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Oh, dictating as in "speaking" into it? I've heard the term since childhood but didn't actually relate it to cell phone and computer work. When I hear/read the word "dictate" I picture a man walking around an office talking while his secretary is typing away at a typewriter or word processor...lol. Even with that, too many mistakes seem to be made because if you mispronounce a word or speak "Black English" that deviates from the more standard "White Middleclass English" the text will misprint.

frankster Race is 100% social....Ethnicity on the other hand is based on Heredity Culture Geography etc.. How is race "100% social" when it's based on PHENOTYPICAL features, which are biological? One race.... I wouldn't expect any other answer from you since you consider "everybody" African. So if they mixed with Greek colonizer....At what point they no longer African? They weren't African to begin with. Given more years like over 100 thousand who knows maybe that kind of change would occur. Not sure who would know, but I'm sure neither you nor I would since we haven't lived that long to observe it. So why conjecture? Let us talk about what we KNOW for sure. Those two women look totally different because of BIOLOGY...not geographical location. Teach me about these White caucasian Aryans of the Indus Valley. Ok. Aryans in the Indus Valley 101...lol The Aryans were a tribe of Caucasians (one of many) who came from the Caucasus mountains (thus their racial classification/name), traveled to the Indus Valley region where they found the Black Dravidians (who were racially different from them) and conquered and oppressed them and drove many of them further south and east. That Africans were here in the Americas from time immemorial.....Thats my point. Oh? I thought your point was the statement you made a few posts ago that: "it is now coming out That Most Native people found in the Americas were black Africans" That was your statement. I'm still waiting for you (and Dane Calloway...lol) to prove THAT statement.

Wow....that's crazy. I know Caucasians had different tests around the world they used to classify different races and the different admixtures, but I didn't know about this one. I wonder where the "Coloured" population fit in with the "pencil test".

I like to post pictures too. It's very awkward trying to do that with a little celly. Cell phones are good for talking and texting, but actually doing work or extensive typing and editing???? ....your fingers and fine motor skills must be superbly evolved....lol.

ProfD A human being doesn't have to be religious to know the difference between good and evil (bad). Just a matter of living long enough to see and/or experience the difference Right and wrong....yes. Good and evil......hmmm??? No, you don't have to be religious. I'm not religious myself, however I definitely believe in The SUPREME BEING and Divinity in general. If you believe in Neither, then basically you would believe that human beings are the ultimate authority. Thus..."good" as well as "evil" would be a matter of OPINION...personal or societal...varying from person to person, society to society, and circumstance to circumstance? frankster There is only Good....Evil is the absence of Good So in other word, you're saying evil DOESN'T EXIST.

I usually use a laptop....or desk top....when I'm on a message board or doing extensive typing. I don't see how somebody can enjoy the experience and fully express themselves on a message board like this trying to peck away on a small ass cell phone...lol. You'd keep messing up, swiping off the page, hitting the wrong buttons and wrong emojis....lol.

ProfD I agree that parents SHOULD be the first teacher but everybody...and in this society I would say MOST people...don't have parents who know how to be good/proper men and women THEMSELVES; let alone have the ability to teach their children how to. We are at a point that things have gotten so bad in our community that we can no longer rely on parents to do their jobs. They don't know WHAT the hell to do. Too many individual wild ass households out there to leave it up to the parents today. The parents aren't even in the picture most of the time. Half the time NEITHER the mother or father is there and the grandparents or church going aunties are raising these kids. We have to first decide what we want the next generation of Black American youth to look like and then COLLECTIVELY come up with institutions to teach BOTH the adults and the children these values and continue this for several generations UNTIL parents are able to individually teach it to their children the way it should be taught.

ProfD Every generation feels similarly about their most productive time period. I beg your pardon, but the 80s and 90s wasn't MY most productive time period...lol. I've always been productive to various degrees, but actually those decades were the most ignorant and least productive time period of my life. Black music constantly evolves. I believe our natural creativity along with environment and technology fuels it. True. However things seems to be different since 2000. Unlike the past when WE controlled our own music, it seems like outsiders have more control over the music AfroAmericans make and listen to today. Still, a man knows when a woman really wants him. There's no misunderstanding or confusion. I think you underestimate (George Bush said "mis-under-estimated"...lol) the IGNORANCE and CLUELESSNESS of some of these young dudes out there. It seems like many of them can't take ANY TYPE of a hint. Totally clueless as to when a girl is interested...and don't seem to get it when a girl is clearly NOT...lol. Things are different today than from when we were younger. I don't know how many dudes have gotten fired from the job because they just wouldn't leave some woman alone who made it plain as day- ....as in telling him to leave her alone ....as in not saying a word to him or even looking at him and keep on doing her work ....as in telling him she's going to TELL MANAGEMENT IF HE DOESN'T LEAVE HER ALONE -that she wasn't interested in him. Some of these niggas just didn't have a clue or simply didn't care.

Your family BETTER have nice teeth if yall wanted to chill amongst the upper class Black elite families of the Eastcoast...lol. All of those Black doctors, professors, and politicians. You and your wife knew better than to bring your children to those Jack and Jill parties with a mouth full of raggedy teeth.

