Pioneer1

Lol....how can you access something that hasn't been distributed? I'm not sure how often the Final Call comes out with a new edition, but news doesn't occur ONCE A WEEK. Trump don't start wars.....then sit back and wait a week for the publication to write about it and the public to read about it.....then continue the operation a week later, lol. We have to KEEP UP with the times. Too many Black journalists are getting their "news"....not directly from the source of events....but from White journalists; and re-packaging it from a Black perspective.

Ok, I didn't know WHAT you were talking about at first. I had to look up the fact that Stephanie played Dorothy in The Wiz to make the connection to what you were talking about, lol. Personally, I thought Diana Ross was the only one who played that role.

ProfD I'm fine with Black folks self-identifying &/or aligning with a tribe. To a certain extent. But when you have the SAME Black folks from the SAME communities from the SAME lineage and practicing pretty much the SAME culture...calling themselves 15 different things with 20 different identities...that's a problem. Scatter-brained people don't get shit done. More importantly, FBA/ADOS/AfroAmericans/Freedmen need to build stronger strategic alliances with other Black folks & groups of people with shared common interests. Facts. And it's hard to do that when YOU don't even know what you are. Say what you want about the African, but atleast most Africans know who they are when they get here...lol. They know exactly what tribe they are from and their tribal values. Right or wrong....no confusion. When I look at Africans..... The men know what to do and what's expected of them. The women know what to do and what's expected of them. Then I look at the Black American working right next to him and some of these niggaz aren't sure if they are even male or FEMALE or which bathroom to go into. You got a deep voice and a beard....but when you walk your titties are bouncing all over the place and you're staring at ME when you walk pass. I went to the store to get a money order a couple days ago and this little petite older sista at the register greeted me and smiled but when she started talking....her voice was so deep it made the floor vibrate! I've met many older African women and NONE of them have voices as deep as some of these sistaz here in America....lol. Handed me the money order back and the hands were like ostrich claws...lol. Man.... Don't make NO damn sense for some of our people to be in the condition they're in. Millions of Black people were not kidnapped. Moving that many people requires coordination. African leaders were selling people as if they were pieces of gold. I've heard it. I can't argue for or against it. For as long as I've been sitting in an armchair around here, I've mentioned that government & politics do not work that way.😁 Black folks even in the highest-level positions of government do not have enough power to give us anything. Cases in point...POTUS Obama or Justice Uncle Tom Thomas or pick a name. They cannot take unilateral action or make decisions. Everything requires some type of consensus. How much power do we NEED to pass a Reparations bill and start dispersing the money? We have Black Congressmen, Governers, Mayors, Sheriffs, Judges, Lawyers, police officers....with weapons and training. How much power and authority do our people NEED so that it will no longer be used as an excuse for not doing what we SHOULD be doing???? Niggaz got PLENTY of power....it's the WILLINGESS to use it constructively that's the issue. Our people don't have a powerlessness problem....they have a LAZINESSS problem. Many of our people don't want to think or plan, just want to have fun and leave future planning and decision making up to White folks or others. History has shown that Black people can get nearly anything we want in this nation if we are willing to FIGHT for it. The Civil Rights movements and especially the riots of the 60s and 70s and the aggressiveness of the 70s and early 80s have taught us that as long as we are united and focused on our goals...as a people we can accomplish them. We got our Civil Rights AND a lot of good jobs and positions of power and influence in the government as well as in the private sector....from DEMANDING them. Again, the reason so much of it was lost starting in the 90s is because of FEAR and LAZINESS. Niggaz of the new generation started getting lazy and spoiled because THEY didn't have to fight for shit, and got soft. So now many of them don't want to fight and feel their situation is hopeless.

ProfD Neely Fuller Jr. said decades ago that the ultimate plan for the U.S. military was to make super soldiers out of the Black women. They want to keep the Black man out. They want to preserve the White man for "special" fighting. But t hey want to "turn" Black women into lesbians who will join together, fight together, and die together on some foreign battle field.

