Pioneer1

Afro I know it's almost clique for AfroAmericans to run around talking about they have "Indian" in them. But actually in most cases this is quite true. It's just that most AfroAmericans don't have the resources to properly prove their lineage. It's actually the Caucasians who are the most guilty of "faking the funk" by claiming to be Native American when they really aren't or only have trace amounts. But they are often able to manipulate laws to get their claims legitamized. Central Asian and South Asian Indian Well I know I see a little Dravidian in him..in his facial features and especially his eyebrows. Troy Ethnicity is much more fluid than race because ethnic groups can literally be made up over night. For example... Italian used to be only a nationality. But now in the U.S. when someone says they are "Italian" they usually mean "Italian American" and are using it as an ethnicity instead of a nationality. Technically speaking the word "Black"...although most people think of it as a race or color is actually an ETHNIC term for AfroAmericans. Many Africans don't see themselves as "Black" and when they refer to "Blacks" they are talking about AfroAmericans...lol.

Troy A couple points: 1. With all due respect, don't you think it's just a little arrogant on your part to believe YOU are more correct than THEM -given that neither of you work in the medical industry, for CDC, or are specialists in the field of virology? Technically speaking you are both simply adults with OPINIONS. Opinions based on information you chose to accept. Neither of you are coming from a position of absolute KNOWLEDGE of the virus and it's behavior. 2. I agree that the population as a whole is on the stupid side but THAT is not the reason for the failure to achieve herd immunity. I actually blame the GOVERNMENTS (Federal and State) and not the public for that failure. They should ASSUME that people aren't going to have the knowledge and discipline to practice proper hygeinic conditions and quarantine themselves....and should have done a proper SHUT DOWN early on leaving only the most essential establishments (hospitals, grocery stores, ect..) open, to get this thing under control. It's still not to late. It's never too late. But it's gonna be much harder.

Afro he's of african american, irish and native american descent. So he's made up of 3 different races. That's a typical AfroAmerican, lol In Latino culture they have a name for that mixture but I forgot exactly what it's called. "Triego" or something like that. Troy again more evidence for why race is so problematic. And again, you can’t look at someone and determine their ethnicity. Race isn't problematic for me. There are clearly defined categories for all races and racial mixtures, most people are just ignorant of them. No one is arguing about how easy it is to determine one's ethnicity. Ethnicity is a very FLUID category that is based more on culture and personal identity than genetics and phenotype.

Troy A Black 20 year old in 2021 is not the same animal as one from almost 40 years ago when I was 20. Some of these young people are straight up...strange. I was watching the protests in Minnesota the other week and one of the reporters got smashed in the head with a glass water bottle and fell down and some of the younger people in the crowd started laughing and making fun of him. You've had crazy young people since who can remember, but many of them seem crazy in a "different" way today. I certainly don't think I would have laughed at that incident if I were 15. I probably wouldn't have rushed to his aid to see if he was alright like I would today, but I'm certain I wouldn't have laughed at him hysterically and made fun of him falling out like some did. The autistic kid did not make this video. The production quality is relatively high -- a quality camera, lighting, and good editing. Yeah, this DOES look like a professionally done music video. So it seems to me that someone/s of atleast normal intelligence put this together. It's hard to believe they did NOT understand how inappropriate this was. Even if the young brother himself agreed to it...they should have known better. Is this any different than @afro718's post? Ofcourse. Much different. The picture in Afro718s post isn't exploitational...not in my opinion atleast. Despite calling them a "he"...the person's sexual identity looks a little obscure, but I'm not sure if that was the purpose of the thread anyway. Afro's questioned called attention to the person's ethnic and racial identity, not their gender or sex. Whoever put that video together most likely KNEW that young brother had a developmental disability and would behave in a way that seemed strange and attention grabbing. They clearly used his disability for entertainment purposes.

Troy That's not funny. Infact, that's even LESS funny than that video you posted on the other thread...lol And that video was FRIGHTENING. Like listening to rabbits screaming.

Troy I did not find the video funny at all. Nor did I find it entertaining. I guess I’m too old to appreciate it. Me neither, and I'm not sure if it's about age. If I were 20 I don't think I'd find this video funny or entertaining. Though at that age I didn't know too much about autism so I'd probably would have said a few inappropriate things about the young brother in it without realizing his condition. Pioneer it was the video that Chen posted. I just embedded it to make it easier for others to watch. Who is Chen? Why does he think this is "funny"??? Like Del said, it looks pitiful but the distorted movements and sounds also makes it a bit frightening...lol. Since he was/is autistic I'm wondering did the young brother make this video all on his own or did those girls help him make it. I ask because this COULD be a case of them taking advantage of his condition and poking fun at him. Some other races will do that with Blk people. I came across a bunch of videos on youtube featuring African children who were born disfigured or deformed from birth defects that you'll find among people of all races, but they were showing them in a way as if it was "normal" for these Africans to have these features. You don't see them much in the video but the videos were made by non-Africans and you could instinctively tell they weren't doing this videos to help or show sympathy but to really make fun of these unfortunate children.

