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I'm NEITHER a Democrat nor Republican because I trust neither. I used to trust Democrats back when I was much younger and never trusted the Republicans, but I'm not affiliated with either party now. Having said that...... I will say that there are several reasons the Democrats are losing their Black base: 1. They have a fucked up marketing strategy towards AfroAmericans. In many cases they don't have one at all and have been taking the Black vote for granted. 2. They don't have an agenda for the upliftment of working class people anymore, which is what helped build the Democrat party to begin with. Most Black Americans are working class or poor and they aren't really addressing those issues. No talk of Universal Healthcare. No talk of free college education. No talk of increasing and expanding welfare benefits Democrat leadership seems to JOIN the Republicans of trying to kick people off "the dole" so they can give the money to Ukraine and Israel. 3. The Democrat party is an "big tent" party with too many conflicting interest groups being represented within it. Most AfroAmericans are heavily influenced by the church and it's values so when the Democrats push LGBT issues or Abortion rights...it turns off a lot of AfroAmericans who'd ordinarily support the party. Republicans CLAIM to be anti- LGBT and anti-abortion...they aren't...but they CLAIM to be and that attracts a lot of religious AfroAmericans. 4. The newest reason the AfroAmericans aren't supporting the Democrat party is due to the massive influx of illegal immigrants who are mostly Latino and how they're being pushed into mostly Black communities now. That right there is pissing a LOT of AfroAmericans off and many of them say they'd vote for Trump just on that issue alone. Not sure why, because Trump wants them here just like Biden because they're a cheap labor source and they're hoping they will "replace" the Black population....but silly negroes STILL believe Trump will actually seal off the border and send them back.

You did? Sorry, I didn't catch that part.....lol. The more contact we have with each other.....the more it will strengthen.

But if we were to give the White folks back their language...how would we communicate with eachother???

Troy it is curious you dodged my direct query about my Blackness from your perspective. Don't worry about offending me Lol..what??? Man, why would you ask that question??? Most AfroAmericans have "some" White and Native American ancestry in their family line but you didn't say you were mixed so as far as I know you're a typical Black American AfroAmerican. ProfD Drop those same folks in the middle of a KKK rally and let's what they call them Useful tools....lol.

Troy Aaaaaiight Troy.......you'z a sho' nuff BLACK MAN! Lol....satisfied now??? Unity is key, however we have to be united under the PROPER agenda. You have over a million Black men "united" in the penal system, but they are almost powerless. Black men have to be united under the correct mindset with a plan of action.

Troy Probably because I don't think there's any such thing as "Harlem" accent. Although a few AfroAmerican women that I know who are from The Bronx DO speak with a "New Yorican" Latina type accent instead of the typical Eastcoast one so many other Black New Yorkers have. They all sound like Rosie Perez...lol.

ProfD Most Africans are looking for a better life so they'll keep their heads down and work to stack paper. They accept racism as part of the cost. I know, and I don't blame them one bit. It's wise to do what's best for your life and don't get caught up in the politics of a nation you know little to nothing about. Africans actually love AfroAmericans but 1) media propaganda has led them to believe the worst about AfroAmericans and 2) in a warped way they feel like AfroAmericans should do more to help them despite the fact that they sold and left us here. Well, to be honest I really do think we SHOULD have more to offer them myself. We've been in this nation long enough to have hospitals, stores, and industries as well as housing and entire communities not only for ourselves but for other's who want to live with us. We should be able at this point TO provide jobs and housing for ourselves and others. If not on the scale of Caucasians, atleast far more than what we have today. It would be great if Africans had their home countries on lock and built real strategic alliances with AfroAmericans as investors. Large scale investment in most African nations by our people would probably require the type of security that is provided by private contractors like the U.S. military uses. If we invest in projects and start making the type of returns we wish to see, you KNOW it will invite "pirates" to the party...lol.

