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Ah! What an amazing observation! @ProfD I had a delayed reaction to this point in that makes me think of how the Western viewpoint of the kind of brown people that do fight against things they don't like are negatively portrayed byway of negative propaganda, so therefore, this could be thought of by others as a way to make others afraid of taking any form of action. Ah! But @Pioneer1 for some BLACK PEOPLE, sometimes complaining to HR or managers will absolutely get you fired or cause much more harrassment. I KNOW THIS ON A PERSONAL BASIS! If the POLL had a third option @richardmurray, of which would be 'Not sure', then I would select that option because I really don't know if other ethnic people complain as much as Black people do. I know that they complain, but I don't know if they do to the same degree as Black people. I read some of the article you posted but need to come back and read all of it before I know for sure how to comment. BUT, I do feel sometimes, that only after Black people complain about certain issues that revolve around racial injustice, then and only then do other ethnic people complain when they see that Black people begin to get noticed and this, in turn, is used against Black people whereby others will get the better relief while we just get blamed for starting the problem and then demonized and then suppressed even more so. That is how I feel.

I wonder if this is just happening to me or is this a new part this community. Every time I click into a thread, there is a little black and white 'X' box that appears. Even if I click on an icon at the bottom of a post, that 'x' appears. Sometimes, I cannot submit my post unless I click on that little 'x'. Even if I browse without logging in, that little 'x' will appear. If anyone knows why this is happening or if they are getting the same issue, please let me know.

I have not seen this movie. After my kids grew up, I've drifted away from watching a lot of films but if I get free time, I would watch it because it seems to be a great film. I have not watched the Princess and the Frog but that too seems like a good film but I did watch Cinderella, the new version with Brandy and Whiteney Houston and Whoopi Goldberg. I thought what the review host said was very interesting. I can see now that Disney is doing this because they want to shift the narrative and theme to include Black females as being princesses. And, as she said too, I can see that Disney is trying to change other past accepted beliefs and is why the prince in Cinderella was Asian, however, I thought this was a little far fetched. The casting of Whoopi and the queen mother and the actor as the father who was White, makes sense that the prince could be acceptable as being Asian, but still, it was odd imo. Other than that, I loved the movie. I loved the Step-mother and the actresses that played the sisters. Now though, because of the back lash about the princess in The Little Mermaid, it makes me laugh to imagine a movie being remade with Belle being Black for The Beauty and the Beast! LOL. Side Note too: The original Cinderella is Black anyway! I've written about this in that, it is the very story remade by Europeans in White face, but they got this story from the Biblical Book, SONG OF SOLOMON of the Black Virgin that Solomon wrote about. And although, mermaids are fantastical, I vaguely remember reading about ancient legends during the pre-Greek Classical Age and etc. of how ancient peoples stories about male half-human-half-fish sea creatures, sea-dragons and etc. Mermons (male mermaids) were common myths in ancient times, so maybe that is why Disney thought it would be a good idea to make a modern version of Little Mermaid be Black.