Not trying to belittle what they're going through, but don't many Muslims like many Christians and other religious people EXPECT to go to a better place if they are killed by their enemies?

You can get USA Today...all day, every day, nearly any where. For a Final Call paper, you have to find a brother on the right corner at the right time....lol. And hope ain't too many cars behind you...lol.

Not too long ago the military stopped allowing "clean shaven" exemptions for soldiers with razor bumps. Some say that this rule was directly aimed at Black men. If you're willing to fight and die for your nation, it shouldn't matter whether you're willing to do it WITH a beard and mustache or without one...lol. But they know that many Black men have problems with razor bumps from shaving too close or using certain types of razors. They know a rule like this would either disqualify them for military service or force them to walk around looking like their faces were dragged through a gravel pit.

I wasn't speaking of the soldiers, but of the civilians. Who knows how many people in the third world are living lives of misery and suffering and WISH for an end to what they're going through. So-called "peace" isn't working out for them. It prolongs their misery. Especially for the very religious people who feel that their death will take them straight to an environment which would be much better and everlasting.

ProfD Right. FBA/ADOS/AfroAmericans are having a hard time getting Black politicians to put forth reparations legislation. Half of these niccaz can't even agree on what to CALL themselves. One group identifies as Black. Another group identifies as African American....but that term is swiftly fading out Another group says FBA Another group says ADOS A handful of us identify as AfroAmerican Then you got some niccaz way over in the corner digging up some old as "Freedmen" name that ain't been used in 200 years...lol. Talk about an identity problem. Of course, if pressed on it, the US & every other country involved in the transatlantic slave trade would turn the tables on the Africans nations that sold folks into slavery I'm beginning to serious question how valid the claim IS that they "sold" us. And how common was that the case, as opposed to being kidnapped? I think there are a few tribes like the Dahomey who may have an oral record or tradition of participating in the Slave trade but besides White folks making the claim, how many Africans themselves have admitted this based on historical information passed down? The movement for reparations requires organization & codification Facts. In actuality, I've been saying for years that we as AfroAmericans can GIVE OURSELVES Reparations if enough of us gain enough power in the Legislative and Executive branches. We'd only need a critical mass of White and Latino politicians to help us do so.

Mel OMG! Do you know that my ex-husband said the same exact thing LOL! Maybe I'm subconsciously auditioning for the same exact role. But then again, maybe saying shit like that is one of the reasons WHY he's your "ex"....lol. ProfD There should be no confusion among FBA/AfroAmericans about where our birthplace stands as it relates to the original sin of slavery & acknowledging it through a series of actions including recognition, apology & reparations to name a few. Both FBA and ADOS have made it crystal clear that ONLY descendants of American slavery are entitled to Reparations from the United States. If Ghana and other African nations had a SERIOUS shot at somehow FINESSING some money and resources out of the West and even the United States in Reparations payments...I wonder would the most outspoken representatives of these movements eat humble pie and get behind their program, lol. That's why it's not good to burn bridges.

Lol...maybe AI will solve THAT problem, soon.

That may be sad, but what's SCARY is that you have a lot of religious fundamentalists who not only believe this but feel it is their duty to INSTIGATE this celestial intervention by CAUSING the global calamities that supposedly precede such an event! In other words.... If wars, famine, and Earthquakes are supposed to precede Jesus' return....then they feel if THEY produce more wars, famines, and Earthquakes...maybe that will "rush" the event and cause Jesus to return sooner. This is their thinking.

Lol....that's why it's "AI" Also, that may be one of the things that would make it POTENTIALLY so dangerous. Imagine AI being used in law enforcement. Think of how many people would be tracked and prosecuted for saying thing and using everyday terms that most humans know and understand to be jokes and figures of speech, but AI would take seriously.

Lol....I don't know where THAT one came from. Most folks don't know how short our cute little sista really is...... I was at an event where she sang for the opening. Man, she hopped off stage and walked past me. I was sitting down and was STILL taller than her...lol. I waved at her and she had to LOOK UP at me to smile....lol.

