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ProfD Oh I'm sorry bro, yeah...I "texted" YOU by accident....lol. Good catch. Glad it wasn't two females I was fucking with.....lol.

frankster Yet for the most part all ethnic groups retain their language and customs... Lets take England for instance The Welsh Scots and Irish are all losing their language and culture to the Anglo-saxons.... Because the English demands that their culture be relegated....not so much so in Africa I'm not sure how much you said was true, however what does ANY of it have to do with the fact that there is fighting based on ETHNICITY going on around the continent of Africa when YOU claimed that they were living together peacefully and amicably? "Whatever what I'm saying is "rooted" in...it's absolute fact".... Thats a lie so far - as I have ask you for studies that backs up your assertions and you have not provided any... So because I didn't provide a "study" or post a link to it...does that mean it's not true? All it means is just that...I didn't post a link or provide evidence or proof to YOUR satisfaction. Whether a source is sited or not has no bearing on whether a statement is TRUE or not. Now to be clear I did not say you were a liar....just that your questions and statements seems to be coming from the racist playbook Well I don't have and haven't been privy to SEE a "racist playbook" so I'm not sure what you're talking about, lol. Maybe you've snuck a quick peek into one. You just did.... I just did....what???? An Observation is not the same as a fact If I indeed observed it...it's a fact TO ME. Mel Nearly 90% of pedophiles are MEN. I seriously question that one, lol. I'd agree that MOST pedophiles are men...but I'm not sure if I'd go with the 90% part. Reason being is because where I grew up a lot of UNDER AGED boys were getting their jimmys "shined" by grown women. They didn't see it as a crime or sexual assault..they WELCOMED it. And because of this, law enforcement generally wasn't called into the situation so no record of the crime was officially made. Infact, the ONLY time law enforcement was called is if one of the boys' MOTHERS knew what was happening and called them on the woman doing it. ...other than that, most adolescent boys typically welcome that type of contact from adult women. But still...legally speaking...aren't those women pedophiles? but if true, you do realize why the men were interested, right? Sex ofcourse. And because it was frequent, the priestess' were probably GOOD at it, lol. ANY, it wasn't so much the coochie LOL. It was WHAT the Coochie would bear ...a ROYAL HEIR,! So, it was a twofer, "the church building fund" and longevity of this particular Kemetic Dynasty...remember, it was the woman who gave birth to royals. Almost all African (meaning sub-Saharan) societies...whether they are Patriarchal or Egalitarian...were and are MATRILINEAL meaning the family line is traced through the mother (Mel I know YOU know this but I define it for those who don't). Which makes sense. Like the old saying goes: Mama's baby, Papa's....maybe? You KNOW who the mother is because she's the one having the child. But with so many men around who may have had access to her, there's no telling WHO the actual father is. So the smartest and surest way TO ensure proper and accurate lineage is to trace it through the mother. Jews...even the White Ashkenazim as European and patriarchal as they are....still wisely trace their lineage back through the mother and not the father.

This is concerning for many reasons..... It shows me that Kenyans apparently don't hold Black Americans to the same degree of respect and esteem that they hold White Americans or White Brits of White people in general. ....which is not surprising. It also shows me...if it's true that calling Jesus "Black" was the reason the crowd went crazy...the level of self-hate and anti-Blackness that has been ingrained into these people. Are they...through their hostilities and violent actions....insinuating that Jesus was actually a White man? And how do they FEEL about White people (moozungoo)? Do they even see them as colonizers?