Troy Maybe that's Afro718 himself!

Well, he (he?) has that trans-metrosexual look that would probably be WELCOMED in places like L.A, Frisco, or Seattle...lol.

Troy 🙄 Man, that was scary as hell.....why did you post that video? The moves..... The sounds.... Down right frightening.

"Say what????" What a crazy coincidence. I was looking at that place on the map and it's almost right on the Atlantic ocean. I used to live in North Carolina....in Charlotte. I actually had a pretty good time the little while I was there and didn't have any negative experiences, but like I said I stayed in the larger city and away from the more rural areas. Based on what I saw in the short time I was there, the BIGGEST threat to race relations in North Carolina weren't the people born and raised there....it came from Northerners from places like New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania who were relocating down there in very large numbers and poisoning the atmosphere with their hostile and overly aggressive demeanors. One of the reasons I moved to the South was to get away from the negative and aggressive attitudes of the people up North. But when I started running into more and more people from the North in these states....I said I might as well STAY up here, lol.

I can believe it....lol.

I've studied the Dravidian culture and people over the years so certain physical features stand out. Plus, as I implied earlier....he has a "feminine" look about him which is a relatively common feature among many men on the Indian subcontinent.

The person looks like a mixture of the African race and Dravidian race....maybe with some Caucasian ancestry further down the line.

Troy I don't think you can produce ANY statement that I have made that was definately proven to be inaccurate....that I haven't realized and corrected already once it was pointed out and otherwise proven to me. Again, don't confuse opinions and mere 2nd and 3rd hand informtion given by Caucasians as "knowledge" or "proven science". One of the reasons this virus is so out of control around the planet is because too many people of color put their faith in Western so-called "science" instead of putting in a sincere effort to secure FACTS.

That's a "he"??? Troy How could you tell what region of the nation they are from simply be looking at them?

I've had some positive and some negative interactions with law enforcement, but the vast majority have been positive. The biggest determining factor for how well the outcome went was The SUPREME BEING's Protection. And in my opinion, the second biggest determining factor was my behavior during the interaction. I was taught by my Parents (as well as common sense) to say "yes sir" and "no sir" and not to argue with the police or give them an excuse to be brutal. But I'm not under any illusion that this will guarantees all will go right. Neely Fuller Jr. teaches you can do everything you though you were supposed to do and STILL end up dead. The system is unjust and should be replaced. But if you can't or won't replace it or don't have time to replace it...then you should learn to survive and be as safe as you can IN it. The first step in surviving and successfully escaping the traps and plots of Caucasian racism is being RIGHTEOUS. When you live a righteous (I said righteous...not religious) life, you dance around and avoid most of the traps they set to get you in trouble in the first place. Like Malcolm X said, the White man SELLS you the liquor....then turns around and locks you up for getting drunk.

