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  1. URL https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/HDDeviant-saying-Hi-1357197205 CONTENT Good day Deviants, I am @HDdeviant , a writer or illustrator. I have been an ambassador since June 2026. I am a member of @CRLiterature plus @color-me-club Like other ambassadors I : make challenges or features to engage users and strengthen the overall community in Deviantart, manage the backend in groups like accept post or reject memberships , plus assist other ambassadors with their challenges through setup or moderation or rewards. But being an ambassador involves many more actions: accepting group submissions or providing feedback to submissions to groups, recommending Daily Deviations, and more. I speak for the ambassador community of Deviantart when I say we pride ourselves on the human interaction with humans and hope to inspire and encourage positive creative plus fun comradery. I am not always available but I always reply to messages from humans and will try to help best I can. The following are examples of my literature. The stageplay "The Journey Of Sofie Wakten " The poem "Ship of Fools, Legend to be" The example work for an edition of the WHERE ARE THEY NOW series in CRLiterature , "The Ride Of Your Life" referring to the heroes of D&D The example poetry for the Mad ^INf March challenge "Yaffles at Yggr or Laughs at Odin" A fantasy to send chills to your dreams of the future "THE PROMOTION" T Literature The Journey of Sofie Wakten to become a witch The Journey of Sofie Wakten to become a S Literature Ship of Fools, Legend to beTitle: Ship of Fools, Legend to be I will tell a T Literature The Ride Of Your LifeTITLE: THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE Venger trapped the Y Literature Yaffles at Yggr or Laughs at OdinYolk Yolk Yolk yclept Yggdrasil Yean Yean Yean T Literature THE PROMOTIONTITLE: THE PROMOTION An officer sit in his office The following are examples of my illustrations. Calligraphy with poetry "Holiday Rex DTIYS B+W" An inking of my original character "Princess Candace in a moment in the Kingdom of Mir" Example for the Mermay badge in Color-Me-Club "Legends of Akorade" Lineart of my entry in a @Charity-Guild challenge highllighted in Color me club "Pokemon Dance Charity 2026" Example art work for the wishing wells, lineart challenge of Color me Club "Preto Liberdade Wishing Well" And yes I am a real person, as well as a fan of Daft Punk. View two images of me at an event for Deviantart See more here Mytime at the Deviantart Launchpad Live Meetup inNov 7, 2025 Mytime at the Deviantart Launchpad Live Meetup in More by HDdeviant Earth Day Tree MeasurerApr 7, 2026 Human writing only please - No AI generated entries in this group. Check out @DeviantAI for AI specific contests. Thanks! The oldest person you know, Mama Earth is having a celebration April 22nd, shhh don't tell her. Let us celebrate who will protect our loved ones when we are long dead. Who nurtured our bloodlines for each and everyone of us to exist. Who has the resources for all to live in peace but allows all of us the freedom to be what we choose to be. Here's to MAMA EARTH! To celebrate Mama Earth let's help her measure her greenest children on land, that being trees. To do this we each must craft a simple clinometer PHOTOGRAPHS OF CRAFTING [a multimage] [DEVIATION] CRAFT MATERIALS Cardboard [stiff] Protractor[ half circle shape with one hundred and eighty degrees, needs the origin hole, it is midway of the baseline ] straight ruler pen colored pencils string coin tape sewing measuring tape CRAFT INSTRUCTIONS Color the cardboard, the background color Place EASTER EGGS - Color Me ClubApr 3, 2026 NO MORE LINEART ENTRIES OR COLORING ENTRIES 🌅 Easter Eggs: April 2026 Contest 🌅 Brought to you by: [EMOTE][EMOTE] [EMOTE] Join @color-me-club in coloring or creating coloring pages about themes that enliven our spirits. Coloring can be meditative fun or a communal activity, open to anyone at any skill level. Making a coloring page is like making a ticket for another's imagination into a place they have never been. Get inspired to color a world you have never seen but isn't complete without your prismatic touch! [EMOTE]🎯 THE CHALLENGE1. For the Line Art Creators: Nativity, Nationalism, what do those words bring to your mind? Many things as they should, for both words are rooted in the word to be born. Like every idea born in your mind, no matter it's quality, it had to come from you. As April is the month of Easter, named after the spirit of Spring, nothing encapsulates something being born more than the egg. Create a line art of a EASTER EGGS— more than one but the exact number Whimsy Unlocked -April Profile Badge 2026Apr 1, 2026 Human writing only please - No AI generated entries in this group. Check out @DeviantAI for AI specific contests. Thanks! [DEVIATION] Join @CRLiterature and the other Community Affiliated Groups as part of the community in Deviantart celebrating Whimsy & Play for April. Here are the prior months in @CRLiterature [DEVIATION] How does one be whimsy and play in literature? I honestly wouldn't know. But, I do know that everyone who is alive today plus old enough to read knows of the work titled "How Much Wood Would A Woodchuck Chuck If A Woodchuck Could Chuck Wood?" from Nada S. Q. Earl The two hundred and twenty three thousand one hundred and thirty seven [ 223,137 ] magnum opus published 1964 by Planning Parrot , available in every language. We all know the publication of the book has two uncommon factors. 