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Pioneer1

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  1. Troy Besides acknowledging racial differences, exactly what information about the article was inaccurate? I can offer many more examples, by the way.
  2. Troy Lol....so a scientific journal using "sloppy language"??? You're calling the author(s) as well as the scientists who contributed to this article dumb and sloppy.
  3. Troy Since you say you believe in science and professional journalism, here is a SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE from a professional journalist about racial disparities in the Covid-19 Pandemic: If racial differences didn't exists scientifically, why is this scientific article and the field of medicine RECOGNIZING the inequity between different races?
  4. Chev I am not one that believes in Colorism on any level, but we need to address this issue and not deter from it just because of White Supremacist. Exactly. Just because White Supremacists acknowledge racial differences, then does that mean we should NOT? Even Satan will tell SOME truth while mixing it up with falsehood for deception. Doesn't mean we shouldn't acknowledge a truth thing. Troy Wouldn't it be better to use ethnicity nationality or even religion to explain differences in people? Religion and ethnicity ARE already used...in various degrees....to explain differences in people. They just aren't the ONLY categories used. You're muddying the waters...... Your complaint started off with the EXISTENCE of different races, and then you go into how it's a waste of time to classify one's self and how the differences are reinforced and then how we should instead classify ourselves based on ethnicity and religion instead. None of it disproves the existence of racial differences. It proves your DISLIKE of the acknowledgement of those differences...but they don't disprove the fact that those differences exist. for example claims he has all this proof of scientific evidence for race but he cannot produce any evidence of any test that one can administer to determine one's race. Lol, I can post scientific articles that support the fact that there are different races all day and all night............... This is a scientific article that CLEARLY admits that racial differences exist. Science DOES acknowledge racial differences.
  5. I hope our dear sister finds Peace and Prosperity on the OTHER side.
  6. Troy No, not at all. It's just that "beautiful" isn't a word that I would use to describe him....but then again.....I'm not a woman, lol.
  7. ((shakes head and walks out of the room leaving the other two men to watch and enjoy white men pontificating))
  8. How race is CATEGORIZED is a social construct....the actual races themselves, are not. Do you understand what I'm saying?
  9. Troy From a cultural perspective sure. Like Tazarah just pointed out in your previous post, do you realize you just ADMITTED to the reality of racial differences? That which exists....exists...regardless of how you define it. In determination of it's very existence, it doesn't matter HOW racial distinctions are categorized.
  10. Pioneer1 replied to a post in a topic in Culture, Race & Economy
    This is sad (for the world....not for them). Our sister was 96 years old! Hank Aaron also passed away a few days ago and he lived to be around 86. May BOTH of these great AfroAmerican elders enjoy peace and prosperity on the OTHER SIDE!
  11. Troy Never mind, I made it all up......... ((Pioneer shakes head and walks out of the room))
  12. Troy Well the GOOD thing about those two nations you mentioned (Nigeria and Brazil) is that unlike here in the U.S.....over there, those who are called "Black" truly ARE Black, and have very little admixture of other races. In Latin America racial categorizing is done differently where you must be nearly ALL Black to be considered Black (El Negro). Regardless as to how dark you are, if you have any Spanish or Portuguese ancestry you're considered THAT. Which is why Pele wasn't considered Black in Brazil. "You mean I'm NOT Black after all?? Yaaaaaayyyy!!"
  13. You're the first woman I've heard who described his looks in such wonderful terms. I think of many things when I think of our dear brother Jack Johnson, but "beautiful" wasn't one of the things that came to mind...lol.
  14. Troy and Delano Do you two REALLY find those Caucasian men sitting infront of eachother with bewildered looks upon their faces asking mundane questions and giving ambiguous answers about life and reality, "interesting"? Seriously....serious question. And if so what exactly is "interesting" about them and their conversation? I mean...what makes you think THEY have the answers or are worth listening to?
