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There's a whole lot of Black folks down in Florida. What are THEY doing about this racist autocratic Governor? Plenty of Black folks with money in Florida. Plenty of Black folks with power in Florida. If they just sit back and let a Nazi like that take over and do whatever the hell his mind desires....besides the racists, I'll have to blame THEM TOO. Just like I blame that sissy ass buck-broken clown (I don't have respect for that punk) who all but won the Governor's race but sat up there and LET DeSantis and the Republicans CHEAT him out of the election through their usual racist fraud and suppression tactics. Listening to those racist White Democrats advising him -the nigga didn't even fight back. He just took it up the ass (literally I guess) and conceded without so much as a challenge. .....tired of letting these sorry ass negroes off the hook. Actually THEY are more to blame that the White folks. I can't blame White folks for trying to secure as much power and authority as they can. That's COMMON SENSE. At some point I'm going ot have to look at my own people and wonder why so many of US aren't even interested in trying to do the same thing!

Yes Funny you mentioned that. Not only am I in a Union but I'm also being nominated to get a spot on the bargaining committee because of my outspokenness. We're supposed to get some training pretty soon on how to negotiate contracts. A lot of workers today don't understand the importance....actually the NECESSITY....of collective bargaining. At my job, the majority of the low level workers are Black but the majority of management are White and Latino. Too many of them just want a quick paycheck and don't plan on being on a job long enough to reap benefits from it anyway, so many of them don't give a damn. But constantly walking around crying and complaining about how "they" ain't treating them right and how "they" ain't paying them enough or how "they" didn't give them the time off they wanted. Too many of our people have an "outsider" mentality.

The diversity and range of artists is interesting. Infact, I find it delightfully interesting for some reason. Kind of like wanting to get into the minds of some of you to find out why you choose the particular songs you did and what that background was behind the reasons you liked them. I'm convinced that if we were doing "something" that brought us intense joy, love, happiness at the time a particular song was playing....it would seal that song in our minds as a favorite even if otherwise hearing it would wouldn't have cared too much for it.

I personally don't celebrate Black History month...I celebrate Black History all year round. Similarly...... I wish the schools would stop calling it "Black Studies" or "Black History" and just call it the TRUTH. Merge the accomplishments made by our people in with the mainstream and just teach it like it is instead of leaving half of it out. I blame Black teachers and professors for this entire CRT fiasco. They don't have to go around arguing with White folks, principles, school boards, and announcing to the world that they want to teach Black history and racial studies. Don't even ask for permission. Just DO IT and make it part or the normal curriculum. Hell, that's what White folks do. You don't see White folks carving out a special month for themselves or begging for special classes to celebrate their accomplishments. They STANDARDIZE it so that their history becomes THE history. It's up to us to break that cycle and standardize our history and accomplishments.

When I heard that the military shot them down...I knew they weren't aliens. Had to be some man-made objects.

Kenneth Slang and Ebonics if that's really a thing are fine in certain situations, but not everywhere all the time among ourselves or dealing with whites. We are more than capable of speaking standard English. Why get into some kind of symbolic struggle over making Ebonics standard? It's a distraction from bigger more important issues. We can walk and chew gum at the same time. The only distractions are focusing on issues that are of no benefit to us. Further...... It's not about whether we are capable of speaking "standard" English. It's about RESPECT. ..and who controls the narrative. Who decides what "standard English" is? As AfroAmericans this is OUR nation as well, so we should have a say so in what standard English is....not just a handful of middle aged White men sitting around with their legs crossed in argyle socks at some conference. Establishing the way AfroAmericans speak as THEE standard in this nation goes a long way toward improving the self esteem and success of our future generations.

Atleast the cop got arrested for it this time. That's a good thing. If some of these cops actually start getting arrested and serving prison time and possibly even receive the death penalty for their crimes, I think that MAY slow down some of their savagery.

I think all of this "protesting" has played out. Protest for what? What the hell is it supposed to accomplish? It clearly isn't stopping these race-soldiers from murdering people. It makes no sense to keep on doing something that clearly does NOT work.

Maine has a low crime rate because it HAS NO PEOPLE....lol. Now let's go to the Ukraine where it's damn near ALL White. How's the murder/crime rate THERE? "Boy...I'm sure glad there are no niggers around to mess up the good thing we got goin' here!"