Why We Shouldn't Forget Uncle Remus By Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser - [1] (Note: Original edition featuring this illustration published in 1881; scan this is taken from may be a slightly later printing (this is unclear), but the image itself is identical to that which appeared in the original 1881 edition, thus has the same copyright status)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=99770852 Cropped image from the title page of Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation, by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. ========================= *** ======================== I did a brief research to refresh my mind about the historical aspect of the name ‘Remus’ and why whenever I think about this name, I always associate it to a common name for Black Slave men during chattel slavery time. This subject came up due to a recent comment on another discussion thread. I was reminded of my past research and shared my thoughts in the discussion to Pioneer. I believe in ancient Roman times, the Romans developed a type of script format in which many words and phrases were written in reverse script. However, they were not the first civilization to this but it goes way back in time to the Egyptians and the Bible contains a lot of this feature as the prophets coded prophecy in this format. By Roman times, it became known as Palindrome and it was extensive. This method of script has been used to retain hidden definitions and therefore, I believe that the name ‘Remus’ is one such name that has a hidden historical aspect. I believe that this name was given to many Black slave men based on an historical hidden aspect that goes all the way back to Roman times and is associated with the ancient Romans’ Founder legend about the two brothers, Remus and Romulus. Furthermore, I also believe that this ancient Roman Founder story includes these two names because it symbolizes a hidden message of how the Romans exploited ancient Black people that were indigenous to ancient Europe. I believe that the two names represent two distinct ‘Black peoples’ that coexisted in Italy and the Romans targeted them with a ‘divide-and-conquer-method, and systematically created conflicts that rose between them which led to them attacking each other. This is a repeated practice of infiltration and then extinction attempts that ancient Romans used in many ancient Black civilizations. The fact that this ancient legend defines the two Black men as being ‘brothers’ is extremely significant because most of the Black civilizations always developed with Black men who set up on a ‘brotherhood system’ and although their cultures were distinct, however, due to their practice of marriage alliances, there was always a common brotherhood bond in early civilizations. For this reason, I believe that the name ‘Remus’ signifies a type of Sumerian people (Sumer-Remus) and ‘Romulus’ signifies a type of Etruscan peoples (Moor-Sulu) of whom migrated into Italy from Syria and Turkey Anatolia around the 1200s BC and intermixed with Lusitanians. Fast forward to modern times, I believe that the name of ‘Remus’ carries a certain meaning in association to Black people and this may be why the author of The Song of the South chose the name ‘Uncle Remus’ to describe an ex-slave Black man as the central character to his stories. The author, Joel Chandler Harris, a White man, lived on a plantation in Georgia and developed his stories from listening to the Black people that lived on this planation. He became well acquainted with the kind of pidgin language spoken by the Black Americans on this plantation and strongly believed that it was very important to preserve this Black cultural aspect of spoken language. His books and his rendition became very popular, however, some Black Americans became offended. And so, eventually, the Uncle Remus stories became a controversy of which may still be so today. Presently, some people believe that these stories should still be made available to the public and the history should continue to be preserved. The ancient Roman historical aspect of what I believe exist as an underlying factor and that has been kept completely hidden, therefore, I wonder why bother keeping it in the forefront today. In addition to the Uncle Remus stories of our modern times and the Disney special that came from it, however, in Europe there was another author that wrote a story called, The Life and Times of Remusa, and the ethnic aspect that seems to connect this story to the complete overthrow of the mysterious Etruscans in Rome seems surreal. That story revolves around a Slavic people, the Kashubians, in Poland and one major aspect of the story revolves around the comedic fashion in how the character speaks. Although Uncle Remus’s name has its ultimate origins n Rome’s Romulus and Remus legend, its more immediate antecedent was an elderly Black gardener Harris met in Forsyth, Georgia, where Harris had served from 1867 to 1870 as an editor for the Monroe Advertiser. The Brer Rabbit Stories Harris’s fictionalized storyteller, Uncle Remus, was a “human syndicate” whom he had admittedly “walloped together” from several Black storytellers he had met while working from 1862 to 1866 as a printing compositor on Joseph Addison Turner’s Turnwold Plantation, outside Eatonton, in Putnam County. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/uncle-remus-tales/#:~:text=Although%20Uncle%20Remus%27s%20name%20has,editor%20for%20the%20Monroe%20Advertiser The Life and Adventures of Remus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Life and Adventures of Remus - the Kashubian Mirror (Kashubian title Żëce i przigodë Remusa - Zvjercadło kaszubskji) is a novel written in the Kashubian language by Dr. Aleksander Majkowski (1876–1938). The linguist Gerald Green … Literary technique[edit] The novel's subtitle, Zvjercadło kaszubskji ("Kashubian Mirror"), is a clear signal of its lush allegorical content. Remus himself, with his incomprehensible speech and comically peculiar mannerisms, aptly symbolizes outsiders' perception of the Kashubian people. Why We Shouldn't Forget Uncle Remus..... (Part 1) By film screenshot (Monogram Pictures) - https://archive.org/details/RevengeOfTheZombies, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=130901534 James Baskett in Revenge of the Zombies - cropped screenshot Although Uncle Remus’s name has its ultimate origins in Rome’s Romulus and Remus legend, its more immediate antecedent was an elderly Black gardener Harris met in Forsyth, Georgia, where Harris had served from 1867 to 1870 as an editor for the Monroe Advertiser. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/uncle-remus-tales/#:~:text=Although%20Uncle%20Remus%27s%20name%20has,editor%20for%20the%20Monroe%20Advertiser

Yes, I think the Reparations talk on a governmental level is big deal. But I think that there are a lot of people that are fighting hard against it. A while back, I vaguely remember Dr. Phil making a comment saying that Reparations would be a disaster. Some people say that to give a monetary large sum to Black Americans would not be beneficial and believe that REparations should be given in the form of programs like college vouchers and medical benefits.