ProfD Nope. But, I feel like he's been trained by OGs.😉 Big time. But not only is he spittin' game but his DELIVERY is tight. He has a no nonsense in your face style that you have no choice but to respect. A while back we chopped it up about dudes not being able to get women. They need to listen up too. That MAY help, but some of those dudes....((shruggs shoulders)) Interesting. I would have thought your state had a few wise OGs still around back in the day. They STILL got them. I grew up seeing ACTUAL pimps...not just young men CALLING themselves pimps, lol. I remember going to the barbershops and seeing pimps getting manicures and getting their shoes shined...lol. But as far as just intelligent older men.... I met quite a few but most of them would rather do things THEMSELVES instead of paying somebody else big money to do things. The game of life isn't taught in schools. It comes from talking to the *right* people who have experienced living it. 🤔 So on point....not sure WHAT to say about that one, lol. umbrarchist A new switch from Ace Hardware was less than $5. If I had paid an electrician to do that it would have been $50 to $75. Now see....most of the people I grew up around who owned property would do exactly what YOU just said. They weren't trying to pay people to do something THEY could easily do themselves. That's why I was surprised to hear ProfD and Mel talk about this "paying people" to do it instead when it comes to simple stuff like changing batteries. The objective is to SAVE and MAKE money, not spend it frivolously. However if what you have to so is SO time consuming that it interferes with how you REALLY make your money....then it would be sensible to hire someone to take care of that for you. Troy my brother, there is a price for everything. One thing I did learn an engineering school is that “there is no free lunch.” ignorance of the cost does not mean that there isn’t one. There are always trade-offs. The price/trade-off for the knowledge you gain on the internet is the GARBAGE and USELESS INFORMATION you also get with it that you often have to figure out how to separate. Don't even get me started on home-economics and work-shop classes and how they pretty much got rid of them by the time I got to highschool in the 80s. ....in Michigan atleast. I don't know about New York and other states.

frankster The system will support him throught the courts in most cases if you decided to litigate... We don't know what "the system" will do, but we DO know that him burning that cross was a sho'nuff act of racism. He didn't need a "system" behind him driving him to do his dastardly deed. If he is being targeted....then how can it not be? Let me break it down in simpler terms..... There's a difference between: 1. WHAT caused something and 2. That "something" actually causing something else. Two different concepts..... Now follow me as I draw you an illustration. A man, who is bipolar....attempts suicide. He's hospitalized. He get's out. A year later he's readmitted to the hospital for assaulting his aunt who he's staying with. Still with me? Ok... His BIPOLAR is that "what" that caused both hospital stays But his first hospital stay did not cause his second. There's a connection. That connection is that he's bipolar. But the first hospitalization didn't CAUSE the second. The UNDERLYING FACTOR (him being bipolar) caused both! Did I make it plain for you? Some where what you would consider white..... Christians who were not Catholic were burned.... Ok, so there were other factors like religion and ethnicity. However RACE was a major factor. No...the Sabaean people came from Africa....Yemen is part of the Arabian peninsula. Ok. I don't know TOO much about the Sabaen people so I'll leave that part alone. Many black Arabs are in Positions of leadership from time immemorial....the black arabs can hold any position in Arab society. There are many Black Arabs in Iraq, Palestine, and even in Syria and Jordan. How many have you seen make President or are in leadership positions? If you are coerce into doing something....then you not guilty of it According to WHO'S law? The one you made up..lol. Anybody who agree with you is drinking the same cool aid.....the Government done admitted to it and here you are making excuses and blaming the victim....sheesh Speaking of "aid"..... Ever heard of aiding and abetting? If one entity brings it in to do harm and you PARTICIPATE then you are also guilty of aiding and abetting them. damn you so lost in the souce. Man, where did you learn your grammar and spelling......reading the back of cereal boxes or something???

ProfD AfroAmericans can live peacefully in certain African countries as long as they can afford it. Actually I prefer DUAL citizenship, just incase shit goes sideways in either nation...lol. As groups, we should be buying up land in Africa left and right and developing it and building industry on it. Not just to employ Africans but to employ OURSELVES too. Got a 19 year old nephew who can't find a job in America? Send his ass to our compound in Ghana or Zimbabwe and give him a job and room to stay in there.