Different people commit mass murder suicide for different reasons, but based on my observations the MAIN causes are White men trying to maintain power and control over their families and communities. Most demographics have been known to commit mass murder suicides from time to time but White males in the U.S. take the lead by far. The vast majority of cases consist of middle aged White men who end killing their wife, kids, family pets, and finally themselves. That's probably over 90% of the mass murder-suicides in the U.S. Many White men in America feel they have a divine right to rule over other people, including other White women and children. If their wife files for divorce or he discovers she's fucking a Black man....he'll often flip and be ready to take the entire family out and go with them...rather than live with the "humiliation" of not being able to maintain "control" as a White man. Now what I just said is an absolute FACT that many people of color...especially many Black folks....have no concept of. They'll ignore it and bounce down the street with their minds of something else thinking police brutality or housing discrimination is the main problem despite several times a week what I just described fills the headlines of most local news stories.

Good example: Why are so many judges and other government officials in many African nations still not only wearing suits and ties but damn BLONDE WIGS???? As the photo says, it's a symbol of their colonized minds that they inherited from generations past. As long as so many Africans believe that European culture and values are supreme they will continue to ascribe to them, which means their own self esteem will end up paying the price.

Well, I'm glad to see that it is. That site has to be almost as old as the internet itself....lol. I'd like to see it become an institution....like AALBC.

Time out: Is Black Planet still functioning??????? Is Polygamy a sin? Only if you're LYING about it. Like I said in another thread, Negroes need to grow a pair of balls and stop waiting on White mommy or White daddy to give them permission to do what they have a NATURAL RIGHT to do anyway. These folks don't give a damn about what's sinful. They legalize gambling, drugs, prostitution, MMA fighting where people are bashing eachother's heads in....NOW all of sudden they're moral? No. The only reason Polygamy is illegal is because White men haven't figured out how to ensure that while THEY would be able to marry as many White, Black, and Brown women as they'd like...they don't want Black men to be able to do the same. They know a lot of bruthas would be laying up with DOZENS of women and getting paid from a lot of them simply for sexual pleasure. White men KNOW this....so they have to work on a few things before legalizing it. Except in places with extremely low Black populations like Utah and Wyoming. Most laws in this nation are designed with RACE or SEX in mind. Either directly or indirectly....but it's there if you look at it deep enough. Most laws on the books are designed to either oppress the AfroAmerican population or limit the amount of sex everybody except White men are having with eachother....or both. That's the truth.

Proposed by whom....and rejected by whom? Should we be surprised when an enemy....especially a historic one...rejects something that benefits us? There are nearly 50 million (or more) AfroAmericans in the United States and most speak some form of Ebonics or another. Who in the hell has the power to reject it if WE say it should be codified and established as an official language or dialect? Negroes need to grow a pair and stop waiting on White mommy or daddy to give them permission to be human beings.

@Delano It's been almost a week.....and you STILL haven't answered my question. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. You want me to answer yours....so answer mine.

Oh HAAAAAAAAAAAAAIL NAW......you KNOW the ladies need to be up in this one....lol. @Chevdove @Mel Hopkins @Dee Miller @Cynique Where yall at??? Yall better....*respectfully.... git yall asses up in here and give us some love this week......LOL. If you don't want to come up in here for me...come up in here for Troy, Del, and Prof D and just pretend I ain't here. Anyway.............. Those of you who know me.....KNOW that I'm a huge Jodeci fan so it should be no surprise my first choice: Man (men) to Woman: Love U For Life by Jodeci Woman to Man: Love At First Sight by Mary J. Blidge Duet: You Are Everything Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross

My focus isn't on the ENTIRE continent of Africa but on Black African nations specifically. One of the first things Black African nations can and should do is throw off the shackles of colonialism by getting rid of their religions and laws. 1. Go back to their traditional African spiritual systems and codes of morality. 2. Disavow most of the laws and ethics and societal/legal structures that have been set up by Europeans and Arabs who came down there to impose them on the population and exploit them....and develop THEIR OWN laws and ethics and social, legal, and government structures. Infact, many of the national boundaries in Africa need to be RE-DRAWN to establish a more harmonious order that respects tribal and ethnic boundaries and rites.