I did not hear about this story until after it was reported that it was a hoax, and then I kept seeing it more and more, just as you say. BUT, I do think that what she did is serious enough to report though. What she did was really crazy. I read that a huge police search was launched.

Yes, this is depressing. It seems like Black Americans need another option.

Yes, I thought about this story when I think about feral humans @Pioneer1 BUT guess what!? This story actually refers to Black, initially! There came about many renditions later leading up to the Roman Empire times. I've read where, this founders story about Rome correlates today to the Santa Claus stories of today because it became an important story to tell around the annual Roman holidays. But again, this story actually goes way back in time and the Romans re-told the story and switched out a more ancient 'BLACK' brother story and replaced it with a cultural and ethnic brother story. In more ancient times, the story of Remus and Romulus was earlier a story about two brothers of ancient Egypt and the legend became known as THE TWO HUNI BROTHERS and became a global story for different ancient people all over the world. They Mayans called it the story of the HUNIWA BROTHERS. Ancient Egyptians told this legend that revolved around the overthrow of the 3rd Dynasty by the TWO HUNI BROTHERS and gave rise to the 4th Dynasty; the first Theban Dynasty, pyramid builder pharaohs. I believe it is a story about Noah and his half brother SENEFERU [i.e. Neferhotep & Seneferu]. At any rate, the story of the founders of Rome was about two brothers REMUS & ROMULUS, and they were actually two ETRUSCANS and so, the Romans migrated from the east into Italy at the time that the 'ethnic' Etruscans actually dominated Italy. The Romans give credit to the Etruscans for being the initial cultures that they soon completely overthrew, but no matter, just like America still gives credit for the Native American Indians being aboriginal and celebrate how the Indians helped them celebrate their first THANKSGIVING, it was only a few years later, that they completely wiped out most of those same Indians with infested blankets they gave them as gifts. SO JUST LIKE THE WONDERFUL STORIES we hear every Thanksgiving of Chief Sitting Bull and Hiawatha, and the Iroquoise that helped fight with the English, etc., credit is given but still the Americans completely wiped out that way of life. This is what happened to THE ETRUSCAN CIVILIZATION. For hundreds of years, around 800 BC, I think, the civilization became known as ROME-ETRUSCA, but then around the 400s BC, the Etruscans were completely attacked and the new government was formed and called ROME REPUBLIC. So the story of REMUS-&-ROMULUS is about the two Black brothers that actually founded the Etruscan civilization that the later Romans turned into a major legend and told to their children this story about how Rome was founded. This story is sometimes sewn in with the Etruscan leader named Tertullus [i.e. I think that was his name, I forget] So now, I will do what the Romans are known to have done during their age of Romance when they developed a distinct script form: I WILL REVERSE THE NAMES so that you can see the actually origin of REMUS-&-ROMULUS is really about two Black males; Remus---SUMER for SUMERIAN ---------------- and Romulus--SULU-MOOR [Moreno] Romulus-&-Remus Do you remember the slave stories hear in early America about 'UNCLE REMUS', Yeah, Remus is a Black name that is coded and its hidden meaning is in reverse. And, one main tribe that were indigenous to ancient Italy long before the Romans migrated down from Turkey Anatolia into Italy was a people known as SULU or LUSITANS OR LUZ. The Lusitanians are a dominant early peoples of both Turkey Anatolia and Italy and elsewhere in pre-historic Europe. So the story of Remus and Romulus is a legend about two Black boys that were said to be wild and raised by wolves. LOL. For some mysterious reason, there were a lot of ancient script about babaric peoples living in the Greek Isles and ancient Greece which is in that very region in the Aegean Sea and the Adriatic Sea before the rise of the Italian tribes and the Romans.

Yes, this is crazy. But then, there are some Black people that will say the same thing!

