Pioneer1

Well lady, I hope the THEME of this thread will make you reconsider your OTHER "pass times" when not loitering on this site. You may want to find a much safer and less embarrassing (for you family) hobby to "pass the time".

It was approx. 19 hours between your previous post and this one you just posted. Uhhhh...... "It took you nearly a DAY to come up with that bullshit?"

Government shutdown updates: USDA tells states to 'undo' issuing any SNAP benefits Government shutdown updates: USDA tells states to 'undo' issuing any SNAP benefits -How do you "undo" benefits that were issued out? Especially if they've been spent?

ProfD It's usually used as an insult, but you have a lot of young men who are walking around thinking they really ARE losers in life because they haven't achieved "this" or "that". Or they think they have "bad luck" or some other sort of misfortune. The question is..... Did they arrive at this conclusion on their own through logical thinking, or have they been PROGRAMMED by society (especially social media) to feel that if they haven't achieved "this goal" or "that material" that they are somehow "losers" in life? Why would a 25 year old Black man in perfect health with a car and job think he's a "loser" in life JUST because he isn't married, doesn't have a degree, or doesn't have women chasing him around the block? Social Media

We also need to look at the role some of our own women play in the feminization of Black men. You have some Black women who publicly condemn masculinity in Black men but will turn around and PRAISE the very same traits and characteristics in White and Latino men! When a Black man is acting dominant, sexually potent, and tough....you criticize him as being misogynistic, chauvinistic, and call his masculinity "toxic". However when a Latino man exhibits the very same traits or even acts in a much more sexist and chauvinistic way...you call him a "sexy Latin lover" or talk about how "macho" he is. His jealous and controlling behavior of women is often either ignored or excused as being "protective" and "traditional". For example..... How many Latina women are coming on social media with grins on their faces praising Black men for how well they dress, how tall and muscular they are, or for how big their dick is?

aka Contrarian At the local level women were and are very instrumental in the unions that fought for and won equal rights in the workplace. Growing up in Detroit which was a Union Dominated city I can say based on my observations, many of the female union members didn't understand the value or purpose of labor unions and SELL OUT the rights and benefits that were fought for generations ago. -Most of them don't attend Union meetings -Many of them see nothing wrong with having intimate relationships with members of management, especially for PERSONAL benefit -Even females in Union leadership don't seem to fight as hard and are more likely to compromise when it comes to pay and benefits You do have exceptions to this obviously and you have women who are strong union advocates; but that's just what they are....EXCEPTIONS, not the norm. Sexual harassment does continue to be a problem, however, because men think with their penises. Sexual harassment isn't faulted just by the men, but also from the women who ENABLE it by using THEIR sexuality to seek favors from management. Although rape and sexual assault DOES happen from time to time, the vast majority of sexual encounters in the workplace come from women who VOLUTARILY choose to have sexual relationships with co-workers and management for their own benefit. One of the by-products of these sexual relationships and exchanges is some of these men begin to think ALL women are willing to have sexual relations with them for benefits instead of realizing that just like SOME will...SOME won't. But to a certain degree....the women who WILL encourage that type of thinking. * Having said that, let me state for the record that I personally have NO PROBLEM with a woman (or man) using sex and sexuality for their own personal benefit AS LONG AS IT'S VOLUNTARY. It's harassment only if it's UNWANTED.

I have a number of thoughts about this: First of all Richard, is that Mamdani's plan....or YOUR plan? The thread in the link seems to suggest it is YOUR plan that you PROPOSED to him. But more to the Plan itself...... From what I see, that plan looks like a Socialist oriented plan. And like many Socialist ideas...it looks good on paper but when you try to implement it in real life a number of problems often arise. ---It appears to be trying to deal with the "food desert" conditions that exist in many urban areas not just in New York but in Urban areas around the nation. But it doesn't address some of the underlaying CAUSES of these "food deserts". One of the causes is the fact that many people DON'T WANT fresh foods. They LIKE the hot cheetos and junk food that they get from these bodegas and liquor stores because although they aren't healthy....they're cheap and tasty. You remove the cheap ghetto food and replace it with healthy fresh food that is more expensive and a lot of people will have problems with THAT. ---It talks about NYC Ran grocery stores. So will those grocery stores actually be OWNED by the City of New York, or will they be private stores SUBSIDIZED by the City of New York? Because like Section 8....why should the government pick and choose who THEY decide to subsidize and make rich? They are picking CERTAIN stores and giving them millions of dollars to feed the people mean while OTHER stores don't get that same benefit, which means it's actually TARGETED VAMPIRE CAPITALISM. And even if NYC actually OWNS these grocery stores, will the managers and employees be city workers? Will NYC ensure that there is no discrimination in who gets to manage and run these stores? The Mayor Elect is of Indian descent. We know that Indians own a disproportionate number of 7-11s, corner stores, and even bodegas around the nation.....so this is bound to benefit them.