ProfD A starving man who is not a prisoner of war needs to re-evaluate himself. I agree. If that man is so inclined. Not everyone has the mental power or motivation for self-evaluation. There's no reason for an able-bodied man to be dependent on someone else for his daily bread. What about not being able-MINDED? Still dysfunctional. Incidental progress is the cousin of purposeful neglect and abuse. But is it STILL a better state or condition, though? Living in a roach infested housing project unit is the cousin of being homeless, but it's still better than sleeping behind garbage cans. Public housing and welfare are not benefits. A lot of people who RELY on them to survive, would beg to differ. They may not be ideal, but compared to that big NOTHING BURGER that a lot of poor people get in other countries, it's welcomed. Not sure of who US and WE'RE are but those programs were started here to benefit white folks. Black folks were not allowed into public housing and welfare until later. LOL...well shit may'on... CARS were invented to benefit White folks, should Black folks stop driving? MOVIE THEATERS were invented to benefit White folks, should Black folks stay out of them? Just because something was started with the intention of helping out and benefiting White folks, doesn't mean we can reap the benefits ourselves! Those programs were not intended to run through several generations. I know there are MANY factors to it. Factors beyond THEIR control. However if a mother spends most of HER life on welfare and raises her daughters and THEY choose to spend their lives on welfare and raise their children on it....who's fault is that? Is that the fault of Roosevelt who started it? Is it the fault of the Social Workers who investigate the cases? I think Kanye West's "Jesus Walks" song calls people on welfare "victims" as if somebody MADE them get on it and is FORCING them to collect benefits from it. Ok...then GET OFF and see what happens. Public housing and welfare are supposed to be temporary especially when it comes to men. It's my understanding that most men can't even get on welfare by the way. My Father used to say when he was younger men could get public housing and live in the projects; but that changed later and soon ONLY women with children could get a place.

ProfD I'm going to tell you something........... Having worked with, lead, and organized Black Americans from different walks of life over the years, I know for an ABSOLUTE FACT that MOST FBA can be united. Not only can we be united mentally but we can be united PHYSICALLY in the same location. The key to uniting and effectively working with AfroAmericans is HONESTY....especially about one's intentions and goals. Cut out the self-righteous false-moral bullshit values that White folks have indoctrinated most of our people with either directly or indirectly. They tend to be moral hypocrites and have trained their slaves how to be moral hypocrites as well. You will NOT unite Black folks with "altruism" or "altruistic philosophy". You have to offer our people CONCRETE Benefits and deliver on them! Great Example Of What TO Do: 👍 Take the average Black man..... Sit him down.... Ask him does he want so much money and some pussy for a project feeding hungry people.... Let him know that it doesn't matter whether HE actually cares about them or not, as long as he shows up and does what he's told. If he agrees, it's as simple as that. Make sure you DELIVER on the promise you made to him and you'll have a friend FOR LIFE. Great Example of What NOT To Do: 👎 Take the average Black man.... Take his wife/girlfriend along with him.... TRY to sit them both down and talk to them (but to be real -SHE'S going to do all the talking if they're sitting together) Ask him does he want to help people, be a "good person", and do what "Jesus" would want him to do in the way of feeding the poor. Tell him that you'll pay him some money but that he'll also get a "blessing" for his good deeds He may not agree, but if he does he may not show up unless his woman MAKES him...and she can come with him. If BOTH of them show up, there's a thousand and one problems that their presence may generate and the project is likely to come to ruin. My point? There's a RIGHT way to do things and a WRONG way to do things. If you want to unite Black men, there are RIGHT and EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE ways to do it but you must do it THOSE ways. Not the ways that attract or motivate White men or Asians or Arabs or others. We're not them. We have OUR OWN nature and what motivates and moves us. You have to be honest and real. You also need to keep THEM honest and real too. ...but sitting in the corner with a sawed-off making sure the niggaz (I said "niggaz"....not Black folks) you got working for you don't steal money, fuck with the young sistaz, or otherwise get out of line is a different subject all together, lol.

