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CD Chinese men would have PLENTY of women to marry if they didn't give so many of them away to White men....lol. Go to any college campus and most of the Asian women I see are dating White men while the male Asian students are usually by themselves. For years White men have been going to Asian nations literally buying women. If you think a garden tower was pretty imaginative, me and some of my partners have dreamed up plans for entire greenhouse districts in the middle of cities. Especially for cold places like Michigan where you can't naturally grow most edible plants all year round, we have to have some sort of way to grow enough to feed a massive population. There are forces who would like to diminish the population no doubt, but I say we shouldn't give them any excuses to do it. What I mean by that is, when I drive through Detroit, Flint, parts of Chicago, Milwaukee and other mostly Black communities and see so many of our people just doing NOTHING but laying around consuming.....it makes me frustrated for 2 reasons: 1. There is a lot of creativity in thier minds but they aren't expressing it because they're too busy waiting on a green light or go ahead from a White person to ENCOURAGE them. 2. If I as a Black man can look at the inertia and shiftlessness among so many of our people and find it distrubing....I can only imagine what most NON-BLACK people are thinking. So if there is a plan to diminish or move Black people out of the inner cities and take over the land, many would actually see this as a LEGITIMATE move because the current occupants aren't doing anything with it anyway. So why not just move them out (or worse) and put the land to valuable use? This is the mentality of a LOT of people. So like I said, we shouldn't give people who think along these lines an excuse to justify thier inhumane ideology of putting profit over people. We should busy ourselves to start building with a new vision. The situation in Flint would be an excellent opportunity for Black professionals to come together with plans to initiate something rather than waiting on wealthy White men to build it and then come running and begging for a place at the table.

Thanx As far as expanding beyond Black journalism for quality......looks to me like we don't have much of a choice now a days, lol.

Sara Since most "murder by cops" are pretty much confined to the North, what about lynchings in the South. Were they actually "suicide by white mob?" ???? I didn't know cop killings were confined to the north. From the news I'm getting, it's occuring all over the nation. Look at what happened to Sandra Bland, and before that the shooting caught on camera in South Carolina.

Sara Yes, I've noticed the same thing among SOME Black boys in highschool....but not as many. It's not so much a "change over" that occurs among the individual that turns them from masculine to feminine.......it's more of a WEEDING OUT process. It appears that many masculine Black males don't make it to college level or if they do they are quickly disheartened and end up dropping out (like I did) because of the very sterlized culture of most colleges today. Most of us grew up in communities where it's common to "chase" after women and no matter how smart you are academically....it puts you at odds with the culture of todays colleges. The majority of AfroAmerican males I've met who've actually made it through major universities with a graduate degree seem to fall into 2 types: -Those of average intelligence but are passive and feminine in thier demeanor. -Those who are masculine BUT are smart and clever enough to carry themselves in a certain way as to not attract too much attention and can focus on their curriculum. Ofcourse there are exception, but these two categories seem to be the most prevelant types among the Black American men who seem to do well in college. But again, to answer your question...... The demographic among Black male demeanor doesn't change...it's that most masculine Black boys end up dropping out of the academic system BEFORE reaching college which is why the more effeminate type seems to be seen. Cynique So we meet again....LOL. In SOME ways a very smart cereberal person may appear more feminine only because smart people tend to THINK before taking action....so they tend to be less impulsive which some people may ignorantly take to be more feminine. But this isn't what I'm refering too. I'm refering to the walk, the talk, the lisp, the shyness, the loss of bass from the voice....just the way so many operate in general. I'm not even talking about homosexuality, because there are plenty of MASCULINE gay men. I'm talking strictly how a lot of the young men I'm seeing carry themselves regardless of their sexual orientation or even level of intelligence.

I don't think it's the size of the population that's the problem, it's the INFRASTRUCTURE that's the problem. This is the problem in Flint, Detroit, New York, and cities all over the Western world. The Western world is old, decaying...and doesn't have the desire to "renew" itself through massive building projects like Franklin Roosevelt's plans of the 1930s and 40s. With only about 40 square miles, Flint could COMFORTABLY house atleast 2 million residents if the city was built with a proper infrastructure and advanced planning. Also the educational system would help by teaching young people how to live with and get along together in groups instead of the current Western mindset of fearing strangers. The problem isn't in the ability, it's in the desire. I personally believe that the leaders of the Western world see it as collapsing and they've given up on saving it and are just trying to get as much wealth and enjoyment out of it as they can. It's up to those of us living in the West with VISION to come up with new ways for architecture, urban planning, housing for huge populations in limited space. China is building cities every year that can hold millions of people, why can't we? I say professional Black people and Black youth are in an excellent position to show forth their creativity and determine FOR THEMSELVES the type of housing and society they'd like to have instead of being forced into someone else's limited ideaology.

