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  1. PRIOR ENTRY https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/752-art-comments-06152026/ NEXT ENTRY ? COMMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1348491319/5298292166 COMMENT CONTENT @leothefox never forget the variance between the commercial side the creative. Commerciality is not based on how an artist views their work. Commerciality is based on how the audience views an artists work. The author of sherlock holmes, made a bok called the white company. From his own perspective the white company was a better book than sherlock holmes, but the audience wanted and loved holmes. So remember that, the creative value of your work is based on your relationship to your work. but the commercial value is based on how others view your work. You suggest the creative should determine the commercial but I don't think so. I think all artists need to comprehend what they value creatively, but also learn what is commercially liked. Stepehen king wanted to be a fantasy writer but it didn't work out commercially. His first book carrie he put in the trahs but it was a huge commercial success. I arrest my case. @I024 nice, people without brains looks like a spooky video game character, i can sense pyramid head around @CiroAliro no color needed , nice septptych, beautiful @darkroots77 mustard is that strong? knocks the eyes out @MozaGrin so cute and safe, can't mess around with tides, so many people don't wear floaties in the water @Saraeustace91 what are the dimensions of the butterfly? how long did it take to create? @DomesticVamp double saber wielding sith, so cool and her head tentacle is sexy COMMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1350115732/5298298703 COMMENT CONTENT Beautiful edition as always @leothefox and all fellow Dreadfullers LEo , For carried along, who are the carriers and are those dead folk? @Chaosfive-55 your always so much fun, what kind of stone is that? @CapnDeek373 nice work developing "watching" COMMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1348397185/5298303857 COMMENT CONTENT Congratulations to all you new senior folk @StephanePellennec how many dribbles did iya raore do for the take? @MSGoesDeviant when 2 states of matter collide is lovely, how high are the shore side cliffs? What are those stakes for in the photo with adrienne? @K-Zlovetch you already know how i feel about your artwork, victor side bianca is one of the greatest couples of deviantart @skfuu have your commissions gotten better since 2020 @nawkaman hey fellow poet, the opening line is brilliant imagery c Literature cold mirror COMMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1350820101/5298306162 COMMENT CONTENT @LadyLincoln thanks for the highlights, nice featuring of challenges. @SRSmith serenity had a very nice balance S Literature Serenity COMMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1353964020/5298309973 COMMENT CONTENT @leothefox glad you are free from the guy. @Chaosfive-55 a stalemate? who was the black or white? @zeroequalsq nice composition, jumping out the window @ArtofMikolajOstapiuk another work with great composition, the color the pose, the items, i know it is a sketch so you haven't put as much time as you can, but i think its lovely @FlyingFryingPans what building inspired your design in the sketch? or was it pure imagination? COMMENT URL https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1349878628/5298336180 COMMENT CONTENT @KABANOMORI lovely feature, enjoyed all the works When any artist creates with no financial agenda, the art has only one purpose and that is the desires of the artist. That is historically ninety nine percent of art created. When an artists creates with a financial agenda that they are paying for, the artist is gambling what they like will be adored by others so to turn a profit. You see this in various independent films or independent video games. When an artist creates with a financial agenda others are paying for, others are the primary determinant of its success. The Medici's patronage to an artist, or big hollywood studio films paying a director who is an artist, comic book companies paying artists to draw and right a graphic novel. The problem in the art world isn't the absence of voices . Art has always been and will always be created throughout humanity, and usually with no financial agenda. The problem in the art world is the absence of voices in the paid artistic space. Oscar Michaeux proves black people in all aspects of the film industry in the usa was present from the early 1900s. But big hollywood studioes who financed better than anyone else, didn't utlizie black artists in all ways. so today it is still seen as a rarity. Black independent comic book makers have existed since at least the late nineteen forties, with Lion Man, and yet, the number of black characters between marvel + dc with their owncomic was so small, milestone was and still is deemed a rare gem of black title characters. The easiest proof is in jean michel basquiat's life. When he died , people threw his art away. Now, with the promotion by many black people with money, his