Stefan That was an EMBARASSINGLY weak come back. Seriously. Even Cynique is probably somewhere shaking her head...lol. If you went to a Black school....I take it you didn't win any cappin'/snappin'/dozens contests.....lol.

When it comes to suicide....it's usually more of a mental health issue. But when it comes to these mass homicides....it's more of a societal problem because anytime you have THESE MANY people going off like that, something is wrong with society itself. One of the reasons the "founding fathers" of the United States and early legislators introduced bills and acts like Posse Comitatus and others that forbade the government from using the military on it's own citizens was simple: Everybody can't be wrong. It's one thing if one or two people get out in the streets breaking glass and starting fires and raising hell. They could be criminals, drug addicts, just plain crazy as hell....the police can take care of them. But when ENTIRE COMMUNITIES are out burning and looting and shooting.....all of them can't be stupid or crazy. Something clearly went wrong to set them off. So the military shouldn't be sent out against them but rather their voices should be heard to find out why they're so angry. And it's the same with these mass shooting incidents..... WHY? WHY are there so many angry and hopeless people out there today? There is too much of a DISCONNECT between those making the laws and the average citizen who has to live under them.

I too believe that aliens are already living among us....and have BEEN here among us for thousands of years. Infact, many of our religions have been formed around encounters and communications with them.

Stefan Lol....thanks for proving to us that men too can have periods. Now take a couple of these Pamprins, and call it a night.

Everything in space has an effect on this planet to a certain degree. Stars, moons, planets, meteors, comets.....ALL of them have an effect or magnetic pull or radio influence on this planet even in a miniscule manner. Not saying this was the case with the Earthquake...all though it's possible. I'm speaking in general however. Infact, that's the essence and scientific basis of Astrology. The gravitational and magnetic effect that start and how they are aligned at a given time has on the thoughts and behavior of the people as well as geological changes. Most police officers, EMT workers, hospital workers, and psychologists will CONFIRM that humans become more aggressive during full moons. Just like a full moon has a gravitational pull on the waters of the ocean, they also have a gravitational pull on the cerebral fluid of the brain and affects the thinking of people. But so do the stars and other planets.

Stefan I don't believe conspiracy theories because many are just plain stupid or implausible. Have you considered that sometimes things don't make sense TO YOU or may SEEM implausible...simply because you don't have all of the facts or factors of a particular incident to come to the proper conclusion? The spy balloon was Chinese. The country admitted it, but lied and said it was a weather balloon. 1. Why would a nation that is truly an enemy or adversary to the U.S. "admit" to anything they did that was subversive in nature? 2. You have yet to realize that China essentially WORKS FOR the United States. You really DO believe they are an adversary or possibly an "enemy" nation when this is obviously not the case. If the U.S. wants to monitor its citizens, then U.S. intelligence agencies would not use a spy balloon when there is so much intrusive surveillance software. Why use a balloon when satellites are available? This statement shows you your naivety. It's against most laws for the U.S. government to spy on it's own citizens. So if someone in the government (not the ENTIRE government but a malicious few INSIDE of it) wanted to do surveillance on the population they would have to literally go OUTSIDE of the law to do so. Working through another nation to do it is just one of many tactics. Before I set out to write anything, I make sure my facts are correct. I don't make chit up or author wild and unsubstantiated statements. Well first of all, that's a redundant statement. If they are facts...they WILL be correct. The question is: Do you know ALL or even MOST of the actual FACTS of a particular incident? Or do you simply go by what is reported in the mainstream media and accept that as gospel truth?

Kenneth Is it that we have NO leaders in the AfroAmerican community....or is it that the WRONG people are leading?

ProfD When I first heard him talk and saw him, he reminded me of Bubba from Forest Gump....lol. But I sometimes wonder if he takes his role as a Civil Rights attorney so seriously that he is starting to channel the essence of Martin Luther King and Malcolm. Look at the way he dresses sometimes....... Most people don't dress like that anymore.....with the hat and the ascot tucked up under his coat. Straight up out of the 50s or 60s. He's clearly trying to deliver an image of himself to the people.