I think it should be noted that a lot of Black people are suicidal but they tend to be so religious or fear going to hell that they tend not to carry it out as often as Whites. As Troy alluded to, they kill themselves in a lot of indirect ways like drinking too much, picking fights with people, not caring about their health and future. I also believe many of these latest police shootings are actually "suicide by cop".

What happened in "the Fly N T" (as locals call it) is probably happening in cities all over the nation, it was just EXPOSED in Flint. I don't live in Flint but I do live in the Detroit area just about an hour from Flint. I've been there several times to see first hand what's going on. The media is being deceptive about the aid being provided. The sad fact is with all the love and charity people around the nation are giving the city of Flint....it's not enough. It's not enough because the problem will cost BILLIONS of dollars and YEARS to fix properly and no one person in this country has the amount of money and resources to fix it. I personally don't even think the city of Flint and state of Michigan combined has the money to fix it. Only the Federal Government has the money and resources to fix this problem. I've been saying for weeks now that we need to bring in the Army Corps of Engineers to fix the problem and provide temporary housing for people. Hell, why should an American city rely on CHARITY and fund raising when the Federal Government is currently spending billions of dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Perhaps this crisis could be a turning point in this nation to help rebuild our infrastructure.

The plan seems to either destroy Black boys OR turn them into girls. I frequent the college campuses from time to time and I'm amazed at how many young Black men are ultra-feminine in their demeanor. I'm not talking sexual orientation because there are plenty of masculine homosexual men. I'm talking about "mode of operation".....how you talk, walk, and just carry yourself in general. I'm not a trained psychologist but Dr Umar Johnson and the late great Dr Frances Welsing respectively has and had some very interesting theories on the effeminization of Black boys.

Most Black Republicans seem to support the Republican party because of the rhetoric they espouse without carefully examining their ACTIONS. You can talk personal responsibility all you want, but when YOU are caught engaging in dishonest and illegal behavior and try to cover it up it makes you little more than a hypocrite. You can call yourself pro-life all you want, but if you support war and bloodshed, again...hypocrisy. Most Black Republicans I know are intelligent....they aren't stupid. They just tend to be naïve and really believe in the "patriotism" and "values" lie so many Republicans claim to hold. Don't tell me the same party who's members have gotten RICH off of exploiting the labor of illegal immigrants in this nation are SERIOUS about the immigration policy.

Hello Fam, it's been a while since I posted here. Feels great to be back. I'm sure most you are aware of SOME of what's going on in the city of Flint Michigan. But being from Detroit and having traveled to Flint many times and having friends and family up there, what's NOT talked about as much is Flint's high crime and violence rate. And there is a CLEAR link between lead contamination and not only violence but also low IQ and poor academic performance. Check out this amazing article I found from Mother Jones Magazine linking lead and violence: Mother Jones Lead and Violence If this is accurate, and I believe it is....then it would explain the high crime rates and dismal academic performance plaguing many inner city communities. The fact is, lead and other toxins are most likely contaminating the water systems of urban areas all over the nation. I think we should all get together and come up with some sort of plan to rid the cities of all heavy metal toxicity and this would probably help tremendously with the problems that seem to have been plaguing so many of our communities for decades.