art work goes for millions. When a firm is looking to make money in the arts it is looking to cater to the paying audiences tastes. In the usa what few seem to realize is the 1970s was the first decade in the history of the usa or the european colonies that preceded it where the black paying auidence could support white financed film/theater and thus the commonly called blaxploitation era which was mostly financed by whites, mostly had white directors, but had many black actors to cater to the black ticket buyers who wanted to see themselves. Have you ever been told your vision wasn't "authentic" enough? Did a curator or a manager diminished your experience based on their own? Or perhaps you were commissioned by a client only to learn they needed a "diverse" take on the subject? No but I havent worked for a disney or similar. I know artists who have worked in the private sector and they have stated similar. @RoyalArtist91 nice work fellow graphiter, I couldn't find the photo you referenced. but the chiaroscuro is lovely and from what i saw it looks like her @MagentaRoseOrchid what photo of yours do you want to be illustrated from most? @6re9 draperie is elegant, nice version @Apelure is the pearl going to be eaten? @AleksiAh I never played baldur's gate, but i like karlach's physicality @RolfDBruehwiler lovely detail in the ink, what inspired the design? @mrmission have you ever seen the film krull? this reminds me a little of the design for the beast? @hellboyashish is that harriet tubman? looks like a photo of her i saw. @Kietz your wife is very pretty, will you place the work of her in frames? @SCII1 moth gideon the texture of skin you achieved is very nice @lorelielye a fairy ballerina, cute @rohelinebear reminds me of the lady in gold @Wininiii a deer looking at the leaves nice @K-Zlovetch Ancient and powerful @WisniewskiStan love the decay of the demon cat @WisniewskiStan have you drawn sheharazade telling a tale? 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  2. URL https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/WATN-Chapter-2-Salvadore-Jaws-1348203905 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 🏅🏆 WAIT A MINUTE! Didn't we already learn where Salvadore is now? Well, yes and no. We learned a little in Chapter 1, more there's more to her story! This is a special challenge where chapter 1 is a starting point for all to take wherever they want! CHAPTER 1 from @dellcartoons https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1210527648/5222883674 from @supersader9 https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1210527648/5248892403 from @HDdeviant It is astronomical twilight. Seagulls crying danger in the least light. No horizontal boundary between sky over sea. Just glints from stars above an old fisherman ,in an sturdy old boat muttering to himself as he drink or wait, see. Salvadore: Mr. Quint, you wa crazy Mr. Quint! You knew betta. Da shark came for your soul. You know, sea forget nodin Mr. Quint. You A bump from something in the water alert a drowsy Salvadore. S: Tha ain't no catfish, my net wa get one Salvadore nearly rock to sleep and another bump, and he look over the side. He notice in the dark sea, shine. The shine rise or grow and he cognize a coin and another and more. A brilliant illumination made of coins float under Salvadore's ship. Before he can grab his net his mobile timer begin playing DDD from EXID. Salvadore lean back to eye it and cut it off. And while he operate the device, a shimmering set of coins interwoven in a net in the twilight encapsulate him plus his mobile phone and his boat like a shark jumping out the water to catch fur seals. In the morning, only DDD was found on the shore, and the fisherman made a song. Ol' Salvadore, he ran from Quint To save his lore, from a shark bent And he did swore, forget no rent But Ran seek more, than punishment She like em poor, an' innocent W Literature Where is Salvadore Now?TITLE: THE SEA SHANTY OF SALVADORE AUDIO- TEXT is In a comment below in 250 words or less, in your own words and without the assistance of AI or similar machine learning tools, continue a Chapter 1 from above. Tell us more about Where Salvador Is 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. Share your entry as a comment to this journal for reward considerations.  State the chapter 1 you use as a starting point in your comment Only submit one (1) comment for this engagement that is your very best work; all entries must be original concepts and human-written, no AI-assisted entries are allowed and will be removed.      