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Pioneer1

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  1. Hey bro...... Do you want to know a sad truth? The sad truth is ONE of the reasons Europeans are so successful in coming to African communities and speaking on African affairs is because Africans tend to TRUST THEM and seek to IMPRESS THEM and give them all of the information they want....while they too often DISTRUST and DESPISE eachother over ethnic and religious differences. Often times the ONLY person who can mediate and serve as a liasion to get into the nation and interview people and get the information is a White man from the outside! Like Rwanda. Neither side trusted other Black Africans to tell their story to or help negotiate a peace deal....so they call in White people from Europe to come down and broker a deal because BOTH sides trust "da white man" to be fair and impartial....even though he was the one who STARTED the conflicts to begin with! I was watching that racist movie The Last King of Scotland the other night with a lady friend of mine and we got into a discussion which almost turned into an argument because she hated the way the movie portrayed the main white character in a positive light when the fact was White people seem to constantly INJECT themselves into African affairs. And she was right about the movie, but she missed the mark that too often the case is Caucasians don't have to inject themselves because they'll be pulled into those affairs. Too often we as a people (African people) trust Caucasians and would rather talk to them and do business with them and even be friends with THEM over our fellow African brothers and sisters. Look at such logic...... One African doesn't like the other African who looks just like him because: -he is of a different ethnicity -he speaks a different language -he has less education -he practices a different religion But those same Africans will chase after and make friends with a WHITE MAN who is: -of a different race -speaks a different language -didn't go to college at all -doesn't even believe in God ....they'll ignore ALL of those differences just to pal around with a White man but let ANY of those factors prevent him from getting along with another Black man. Many Africans will DISOWN their own daughter if she marries an African from another ethnic group, nation, or religion......but will REJOICE if she marries a WHITE MAN who doesn't even believe in God! Am I lying? Look at Iman and how she was allowed to marry David Bowie. So this is one of the reasons so often White Europeans can come to African nations and get access to certain information and areas that even other Africans aren't given to do their news stories and documentaries.
  2. Just what the people need............ Another chitlin' and cornbread eating jack-leg preacher begging White authority to make him a HNIC to help keep the Negro Masses under control. ((shakes head))
  3. Hey Sis, glad to hear from you. I hope your computer was the ONLY one that had a virus!
  4. Dan Naaah bruh..... We ain't having any Log Cabin Republican Parties around here....lol.
  5. BID Are you mixed race? There's no "shame" in being mixed. Problem is a lot of lies and inaccuracies are being told that is creating a lot of CONFUSION. For a long time mixed peope (if they were mixed with African ancestry) were called "Black". When most of them obvioulsy weren't. So now there's a backlash against this notion and people are arguing it out.
  6. Nah, ain't no homo THIS way. Nothing but a WHOLE MAN. If you're looking for anutha brutha to "endear"....try St.Elsewhere.....lol.
  7. Like Trump......ain't "conceding" shit, lol.
  8. Liber8ion Knowing what I know TODAY as a 50 year old AfroAmerican man who has spent decades studying race, politics, and the issues affecting the AfroAmerican community...... I wish there was an organization that PROPERLY EXPLAINED to other Africans from around the world EXACTLY what happened to AfroAmericans and why we behave and think the way most of us do. Because there is a lot of IGNORANCE on both sides floating around and too many Africans and AfroAmericans are looking to and relying on Caucasians to tell us the truth about ourselves and eachother when THEY are the ones who separated us in the first place. That conflict going on over in Etoobya (Ethiopia) right now.....if you really investigate it....was started by Caucasians keeping up conflict and division among the people. AfroAmericans as you mentioned were STRIPPED of our culture when we arrived year hundreds of years ago. What you see most of us doing is ATTEMPTING to practice a European based culture that was not designed for us and actually causes many of the pathologies that afflict the AfroAmerican community today. Not sure how old you are but do you realize that prior to the INTEGRATION of the races in the United States (about 60 years ago) AfroAmericans collectively were actually doing MUCH BETTER????? We had our own supermarkets, bus stations, gas stations, hotels, and even had all Black cities that we built from the ground up! You NEVER saw homeless or drug addicted Black people. And they rarely went to jail. Black literacy actually DECLINED when our children started going ot school with White kids...lol. Did you know that? It all changed AFTER we started mixing in with the larger White population. This isn't talked about. It's hidden. But if you don't believe me talk to a Black American over 70s and ask them if everything I just told you is true. Even if you think I'm making this all up or it sounds crazy....JUST ASK THEM TO SEE WHAT THEY TELL YOU.