My man Tariq Nasheed called somebody's idea stupid ass "rent em spoons" idea. I had to look that up to figure out what he meant by that and it took me back to one of my favorite shows....MARTIN, lol. That shit was over 30 years ago, I don't know why that was even still on Tariq's mind but it was funny as hell.

frankster Exactly.....and so will her treatment or privileges be accorded to her depending on the society's classification of her. Her Biology and Anatomy remain the same in all these societies. My point is, racial classification is a social construct but the actual RACE itself isn't. It doesn't change. With regard to the picture you presented...they appeared to the modern eye of the same race - True or False No. There are two different races in the picture. 4 different ethnic groups...two different races. I would not call them Caucasians.....but lighter skinned than their fellow Africans Doesn't matter what YOU would call them....lol ....sheeeyid..... YOU wanna run around here calling EVERYBODY "Africans".....lol. They ARE what they ARE regardless of what somebody wants to "call" them. They aren't Caucasian simply because of their lighter skin ALONE. They are Caucasians because of their ancestral origins. The White Berbers (Amazigh people) descend from Greek colonizers who settled on the shores of North Africa centuries earlier. True...... but that same woman can move from Africa and come to North America and get a lighter skin tone in a matter of a few years. A few shades lighter isn't the same as going from this: to this: The differences between these two women go much farther than just culture/ethnicity or a mere sun tan....lol. No....They were never originally Caucasians. Apparently, you don't know the history of the Indus Valley region very well. Either that and/or the meaning of the term "Caucasian". These were One set of Africans inhabiting N and S America Correct. And your point is? There were many sets of Africans residing in the Americas AMONG the various tribes of brown skinned Native Americans.

Be glad there's a TV SCREEN in the way.....lol.

frankster Yes society says they are....so within that society they are...Society is created by Man and enforced. in Dominican society Zoe Zaldana maybe considered white....in American society she is Black.... in South Africa she is Colored. Biologically she is human While this is true, her RACE didn't actually change in these different countries; only her racial CLASSIFICATION. In other words... Her skin tone, hair texture, and featured didn't change. Only how those in power chose to classify them, did. So the Nubians and the Egyptians are different races? In some cases, yes. Nubian is an ethnic group. Egyptian is a nationality....composed of different races and ethnicities. What about the Berber and the Asians in the picture above they are different race? Most Berbers were Caucasian...at that time. Today, most are mixed and even Black. Most Asians....as depicted in Egypt....were a slightly mixed but still Caucasian people. Ethnicity is based on Geography, culture heritage language and diet all of ...which influences appearance To a certain extent, but not as much as biology itself A woman can lose fat and gain more muscle through diet and exercise but no amount of changing her diet or exercise will turn her into a MAN....that's genetic/biological. Totally different ethnicity. Aryans were not what we considers white But they were Caucasian, originally. And later on many of them became mixed up to where the term became fluid. But originally....it referred to the Caucasian tribes who invaded the Indus Valley region. The Olmecs Yes....what about them?

I miss the RnB of the 80s and 90s. It looked much more civil and sophisticated compared to the shit out today. You don't see Black youth dancing and singing like this today. But now a days, young men have to be careful with playing "hard to get" games with women. You don't know if she's playing or serious....and the wrong move can land you with a sexual charge.

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Eric Holder???????? WTF...lol. That nigga ain't been relevant in about 75 years! Didn't Obama kick him to the curb during his first term?

That sure is a "toothy" family up there.....lol. Like they just left the dentist office from a teeth cleaning or something. But I'm not going to hold you up Troy...... I might have to HOLLA at one of (or maybe both ) your two older daughters you got grinning up there, about some business. I might have to sit down with one of them (or both!) and discuss the future of AALBC....over a cup of coffee and some cheese cake....lol.

Yall DO know that that painter Bob Ross....had his hair permed to look kinky right? This is him years ago...with STRAIGHT hair in it's natural form.

Perfectly stated. I support people coming on and saying what they want to say as long as they aren't threatening to harm other, however I had been wondering exactly what Nels' intentions are with some of the shit he posts...lol. Just like you said, he's NOT going to convert anybody on here. Nor does he seem to be here for the conversation. That being said, I hope he's not blocked. Not because he contributes anything of value to the message board......lol....but just because.

I'm surprised....but I'm not surprised. I'm not surprised that he was going to drop out. I thought he had dropped out a long time ago to be honest with you. However I thought he was supposedly "far left"....so why would throw his support behind Trump of all people? Like you said, perhaps he's looking for a spot on Trump's cabinet.

I've said it before and I'll continue to say that think she'd be only a LITTLE BIT better for us than Trump in office simply because of what those two represent. Presidents don't really run the show, they are figure heads. The people who PUT THEM IN are the ones who run the show, and the agenda for the U.S.....both foreign and domestic...is set. It doesn't matter who sits in the Oval Office. However Trump is worse simply because he EMBOLDENS the open racists and stirs them up to practice their racism more violently and boldly. January 6th was a good example. I don't think the Establishment who backed Trump wanted that to happen because it was to unstable. But the poor and working class Whites who back Trump wanted it and went off script.

Evil???? Is it really? How so? And as the "resident atheist" of this message board....lol.....how do you determine what is "good" and "evil"? Or should you even BELIEVE in anything being "evil" if you are atheistic in belief?

I think we as a community need to go back to the "rites of passage" or "mystery schools" where it is made CRYSTAL CLEAR to children what will be expected from them as adults and PROPERLY TAUGHT how to meet those expectations. Too much confusion is going on in society. Not only that, but too many EXPECTATIONS are forced on people without them being properly taught how to meet those expectations. Most boys and even men aren't taught HOW to be good men or proper men. If they didn't have a father to teach them or were in the military, many don't have a clue and have to learn by trial and error. Some of them end up dead before 21. A man doesn't just "get" respect from the women in his community, he has to earn it and achieve it through action. Who is teaching boys how to do that? I'm a firm supporter of clear instruction.

I had no interest in it what so ever. I didn't listen to or watch the DNC just like I didn't watch the RNC. As far as I'm concerned neither one is relevant for our future Success as AfroAmericans. I did briefly check out the show to see my girl Michelle Obama, bangin' body as usual....lol.

I agree, that humans shouldn't oppress eachother. However as I told frankster, if one MUST and is FORCED to accept a role....then I would rather play the role of oppressor than oppressed.