This is a little "left field" of the subject but still relates to the state of hiphop today....... I'm very disappointed with the state of hiphop also because I don't like how low quality and low class some of the artists are performing. Hip hop used to be the envy of the world. Black urban culture produced some of the best dressers, best dancers, and best rhymers and it was political. Especially when it was on the East Coast with the strong Carribean influence. Then it went West Coast and gangsta....but still decent. But something happened when it went down South to places like New Orleans. Instead of smooth rhymes and sharp dancing skills.....artists started talking like they had a mouth full of marbles. Mumbling and grumbling their lyrics. Instead of snappy dressing, cats just started getting fat and sloppy wearing long white t-shirts and rocking back and forth on stage like apes. No, no....seriously. Look at the dance moves of earlier hiphop and then look at the monkey-crap so many of the artists started doing in the late 90s down in the rural areas. They started talking funny, looking crazy, getting fat and ugly. On stage slinging their arms and rocking back and forth with a grim growl while rapping....savage. Instead of strong rhymnic beats....just simple bass sounds began to dominate the track. It became rare for these southern rappers to even talk politics on their track and when they did...you couldn't figure out what the hell they were saying or where they stood. I saw some artist (maybe Lil' Wayne but I'm not sure) with a damn Confederate Flag on this album talking about the South will rise again!!! Artists getting tatoos all over thier bodies and wearing their hair messy...looking like clowns and savages instead of musicians. People around the world couldn't related to that damn back-woods unsophisticated garbage. This is not to diss all southern artists.....TLC, Arrested Development....they were excellent. But the generation of clowns after them....((shakes head))..just sloppy. Now the current generation are trying to move away from that country crap and are using thier creativity again...but for the late 90s and much of 2000-2010 hiphop was going straight down the toilet. Black people are the most creative people on the planet.....WHEN we apply ourselves. But when you get lazy and sloppy it just looks terrible.

Most of Christian Iraqis are a tribe of people called "Chaldeans". They've been coming to the Detroit area for about 35 years or longer and there are about a half million of them here. They were coming here anyway before all of this conflict started. They tend to have a lot of money and are quite united. They own a lot of the liquor stores and cheap resturants in the area. Things are calming down now because the younger people tend to be more Americanized and lean more towards the local Black culture but when they first came here there was a LOT of conflict between them and the Black community because when they first came here they started shooting and killing Black customers in their stores left and right. A lot of it came from Black men hitting on their women. They didn't like that. But they used to (and still do) hit on Black women and girls. A couple things people need to realize about the Middle East is: 1. Not all the people of the Middle East are Arabs. There are a lot of other tribes/ethnicities who existed their before the Arabs moved in their lands. Chaldeans are one, but Persians and even most of the Palestinians are NOT Arabs. 2. Not all of the people of the Middle East are Muslims. There are a lot of smaller religious communities there that don't get much press. There are a group of Kurdish Iraqis called "Yazidis" who have a VERY interesting religion I've been researching lately...lol.

Troy Look at the Ebola epidemic in West Africa right now. People dying by the hundreds and there's rioting in the streets of Liberia right now because the people aren't trusting the government or the U.N.. But the 2 White doctors who caught Ebola while overthere were brought back to the United States and cured within a couple weeks. WOW...! Just another example of how we need to stop relying on other people to solve our problems because it's clear they usually don't have our best interests in mind. Speaking of heroin......... I'm not sure about New York but here in Michigan the heroin problem is a plague of almost the proverbial "biblical" level. Hospitals are full from heroin related problems. Help wanted signs have popped up all over the place because they can't keep workers. Many of them have become addicted and end up overdosing, quitting, or being fired because of emotional instability. Atleast people COULD work on crack....on that "smack" all they can do is go to sleep. I thought we saw the last of heroin after the 70s and early 80s. I still remember the "heroin dens" of Detroit where entire families would flop around in vacant buildings and warehouses by the hundred living and shooting-up. I didn't think those days would come back.....but it appears that they are. The medical industry is partially to blame because so many people have been put on prescription pain killers and when they build up a tolerance and they no longer are effective in killing whatever pain they're suffering from....the next step is often heroin which is known to kill all physical pain.

Troy I think their lack of involvement is part of the problem also...however. Most Black people who are financially secure in THIS society didn't get to that enviable position by being stupid. Most earned their wealth by being prudent and having enough sense to know what to do and what to say and around whom. They're less likely than that brother/sister on the street who is out shouting and fighting the police because they have much more to lose. Give them a real reason to put thier wealth, reputations, freedom, and even their very lives on the line and I'm sure most WOULD be more involved. But they aren't going all out over some half-cocked foolishness with no clear aim or objective. I can't say that I really blame them all that much. It's too much like blind faith. But where I DO blame them is in their lack of initiating and organizing that which is missing or preventing them from participating....."sound effective leadership and objectives for success". They CAN help in initiating the plans that many claim are lacking but most aren't even doing that. It's amazing how brilliant Black minds are....when they're working for SOMEONE ELSE'S success. Cynique This is sound advice. I've heard it since I was a child that one should be courteous and respectful to cops no matter what they say to you in order to prevent being provoked into giving them reasons to brutalize you. However human nature is such that when you are experiencing harassment directly, your emotions sometimes get the better of you and you automatically react before thinking. It's one thing to see it on television and say, "Man....why would he talk to that cop like that...that was just stupid". But when YOU are the one being interrogated and harassed the emotions boil. For example, we all know cops tell you NOT to resist when being arrested. But when someone is yanking on your arm to the point that it's about to break....it's hard not to resist and pull back and try to break yourself free of that situation. It would be like drowning and not trying to gasp for air. Somethings are just a natural human reaction that no amount of conditioning can break. The vast majority of humans have a survival instinct that prevents them from submitting to certain restraints.