1) The author made every printing a new edition. 2) The author didn't make a prologue to any edition. Your task to unlock whimsy is to take your edition of How~ and make the #BlackHistory337 2026-2027 #2Apr 1, 2026 #BlackHistory337 is about the time between Black History Months, when many people including some Black people don't make an effort to emphasize Black History. A way to cover the rest of the year, the remaining 337 days between each 28. In this edition we focus on the earliest films written/produced/directed/acted by Black people simultaneously. This leads to only one, Oscar Micheaux. Can you find evidence of earlier films written/produced/starring black people concerning the following themes? "Scary Film" ; A Son of Satan (1924)- a man sleeps in a haunted house, some of the cast from the stageplay Shuffle Along are in it. "Film Noir" ; The Exile (1931) + Underworld (1937) both the exile + underworld have proper femme fatale's like Double Indemnity. What do I mean? In Double Indemnity, 1944, the femme fatale played by barbara stanwyck is assaulting or murderous on her own. Fred McMurray isn't required for her to be a murderous or assaulting. To often in film noir's women are Featured in Groups CRLiterature © 2026 HDdeviant
  2. @ProfD the USA was built on genocide first and enslavement second, never forget to mention genocide. Cause even though the focus has to be on the first peoples who were murdered by whites of europe, the murder of many enslaved peoples trying to be free was also of a high count. even enough all Black DOSers , whether in the usa/india/brasil /mexico/jamaica/ haiti/evuador or anywhere else have ancestors who related to the enslaving lands in all sorts of ways. So an individual can choose though groups or populaces can't act as an individual, they are more complex. Again, I don't know what you mean by a legacy of building the economy. When I tutored black children I never said black enslaved people help build the economy of the european colonies or the usa. I said black people were used by whites for whites to benefit and leave a positive financial legacy to their white descendents. If you are asking, were enslaved Black people used by non blacks in usa/brasil/india similarly? the answer is yes and actually, longer in brasil or india than the usa. Brasil has the oldest slave post for DOSers in the american continent, modern canada to argentina. And India's, india subcontinent meaning modern day pakistan/india/bangledehs, habshis are arguably the oldest large , meaning millions, of Black DOSers in the world. Black DOSers were enslaved to Europe earlier but never in the millions. And to the near west asia bordering africa earlier, but never in the millions as the desert peoples lifestyle + environment doesn't have the agrarian nature needed for a mass moving. well to clarify, my point is that the continet of africa is the homeland, I don't thnk any DOSer from India/Brasil/USA or similar should claim one land in africa because the Black DOSers in each country Usa/india/brasil in truth have individuals from all over the continent. To restate, Black DOSers in india don't just come from east african, they come from madagascr, they come from congo, they come from the hausa in the west. if all the black descended of enslaved in india were to treat the the reality of the group, the reality of the group isn't the reality of an individual. The Blacks DOSers in brasil don't just come frm congo, they also come from the swahili lands to the east, the dahomey up north. The Black DOSers in usa don't just come from Dahomey, they come from ethiopia [ before modern ethiopian willing immigrants] they come from zululands in the south. My point is that the rreality of the group Black DOSERs, doesn't fit the reality of an individual who is a Black DOSer. this is true BUT the Black DOS case is unique. Black DOSers shouldn't be looking for money, we lost a home. At least, some Black DOSers are looking for a home. other Black DOSers have embraced the usa as their home. But, the usa federal government admits more and more people financially able leave the usa each year. To restate, teh usa has never had a decrease in the number of people who leave it from the 1960s to today. Now said people do have financial potency. But they leave. And yes, most Black DOSers don't have the money but the reason why that is , isn't magic, that is the fianncial reality of being from an enslaved people in an opposing land. IT isn't laziness or stupidity or lack of desire. Power matters, those without power have to move slower.