  9. Dan That’s a dodge. No....THIS is a Dodge! Everytime I ride around my city * BLING -BLING* I think she has a much more authentic answer to a conversation she wasn’t even in. No doubt our sister has intelligent thought to add to any conversation, however let us put this in context..... Judging by most of your responses, you seem to give MUCH more credence to the answers those beings who reside in your imagination feed you than what any intelligent real-life human being has offered you thus far. "Say...say WHAT now???"
  10. Especially when you're dealing with a people with a high "stupidity" rate among them. I've come across so many AfroAmericans lately are running around hating on other Black people from the Carribean and South America and using the "ADOS" movement as an excuse to do so. Many of them think that ONLY Black people in the United States were enslaved....not Jamaicans, Haitians, Puerto Ricans, ect...ignorance.
  11. Well you should be even more scurried that the Nation is gonna "got" YOU....lol. Del A lukewarm response If IMITATION is the highest form of flattery....you should have been flattered into ecstasy by my "lukewarm" response.
  12. Your PRESENCE in the Black community is all the data we need to prove that entrapment is being used.
  13. Lol, just because I have a long antenna....doesn't mean I'm an insect.
  14. Liber8ion Are YOU of Ethiopian descent? I'm not sure what to make of the quotes. I agree with the author that "Black" isn't a very accurate description of our people. I prefer the terms African and AfroAmerican in specific.
  15. White "information"....like White "history"....changes with whichever direction the wind is blowing. First the oldest person "recorded" is 117. Next year scientists will "discover some artifacts" to show that the oldest recorded person was actually 243....lol. White people's so-called knowledge fluxuates because they're always "discovering" new information. They are a NEW people and just like a little kid running around their parent's house....are constantly finding out things that have ALREADY been around. Hell, for thousands of years they thought the world was flat until they "discovered" the truth about 600 years ago. Truth is, they have people in Africa HUNDREDS of years old who can still walk around and talk. Like Herodotus said, African people are LONG LIVED. Dr. Sebi (if anyone on her knows him) was in his 90s and was still making babies!
  16. Troy That particular phenotype isn't typical of the average Black person.
  17. Dan They made the choice not to obey the law. And why should THEY feel obligated to obey immoral "laws" made by their enemies that are designed to entrap them?
  18. Dan The lies we tell ourselves. I thoroughly reject that sorry explanation. The reason is based on how we respond to words. The problem is that’s it is a fossilized confirmation of the property status of Blacks. Lol...it's no "lie". The definition has CHANGED....TRANSFORMED. WE have the power to define our own words for ourselves.
  19. There's difference between "nigger" and "nigga". A nigger is a derogatory term for a person of African descent. A nigga is a colloquial term....usually of endearment...that many AfroAmericans use to refer to other males.
  20. Nobody "chooses" to go to prison. They may have chosen to do what they did.....but they didn't put handcuffs on themselves and haul themselves away. They were FORCED into it. But like I said.....Black success has DECLINED and not increased for the collective. That was my main point, and as usual...I've proven it.
  21. Dan Unfortunate your world view blocks you from seeing the advancement of the Black worker, small business owners, middle managers and government workers. You seem to be "blocked" from seeing the COLLECTIVE and can only see individual achievement. Yes, I've seen the advancement of SOME INDIVIDUAL Black workers and businesses. But individuals aren't the COLLECTIVE. Most Black people in America have DECLINED economically. More Black men have went to prison in the past 20 years than in any other time in history. What's successful about that? Don't point at some nicca grinning in a suit and say "Black people" are successful, just because HE is! "We as Black people have finally arrived! Well....I know I have." Your ADOS world view is quite limiting. It also it alluded to in African Americans and Africa: A New History. I don't know about that book you keep referencing but there is no such thing as a "new history". There is an effort on the part of some to try and RE-WRITE history through lies and deceptions and omissions of certain facts. Next thing you know...... The "new history" will say Colonialism and Slavery never existed. They were just myths. Watch out for this "new history" movement.
