Pioneer1

Troy Just know that how we operate here is impossible in Twitter and that is the problem. Your message board is governed differently from Twitter because you have a different MOTIVE than Twitter and other social media platforms. You created this forum with the intention of giving authors and those interested in their work to discuss and critique that work...Twitter and other forms of social media (like the new app Clubhouse) was designed to MANIPULATE THOUGHT. Whether you're talking about Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Clubhouse, ect....they all go in the same direction: 1. First they let you say WHATEVER you want to say and seemingly don't notice or care. 2. That gets you addicted and you end up enjoying the freedom, making friends, and letting your guard down. 3. A few years (or months now) after you're hooked they SLOWLY start taking more and more of your priviledges away and use algorithms to steer you into certain directions and penalize you if you don't go. Do you think the way AALBC forums, for example, are moderated protects free speech? Let me answer that question by first saying we DON'T HAVE free speech anywhere in this society. No matter where you are in this society there are consequences for uttering certain statements. People often wonder why I choose not to post my pictures or talk about my true identity as if you and the other posters are the ONLY ones monitoring this site...lol. Do you know how many racist Caucasians lurk and monitor AfroAmerican sites looking for victims? But more directly to your question...... Like you said and I've noticed you moderate this forum pretty lightly and honestly it's ONE of the reasons that has kept me here so long. But counter-intuitively...... I believe your pretty much hands-off moderating style is one of the reason many people may NOT be attracted to the site! It's hard to believe this but many people PREFER a place where things are heavily moderated so that they can point the finger, complain, and get people banned and blocked if others say something they disagree with. I don't know how much work you do on Youtube but the chat-rooms on Youtube videos are NOTORIOUS for "moderators" not knowing how to properly moderate and not respecting people's priviledge to express their opinions. You basically have to join a GANG in most Youtube communities to be protected from overly aggressive moderators...or give money in the super-chat so that the Youtuber protects you...lol. This counter-intuitive desire for TYRANY and HEAVY HANDED MODERATION is one of the reasons Twitter and other forms of social media are so popular. People don't like for THEIR "freedom" of speech to be curtailed but they usually LOVE doing it to OTHERS...and social media allows this.

Troy I agree that boys should be raised by men, but especially by men who were properly raised to be ideal men THEMSELVES. One of the reason there keeps being blow-back on your (and my) point is because they can easily point to examples of men who WERE raised with their fathers in the home but didn't turn out to be as successful as a lot of men who WERE NOT raised with fathers in the home. Obama is a good example of a man who wasn't raised with his actual father but turned out to be pretty dog-gone successful. Both sides fail to take into account that the purpose of having a father in the home isn't JUST to protect and help the mother provide for the children but to also TEACH boys how to grow up and be ideal men. Something that many AfroAmerican men don't know how to be themselves let alone teach their sons. But the standard IDEAL man in the home is much much much better for the entire family INCLUDING the girls....than having no man (or a sorry ass man) in the home. There is more than enough wealth of everyone -- regardless of ability -- to live a comfortable life in the country. Honestly if I were a multi-billionaire I could not amass so much wealth while so many around me were suffering. Maybe because I've seen so much poverty and I know we have wasted so much human capital because of structural inequities in our culture. I agree. If I had the money (and power) I would definately eliminate the suffering...except as punishment for extremely violent criminals. I would make sure the 4 basic needs are met for everyone. That would be a healthy foundation. After that.....physically and mentally healthy people need to be motivated to improve their OWN lives. I know my livelihood is dependent upon the world wide web, but I'm beginning to think society was better off without it, all things considered. With the way things are going, I have a feeling that sometime this year people are going to find out whether or not this is true...lol. I believe AfroAmericans would get MUCH more done as a society if our people didn't waste so much time beefing with eachother and clowing on social media.

Stefan I've mentioned this to Troy a few times but prior to about 1 year ago I don't believe there WERE as many AfroAmerican Trump supporters as we may think there were. Even today the vast majority see Trump as a racist.* I truly believe that for atleast a year the Trump Campaign spent MILLIONS of dollars flooding the internet and especially social media with a lot of paid actors and operatives...some actually Black and other's pretending to be Black while hiding their faces...to push the Trump narrative in AfroAmerican circles and influence them so that today you have a lot of AfroAmericans (still only a minority though) who really do like Trump and think he's a better alternative to Biden. But this is as a result of confusion, brainwashing, psychological manipulation. I've met many many so-called "Black" people on line who claimed to be pro-Black and but would ONLY say negative things about Biden. When I questioned them on Trump they'd start dancing and playing silly games or totally ignore his racism. They clearly had agendas. Yes a lot of AfroAmericans are socially conservative....all the more reason to ask why would they support Trump who is NOT a social conservative and not religious. *I'd say less than 20% DON'T hate him....lol And of those -20% I'd say less than 5% actually SUPPORT him...the other -/+ 15% are on the fence and agree like certain aspect of him and dislike other aspects.