ProfD there hasn't been a Minister Farrakhan equivalent in the Black community. No leadership. I agree that there hasn't been a leader on Minister Farrakhan's scale among todays young Black leadership but I would actually disagree that there is NO leadership today. I think one of the problems is there is TOO MANY "leaders" and "spokes persons" in the AfroAmerican community today each with their own selfish agendas pulling many of our people in different and often opposing directions. Umar Johnson is pulling you one way. Al Sharpton is pulling you another. Tariq Nasheed and his FBA movement is pulling you another. Then you have the Hebrew Israelites and their leaders. The AfroAmerican community is far more divided today than it was back in the 50s and 60s where you basically only had the Nation of Islam, the Black Church, and the streets. richardmurray yeah farrakhan wasted that march with no plan, whatsoever. him and the others told over a million black men to come and only could chastize or tell them what they already know, not have a plan. And white power wasn't why, it was as often in modern times, poor black leadership I wouldn't say there was NO plan. Just not a lot of follow up. He told Black men to go back and get involved in their community and get politically involved as well as register to vote. Find your children, get involved in their lives and focus on building Black businesses. I know...vague instructions...but SOUND instruction none the less. The question is how many Black men actually went back and DID what they were instructed? Troy did you go to the MMM? Absolutely! Where did you get the 2 million number. I was not there, but 2 million is a BIG number, an order of magnitude more than the 250K who are estimated to have attended the March on Washington. Admittedly, I got it from the Nation of Islam themselves. I went to the March and by 8 or 9 o'clock it was announced on the mall that we had already reached 1 million! The media put the number at around 400,000 but I honestly believe well over 1 million Black folks attended that event because I know the White media does lie and like to downplay Black achievements. If 2 million Black people decided to do something together that would be powerful and unprecedented, there would need to be an umbrella organization to coordinate all the other organizations. 2 Million Black people could seed the organization with an initial $500 contribution and easily raise a billion dollars. What would we do? Fight for reparations? If 2 million Black folks in America were truly united: 1. We wouldn't have to fight for Reparations we would actually GIVE OURSELVES Reparations....literally by forcing through the necessarily Federal Legislation for it. 2. However if 2 million Black folks were truly united we WOULDN'T NEED Reparations. It would just be the icing on a much bigger cake that we would build for ourselves. Although we DESERVE Reparations and I expect that at some point in the future we WILL get Reparations.....the fact is many of our people ARE looking for a "hand out". They don't want to work and build wealth the old fashioned way so they're using the Reparations movement to get a check and some quick cash to give right back to the Whites, Asians, Arabs, and others they are CURRENTLY spending their money with. If we were TRULY united and on point then we would build banks, businesses, and industries that would generate far more money than what we'd get in even in a Reparations package.

Now see, that's what I mean by a New York accent....lol. Delano doesn't sound like he's from The Bronx or anywhere near New York (to me atleast) but if you listen to Troy there is NO MISTAKING where he's from....lol.

It was a way for Elite AfroAmerican families to marry into eachother to keep wealth and power among themselves. Making sure wealthy sons would marry wealthy, connected, or well mannered daughters. It made sense to a certain extent but the COLORISM part is what I object to. They focused too much on people's color and favored light skinned and nearly White people far too much. We need something kind of like that today but without the colorism part. Too many wealthy AfroAmericans men are having children with OTHER races of women and too many AfroAmerican women are having babies by stupid and thug-minded dudes. We need to encourage intelligent decent AfroAmerican men and women to pro-create and produce more of eachother. Jeromex and Black Conservatives (of which I don't believe Jeromex was one I think he was actually White) focus on the MARRIAGE thing. I don't. Marriage is nice and good but marriage won't necessarily correct bad or fucked-up genes. We need to encourage the pro-creation of more inherently intelligent and decent AfroAmericans whether inside OR outside of marriage and the community and family stability will naturally occur.