  3. @ProfD maybe i miscomprehend what you mean by inheritance, but if the usa is an inheritance for Black DOSers then Brasil is also an inheritance for Black DOSers who were enslaved to that place? India is an inheritance for Black DOSers who were enslaved to that place? Aren't all the countries Black DOSers were shipped to an inheritance to Black DOSers, if the USA is an inheritance? and if not, why not? I admit I don't see the usa as an inheritance because I know many black forebears were opposed to it. I rather think Black DOSers have to choose our ancestors we honor. THe ancestrs like James Forten or the ancestors like Colonel Tye? I think James Forten wanted black folk in the usa to see/feel/think the usa that way while in parallel, but no less valuable, colonel tye, didn't want black folk in the former european colonies to see /feel/think that way, and to my own views vice versa. James Forten definitely would oppose my position while Colonel Tye would support. All I can say to open is, I accept with no difficulty or challenge a black person saying the usa is the home of Black DOSers , I also don't have any difficulty or challenge with a black person who says the usa isn't. Black DOSers have a unique relationship to the usa, that to be blunt, isn't as simple or convenient as everyone else who immigrated to these lands on their own volition whether illegal or not plus the native american who is a first peoples. I have said the followign before, but I view my lineage in africa as continental.. Many Black DOSers talk about an individual tracing to a specific land, which is applicable for individuals in the black dos populace. BUT< if you consider the Black DOS populace in the usa as a group, not individuals, then yu realize the whole continent of Africa is the lineage. do you comprehend? DOSers trace their lineage to all over the continent. In the show "finding your roots" alone, black DOSers guest have shown tracing from senegal to madagascar so... it is the whole continent, at least to me. Trade places interesting choice of words. I don't see how a person leaving for financial betterment, which is not the only factor in life, can trade with a person leaving for a true home. These are two things that ae not equal. Again, I don't see how a trade can occur when it is two different goals, it isn't the same. the financial poor Black people in various lands of africa have the home but are missing the money. the majority of Black DOSers don't have the home or the money. It is interesting how you view the actions of a group of people through an individual scenario. a child in a dysfunctional home within one lifetime is how you view tens of millions of people in a country that has been dysfunctional for centuries . Very statian you are, very statian Well , let's be blunt, no country on earth has a pro immigration stance. BRexit occured because whites in england didn't want whties from eastern europe. Brexit wasn't about london. So your correct that Black DOSers aren't being welcomes but no country welcomes immigrants. Saudi Arabia doesn't welcome Indians or Pakistanis. The only difference between the usa and every other government in humanity, isn't teh stance on immigration, all are anti immigrant. But the usa has a legal framework and a financial industry based on immigration that gives it a different tone. How do you define a thriving individual? how do you define a thriving people? as I have said in this very forum, if i gain a billion dollars tomorrow, some may argue, i have thrived in the usa. But, that doesn't mean the black populace in new york city has thrived. So how do you determine a peoples thriving? Is it defined through collective action or merely the presence of individuals in the group individually thriving?
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  8. @ProfD yeah , remember, the Black DOS relationship to the european colonies or the usa or others like brasil or mexico or india isn't financial. Our forebears had their world destroyed and then their children lived under the manipulation of enemies for hundreds of years. Money can't repair that. What Black DOSers should be looking for isn't money but a home that was lost a long time ago. A positive, overwhelmingly Black home. Black Immigrants are looking for money. The USA is great at individual profiteering. IT was from the time of the european colonies to today. Robust Communities never survive in the usa, even white ones, individuals can always do well in the usa. And that is the battle in the modern usa. Although the following is a crude summarization, it boils down to those, of all lphenotypes, who see the usa s empire, enslaver, white that regardless of its media appearance needs to embrace its historic truths, which is strategically wiser, at least from a historic perspective against those who see the usa as a country that can become a binder for humanity. They want to expand what the usa started as a strategy against the soviet union into something to unite all humanity, which has never been achieved for obvious reasons, but if successful can lead to an unprecedented era of healing.
  9. @ProfD I am not giving a country I think a Black DOSer should go to alone or in a group, for themselves or actually for the village, but I can say that to each continent I know a Black DOSer from the USA who left the usa to happiness for themselves. I argue it isn't mental wounds but spiritual wounds.