I think some people use that word "loser" a little too loosely (no pun intended...lol). In THIS society....how many actual "losers" make it past 40 unless they are institutionalized and taken care of; e.g. -prison, mental hospital, etc.....? If you're a Black man and manage to survive past 40 in THIS society on your own....again without being housed in some sort of institution sheltering and supporting you....you could be anything BUT a loser.

ProfD Sure. Black men are a viable alternative. It goes the other way too. Black women are looking at non-Black men. Facts. .....for different reasons. But facts, none the less. I just don't believe our mere presence in the vicinity keeps non-Black men in check when it comes to women of their race or culture. Because I don't know for sure what's going on in the minds of these other non-Black men, perhaps our mere presence doesn't. However there is EVIDENCE (by deductive reasoning) that it does. What do I mean? Keep in mind I'm talking about FBA men...not all or any Black man. These other groups could care less about African men because many African men will keep their head down and pretend not to see their women being abused or mistreated. Also keep in mind that when I say "FBA men" I'm also including Black Caribbeans like Jamaicans and Haitians because they also descended from Slavery and share similar experiences and traditions. In countries where FBA men AREN'T there in noticeable numbers, you see more abuse and traditional hardline treatment of women of all groups. However in countries where FBA men DO exist in large numbers...like the United States obviously, but also Canada, England, and France....all women tend to be treated better regardless of race or ethnicity. They experience more respect, more sexual freedom, and tend to be more outspoken. Some would say one has little or nothing to do with the other. But having closely examined some of these societies...I would argue differently and say that the confidence these women have is as a DIRECT result of our presence among them.

Who is what to who???

Interestingly, many learned this during WWII when they started letting large numbers of women into the workforce to run the factories while the men were off fighting. They discovered that not only were female employees more docile and easier to control, but they also demanded less money and were more likely to put up with unfavorable working conditions without complaining.

ProfD Slow down bro. Most women are raised in a culture where they accept being 2nd to men. While this is true, it doesn't contradict or conflict with the point I just made about us (Black men) being a viable alternative that the men of their community consider when dealing with their women in America. The main reason a non-Black woman leaves an abusive man and runs into the arms of another man is for security and protection. Agreed. OR....to just get away from the abuse; even if the man she runs to isn't very protective. When folks ask why would a child run away from home and live on the streets, maybe they need to understand how abusive and violent the situation that child faced AT home. The streets may be harsh and callous but STILL better than the constant violence they faced at home. Likewise..... A woman running into the arms of a Black man who makes less money and doesn't offer her much protection may be a whole lot better than staying with a wealthy man who is extremely insecure, accusatory, and whooping her ass every day and threatening to kill her. S8x is not a woman's highest priority. Survival which includes security and protection comes first. Depends on the woman....lol...but I understand your point. There's a reason white women don't say too much against white men and vote the way they do as well. You're talking about MOST White women. Keep in mind that a large minority of them: a) Seek out and prefer Black men b) Vote Democrat/Liberal and often for Black politicians like Obama or Harris There are multiple reasons for this, but one of which is Black men usually offer that viable alternative to the more dominant domineering ultra-controlling and abusive White man.

I'm so jealous. ...cuz there seems to be a BUNCH of you running around here, lol.

It doesn't. However it serves as a method of Black population control. Something the racists strive for.

I will....and YOU'LL be one of the first on my invitation list! Infact, you're also welcomed to PERFORM for our entertainment. "Oh no not I.....I will survive!"

Are you talking about Atrazine?

Just because you don't taste anything, doesn't mean it's weak...lol. It probably means you aren't used to guys who actually WASH themselves down there.

ProfD i didn't hear racism in what dude said. I heard his cultural upbringing come out. My sentiments exactly. It was rude the way he spoke to her, but I didn't hear racism. This is one of the reasons this incident got my attention. They love to get on Black folks for calling something "racist" when they FEEL there is no evidence that race had anything to do with it, yet so many people are doing that very same thing with THIS incident. And really, it was the same with the attacks on Asian people that USED to happen a few years back but all of a sudden magically disappeared. They showed Asian people being attacked but outside of it being non-Asians doing the attacking....there was no actual evidence that the assaults were racially motivated. Yet the media MADE race a factor in it and so did Congress. It seems that whether words are exchanged or not....most people instinctively know that if a person of ONE race is attacked or mistreated by a person of ANOTHER race....racism is usually a factor. In western society, I believe women are respected to a slightly hugher degree than within other cultures. Black women and every other group in the US has a right and voice to stand up for themselves. It's not like those countries where they get killed for speaking up or too loudly. And you know what? They have BLACK MEN to thank for that! Not just Black women but ALL women should be thanking Black men for that comfort! Why? Because White, Arab, Latino, and Asian men all know that WE are the viable alternative if their own men don't treat them right and start trying to control them too much and abuse them. Back in their own countries where there are no other men....especially Black men...around as competition, they treat their women any kind of way and dog them out. The women have no other options BUT to put up with it. But in America where they work, live around, and go to school with Black men on a routine basis and probably already had a brutha or two push up on them and have heard stories from their friends who HAVE been with Black men, they KNOW their value and KNOW that the man they're ain't the only option. THEY know it and the MEN of their communities know it too. So as long as that Black dick is in the vicinity....they're scare out of their wits to treat their woman the way they really WANT to treat her because they know it's so easy for her to take a stroll over to the Black side. This includes White women. If Black men weren't in this country, White women would be all wrapped up in bonnets and forced to have babies living in worse conditions than those women under the Taliban.

