones who are really responsible for a lot of the technological advancements you've seen through out history.
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