  10. @ProfD Interesting I know you view the opposition to black folk globally or in every land under each government is centered on a system based on white supremacy. It's dismantling or destruction in your view is the path to freedom for black folk anywhere in humanity. I also know you view the usa as a best option country. Beyond whether the usa is good or not, liked or not, by those living in it, your point is that, even if a black person was born in a small black town still being terrorized in 2026 by the local whites, the usa is a better option for that descended of enslaved than any other government. Sequentially, you use the word stuck. All your points have positive value or truth. White European descended people sometimes, not all the time, coordinate against non whites or non white europeans.. Many people in humanity, gardless their phenotype, love the individualism of the usa. The usa is the country where the individual can defeat the group. Women in religious strict homes or communities can be lesbians or start businesses or live by themselves. Blacks whose entire clan have a negative bias to whites can marry a white person. The usa as the center of a global empire, started at world war two by franklin deleanor roosevelt, is the best place to be for the fiscally wealthy and has opportunity, albeit more and more fleeting for the fiscally poor , and in either case, rich or poor, definitely in comparison to most other countries. I comprehend your point, but I think the usa as an environment is the problem. Not from white supremacy but the simple design of the government. The history of willing immigration in the usa proves it works overall for willing immigrants . Yes, willing immigrants starting wth the first illegal ones who landed on plymouh rock but if any group in the usa has a non financial grievance, the usa can't handle it because it was never designed to or to change and be able to. ala the first poeple / native americans or the black/DOSers situation. The best parallel are the lower castes in india. India when it was created, wasn't designed to handle the greivance of the lower castes and so, the caste survives while the country upholds the law to protect the individual. What can the usa do about non monetary grievance? what can non blacks do, even if they want to hel blacksp, about non monetary grievance? I argue nothing and never will be able to, and every sean bell only reinforces the non monetary grievance for current ro future generations. USA can change more than any other government in humanity, but not enough to heal the wounds that are older than itself, between its oldest residents. as james baldwin said, his father and the other members of his fathe'rs church prayed ot god for the damnation of whites. his father hated whites but never once spoke ill to them . his father like many black people live with ahate to the usa or to whites of the usa, which is to be honest, heritage. Remember profd, what it seems so many black folk in the usa don't seem to realize, when the usa was founded, whites cheered but blacks were not happy. Most black people knew about what the english offered, in terms of freedom, the creation of the usa was a hateful day for blacks, that i think many modern black people stemming from the 1900s have tried to reimagine for their convenience. But whites in the usa constantly remind black people of the sincerity of that hate. And I repeat, JAmes Forten was a black successful business owner who fought for the creation of the usa. and I think he had a faith that the usa will eventually change to a place where all black people are free. but james forten like the modern black one percent or honstly pro usa black folk are a minority in the lack populace. And yes, the black militants, like the commonly called black loyalist who sought violence against the whites of the eventual usa were also another minority, , larger in number, smaller in fiscal power, but a majority of black people at the founding of the usa were enslaved people who prayed for the english to win, as whites in the usa fought hard to keep them enslaved while fighting the english to be free of the english. And on th historical result, it lead to a eep hatred that whites have kept relevant for 250 years.