Chev You know better than that-- Deception coming from you. You know it was not written 'out of the blue' so-to-speak' in 1611 but it was translated from older scripts and that translation was published in `1611. Ok...now do you have or have you read THOSE ancient scripts it was translated from??? BTW, who is that icon in your signature; That's not me...lol...I didn't come out of the old Black-n-white days. That's a picture of a gentleman by the name A.G. Gaston An early AfroAmerican multi-millionaire who was one of the richest men (of any race) in America at his time. Even during segregation he owned an insurance company, funeral home, hotel, construction firm, and a number of other businesses in Alabama. Infact, Martin Luther King Jr. used to stay in one of his hotels when he visited Birmingham Alabama. Very admirable brother. I know that you have shared your religious beliefs in a past post and once, you said something to me, but I don't remember everything. I know that I respect your religious beliefs but, your attack against Black Christians is totally wrong. I believe in and Worship The SUPREME BEING. I don't have a religion outside of the seeking and acceptance of TRUTH. But I have to make sure it's TRUTH before believing it, and not just mere rhetoric and mythology passed down from one generation to the next. You posted a reference where Louis farrakhan said that the origin of his religion is a White woman!!! and his religious origins are from the Caucasus so, don't put that lie on God. Huh?????? Black people have their own free will and they choose to worship idols of which God is against. Black people want God to deliver them after they have abused humanity and that is unbelievable. Not all Black people did or continue to do this. Why would millions of Black people be enslaved and punished for something only SOME of them did? That doesn't seem fair. Why would CHILDREN be born enslaved and used as alligator bait by wicked racists in Louisiana swaps for something they didn't do? I have already responded to this! White people are not 'more evil' than Black people. White Supremacy is a concept and this whole world is guilt of it, not just White people. If Black people obsess and idolize certain humans because they are White or fair skinned, then welcome them into their civilizations and inter-breed and then become overthrown by these people, why should God keep delivering Black Africans over and over again. What makes Black people better than White people? I'm not sure of any of that. However I've began to reason that many Black people continue to experiences oppression and cruelty for reasons that have little to do with religion or any evil they may have done....but they simple aren't smart enough to figure their way out of it. Most people who are slaves or oppressed period are probably in that condition because they weren't smart enough to either turn the tables on their oppressors or avoid oppression in the first place. The British colonized many African and Asian nations. They TRIED to maintain the American colony but American Caucasians figured out a way to fight back and throw off the shackles of their British colonizers. But as Troy points out, even in this thread, you show that you reject certain elements of references in certain post that are proven and confirmed. That's because much of what you and he calls "proven" and "confirmed" are neither. It's merely information that Caucasians have come to a consensus upon....and forced others to agree with. Outside of math...most of what you're taught in these colleges and universities isn't real education but FORCED consensus that you have to agree to and repeat in order to graduate. You don't really KNOW if what they taught you was true or not. And here, in this very thread, you put out lies and reject even the Biblical script that states Solomon was a Black skinned, very black skinned Hebrew Israelite man! The Bible doesn't state that Solomon was Black. I've explained to you several times that that verse wasn't Solomon talking but Solomon's LOVER singing a poem about herself. She was telling the daughters of Jerusalem not to look down on her because she was dark skinned. She called herself Black and beautiful and described Solomon as having White skin with Black hair. Pioneer, you constantly engage in Religious Bullying. Lol, you better.....be quiet before I find MAURICE and invite him to join the conversation. It would be something if he was still working in that restaurant washing dishes.

Well..... If that's the case, she shouldn't have THAT problem anymore since who she's with now can strap on or remove any unwanted "attachments".

You're right....Canada does indeed have race issues. However I was speaking as a COMPARISON to the United States. Most AfroAmericans who've spent any time in Canada will say the same thing I said. Better doesn't necessarily mean perfect. Is subtle racism better than blatant racism? I used to think it was worse, but after 4 years of Trump.....with all factors remaining the same I'd rather racists keep their venom to themselves.

Troy Man.... If you believe a woman who has enjoyed d*ck all of her life ALL OF A SUDDEN discovers at 50 years old that she "likes women"....I got a couple of houses I can sell you for $50 each.

Troy That's why I asked is it the way the banana split is positioned...lol. I suppose a gay man would pick up on that signal REAL quick.

Change is THIS regard would be illogical and go against one of the fundamental laws of nature: self preservation Why would a person in power jeopardize his livelihood and that of his children by forfeiting his power and wealth only for another to replace him who will probably do the same thing that HE is currently doing? It's not like the King gives up his kingship and in turn EVERYBODY happily enjoys their existence together as peasants. No, that only allows for ANOTHER ambitious individual (most likely multiple) to vie for the spot.

I admit I'm not the most up-to-date on the latest homo-erotic paraphernalia, but I'm not sure what this ad has to do with "gay" men in specific. It looks like some sort of electric shaving device that I presume could be used by men both gay or straight. Perhaps it's the way the banana split is positioned, or something?

Troy She is gay man, why is that so hard to understand? It's hard to understand why it took her 50 YEARS to figure that out about herself.

Troy Dude, those were gay guys telling you this. A heterosexual man does start blowing another guy because they are bored with women. Perhaps, problem is....I've heard the same thing from WOMEN too! A few women have told me that their boyfriends/husbands got into messing with other men because their sex life was too "boring". It started with trying different types of sex, then having "group sex" with other women, and when that started becoming less of a challenge...they started bringing men into the group. It's commonly believed that a person is BORN pre-disposed to be homosexual or bi-sexual, but then how do you explain Neicy Nash who said she never had been with a woman in her life UNTIL she turned 50 and married one! Popularity and the extreme form of this, celebrity, does come with trade offs. The willingness to deal with the various trade offs is up to the individual. Most celebrities become so in their early 20s (or even teens) before they've had time to fully mature psychologically. So they don't have the maturity and judgement to properly handle fame and popularity or even know what they're getting into.