  15. Troy Some of us have dark skin and nappy hair. Some of us have straight hair and pale skin. That does not make us different races Lol...come on man. That's like saying "some of us have penises and testicles while others have ovaries and breasts but that does not make us different sexes". Those phenotypical differences are the ESSENCE of racial distinction.
  16. Troy Well...... ((tosses up hands)) Not sure what to tell you at this point. I've posted the articles more times than I remember of the FBI reports of White Supremacists deliberately going around the nation trying to spread Covid 19 to targeted communities. Either you don't believe it or don't WANT to believe it. So if you trust Josh, Dustin, Becky, and Kaitlyn and don't believe they'd ever put your health and safety in jeopardy.....you do you. "Hey heeeey Troy! Welcome back buddy... We were just finishing up a pizza, want some?"
  17. Troy Are you sure? The only numbers we have are those put out by Caucasians...who have a history of deception and inaccuracy when it comes to dealing with people of color in general including African people. I have reason to believe that there are FEWER so-called "Black" people in the United States than many believe! Look at Harlem, South Central Los Angeles, Washingon D.C. southside Chicago and other historically Black communities around the nation and how they are no longer even majority Black. Most of them are mostly Hispanic or Caucasians have gentrified back into them. Not sure when the last time you were in Harlem but if you looked at the children walking around, tell me if you see as many dark skinned Black children running around today as there were when YOU were a kid.
  18. For months now AfroAmericans have been warned OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER again to STAY AWAY from these protests and marches and other activities where Caucasians are shouting and raising hell. They are tricks and traps. The only thing they accomplish is spreading Covid around and getting the AfroAmericans who participate in them in trouble. Out of a mob of about 50,000 angry screaming rednecks only about a handful of AfroAmericans were there....but notice how they've seemed to finger EVERY AfroAmerican who was there and charge them with something? These racists only bring their confused Black flunkies along with them to use as FALL GUYS to blame everything on when shit goes south.
  19. Sounds like a plan...lol.
  20. Troy No, I'm not one. Staying at home ALL the time would pose a greater risk than going out...especially in the Winter. I've learned over the years that you are MUCH HEALTHIER when you constantly expose your self to the elements outside for a certain amount of time so that your system can get used to all changes in the environment. This is especially important in places like Michigan where the Winters are cold and your body needs to learn how to handle the snow and cold. I just make sure I practice as much safety as I can when I go out in public. We didn't create this virus and we aren't controlling it on the planet so we can only do what we can do, but a lot of our people (AfroAmericans) aren't even doing that. Yes Tulsa is much smaller and less densely populated but according to the mainstream media the virus is still raging in rural areas and western states because the officials who are charged with keeping the people safe either DON'T CARE and are ignoring the guidelines or are INTENTIONALLY spreading the virus. I'm constantly warning other AfroAmericans, just because you see Caucasians doing something or allowing it...doesn't mean it's alright or safe. They have a long history of TRICKING some of our people into their own destruction and using their own bodies as a sacrifice. You should always keep in mind that about half of those same Caucasians that you see that building sipping on coffee and toiling away with their work DON'T CARE whether they live or die. They DON'T CARE if they get the virus. Some of them even expect to get it and die. Their focus is on maintaining the system of Caucasian Domination.
  21. Troy Are you suggesting that reinforcing the behaviors of SEX and REPRODUCTION doesn't serve our people well? If we didn't objectify women and see them in a sexual manner 2 things would happen: 1. The African race would decline from lack of enough reproduction 2. While we're busy holding eachother back from "objectifying the sisters"...men from OTHER races would move in and start having sex with them
  22. Since you want to make it easy for Troy, let me make it easy for YOU: Troy is in Oklahoma right now so he's no longer operating on EST but probably Central or Mountain time.....lol But I'M on est. Go ahead and send me the link...lol.
  23. Troy said he was too busy so he's sending ME to take his place in the meeting, give me the time and link.....lol.
  24. Troy Sure, I'm capable of it.......but why? Like that old Payless shoes commercial...you COULD pay more, but why? After buying a few shoes from Payless back in the day, I FOUND OUT why....lol.

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