  11. URL https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/WATN-The-Storyteller-Posse-1348201445 CONTENT Human writing only please - No AI generated entries in this group.Check out @DeviantAI for AI specific contests. Thanks! Join @CRLiterature in reporting on some of our favorite fictional unknowns by writing fun fan fictions based on popular films and television shows 📽️📺 Ponder pop culture’s most perplexing puzzles as we prompt you to provide fans with a satisfying conclusion to cliffhangers and open-ended mysteries in 250 words or less 🧑‍💻🤩 Get inspired to write about worlds you know and love & you might just pick up some rewards along the way 🏅🏆 The closest thing to a mythical character we might find in the New World, from the high plains of Canada through the heartland of U.S.A. and all the way to the fields of Argentina, is the Cowboy or Gaucho. These trailblazing figures were a towering presence in the Old West and left an indelible mark upon western society, both good and bad. So in honor of the "boys that would be next to the cow" I chose The Storyteller, a character in the film Posse from 1993, portrayed by Woody Strode plus Jeffrey Lloyd Lane. More information on Cowboys is below. Your task is to add to the fireside chats and bar room tales of the Storyteller. One of many cowboy legends throughout the USA, to the plains of Uruguay and Argentina, in the realms of Mexico or Colombia. In a comment below in 250 words or less, in your own words and without the assistance of AI or similar machine learning tools, write a short fan fiction adding to the cowboy myth of the Storyteller. Where is the Storyteller now now?! Here’s the rules and rewards for this @CRLiterature activity: All entries must abide by the DeviantArt Terms of Service, Fair Use rules for submissions, and the group rules for CRLiterature; off topic or inappropriate entries will be removed. 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The Man in Black's : skin, walking style, all black outfit, negatively alerted the : patrons, bartender, security; but the man expected said reaction and acted first, pulling out his guns toward the casino, running at full speed amidst the crowd; the three security men at his back began firing hitting patrons and him once. The security man at the casino door was killed, blindsided by the chaos. The Man in Black shot the locked door and focused to the back of the room, knowing Lawrence will be there, and killed a security guard; he took out the gun from Jessie Lee with one gold bullet and said "This is for Freemanburg". Lawrence died and the tick tocks of Father Time's watch chimed from the Man in Black's vest; suddenly the back wall of Lawrence's saloon blew open at 12:00pm on the dot and he was taken away in the dust; as an old man, he told the story of Jessie Lee. from Richard Murray/ @HDdeviant MY POST G Literature Goodbye from FreemanburgTitle: Goodbye from Freemanburg A Man in Black IF YOU NEED FURTHER INSPIRATION OR CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING GALLERY S Literature StrangledKaydance walked into the Spirit Horse facility and took in a deep breath. Out of all the barns located at Bobwood Creek, this one was probably her favorite. There was nothing better than strolling through those doors in the morning and deciding which horse you wanted to ride, at least those that were willing to let you ride them.She passed by each stall and stood in front of Je’bril, her Harno mare. The creamy, pale coat of the Spirit Horse glowed brightly as the sun continued to rise.“Want to go for a ride?” Kaydance asked eagerly. Where to? The mare replied with her honey-sweet mental voice.“I met some people who live down at the end of... W Literature Way Out West - Chapter 9Amelia glanced behind at her traveling companions K Literature KASSA, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR PS01KASSA, or THE NOMADIC ENDLING JALI VINDICADOR from Richard Murray aka @HDdeviant Prologue 01 https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/KASSA-or-THE-NOMADIC-ENDLING-JALI-VINDICADOR-P1-1309539768 Prologue Supplemental 01 Verbal List Cucui- a spelling of cocuy, an indios/first peoples of northeastern south America alcoholic drink Posada- Inn in Spanish Sombrero- hat for Mexican charro/cowboys Mbira- in English called a thumb piano, plucked musical instrument , tinges or metal tongues over a wooden soundboard. Truco- a Venezuelan card game Reales- Spanish currency Gringo - means foreigner in Spanish, in latin America used for someone from anglo-america [usa especially] Porridge - leek broth, variation of pottage, made in a pot. Information List Winchester Model 1895 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_1895 Llanos- a plateau region in northern south America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanos Monagas (Cerro Negro is in the region) - a state in PRIOR WHERE ARE THEY NOW's - the challenges are over, but the fun isn't. Give each a go and continue their stories with 250 words. Where Are They Now: Elaine - Ghostbusters 2Jun 12, 2025 Where Are They Now: Salvadore - JawsJul 4, 2025 Where Are They Now: Farmer Ted - Sixteen CandlesAug 1, 2025 Where Are They Now: Norma Rae - Norma RaeSep 1, 2025 Where Are They Now: Ione Sykes - The GraveSep 17, 2025 WATN: Zero - A Nightmare Before ChristmasOct 8, 2025 WATN: Duckie - Pretty In PinkNov 6, 2025 WATN: The Unknown - Over The Garden WallDec 10, 2025 WATN: Charlie BrownJan 8, 2026 WATN: Danny and Sandy : GreaseFeb 2, 2026 WATN: Wall-EMar 5, 2026 Lost Episodes of Galaxy QuestApr 1, 2026 WATN: Alexander Johnson - GloryMay 1, 2026 WATN: Heroes of Dungeons 'n DragonsJun 2, 2026 #posse #usa250 #cowboy #storyteller #watn #wherearetheynow #crliterature #hddeviant #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr
  12. URL https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Goodbye-from-Freemanburg-1354278209 CONTENT Title: Goodbye from Freemanburg A Man in Black came through batwing doors into the saloon of Reginald Lawrence , founder of the Alta Calafia Bank, bought by Wells Fargo which would become a Systemically Important Financial Institution; he entered the saloon's foyer: multiwindowed, facing the east, part bar for drinking/sitting, part lobby for standing/dancing, part restaurant for eating with family or alone, bright Biedermeier colors, where no gambling was allowed. While, Lawrence sat in the windowless casino behind the tavern with a single hinged lockable door, where legendary exclusive card games occurred. The Man in Black's : skin, walking style, all black outfit, negatively alerted the : patrons, bartender, security; but the man expected said reaction and acted first, pulling out his guns toward the casino, running at full speed amidst the crowd; the three security men at his back began firing hitting patrons and him once. The security man at the casino door was killed, blindsided by the chaos. The Man in Black shot the locked door and focused to the back of the room, knowing Lawrence will be there, and killed a security guard; he took out the gun from Jessie Lee with one gold bullet and said "This is for Freemanburg". Lawrence died and the tick tocks of Father Time's watch chimed from the Man in Black's vest; suddenly the back wall of Lawrence's saloon blew open at 12:00pm on the dot and he was taken away in the dust; as an old man, he told the story of Jessie Lee. from Richard Murray/ @HDdeviant for WATN: The Storyteller - Posse2 hours ago Human writing only please - No AI generated
  13. @ProfD true , but two questions exists. First, could a majority of black people join any movement in the usa? pre war between the states we were enslaved. The seminoles originally was a collection of first peoples/native americans + a collection of Black DOSers/escaped slaves or free folk, fighting the usa in florida. Frederick Douglass was alive and young adult when the seminole wars against the usa was going on, which ended only a few years before the war between the states started, and lasted about thrity years. So how could a majority of blacks join on the side of the seminoles in the seminole wars? But a thirty year movement even if only accessible to a minority of black people I argue can be considered embraced by the majority who could embrace it, meaning free folk. After the war between the states... No movement has ever been thirty years. the usa federal government kicked garvey out. the black panthers were infiltrated/manipulated/subterfuged/attacked by white power. How could the panthers live to thirty years when fred hampton could be assasinated by the chicago law enforcement like that. Again, your correct, but white power is real and before 1980, at least my view, white power used all of its resources to undermine black communal activity, and was usually or eventually succcesful, and it wasn't from a lack of desire of blacks to embrace, but resources matter and power matters. but before the party of andrew jackson it was the party of abraham lincoln. I argue it is more even to say that black voters have voted as a block to at least one party since allowed by whites/non blacks to vote, though as with all demographics overalll voting percentages or quantities are down over time. And, strategically I think your being short, as a black woman told me years ago, the modern reality , which started in the late nineteen hundred and sixties is that many black people don't live in black voting zones. Between black people who don't live in black districts, which is ever increasing since the 1960s + blacks who live in black districts in white states, which has been the case for al blacks in the usa since the end of reconstruction, the legal environment made a black party of governance an entity that can't exist across the whole black spectrum in the usa, geographically. As I have said in this very forum, a black party of governance in the usa, has 100% possibility in black counties,, the largest municipal zones that are majority black. So I argue, it is a non starter but based not on black voting patterns but the environment of the usa. I mean, that is why what whites called the napir of american race relations occured. Whites wanted to make sure not one state in the usa was majority black and killed black people until it happened. And that violence was the source of the so called great migration, not economy which black people for some reason keep lying about. really? here is the problem, christianity in the black populace in the usa is a five hundred year old social engineering scheme by whites, Black enslaved people starting circa 1492 were made christian and christianity was peddled every year since then by whites down the throats of a majority of black peple till 1865. so... you say we are apart of christianity like black people are christian by choice and not an inheritance from enslavement. And what is may point? does that make black people crhisitan or merely a people maintaining a heritage started from their own enslavement? From a participation standpoint, many DOSers have left christianity and religion for a long while. They still believe in a god/great spirit/divine, but I think most of the religious fervor in hthe black populace in the usa comes from post 1965 black immigrants from here or their moreso than black dosers.
  14. Happy Aphelion https://open.substack.com/pub/rmnewsletter/p/rmnewsletter-5th-07052026?r=xit0b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #rmnewsletter #richardmurrayhumblr #rmaalbc #hddeviant #richardmurray #rmworkcalendar #rmcommunitycalendar #black337 #aphelion #worldcup #usa250 #usa2026 #color #lineart #july4th #frederickdouglass
  15. well done @aka Contrarian what is your favorite line in the speech?

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