A couple points: 1. A lot of people are saying this is a violation of his 1st Amendment rights and freedom of speech, but the fact is the 1st Amendment doesn't apply to social media. It's a private platform and they have the right to suspend or ban anyone, anytime, for any reason. That being said...... 2. This is a slippery slope. Did he actually CALL for violence or did he just use inflammatory language over the years that incited certain vulnerable people? The rules must be CLEAR and applied evenly because if you start banning people simply because of their effect on people instead of whether or not they clearly violated stablished rules....pretty soon that'll be a justification for tyranny.

Troy I would speak to several classrooms and not see a single Black male student. I notice you said MALE student. As an educator why do you think AfroAmerican females often do so much better than males in this educational system? Again if these white folks were truly racist, why don't they do something about all these poor white people? Because most of these poor Caucasians aren't angry at the rich and don't want anything from them but LOYALTY. That's why they love Trump who's a billionaire....because they think he's LOYAL to them and the cause of racist Caucasian Domination. I've said it over and over again but you don't want to believe it....Caucasians don't think like us, they have a different psychological make-up. YOU want wealth and comfort....Caucasians want to maintain Caucasian Domination and they recognize that in this system SOME of them must be rich and OTHERS must be poor and do the grunt work. They understand that and don't mind. If you notice, most of these poor rednecks didn't storm the Capitol over not getting $2,000 checks. Money isn't their issue.

Stefan You provide a quote with literally NOTHING in it...lol...yet you accuse ME of being jaded?

Troy Are you STILL teaching along with your work with AALBC? I've said before that they PURPOSELY sabatoged the public educational system with the intention of failing AfroAmerican and brown Latino students. As long as the public educational system was segregated where they could ensure that ONLY Caucasian children would get the best education....they kept up the system. But when it allegedly "integrated" where it became harder to control who got what....they started playing all types of game. -Dividing up the school districts. -Based public school funding on the taxes of each district -Promoting more Catholic and charter schools -Allowing some schools to fail while others become top notch (Brooklyn Tech, Cass Tech, ect....) Just playing typical White Supremacist Caucasian Dominist games..lol.

Troy Actually I don't want to destroy....I want to ABANDON. (why does this conversation sound familiar..lol) I think this system will destroy itself without too much help from AfroAmericans. I want us to SEPARATE from these devils; abandon their society and BUILD a brand new society from the bottom up as you said.

Like I said earlier, back in those days most AfroAmericans believed in and practiced the old adage that you had to be TWICE as good as Caucasians in order to get the same credit. I'm not sure when we stopped believing and practicing that. Probably aver the 60s during the ILLUSION of inclusion when many felt they no longer had to try harder to be successful. Also...talking about the school systems..... The United States used to have one of the BEST public educational systems in the world right up until the 1970s....then they ALLOWED it to collapse and produce what you and I observed growing up. If you think back in your life and your interactions AfroAmericans who graduated from highshcool before 1970 you'll notice that despite their educational achievement they have several things in common: 1. They have SUPERB hand writing. 2. When they recite how to spell a word they do it quickly. 3. They do math and calculate differently and more efficiently Am I lying?

One party is more openly racist, the other party is more subtly racist...but both will arrive you to the same conclusion. The ONLY benefit of the Democrat party is that it has more AfroAmerican members. Many of these AfroAmericans mean well and can actually benefit us to some degree. But as far as the leadership and direction goes...BOTH Parties are equally harmful. One Party wants to destroy you physically and the other wants to destroy your mentally.