If he's still alive then we should give him his flowers NOW. I predict that in the very near future people are going to start not only planning but HAVING their own funerals while they're still living just to see the event, then go off to a quiet place and die.

Wait wait HOLD UP! "Action taken in the heat of the moment"???? Man, you don't have to PLAN an attack on somebody for it to be considered deliberate or intentional. All you have to do is INTEND to do it....even if it's just a split second before you act. Btw.... Even if Mike Tyson "snapped" as he famously said and bit off a chunk of Evander's ear in the spur of the moment, don't forget that he SPIT OUT HIS MOUTH PIECE before biting him, which proves forethought and intention.

I didn't know that the Hebrew Israelites were even over IN Africa preaching...lol. But apparently, they were, and when they went to Kenya preaching that Jesus was a Black man, I guess the locals got offended and started stoning the bruthaz.

frankster Being Tribalistic means sticking with and to ones people......everybody else is not your people Tribalism is a form of loyalty and cohesion to owns people at the expense of all other peoples. I was with you right up until you said "at the expense of all other people"...lol. I don't think being tribal means you have to unite only with your own people at the expense of socializing and sharing certain benefits with others. This is the case in Africa Man, you know GOOD and dog gone well there is ethnic and religious fighting going on in all regions of Africa. North to South East to West Why would you sit up there and type something like that? I do not know you are the one espousing concepts that is rooted in racist ideology and not facts. Whatever what I'm saying is "rooted" in...it's absolute fact. If it's not fact, name me ONE thing in this discussion I lied about. And make sure you're able to PROVE that it's a lie and not simply something you "disagree" with or "don't like" to hear. Just one. A PROVEN lie. (And I'm asking frankster...Troy....so don't jump in talking about how "race" is a lie and a made-up construct....lol.) Yes....I have seen black men doing this throught out my life Well I haven't. And I'm from the Blackest major city in the United States. What are you trying to say??? I'm not TRYING to say anything. I'm TELLING you what I've observed and what I haven't...yet. Troy @Pioneer1 you can see this is in all over in places like the NYC, DMV and ATL. That is one of the things I find most appealing about these areas. I've seen Black Americans AND Africans sit crowded to a table eating and talking together. However there was always men AND WOMEN mixed in with them. Again, I haven't seen a group of Black men (American OR African)...no women.....packed up to a table eating and talking over eachother like I've seen among Arabs and Indians. I'm sure Brothers and Sisters are not fighting to get into that country. As racist as many of them are against other Black folks, I'm not sure if you'd consider them our brothers or sisters....but Sweden has a sizable Somali refugee population.

ProfD I've been listening to my man for a few months now. I agree, dropping some REAL game. ....and in a way that is easily understandable and digestible. Had you heard him before now? Sometimes I gotta cut him off and listen to something else because it makes me angry that I didn't have anyone giving it to me this direct when I was in my teens and 20s...lol. Even the part he talks about and you and Mel mentioned in another thread about paying somebody to do something menial while you prioritize your time to do something more profitable. Nobody taught me that shit in my teens and 20s. I didn't go to college so I'm not sure if it's taught in college either. So how would you know unless someone PASSES it along to you?