Exactly. With some people, no matter how many opportunities you give them or how much wealth you give them....they'll find a way to fuck it up and will fuck up YOUR life too if you let them. This isn't most poor people obviously, but a lot of them. I've been homeless before and saw quite a few people who came from wealth and privilege but ended up in that condition from poor decision making and just being plain ole stupid.

WTF??? Were you SERIOUSLY expecting for me to give you children? I hate to break the news to you honey, but your MOUTH isn't a uterus....lol.

I've briefly followed a story recently where apparently some Asian man who was speaking at a beauty pageant talked rudely to a Mexican contestant and in a show of solidarity against his "racism" most of the women got up and walked out. Here's a brother doing a show about the incident: I have a few questions about this incident: 1. Although he was indeed rude, what did he say that was racist or anti Latino? 2. Do they consider just TALKING to a Latina woman in that manner "anti-Latino" or "anti-woman"? 3. When we see video after video of bosses, police officers, and other public figures talking rudely and even being violent with Black women...where is the solidarity with THEM? 4. Apparently the Director apologized....lost his position...and then came on and apologized some more. Ok. But he didn't have to....nor did he have to be fired. This reminds me of incidents where LGBTQ members are insulted or disrespected and people come out apologizing and bending over backwards to make amends to them. They don't have THAT much power or influence. They certainly don't have the power or influence AfroAmericans have...yet they are often GIVEN more respect and concession for some reason. They don't have to boycott stores or riot in the streets. Yet so many people come running to their rescue at any HINT of disrespect.

I keep telling THAT AIN'T ME....lol. That's YOUR man over there smelling like that. Check him out sliding in the room in some dirty socks and horn-rimmed glasses somebody gave him back in 1963. Nicca ain't changed his socks or trimmed his toe-nails since the Reagan Era....lol.

Excellent observation Harry Too many of these young bruthaz are becoming sissified. And it's nothing new. I remember the first time I went to the campus of the famed Morehouse, down in Atlanta. This was back in the early 90s. I knew it was supposed to be an all male college, but I kept seeing "girls" in tight skirts and hip-huggers walking around holding books up to their chests and flinging their hair. I thought they may have been visitors too, or maybe some of the girls from Spelman were there hanging out. The female Administrator I was with pointed out to me that they weren't females at all! When I took a closer look at them, I saw baby beards and mustaches and strong looking faces behind fucked up make-up! This was around September or October when I visited so I asked her were they doing this for Halloween or something, and she told me they were exercising their "rights" to express themselves....or some bullshit. Then I started noticing this on college campuses around the country. But that incident reminded me of a scene in Spike Lee's "School Daze" when a few of the students were being harassed at a KFC by some street dudes and one of them (played by Samuel L. Jackson) did a limp wrist gesture and asked "Was it true what they said about Mission Men?" I got the joke....insinuating that the men of their college were gay or effeminate. However I didn't realize how that joke came about or how close it hit home UNTIL I actually visited Morehouse and saw it for myself. Many Black men have simply GIVEN UP on being men. They live in a society that often times doesn't appreciate their manhood or masculinity. Also, because many of them don't have fathers in their lives growing up.....they haven't learn HOW to be effective men. I'm over 50 and not what one would call a "pretty boy"...lol...but when it comes to attracting women at my job I run RINGS around most of the dudes under 30. Most of the men over 45 or 50 do. Because we come from a generation where we learned to act like and think like MEN. A lot of younger men.....of all races....tend to have a more "gender neutral" mentality that simply doesn't attract most women or make them feel secure. They can have a CONVERSATION with them all day and night...but they don't seem to invoke any type of attraction or magnetism because the masculinity isn't there. Some White men have recognized this and they try to teach their boys hunting and survivalism and try to instill some "tough guy" habits in them at an early age, but it usually doesn't stick. The society is bent on feminizing the younger generation of boys.

richardmurray Loosies? You mean, kinda like what they did with cigarettes? If they're selling butter in "2 stick" packs, I may have to take a quick trip to the NYC to witness this for myself...lol. ProfD I'd argue there are several GOOD reasons why a person....even in the world's wealthiest country...would be poor, hungry, and homeless.