Comment with your entry by the end of the day on July 30th 2026 for rewards consideration for this activity. You must be a member of @CRLiterature for awards considerations. Joining the group is fast and free from the group homepage. Winners selected at the sole discretion of CRLiterature group admin; all decisions are final and non-negotiable. We will select three (3) winners by August 3rd 2026 to receive the following rewards:: Each winner will receive 250 points and a quartz badge A random winner will get a hype badge to their comment, I can’t wait to see how you inform us all on Where Are They Now?! @HDdeviant MY EXAMPLE: CHAPTER 2 Title: SALVADORE'S SALTY SEA SHANTY Three year have passed since Salvadore spoke his Ahabian plea and he is sailing the South Pacific at sunrise on the hunt for the Zeus Shark. The first incident was a year ago from a shark with an electric beard, some say look like jellyfish tentacles; Salvadore does not know where it came from; in his simple while strong passion, he does not need to know or want to know; he has two crew mates. The young Kathy, an oceanic biologist, want the body of the Zeus Shark to study. Micah, a Polynesian sailor, lost his siblings in an attack from the Zeus Shark; he alone can challenge the bloodlust from Salvadore. The early sunlight skates powerfully on the water pushing the slow morning shadows. Salvadore studied his prey, he knows it hunt at these hours. The quiet of the sea does not mask the tension between the hunters and the hunter. Salvadore think of Mr. Quint, and a song they made together he sing. Farewell and a-dieu To you pe-can wa-hi-ne Farewell and a-dieu To you wa-hi-ne beams For we embrace hatred through vendetta, in the sea And soon, ever more Shall you be our last see And, a motion alert from Kathy's monitor... MY POST S Literature SALVADORE'S SALTY SEA SHANTYTitle: SALVADORE'S SALTY SEA SHANTY Three year PRIOR CHAPTER 2's WATN Chapter 2: Elaine - Ghostbusters 2Jun 2, 2026 CURRENT MONTHS WHERE ARE THEY NOW WATN: The Storyteller - PosseJul 9, 2026 Human writing only please - No AI generated #salvadore #jaws #watn #wherearetheynow #watnc2 #crliterature #hddeviant #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr More by HDdeviant Jogo Bonito 2026 ContestantsYesterday Thank you to all who participated and the coloring page is still open for anyone to color at any time. All winners listed below please wait till the end of this month for prizes. [DEVIATION] The Winner is @VanezzMc [DEVIATION] The Honorable Mention 1 is @7777yjv [DEVIATION] HDDeviant saying Hi!6 days ago Good day Deviants, I am @HDdeviant , a writer or illustrator. I have been an ambassador since May 2025. 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 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 Featured in Groups CRLiterature Try Draw Today © 2026 HDdeviant
  3. URL https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/SALVADORE-S-SALTY-SEA-SHANTY-1359230632 CONTENT Title: SALVADORE'S SALTY SEA SHANTY Three year have passed since Salvadore spoke his Ahabian plea and he is sailing the South Pacific at sunrise on the hunt for the Zeus Shark. The first incident was a year ago from a shark with an electric beard, some say look like jellyfish tentacles; Salvadore does not know where it came from; in his simple while strong passion, he does not need to know or want to know; he has two crew mates. The young Kathy, an oceanic biologist, want the body of the Zeus Shark to study. Micah, a Polynesian sailor, lost his siblings in an attack from the Zeus Shark; he alone can challenge the bloodlust from Salvadore. The early sunlight skates powerfully on the water pushing the slow morning shadows. Salvadore studied his prey, he knows it hunt at these hours. The quiet of the sea does not mask the tension between the hunters and the hunter. Salvadore think of Mr. Quint, and a song they made together he sing. Farewell and a-dieu To you pe-can wa-hi-ne Farewell and a-dieu To you wa-hi-ne beams For we embrace hatred through vendetta, in the sea And soon, ever more Shall you be our last see And, a motion alert from Kathy's monitor... from Richard Murray @HDdeviant Continued from the following by @supersader9 https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/1210527648/5248892403 For WATN: Salvadoreof JAws : Chapter 2 WATN Chapter 2: Salvadore - Jaws38 mins ago Human writing only please - No AI generated Salvadore Chapter 1 https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Where-is-Salvadore-Now-1216988248 To Read More Literature By Me Utilize The Following https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/81311721/my-tales-or-poetry If you are inclined to leave a $1 tip for this read , please use the following https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076 If you are into ebooks consider the following https://www.kobo.com/ebook/poetry-or-more-1 If you are into audiobooks consider the following https://www.kobo.com/audiobook/poetry-or-more-2015-2016 NOTES Hawaiian English https://wehe.hilo.hawaii.edu/ Hawaiian words https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Hawaiian_lemmas Robert Shaw - "Farewell and Adieu to You Fare Spanish Ladies" (The Buccaneers in '57 & Jaws in '75) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEuxMKlBdhQ Spanish ladies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Ladies #watn #Salvadore #jaws #wherearetheynow #crliterature #hddeviant #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr © 2026 HDdeviant
  4. @petersmths yeah , especially with the advent of computer programs commonly called AI influencing the nature of gaming
  5. @petersmths welcome to blackgameselite, are you schwartz/noir/habshi/kalo/black/negro or similar? do you like any video games?