For a long time there were certain "unspoken rules" in this (Western) society that governed the violence between males and females. It was understood that a woman could beat on a man but a man wasn't allowed to hit a woman....unless she was his wife or daughter, then he could beat the shit out of her. ((shakes head)) Both rules were dysfunctional and unrealistic in my opion. On top of this.............. For a long time the only reason chivalry existed and men behaved like gentleman was to charm women into having sex with them. Once sex became loose and easy....the chivalry went out the window. Once it was understood that a man could be unemployed, on drugs, and routinely beat and call women bitches.....and still get all the sex he wants....it was a wrap. The reality is few people male of female are going to sit up and let someone beat on them and not defend themselves or even go on the offense and attack back. Everyone both male and female needs to understand this before they put their hands on someone else.

Couple points............. 1. When people wonder why gay men are more likely to have HIV than straight men, I point out that it's simple physics. Unless a straight man is constantly licking and drinking the vaginal fluids and urine of his female sexual partner, he's not really "absorbing" a large amount of infected bodily fluids from the person he's having sex with. However with gay men, they're constantly ejaculating semen into eachother. And if that semen is infected ofcourse the rate is going to be higher. 2. HIV (which is clearly man made) I believe was designed specifically for Black/African genetics. I've heard from more than one source that even with the same type of exposure it's harder for Whites to actually get HIV than people of African decent. So it's not suprising that such a high percentage of gay men of African decent would be HIV positive. I don't believe that AIDS or HIV (and there is a difference between the two) is a "curse" put upon gay men or the Black race. However I DO believe that the spread of diseases like HIV and Ebola occurs when you're too lazy or indifferent to take your health and it's care into your own hands and develop medicines and therapies designed by and for you. As long as our people are lining up by the thousands and millions expecting White people to treat them and cure them and come up with medicines to solve thier problems, you can continue to expect high incidences of disease.

I can't say I support the looting of stores. When people begin to loot and steal in mass numbers, sometimes it takes away from the credibility of their cause and concerns. However, atleast this civil disturbance will bring attention to the clearly racist disparity in the law enforcement of that town. How does a mostly Black town end up with an almost all White police force?

Ofcourse many on the right would have rather seen Bergdahl remain in captivity than for the Obama Administration to take credit for his release. It's the same with Bin Laden. No one should be suprised at how low Republicans will stoop to smear their political enemies. Ronald Reagan allegedly did the same thing to get elected. That's what the entire Iran contra-controvery was about. While Jimmy Carter was president Iranians took Americans hostage and were about to free them but Reagan's team allegedly undercut the deal and arranged for them to stage in captivity to make the Carter administration look weak and then for them to be freed under HIS administration. Some of these right wing clowns are heartless.

This has little to do with a downed plane as much as an excuse to go to war. Clearly the United States and Russia are builind up to a major war. I'm suprised there wasn't one sooner. For over 50 years Russia and the United States have been trading licks and mean-mugging eachother but for some strange reason....nothing major happened. I believe only the Divine Hand has preventend the United States and Russia from engaging in an all out war in the past but perhaps that Divine Hand is being lifted and nature is taking it's course. Only The Supreme Being knows the future, but I believe there WILL be a major war between the United States and Russia and their respective allies before this year is over. I suggest people prepare themselves for the inevitable.

What you're seeing is more people of color running from responsibility. Just like a lot of AfroAmericans in the United States would rather run off to the suburbs to establish themselves rather than confront and eradicate the crime and violence of the inner cities. Many Brown Hispanics are of the same mentality. Rather than organizing to take control of their communities and come up with solutions for the crime and poverty plaguing them....they find it easier to run across the boarder to the United States where things tend to be more stable and prosperous. At some people people of color will have to STOP relying on White people "saving" them and taking care of them and will have to stand on their own.