frankster Without the systemic and institutional support it is not racism...it is bigotry or prejudiced. Bigotry and prejudice could be about ANY difference, not just race. A person could be prejudice against women. A person could be a religious bigot. If it's about RACE...then it's RACISM. Racism as experince by black people is always systemic institutionalized and legalized Man, that's crazy. If a White man decides on his own to burn a cross in front of his Black neighbor's house...are you saying because he didn't get permission from the system or wasn't commissioned by some institution or because it's not legal...then it's not really "racism"???? Where do you come up with this stuff, man???? If he is being targeted then it most definitely is connected Didn't say there was no connection...stay with me here. BOTH trips may have stemmed from the same root cause but the first prison stint STILL may not have caused the second. It was not indirect....it is and was direct. How is racism DIRECTLY responsible for the break up of the Black family today? I agree that it's responsible; but indirectly. Explain to me how it's DIRECTLY responsible. They were kicked as the jews were for religious reasons. The Jews who were kicked out were for the most part fully or partly Black too. The people living there were black Africans called Sabaeans who are traced back to the African Kingdom of Sheba The Sabean kingdom was centered around Yemen, and I'm not sure if they were actually Black. Are you telling me that the people of Kemet/Ancient Egypt came from the Sabaen peoples? But you did not use the word racist instead you choose antiblack?? I don't understand the question. Anti-Black is a FORM of racism. You do not want to place the blame where it belongs... If they CHOSE to pick up that damn crack pipe...then THEY share the blame too. They never choose....it was pushed on to them - that is why the dope dealers are called PUSHERS And they CHOSE to accept it. You are so ignorant of history.....they killed all who cared and tried to make the community better Killing the leaders didn't force those addicts to use the drugs though. That was a personal choice that most of THEM made. Don't conflate the two. Yes....oppressors will always be finding ways to PUSH black people into TRAPS If you're rapping about it and driving up to it and working out of it...you aren't being PUSHED into it. It's a lifestyle that you're consciously choosing. You just don't want to accept that some of those niggaz CHOSE that shit...do you? The Government introduced it and flooded black communities with it....they used alcohol on the indians and opium on the chinese Which they wouldn't be able to do with the HELP OF OTHER Black folks, Indians, and Chinese. So maybe that's something else we may have to look into. Excuse me while I use some street lingo here maybe it is the only way you understand.... You sound just like Nancy Reagan with some just say NO bullshyte...thats the hand book you reading from - silly wrabbit now that the chickens done come home to roost and there communities are suffering from Opiod crisis they doing everything to save their communities while they did nothing for our community except push more drugs in blame the victims by throwing them in prison... No No do not give opiod junkies medical treatment just tell them to say NO. Wake the fcup up n.g.a They done admitted to this and you up here making excuses for them...trying to but the blame on the victims - get outta here with that bullshyte. 🙄 Sounds like an emotional temper tantrum from someone who lacks first hand experience dealing with people who use and sell dope in the AfroAmerican community. I know you SAID you were about that life back in the day, and I don't really have a reason to doubt what you say...HOWEVER....the way you're making excuses for some of these silly ass people who chose to smoke dope, sell poison, and not give a damn WHO brought it to the community or for what purpose...it's so immature and narrow minded. Most people who were really IN that life would agree with me that for most of them it was a CHOICE and they don't make excuses for them because they have first hand knowledge of how ruthless and selfish a lot of the people who both use and sell are. If a mother is willing to sell her own BABIES...come on man, you're going to let her of the hook and blame that shit on direct racism? Flava Flav would say: A yo Chuck is they serious, man?

ProfD That might benefit Black workers too but he's definitely not doing it on purpose. Incidental. Crumbs falling from the table. For a man who's starving...... Crumbs falling INTO his mouth would be better than having crumbs snatched FROM his mouth...lol. I'll take incidental progress over PURPOSEFUL neglect and abuse...lol. Black folks' willingness to take crumbs from the table instead of insisting that metaphorically we own and control a whole bakery has been our Achilles heel. I hear (read) you. However when it's all said and done, Roosevelt's programs helped us as AfroAmericans TREMENDOUSlY whether he intended for them to or not. Again, Elanor made a CONSCIOUS effort to target the AfroAmerican community for help regardless as to how her husband felt about us. We're STILL benefiting off of the programs he initiated like public housing, Welfare, Social Security, and Medicaid. Programs that places like Demark and Sweden actually adopted FROM US. They're still funding these programs for their people but WE'RE the ones who actually started them during the Roosevelt Administration and Western Europe adopted them after WWII to get their people back on their feet.