  6. 00:00:00 - The Beginning 00:04:14 - Introductions 00:06:20 - How Do We Find Talent 00:13:15 - Who Writes the Scripts 00:16:50 - Shooting Prior Talent 00:19:31 - BlkTouch Events 00:22:49 - Shooting BBWs 00:29:06 - OnlyFans 00:33:28 - How to Join the Cast and Crew 00:36:58 - Working with NMature Talent 00:38:42 - Our Inspiration And AI 00:45:24 - How Often Do We Publish 00:48:17 - Working with Creators who do Interracial Scenes 00:49:26 - Website Update 00:51:10 - What Talent We'd Like to Work With 00:52:07 - Our Favorite Scene 00:53:29 - Scenes By Request 00:56:15 - Working With New Videographers 00:57:47 - Do we work with people outside of Atlanbta 00:59:41 - Selling Individual Scenes 01:01:48 - Outro VIDEO TRANSCRIPT TRANSCRIPT CONTENT
  7. From his wife, Julie Bell Hello everyone! I have an announcement to make and feel now is the time as we’ve received so many kind comments on our recently shared painting “Inferno”. Boris and I worked together on this piece for the past three years and we deeply appreciate all the notes from people who enjoy our collaborative paintings. Boris is now 85 and has Parkinsons. He has been creating magical worlds for others to enjoy for over five decades and is now officially retired from commercial or commissioned work. “Inferno” is his last piece of this type. This decision has taken quite some time to arrive at and even more time to feel ready to announce. He's still signing prints and cards, he still does some painting for himself, and he still plans to be at Illuxcon in October in Reading, PA because he loves seeing all of you and chatting about art! We thank everyone for all of the love and support you’ve shown all these years! my comment To Mr. Vallejo, all I will say is , Lovely artist:) Glad he isn't alone in this world and can live the rest of his life, still creating, aside his loving ones. this website https://www.borisjulie.com/ THE WORK Primeval princess , cover for a book https://www.budsartbooks.com/product/boris-vallejo-s-primeval-princess-hurt/ The Announcement post https://www.instagram.com/juliebellartist/p/Da_Le0OJSyQ/ The art post https://www.instagram.com/juliebellartist/p/Da7wA2Npdn-/
  8. Do you know a Black Cowboy? https://open.substack.com/pub/rmnewsletter/p/rmnewsletter-5th-format-07192026?r=xit0b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #rmnewsletter #richardmurrayhumblr #rmaalbc #hddeviant #richardmurray #rmworkcalendar #rmcommunitycalendar #black337 #cowboy #architecture #kassa #freemanburg #nomadic #jali #vertner #woodson #tandy #citadelle #laferriere #usa250
  9. @Pioneer1 hahah no:) None of the people I am referring to have sought fornicative adventures outside the usa.
  10. 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
  11. @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.
  12. @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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