I've been saying for months now that these rednecks are planning a second CW, which is why they've been stocking up so many arms for years and years and spouting off their racist anti-government rhetoric. Trump was put in office to spark it. We shouldn't involve ourselves in THEIR fight with eachother. The question shouldn't be so much of what's next for the U.S. as much as it's what's next for US (AfroAmericans). We should focus on SEPARATING ourselves from these devils and building (physically) our own communities. Building our housing, our schools, our hospitals, growing our own food, ect..... We should begin the process NOW in 2021. Troy So does @Pioneer1 ??? ..and what is THAT supposed to mean? Delano It seems that Daniel is in exile. Along with most of the other Black Trump supporters....lol

Troy Oh no. Man o man, I'm sorry to hear that about the brother. He lived a long (in this day and age) and successful life. I'm sure he had FEW regrets in his final conscious hours. I wonder how is his wife holding up. Often times when it comes to couples at that age who've been together with eachother for that long, the surviving spouse....... BTW who is that gentleman you are using as your Avatar now? Ordinarily I'd give you a smart-ass answer before giving up the name but after hearing the news about our brother, nah..... He's one of the wealthiest and most successful AfroAmerican men during the pre-Civil Rights era. The Black Titan himself...... Mr. A.G. Gaston He owned hotels, restaurants, construction companies, insurance companies, ect.... The brother had the Midas Touch and everything he touched turned to gold. MLK used to stay at his hotels. You probably have heard of him but if not I'm almost sure Daniel @daniellegfny knows who he is....lol. He also lived a relatively long life....he actually made it OVER 100!

I was actually thinking about The Bronx during this discussion.....lol. I remember seeing the movie Fort Apache The Bronx as a kid and to this very day THAT is the image of the Bronx I have.

Troy Yeah, I wish Daniel would come on out of hiding....lol. Well one of the few good things about Republicans is that they are very ANTI-regulation as well as ANTI-tax. Most regulations are just methods of control and it actually stifles your growth and puts unnecessary burdens on you, especially if you can't afford to follow them and maintain your business. If it's a regulation for the safety of the citizens, I'm for it. But just enacting laws and rules that force you to spend money getting a license and training??? Just more garbage to squeeze every drop they can out of you. See...I'm not an "absolutist".....lol. There are good and bad (mostly bad) things about BOTH parties.

Troy When I say destroyed I mean LITERALLY. I mean they literally went into the neighborhood and either burned it down (as in the case of Greenwood) or bulldozed it (as in the case with Black Bottom) and GOT RID OF IT! People, building, trees, infrastructure....everything. Harlem was RUINED. Harlem was allowed to DETERIORATE. But it wasn't literally DESTROYED. The fact that it's STILL THERE is proof of my point. You grew up there....because it was THERE.

Troy I honestly see ALMOST no difference. And I say "almost" because I actually made more money under Trump than I did under Obama...although I'm not giving Trump credit for it. When we talk about the AfroAmerican agenda and how it benefits us we need to think about ourselves COLLECTIVELY and not only as individuals. Too many AfroAmericans look at their own individual circumstances and feel if things are going bad for THEM then it's going bad....and if things are going good for THEM then things are working great in this Administration. Just because a handful of hand-picked negroes were given some token and pay-back jobs for their loyalty to the Democrat party doesn't mean that translates into success for our people as a whole. Since the 70s right up until December of 2020...crime, poverty, and family dysfunction had become progressively worse in the AfroAmerican community despite the fact that we have more millionairs and billionaires and more people in elected office. There were far more AfroAmericans who were homeless, in prison, on drugs, and victims of homicide in 2020 than in 1965...even if you account for population growth. Why? Because the wealth gap has grown tremendously and most of those who fall into destitution pretty much end up IGNORED in this society. This nation has trained it's residents to focus on the billionaires, millionaires, and success stories instead of the hard times being experienced by the masses of Americans.

Troy "Preference" isn't the right word....INDIFFERENCE is. I really could care less whether Democrats or Republicans got those seats because neither party has actually proven themselves to be better or worse for us as AfroAmericans. And this is what must be understood and FOCUSED on.....how does it help, relate to, and benefit US as AfroAmericans. This is why I'm not impressed with Abram's accomplishments. Because they mean next to nothing for AfroAmericans as a community as a whole or even the AfroAmericans of Georgia....they only help the do-nothing Democrat party. An articulate, highly intelligent, graduate of Yale....who's talents, hard work, and smarts are all going to help the Democrat segment of rich and powerful Caucasians become even MORE rich and powerful.

Not sure about the original Hungarians and Romanians but ofcourse the original people of China were Black (Asiatic Black). These were the people the Chinese of today learned most of their martial arts from.