ProfD A real Independent candidate would almost need Musk type money to run a successful campaign. Or a pretty strong mouthpiece. Sometimes if you can properly and effectively articulate and SELL yourself and your vision to our people, they will support YOU not only politically but financially as well. But you have to show them what's in it for THEM, and not just you. They're not the dominant population everywhere on the planet. No, but they RUN/MANAGE much of the planet. And if we're talking directly and INdirectly....MOST of the planet. Even the so-called people of color like the Asians and most Latinos share a White racist mindset which is generally anti-Black. The mindset for much of them is: The closer you are to looking and behaving White, the better you are. I've said many times that some of these Asians are more "White acting" than White people THEMSELVES! They've picked up and carried torches that White folks have dropped decades ago. Even if it's just a matter of getting away crooked law enforcement and racists folks and mass shooters, that's a start. Obviously you aren't going to Europe or Canada if you're trying to get away from racism. Not sure where you're trying to go but I KNOW you ain't talking about going to Latin America, Africa, India, or the Middle East trying to get away from violence and corrupt law enforcement....lol. The late great comedian Robin Harris would stand on stage with a microphone in his hand and say: "Heh heh heh I KNOW you ain't trying to do that shit! Heh heh...shiii...you KNOW better than that!"

ProfD Gotcha. You're referring to a Black-owned and controlled town, city, state, etc. That requires a major power move More specifically, an FBA/AfroAmerican one. It needs to be more specific than just "Black" because every "brother" ain't a "brutha". The community for the most part needs to be on the same page as far as our values and priorities so trying to share a "Patriarchal" community with most Africans and even most Caribbeans may lead to a disaster and a failed state. However they ARE our brothers and sisters.... They can have their own communities, we can have ours, and we can work together.

I happened to be watching this video this morning and when my man said THAT part (somewhere around the 11 minute mark) about hiring somebody to walk the dog instead of doing it themselves because they could make way more money doing something else, I immediately thought of the discussion we had the other day when some of you informed me that most wealthy Black people would rather HIRE somebody to change the batteries of their smoke detector or do other simple household things. It was hard for me to believe that because as I said before, I don't know a whole lot of wealthy Black people personally. I know SOME...but most of the Black people I know are either professional, working class, or poor. Most of the professional and working class Black people I know would rather save money by doing things themselves rather than hiring other people, but THIS brother articulated what some you said about it being better to hire somebody else to do it rather than take up your "valuable" time doing it...as that time could be spent by you doing something more profitable. I admit that it does seem to make sense to a certain extent. But I'm still going to change MY OWN batteries and screw in MY OWN fucking lightbulbs rather than pay somebody else...as long as I can, lol.

ProfD It's definitely a lot to remember but harder to hack and steal. That's the thing I have a time trying to understand. They can hack the fucking PENTAGON. Every time you turn on the news you hear about the Pentagon or some government institution has been hacked, and they supposedly have some of the best cyber security. So how can a password or PIN number keep the average citizen safe? All of these passwords and security verifications is making an inconvenience in most cases. I see the need for it to a CERTAIN EXTENT, but it's getting to be too much. It's ONLINE....so if you're not seeing the person actually IN person you can ask a million questions and STILL be deceived. That's the nature of doing business online. The question is how far back do we go....corded and pay phones, keeping birth certificates in a shoebox, writing checks, licking stamps, check cashing joints, etc Honestly..... I think people should be given A CHOICE. I you WANT the extra security of passwords, encrypted codes, and PIN numbers...then sign up for that. If you aren't that concerned about security and want to keep things simple, you should be allowed to take that chance. But don't FORCE a whole lot of shit on people they didn't ask for. Like I said earlier..... It's one thing to go through all of this effort if you're trying to get rich or have some sort of online business. But when it comes to taking take care of regular routine business like checking your phone bill or making a doctor's appointment or checking the status of your tax refund....it shouldn't be made THAT complicated. That juice isn't worth the squeeze.