LOL! @Pioneer1 I promise you!--That is not true!!! You know, I reference the GENOME PROJECT a lot in reference to male births versus female births, however, that has nothing to do with sex drive! All males whether they are Chinese, Black, White, Brown, have the ability to have a high sex drive depending on enviornmental factors and how they care for thier bodies like diet, exercise, health, etc. The Hebrew women were not more fertile than the Egyptian women, because at that time, they were both ethnic people. That was the excuse that the Egytian women (nurses) gave to the pharaoh because he went to them secretly and told them to kill the male babies at birth. So the Egyptian women did not want to do it, and therefore they told that evil pharaoh that the women were 'lively' and gave birth before they were able to do anything. That particular pharaoh was AMENHOTEP II and when he was 9 years old, his father, Thutmosis III took him around the city and hacked out all of Hapshepsut's names on monuments because he came to loathe the Original Egyptian women and so, he taught his son from a Black Egyptian Queen, the Dowager, to hate Black Egyptian women too, and of course the Hebrew women as well. Thutmosis III and Amenhotep II suppressed the Black Egyptian women and brought in THOUSANDS OF MITANIAN WOMEN in their Egyptian court and elevated them to be queens in Egypt. He came to hate his own mother! And all of this is well documented in fine arts museums all over the world. So, this is one Black government that soon became infiltrated due to the actions of Black men! LOL! Amenhotep II later banned his own daughter, Bithia, [i.e. Tabitha] and sent her packing to be with the Hebrews and she later married a Hebrew man from the tribe of Judah and have 4 sons, all of which are listed in the Bible. I believe that AFrican people do express certain attributes with regard to energy, muscle rhythm, voice tone, etc, but this has nothing to do with sex drive. And how did Black men become oppressed anyway, by White Supremacy!? It wasn't because Black men were physically overpowered by White humans, however, it had to do with irresponsible sex behaviors and not being respoinsible for the women they were having sex with. The matriarchal government set up due to a lot of angry women, both Black and White that did not like being suppressed under a harem system and dominated due to this kind of irresponsible behavior of the earlier Black kings. There are a lot of stories of queens killing the kings and pharaohs for passing over their sons for another woman's son. LOL.

Have you ever got in a taxi or uber with an African driver? Sheiit... Maybe they are not all crazed drivers, but uh, I had one experience too many when I jumped in a cab at the airport. That man drove extremely reckless while holding his phone and watching the GPS. I was told that they try to drive fast to get back to a detination point to get as many jobs as possible.

Yes, she started on the scene with a lot of controversy, but she has matured. I am hoping to see a more positive persona from her. I heard her speak recently, and she is adorable, IMO.

This is an interesting point! @Pioneer1 And, I agree with it. Ha! @Troy I wonder too about some of this aspect. However, for example, I have read about genetics regarding blood type being associated with types of food that certain humans eat, however, again I believe that 'race' regarding a person's color is arbitrary. Ha! @Pioneer1 White men, meaning genetically, MALES, and their male behaviors; how can you know this? Black African women and Black cultures are in trouble due to lack of responsible Black African males who have sex and then do not provide for their offspring. How can this be dismissed as Black men have more sex drive than White men, and therefore need to have multiple sex partners?

WHOA!!! That is crazy! That person is NOT Black! Now, that is my first reaction, but in all truth, I do realize that, it depends on other factors why reports say that a person is considered Black or White or other. Culture is a huge factor on why someone would be defined to be of a certain 'race'. And, what I mean is that, for example, if a person is White and of the European culture at birth but adopted by let's say someone from India and then raised in that culture, then that person may be defined as being 'Indian' in India or either 'a European Indian', but the issue of color may not be part of the category. However, the rules may change in another country. If a child born in India of Indian parents are adopted by a European family at birth and raised in Europe grows up. that person may choose to be defined as being WHITE in Europe. But if that same person would travel back to India, they may be rejected for that kind of identity. People in India may view that person as an Indian no matter their being cultured as a European. This world is crazy. I believe that there should be a standard that we humans should stem from and that person in that photo, seems suspect to be defined as being Black, unless he/she/they was indeed raised in a Black Cuban culture before going to Greece. Yes, absolutely.

Okay, so, now I will check it out! Thanks for your input. @Pioneer1 Great point @richardmurray YOu know, the little bit of foreign films that I've seen is because of the certain awards programs that I can access that push certain films. Interestingly, a lot of the wone I've watched are insanely good and makes me want to see more. But deep down inside, I believe that some of these films may never make it to my screen because of politics. Some of the foreign films include some controversial issues that I think America does not want to reach Black American minds. But even like in our films, I notice that some of the foreign films depict ancient history in 'non-African' faces, but in reality that is not the truth. So maybe some foreign films make it over here to be shown in the west because some foreign film makers submit to the 'hidden code' of showing history in non-African faces.