  22. Ann No society built on FALSEHOOD can last. It eventually MUST collapse under the weight of it's own wickedness. Western civilization was built upon LIES and DECEPTION.....and so it must collapse. But that doesn't mean that WE as AfroAmericans have to collapse with it. This is an opportunity for US to rise and build our own society. But our society must be built upon the principles of TRUTH and RIGHTEOUSNESS and not just a copy of the old Satanic (White Supremacist) world.
  23. Candace Owens Gets Backlash From Harry Styles Fans Over ‘Bring Back Manly Men’ Tweet Celebrities and fans alike rallied to defend Harry Styles on Monday in response to a negative tweet about the artist from conservative author Candace Owens. In her post on Saturday, Owens quote tweeted Vogue Magazine’s photos from Harry Styles’ cover shoot to voice concern over the feminization of men. “There is no society that can survive without strong men,” Owens tweeted. “The East knows this. In the west, the steady feminization of our men at the same time that Marxism is being taught to our children is not a coincidence. It is an outright attack. Bring back manly men.” On Monday, fans quickly defended Styles and his decision to express himself through clothing, making the topic trend on Twitter. Several celebrities, such as Olivia Wilde, Zach Braff and Jameela Jamil, also chimed in. “Lord of the Rings” star Elijah Wood responded that “Masculinity alone does not make a man,” later adding, “In fact, it’s got nothing to do with it.” His words echo similar responses arguing that Owens’ idea of manliness is based on cultural expectations created over time, not anything inherent to manhood. In response to the backlash, Owens doubled down on her stance in a series of tweets on Monday. “I’m impervious to woke culture. Showing me 50 examples of something won’t make it any less stupid,” she tweeted, while also responding to her critics’ posts and promoting her book. https://variety.com/2020/music/news/harry-styles-candace-owens-tweet-1234833146/ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dan You SEE what happens when you so-called "Black Conservatives" decide to criticize people and condemn homosexual and transgenderism. That's why yall stopped talking about homosexuality and feminism about 15 years ago.....White conservatives told you NOT to. White Supremacy has MADE IT CLEAR to you that the only people YALL are allowed to criticize are other Black people.....leave the gay and cross-dressing White folks alone...lol
  24. Dan I would have been more impressed if you questioned what point is he making. Where in the book is he raising points which are relevant. I don't have to question what point he was making because I know his INTENT. He is a DEVIL....with the intention to cause mischief and division. Just because you are jealous of my Devastatingly good looks You're half-way correct....lol....you look DEVASTATED and DEFEATED. Like a ghetto hustler near the end of the month hoping he can make it to the 1st to get some work....lol. "Thangs is kinda dry right now. I'm tryna HOLD ON to get mo' cash in my hands!"
  25. Daniel I believe that if Blacks continue to gain affluence the more they will migrate to the Republican Party. Right up until this time, AfroAmericans collectively have been LOSING wealth since the mid-80s. You're focusing on a HANDFUL of Black entertainers and a few who have been fortunate enough to be ALLOWED (by White people) make it in the financial/corporate world and have done good for THEMSELVES. I'm looking at the MASSES of AfroAmericans and how many of them are in prison, poverty, and homeless. You haven't seen nearly as many homeless AfroAmericans living on the streets at any other time as you do today. Having said that...... I wouldn't have been a bad idea (in my opinion) of AfroAmericans would have STRATEGICALLY split their votes between the Democrat party AND Republican party to finess some TANGIBLE benefits from both. Because this "all or nothing" dedication to one party at a time certainly isn't working. That’s also if it survives the persecution and marginalization it’s about to experience. Oh... Lol....so YOU believe AOC and "Da Squad" are compiling a list of Trump supporters to go after and persecute like a lot of Conservatives have been running around claiming??????

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