ProfD Keeping up with what's going on in Sweden hasn't been my biggest priority....lol...however from what I've heard over the years they along with Finland and Denmark have been receiving a HUGE influx of Arab refugees from Syria since the major conflict started overthere over a decade ago. And they've been having problems with these refugees not just because they're Arab but because of their masculine and often sexist and sometimes offensive traditions...there's been a lot of culture clashes. I've also heard that Somalis have been coming into Sweden for nearly 2 decades now. But expect for the liberal and generous social services to be scaled back now that more people of color have arrived.

umbrarchist In my rarely humble opinion Black Americans concentrate on White people too much and not enough on technology and science. The reason for that is because White people and the positions of authority they hold tend to AFFECT and IMPACT the lives of AfroAmericans so much that you can't help BUT to concentrate and focus on them for one reason or another. -Most of the times if you interact with a police officer, it's going to be a White person. -Most of the time if you interact with a doctor or medical professional, it's going to be a White person. -Most of the time if you need a loan for a car or business, you have to go to a White person and the institution is owned by a White person. Now you can try to tune them out and focus on some scientific project and build yourself a: XTM WIRELESS 5300 Space-Modulator ...if you want, lol. But sooner or later you're going to have to go back to life and back to reality where you have to pay rent/mortgage and deal with a Whtie person over some matter or another. There's no getting around it. It is Technology that made it possible for White people to go around the world taking over land and stealing resources, not their skin color. True. But their skin color was their UNIFORM that allowed them to rally with and unite with eachother. School was more about psychologically conditioning kids to be subservient to AUTHORITY than empowering their minds to take control of their destinies. (In my humble opinion) We were supposed to be stupid followers. Like all of these MAGA Morons running around loose. Most of them are pawns of their own system. I'll let you in on a little secret..... Most White people DON'T CARE about being pawns and cannon fodder in their system. Why? Because it's THEIR system. It's a sacrifice they GLADLY make as long as the System of Racism stands. ProfD AfroAmerican men who can afford to run a household enjoy patriarchy too. While this is true, when I think of a Patriarchy I think of an entire SYSTEM...or atleast an entire community within a system. It's one thing for an individual Black man to control his own household. But that's not a Patriarchy if his control and power and influence is LIMITED only to that household and he doesn't have a NETWORK of other Black men in positions of power to help solidify his position as head of household. The Black man is head of the house, but a White police officer or White judge in a White Patriarchal community can REMOVE that Black man and destroy the household. We need a Black Patriarchal community where Black men in power support eachother in maintaining their positions of power not just in the household but in society atlarge....including the schools, law enforcement, banks, religious institutions, grocery stores, ect.. A TRUE Black Patriarchy would include all of this. CroockedT But equality should be about everyone, not just maintaining old systems. I don't know if you'll even achieve true equality in this world. It may be a waste of time for most people to even focus on it. Perhaps the focus would be more productive if it were placed on our people achieving as much structured and organized wealth and power as we can IN this world...as long as it lasts.

EXCELLENT QUESTION I think that was a very articulated and profound question because it helps to explain my position and thoughts on what Black politicians SHOULD be doing. If they just WON'T or CAN'T tear down the System or Racism, then perhaps the next best thing TO do is try to navigate in it the best way you can. What other choice do you have? You can't say you want no part in such an evil system because as long as you live in this country you're IN the system anyway. So now that you're IN it...it's a matter of what position you choose to be WHILE you're in it. If you are a prison inmate: Is there more honor sleeping on the floor in "the hole" or solitary confinement than there is walking around as a trustee sleeping on a nice bed and eating what you want when you want? If you're GOING to be an inmate and can't get out, might as well have the best and most comfortable position available to you.