It's funny how one thing leads to another and then to another............ Been on a "Bumpy Johnson" mission for the past couple weeks....lol. Can't seem to get enough entertainment or information about the brother since a lot of the old movies I grew up watching were really about HIM but I didn't know it. I happened to watch one of my favorite Denzel Washington flix "American Gangster" a few nights ago and of course it was about Bumpy Johnson's driver who turned gangster Frank Lucas. At one point they played a song by Bobby Womack.... "Across 110th Street"...that we started jamming to. I downloaded it and was playing it over and over on my way to work. Then I thought -wait a minute....I think there's a movie with the same name so perhaps I'll watch that later on when I get home. Across 110th Street was an old movie from way back in 1972 but for some reason I didn't have a desire to watch it until now and when I watched it I enjoyed it but it too had a character based on Bumpy Johnson called "Doc Johnson". Hmmm..... Then I watched Hoodlum...another film based on Bumpy Johnson's rise to power. Then a few nights later I decided to watch Shaft.....a movie I've seen dozens of times since I was a kid and didn't pay attention to it but out of the blue I notice that the main gangster in the movie was a dude named "Bumpy Jonas"! Say what?????? And of course there is some Netflix special about him and Malcolm X that I have yet to see. Seems to me like the brother Bumpy was a PRETTY BIG legend back in the day. @Troy did you hear any murmurings or legends about Bumpy in your old neighborhood growing up or is this just a lot of Hollywood hype?

Troy The Jack and Jills was SPONSORED by the Boule. Just one off many organizations that was spawned by it to promote Black elitism.

It's funny that I was actually watching this video from this Nigerian dude and decided to check in on AALBC in the middle of it and happened to come across this thread. He has a bit of a heavy accent but if you can make out what he's saying, he's smart and is dropping a lot of wisdom about how your family treats you as you age......

When I got fired from my old job for refusing to take the vaccine, was facing homelessness, and ended up finding a new job doing PHYSICAL work at my age.....it was so disappointing. Part of me was happy that I was able to find SOMETHING to maintain a decent income and keep the bills paid but another part of me was angry and frustrated that I didn't have more and why I wasn't in a better situation. The actual job itself isn't the best, but one of the things I love about it is the opportunity I now have to work with so many Africans from around the Continent. I'm not sure why but nearly a THIRD of the labor force I work with are Black Africans from over 30 different African countries! I'm talking DOZENS and DOZENS.....over 100. The women are BEAUTIFUL and come in all shapes and sizes! The men are smart but very protective. I also notice that the Africans seem to get along with White folks AND Latinos better than AfroAmericans. I have my theories on why that is, but it's just one of the things I've noticed. But it seems as if tension between the Africans and AfroAmericans are brewing a bit.....and it's over sex and women.

Hadn't even HEARD of "Bid Whist" until you mentioned it just now....lol. Might be an "Eastcoast Black" thing that didn't make it over to the Midwest.....lol.. Yes, all three of them would qualify for Reparations in my opinion because they are AfroAmerican, though not Black. So them and their ancestors still suffered from the effects and after-effects of racism and Chattel Slavery. As far as Jack and Jill..... It's like the Boule itself from which they are derived from.....MOST Black folks of all ages haven't heard of them because most Black folks don't have the kind of money and social/political connections required to join or even be prospective members of such organizations. It really depends on the area you're from because Jack and Jill was really big among the Elites AfroAmerican communities EAST of the Mississippi River like Atlanta, D.C. Detroit, Chicago, and ofcourse New York and Philly. Out West almost nobody has heard of them. Also, it is my understanding that the Jack and Jill club was more popular in the COLORIST days where light skinned AfroAmericans were encouraged to mate with eachother and produce more light skinned offspring in an effort to "better" the AfroAmerican community. That era went out when "Black is Beautiful" came in!

ProfD Real talk....... As I get older the more I've learned to appreciate and enjoy FEMININE ENERGY. Just being around women who know how to ACT and TALK like women and carry themselves in a soft and feminine manner sooths me and makes me feel good and relaxed. It doesn't even have to involve physical contact yet....lol. If I make it to over 80, I'd probably be PAYING feminine women to just lay in the bed next to me and talk....lol. Snuggle up next to me. "Now.....I want my money's worth...ok??? Don't disappoint an old man!"

Lol...let's start with the LANGUAGE. We are communicating with eachother in English.....which is a White man's language, not our own. We SHOULD have our own unique language (not dialect but LANGUAGE) by now, but we're still using the language forced upon our Ancestors centuries ago.