We need more Black people....especially AfroAmericans....in leadership positions in the military. If this is OUR country....and it is @richardmurray.....then we need to be in leadership positions in all relevant branches of it. Unlike many Black nationalists and Pan-Africanists, I ENCOURAGE Black people to not only join law enforcement but the military also. Every branch. Rise as high as you can rise. The more power and rank we have in it, the more influence we have.

Come on now.... If you're looking for a young man....there are less expensive and time consuming ways to find one, than that.....lol.

Which is crazy because back in the 50s and 60s not only did every Black community have it's own paper but nearly every Black highschool had it's own Black newspaper. You didn't need a Scripts Howard back then. Black students were learning journalism (among other skills and trades) BEFORE they graduated from Highschool.

Yep. Most people don't know that this is where the word "slave" comes from....the Slavs Places like Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia and Slovenia....the slavic regions of Europe where the Arabs and Africans used to go and get slaves to bring back to the Middle East and North Africa. Called "Mamlukes" So.... Are you done hibernating? Like a bear or groundhog.....lol....you've decided to come outside and join us for the Spring?

See, and that's another issue. I know the internet is the largest form of media currently, however it's not wise to put too many of your eggs in one basket. Where I go at work, I walk into different departments and depending on which race/ethnic group dominates the environment....depends what you may hear, lol. But the thing I notice about departments dominated by Whites and Latinos....whether it's the office or the warehouse....they don't need the internet to listen to their music or programs. White people can still listen to their music or talk shows on the radio and so can Latinos! Racist conservative White men still can tune into AM RADIO stations from coast to coast and listen to politics and have their voices heard. They don't need a computer, phone, or wi-fi to communicate with eachother OR be communicated to. Again, all Latinos have to do if they want to listen to a Latino program is just turn on the radio and you'll have 3 or 4 stations they can listen to in Spanish Most Black folks have to use their phones to get online to pick up THEIR programs or listen to fresh music not downloaded on their phones My greater point is......... We can EXPAND our options without CANCELLING some of them out. We should be on the internet and social media...no doubt. But we should STILL keep and have our news papers, radio shows, and broadcast television stations to reach that older or less tech savy audience.

A LOT of people have been talking about this online Russia and China apparently support it.

Some African dudes at work are the same way. I mean, you can barely get a "hello" or "good morning" out of some of them UNLESS they want something from you. Every morning you can say, "Hey my man....what's up....how are you this morning!" All you get is a dry: "Yeah yeah....hey mon'......" Nigga glancing over at the White folks HOPING they don't see him talking to you. Now if they need something from you or need for you to talk to somebody for them: "Hey bruda! I need to get some important papers copied. Who can do that for me?" I tell them: "I'm sure the Immigration Department at the Federal Building downtown has a copier and a fax machine you can use! Why don't you run down there after work and ask them can you use it!"

Hmmmm....... Interesting exchange between you two. Sometimes it's pleasant to just sit back and READ the points of view of others.

ProfD Funny thing it's illegal for us to buy cartons of cigarettes & break them down to sell loosies. Well see, I didn't know that. I don't smoke or deal in cigarettes so I didn't know it was illegal for citizens TO do that. I guess that's why they have an ATF bureau. Easily. Same mentality that bums a ride & doesn't offer gas money or *borrows* household sh8t (sugar, cooking oil, flour, a few pieces of bread, etc.). That caused flashbacks from childhood. We had a woman who lived next door who would constantly ask for shit like that and we KNEW when she wanted something because she'd always first greet you buy saying, "hey neighbor"....lol. Any other time she'd either ignore you or give you a "Hey" or stale "How you doin'". But when she wanted some sugar or milk or eggs or wanted to use the vacuum cleaner..... "Hey Neighbor!"

Or the EXIT from a world of pain and misery that some of them have been looking for. Especially if they believe that Paradise or Heaven is waiting for them on the other side.

Even a CRACK HEAD is good for something. ....if only as an example for little children of what NOT to be when you grow up.