All of this forcing people to use passwords for different things MAY infact have the opposite effect! When you're forced to have THAT many passwords just to perform normally and get your basic services, you start making ALL of your passwords the same so that you can easily remember it. Most people aren't geniuses....they are of average intelligence and have OTHER things they need to focus on other than keeping a bunch of numbers and symbols and shit in their heads for security and verification's sake. Who does that??? Unless you're a savant...nobody is going to file 50 fucking different passwords in their heads. Not even an Engineer or math scientist. If they need passwords for THOSE many sites and systems they're going to start narrowing them down to only one or two. And I think that's probably what "they" want. "They" know human nature and they know that most people will probably use the same one or two passwords for ALL of their different services and accounts; so if they can find out what that ONE password is...they can hack ALL of a person's private accounts. Cyber criminals are out there, but I personally believe a lot of it is fear mongering. They're purposely trying to make things complicated as an excuse to deny services. When I was a kid I used to hear older people complain about how much things have changed for the worse and how much better things were back in the "old days" and I used to laugh at it. I'm not laughing at that now because I understand what they mean.

Thanks Troy No lie.... That video was VERY educating and inspiring. But also it was slightly....just slightly....saddening; because it makes me wonder what happened in our community that we don't hear stories like Mr. Johnson's today. I often wonder what it would have been like if I were born....say around 1920 or 1930...and lived in Chicago, Detroit, or Philly at that time. What would I have done seeing so many Black businesses on the rise? Would I be part of them? Would I be a factory or mill worker? That Black family was solidly intact at that time also.

I was inspired to share my thoughts on this after reading the exchange between richardmurray and Mel in another thread. As a non-religious person I believe that IDEALLY...males, females, and even those in between (hermaphrodites) should be given full equal rights and share power evenly in society. Ideally, the only difference in degree of power between individuals would be based on each individual's desires and abilities and not their sex/gender. However.......((yall knew a "however" was coming...lol)) AS LONG AS White men rule the world with a Patriarchal system and OTHER races of men rule their societies with a Patriarchal system...I support having a BLACK Patriarchy. I'll support Egalitarianism for us...which I really DO feel is ideal...when OTHER races of men follow suit and share power with THEIR women too. An analogy would be when a reporter asked our Brother Malcolm X when he converted to Sunni Islam does he still believe that AfroAmericans should pick up guns to defend themselves, and he told the reporter yes, ofcourse. After the reporter asked him why, he basically said...and I'm paraphrasing: "Well when you tell YOUR people to put down THEIR guns...I'll tell MY people to put down THERE'S" In other words, don't ask US to take a higher moral ground than YOU'RE willing to take. Similarly..... I'm all for the Black woman sharing power and authority equally with the Black man. Absolutely.... When the White men does it with his woman. But if society doesn't ask that the White OR the Arab OR the Asian man share power and authority equally with THEIR women...even the WOMEN aren't asking for it in most cases, then why in the world do they want US as Black men, to? Another analogy would be homosexual rights. Again, as a non-religious and logical thinker I support the rights of gays and lesbians to do as they please as long as it doesn't harm others, however if you're not in Arabia or Iran or China forcing THEM to accept gay marriage and homosexuality, why are you in Africa trying to force OUR people to accept it? What's good for the goose is good for the gander. Again, don't demand moral standards from US that you aren't willing to demand from yourself. On top of that.... As quiet as it's kept, a lot of women...through nature or conditioning...actually PREFER men in charge and being in power. It took me years to realize that. They love strength and courage by NATURE, regardless of what "sounds" fair and good. No matter what they may SAY out of their mouths, you can look at the GLEAM in a woman's eyes when you defend her or stand up to somebody for her when she was too afraid to do it for herself, and how ATTRACTED she is to you for doing that. That alone will make you realized that for whatever reason you want to put on it, some women WANT you in charge and in power! So as long as White men are playing the Patriarchal "macho" role...if we were to make our community Egalitarian...a lot of our women would actually LEAVE our community (as some are doing NOW because it's too "matriarchal" for them) and go to a community where the men are actually dominant and in charge!