I recall the Cheyenne in photographs with the long and straight hair, however, most of the natives of the 13 colonies were negroes with afro typed hair. The Mohawks, shaved thier heads on both sides and had afro typed hair standing straight up in the middle. Most the depictions in museums show nappy headed Native Americans, however, we have been conditioned NOT to recognize this. The depictions of the California natives have big afros. As a biologist, @Pioneer1 I say that I understand what scientist are now admitting in that there would be no such presence of Native American MALEFACTORS if there were never any African males in ancient North America because all males stem from one male origin out of Africa. That's it. Male YDNA Haplogroups are very stable and 100% accuracy in that it can be determined who is the father if even a woman had sex with two brothers! A man can have two sons, and both will be linked to him through DNA testing. It's just that stable and can be traced all the way back to Africa. So at what point males ended up in India, China, America, is the question. But, I don't know anything about what you say about the Black people from India. Native Americans came over here to ancient America in different waves of migration.

Obama did NOT help with providing sufficient food, clothing, shelter or medical care for Black people on any significant scale. @Pioneer1 And, I am not concered with homosexuals and their activities, however, I am concerned with Pedofiles though in this regard. He neither Trumps time in office helped Black people significantly, imo. I can see this as a benefit!

Do share! @Pioneer1 I think that she is trying to put forth a more positive public profile!

That's an interesting point that you also made about them not writing in cursive! @ProfD touché! imo, It's a perpective!

LOL! Okay, I will agree about the earliest civilizations, that being Black! But as far as this story, she was a child! @Pioneer1 Also, there have been many FERAL HUMANS [i.e. Barbaric humans] in ancient times though and it doesn't matter what 'race', even Black feral people have the same commonality if they are not civilized. Yes, Black feral people can get as bad as any other person! If a human is not socialized or civilized by another civilized human, they will not be able to do anything civilized. The potential is within humans to speak, walk upright, etc. but not a gorilla of the same primate family. No matter how you try to teach a gorilla to talk, or build a house, or drive a car, etc., it will NOT happen!!! But a human has the potential however, they must be taught to tap into this ability. Genie Wiler could not even chew her food!!! She had two sets of teeth and this can be seen in the videos! She had her baby teeth that never fell out because she was not trained to chew food. She would drool continuously for years. She was partially blind and could only see a few feet in front of her, NOT BECAUSE SHE DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY, but it was because she was kept in the dark and was never socialized. Therefore, even after she was rescued, she would never look at someone directly; just like wild animals won't do, unless they intend to attack you. Genie Wiler, could not walk, but she initally would hold her hands up and hop like a rabbit. This is evident in the video! That wild boy found in Europe walked on all fours like the wolves he lived amongst for many years! Feral humans are a great example of understanding why humans need to exist in a social society to reach a high level of ability to do many things. It has nothing to do with a certain 'human race'! LOL!

Never thought of this reality and commonality in that all three of these countries share. Amazing observation @richardmurray! You know, I would have thought that America would incorporate their history in Europe a little better than they do in our educational system. I find it so fascinating about the earlier people in Europe such as the Celts and Gauls, and so many others long before the Europeans migrated into this country and became unique.

Really!? @richardmurray This surprises me! Well then, I don't feel too bad now, when I realize that I have not seen a great film! Ever so often, I will come across an old film, watch it, and then become amazed that I had not seen it back when it initially came out. So true! But it is frustrating though, when you find out that a certain film that could have been beneficial has been suppressed!

I vaguely remember seeing a documentary about him. I'm interested. The history of France is very interesting and during that time period in gneral, I also like to read about all of Europe. It made a serious impact on America. I'm happy she mentioned it is on HULU.

I've never heard of this film.

lol! This is interesting. I have recently read about another category, Sigma males, and I hear they can be more appealing than even alpha typed males. My son thinkgs that I am a Sigma leader and so, I had to research this. He says that a Sigma leader is one that is confident and does not want to be in the forefront, however, if there is a need to take a stance, a person with a Sigma personality will do so. And this does sound like me. But as for males, personally, I want a leader. I do not want a lazy man who thinks that it is okay to sit back and let a woman take the lead. Ha! @Troy I hope that you listen to @ProfD on this one!