ProfD Too late.....you're already indebted to White folks....lol. Cynique It appears that you answered a question I had for you in another thread. BTW, this IS our country...whether we exert authority in it or not. Infact, it's more OUR country than most White folks because most White people in the U.S. are descended from relatively RECENT European immigrants from the late 1800 and early 1900.

Lol...what do you mean "you don't know" why you're still alive; what kind of question is that? Do ANY of us REALLY know why we're still alive or why we were even born to begin with? How's your PHYSICAL health? I know you don't feel the way you did at 20 but are you in any type of pain or suffering that makes you wonder why you keep living? I forgot how old you were BTW.... ProfD Cynique and a few others I know are doing good to post on the internet and have conversations when they're over 80 years of age, however you know who REALLY impresses me is Neely Fuller Jr. ! That brutha-elder has to be in his mid-90s and his mind is STILL sharp as an arrow! But I haven't seen pictures or videos of him recently so it makes me wonder about his physical health and if he's able to walk and carry on his day to day functions. I often wonder what life would be like for me if I actually lived to be in my 90s WITH good health and a good mind! What would I do with my time??? ......and will I still be able to have sex (or something close to it)? -but seriously?

Ofcourse people are told what to like, especially women. I noticed this growing up and studying how males and females relate to eachother. As men, we generally like who we like and our friends and family have little to no influence over that basic attraction. It may influence who we BRING AROUND them, but it doesn't influence who we actuallyf fine attractive. However I noticed that with many if not most females, they could INITIALLY find you attractive but if their family and friends don't accept you or enough peer pressure from their friends encourage them to leave you alone or their friends think you're nerdy, square, weird, or just not cool....then THEY will pull away from you because of their influence. Some people have a very strong mind not given over to the "mob mentality" or be easily influenced by others. I'm one of those people. I've always been the type of person who thought for myself. However I've noticed that most people to one degree or another are heavily influenced and "trained" in their thoughts by others in society, especially those closest around them.

ProfD Reminds me of the scene in the movie Glory when Denzel Washington told Col.Shaw there was no point in fighting because nobody was going to win and even IF we won what would we get? Col.Shaw had an excellent comeback that I'll never forget.... He said we CERTAINLY won't get anything if we lose! Might as well ask for and accept help from SOME White folks if you can get it because you KNOW what is going to happen if NONE of them are on your side or willing to help you out.....lol. frankster Then they are and has always been what they is. Perhaps some of them were latent racists however with a few I've seen and talked to.....on a deep level....they do some VERY good acting if they are just "putting on", lol. I've talked to some older White folks who claimed they were active in the 60s who used to tell ME stories about what they saw with the Panthers and other so-called "radical" organizations and how they fell out with their family members and left their churches and schools to help fight in various causes they felt dear to them. I'm not talking about agents and informant types....but what seem to be sincere people who believed in what they were fighting for. With some of them..... If White folks are THAT damn good at acting and fooling people with how well they can pretend to really be down for the cause...the world doesn't stand a chance with their deceptive abilities....LOL.

If Minister Farrakhan could make the call and gather 2 million Black men to stand together in Washington D.C. back in 1995.......surely we could unite enough Black folks in THIS age to get our Reparations package going.

I didn't really listen to what was being said because to be honest, I'm not THAT interested anyway. I just saw clips of her while she was testifying. That woman is as fine as wine....lol. It's obviously a witch hunt to remove her from the case and punish her for going against Trump. Why so many in the media and especially Democrats aren't calling it what it is is a bit puzzling. What is even more puzzling is why these women's groups aren't coming to her defense! Seems to me the only time they want to run to a woman's defense is: a) If it's a White woman or b) If it's a Black woman who was wronged by a Black man, but not by a White man.

Because that isn't the city I LIVE in now. That was a city I LIVED in in the past....

Well, let me tell you something that you probably already know. If you're waiting around for Black folks AS A WHOLE to unite and become "codified"..... .....don't wait TOO long, lol.