Troy When? Harlem was on loan; a community of renters not owners. There's a difference between OWNING and RULING. They often go hand-n-hand, but not always. It is my understanding that even though most of the buildings were owned by Caucasians, the majority (or atleast a very large portion) of the actual businesses in Harlem from the 20s up to the early 70s were AfroAmerican owned like most of the residents. Similarly, though much of the criminal activities were supplied by Caucasian gangs...most of the groundwork and distribution controled by AfroAmerican crime lords and gangsters. Come on man do YOU of all people really believe that? Yes. It's speculation because I'm not in the minds of the Caucasian Dominists (my new term to replace "White Supremacy"..lol) but based on my research and logic that seems to explain why most "harlems" in other major cities were destroyed but THAT Harlem and a few others were allowed to remain. The casualty count would be too high and too noticeable. Look at the people now? Who is reacting? Harlem isn't being destroyed, just gentrified and re-formed. That's different than physically destroying a place and bulldozing it over like Greenwood and many other AfroAmerican districts.

Chev Busy???? Busy, doing WHAT....the world is coming to an end....lol. How's Pops doing?

Troy Abrams is playing the long game. I know, and that's the problem...she's playing GAMES. Caucasian Domination (my new term for White Supremacy) isn't a game it's serious business. She's busy trying to strategize the best ways to get "Democrats" in office and gain "Democrat" power in the state instead of focusing on more AFROAMERICANS in office and building AFROAMERICAN political and economic power in Georgia. Two GA senators is far better for all of us than an state governor. How? What specifically have either one of them promised AfroAmericans in the nation or even in Georgia that you or I have to look forward to? Generally speaking, an executive position is MUCH better than a legislative position. If she were Governor she could have issued an endless amount of executive orders to get things done. Let's just see what the Democrats do now that they got control of both houses. Come on bro, I KNOW you remember the Obama Era when Democrats had the Presidency, and BOTH houses and outside of Obamacare didn't do jack for the poor or AfroAmericans. What makes you think this time will be any different? Stefan Why are you presenting us with some goof-ball article about a hillbilly cracking racist jokes about Stacy Abrams as if it's relevant in this conversation? My critique of her character isn't even in the same ballpark. Those who don’t understand BlackThink and how candidate transparency is necessary to increase voter turnout ignore her at their peril. What???? Voter turn out and even election to office is meaningless without an agenda. Most AfroAmericans in Georgia just like most AfroAmericans nation wide HAVE NO AGENDA. So what are they voting or even running for...besides helping to bolster the "Democrat Party"?

Stefan Lol.... Why would I be jealous of a quitter and (according to you) self-sacrificer? What benefit is there to imitating or reaping the consequences of either one? She's worse than President Obama. Like Obama she's very smart and articulate but atleast Obama fought for himself when he wouldn't fight for any other AfroAmerican. She wouldn't even fight for herself. As a female maybe she has extreme "motherly instincts" and believes in sacrificing her own success for what she believed was the good of Georgia. That's an admirable quality if I were looking for a wife. But not for a politician whom I needed to fight for me and my interests.

Sounds like Porky Pig N' Friends are running the world....lol. "Invest in anything but pork bellies!"

Stefan In other words, she conceded the most powerful position in Georgia only to become a "useful idiot" that helped others fulfill THEIR dreams at the expense of her own? The Democrat Party already HAD people who don't seek office but who's sole responsibility is to help OTHERS get into strategic political positions...they're called Party Chairs. She could have done MUCH MORE for the AfroAmerican and Progressive Caucasian communities in an executive position such as Governor than she did running around Georgia cheerleading for others who from what little I've heard from them are far LESS outspoken than she is. She was literally cheated of out an election and refused to put up so much as a fight in her own defense. She's a very intelligent, articulate, and out spoken sister...but she's not a fighter. How could the AfroAmericans of Georgia expect her to fight for them and stand up to the lies and tricks of the right-wing when she won't even do it for herself? Gotta keep throwing Andrew Gillum in the mix with her because both of them gave up and relented in the face of race based political fraud around the same time. It was both of their moments to shine and turn the tide of voter theft and intimidation and they capitulated.

That woman is a quitter. She GAVE UP (conceded) even despite the evidence of voter fraud, voter disenfranchisement, and other irregularities. Like most Democrats....she folded. She had the opportunity to become the Governor of Georgia and solidify that state as a center of AfroAmerican political and economic success...and blew it. I can't have too much confidence in people like her and that brother from Florida (Andrew Gillum) who also gave up and let Desantis take the Governor's spot. If you won't even fight for your own benefit, I can't expect you to fight for mine.