It's not only sad....it's sickening. But what's even more sickening is the child-like irresponsibility among so many Black people in America today. Yes many White police officers are racist and routinely abuse Black people, but where are the Black police officers? Why aren't more Black men stepping up and taking the training and oaths to LEGALLY protect and defend their own communities so that White men don't have to assume those positions. All of those cops were White. Where were the AfroAmerican or Puerto Rican or Dominican cops more representative of New York's population? Why didn't the crowd confront the cops? It's like a safari or wild life seeing so many White cops patroling Black neighborhoods and plotting and planning among themselves how to "take down" a Black man or woman while the rest do nothing but say "Deeeeyuum" and snap a few pictures. And while it doesn't appear that this particular brother deserved to be taken down like he did and he CERTAINLY didn't deserve death.....there is something seriously wrong with Black America today. Too often many Black people INVITE this type of abuse by not only incorporating anti-social behavior but also by their refusal to organize and fight back. There is no way a group of Black cops could have attacked a White man like that in a White neighborhood and gotten away with it.

The internet was a product of the Department of Defense anyway. It wasn't designed for the betterment and or enlightenment of humanity. It was designed for the elite (military, economic, political, ect....) to share information/intelligence among each other.

Troy You're right, most people would NOT have whipped their phone out to record a racist rant. But this is precisely why so many cases of racism have been dismissed as contrived or all in the victim's mind. If Donald Sterling hadn't been recorded...he probably would have denied ever making such statements and most of White America and a large number of Black people would have sided in his favor. But how many Black people actually KNOW how to properly respond to being called a racial slur to their faces? Many think they have an obligation to react violently, others are so stunned they freeze up and try to ignore it. But this...this was a text-book response! This brother...if you listen to him carefully....was cool and calm. He didn't cuss at her, threaten her, or even call her any names back. Everything he said to her was in a calm and rational voice. He basically let her provide her own rope with which to hang herself with. And she better be glad that's ALL he did. I know some cats who would have revved the motor and turned that steering wheel, lol. Who knows, it may even be therapudic for her to see herself on video acting like that. It may force her to take a closer look at herself and change her ways. If he hadn't done what he did but just ignore her and move on.....it would have EMPOWERED her to go off on another Black man again for even less of a reason. And believe me, the next time it may be with the WRONG brother...lol. The next time could very well be her LAST time!!! Cynique Aside from her ADMITTING that she is bipolar (something most bipolar people tend to do), you can look at her overly frantic demeanor and restless "back-n-forth" and tell she has some sort of psychological if not psychiatric issues going on.

Society is governed by generalities, not exceptions and special cases. Almost everywhere you go on this planet, regardless of the nation or race you find MEN in charge and women in the supporting role. One of the few exceptions to this rule is the AfroAmerican community in the United States. And I strongly suspect the only reason this is an exception is because most Black communities in the United States are controled from OUTSIDE of the community. The "underground" economies of the Black community...where most of the laws don't apply...are still very much controled by Black men. Some women make very good leaders and some men make very poor leaders. Infact, MOST PEOPLE regardless of gender make poor leaders as nature has provided for only a few to lead and the majority to follow. But again....society is governed by generalities and not exceptions to the rule. Generally speaking men are better equipped at leading.

For a long time the Black church in America like most Protestant churchs saw money and it's accumulation as a vice. They taught that one should build one's treasures up in heaven as opposed to on Earth where thieves could snatch it and moths could eat it. From what I understand, it was the Nation of Islam and it's preaching of getting one's wealth right here and right now as opposed to a "pie in the sky in the sweet by-n-by" that shook many old time church goers and made them reconsider what they've been taugh. Many of the youth started leaving the church for Islam and other religions or just leaving religion all together and hitting the streets to focus on their material acquisitions. The church had to hurry up and get it together and re-examin their doctrine, lol. Right around the early 70s you started seeing these prosperity churchs popping up. Ministers and pastors started blinging more and driving fancy cars. The Reverend Ikes and the like....lol. I personally don't have a problem with a person or an organization (churches included) getting rich AS LONG AS they don't do it by blaspheming The Supreme Being or harming other people.