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  1. Sure children will need to go to school, because there will always be jobs and the need for people skilled in the trades. Culturally will want an educated population so that people can pursue a variety of activities.
  2. I did not write poem I just asked chat got to spit something about Biden’s address. a poor judge of poetry
  3. In the chamber’s hush, under the Capitol’s dome, Biden stood, addressing the nation’s home. Words were spoken with hopeful intent, Yet beneath the surface, critiques were ferment. “Unity and progress,” he claimed with a voice so bold, But skeptics found the message somewhat cold. For in the spaces between the lines read, Lay unaddressed issues, silently spread. Healthcare, climate, justice, and strife, Parts of the fabric of the American life. Yet in his speech, some found lack, A roadmap clear, the vision slack. Promises like stars in the night sky, bright, But without action, they fade from sight. Inequality’s shadow still looms large, Unspoken, it charged a silent charge. The union’s state, a complex weave, Not just what one man can conceive. Critique not of person, but of power’s role, In shaping a future that’s whole. So let this poem, in verse and rhyme, Reflect the complexity of our time. For in democracy, critique must have a part, In the ever-evolving American heart.
  4. I watched some of Kamala‘s video. She looked quite presidential, striding up to the podium. I know @Pioneer1 was feening over the sister with the red hair and the white dress who greeted Kamala. I think Harris spent so much time talking about Gaza because the perception is Black people don’t like the US funding Israel’s bombardment over Gaza. So her speech was an attempt to create a counter narrative. Yeah, I think she would’ve been better served not addressing the issue at all particularly at that event. I checked out this brother on YouTube. I heard him before. I saw the video about Kamala’s speech but the algorithm put the video about Wendy Williams and Puff Daddy ahead of it so I’ll listened to a few minutes of it. There was a lot I did not know about their respective situations and I’m glad.
  5. I mean determined and therefore knowable, by a sufficiently intelligent entity, but not by us mere humans or anything built by us. Even the dream/dreamer Frankster speaks of are predetermined.
  6. I think one percenters will appreciate the fact that this will keep the pitch forks at bay.
  7. Here in suburban Tampa it is like night and day compared to when I started living here in 2011. It still a lot chaps than NYC, but I used to describe the area as "very inexpensive" not anymore. I'm sure, but they remain largely undiscoverable. This was less true before Google dominance and our collective obsequiousness to them. The reason is investors demand increasing returns. Period. Is the Amsterdam News still in print? I used to subscribe to the print edition. The covered AALBC back in 2008. We need Black-owned media. Who else will tell our stories. Believe it or not AT&T was worse. They were a "true" monopoly and as such completely stifled innovation. But you were there Richard you know how much phone calls cost and greatest innovation we saw in the phone was push buttons. Thanks for you detailed analysis @richardmurray @Delano interesting article. I'm not familiar with the publisher and I always take opinion pieces on unfamiliar platforms with a grain of salt. The article referenced "erasing" white men several times and was clearly biased in this regard. The following tweet was presented as evidence. PLEASE! How in the hell can a company owned, run, and principally populated by white men be accused of holding back white men?! I sure if Shaun was any good at his job, he would not be on Twitter bitching, but collecting his fat paycheck. Ignoring the perception of anti-whoite make bias at Google. The follow paragraph is taken from the article: Could the story really be so simple as out-of-control DEI-brained management? To a certain extent, and on a few teams far more than most, this does appear to be true. But on closer examination it seems woke lunacy is only a symptom of the company’s far greater problems. First, Google is now facing the classic Innovator’s Dilemma, in which the development of a new and important technology well within its capability undermines its present business model. Second, and probably more importantly, nobody’s in charge. Again, DEI is not the real problem. I do think the "Innovator’s Dilemma" is a problem, as the classic search engine's days are numbered along with the bazillions of dollars their's generates. Google perverted their search engine. AI's ability to Seach the web is a refreshing improvement over Google search. However, AI hurts websites, which further hurts Google.
  8. Sure some, initially with struggle, like the retiree who is bored silly because they don't have a job to go to every day and don't know what to do with themselves. As the culture shifts to providing people with a minimal standard of living (including education and medical care), people will learn how to utilize their free time to discover and peruse their passions. This country would be a better place. We have the financial resources to do this too.
  9. Subscribe to the Hurston/Wright's YouTube channel. In fact, subscribe to AALBC's channel while you are at it.* *Ya'll know me, I'm not trying to promote YouTube's channel, but subscribers help. YouTube doesn't even count video views unless the video is viewed on YouTube, so if a million people video the video here and 1 person watches it on YouTube will report only one view which signals to people on YouTube that the video is not worth you time. Of course, this creates a strong incentive for video creators to push people to watch videos on YouTube. Some producers even pay for video views. The worst part is YouTube's algorithm favors baser content
  10. Hi @richardmurray do you see the spam post an about CBD products? Can you delete it? If you don’t see it let me know.
  11. so they say… tell me how that will translate into revenue for the creators? @ProfD I appreciate the encouraging words, but experience tells me something different. However, that does not mean I’m throwing in the towel. i always saw social, Amazon, google as a threats, but not existential ones. AI is a whole ‘nother thing.
  12. I don’t know exactly when this will happen, but everything that I see going on suggests that the days for websites are numbered which means that I need to figure some things out. You have AI Systems that’s scrape the web and provide brilliantly crafted responses to user questions based on that content. They do this without paying the contact creators. And in the vast majority of cases the uses have no reason to go to the underlying website, meaning websites, go increasingly uncompensated for their content. This is one of the ways that Google has really hurt websites, but AI promises to make this far worse and is an existential threat to all websites, perhaps more importantly, to websites that require journalists. The problem is AI needs content creators and publishers but if AI kills websites indeed, even journalism where will they get new content to drive their systems? as far as AALBC is concerned, the newsletter holds some promise for the time being. More interestingly, these discussion forms can be even more promising, but that will require more human participation that we’ve seen in recent years. There are some open source social networks like bluesky, that I can host locally that allows people to share their followers and engagement across the web, but people have shown little interest in leaving the older social platform and Black peoples are not exactly early posters as a group.
  13. …. so say the determinists. toss a ball in the air. If we know the force applied, we know the exact trajectory the bar will take. The same as true not just for your life but the entire universe. Free will is an illusion. Our minds are too feeble to calculate the exact trajectory of our lives, or even wrap our brains around the entire notion, but that doesn’t make it untrue. Maybe as people get older, they begin to realize this, on some level, and they become increasingly bored with life. In much the same way a little kid can be entertained by the game, I Declare War, as they grow older they begin to find the game boring —dumb even. Gives new meaning to the saying “everything happens for a reason.“
  14. @Pioneer1 I don’t think citizenship is a requirement for being counted in the census.
  15. Well, I find it hard to believe that first picture of Wendy Williams is real. I know Wendy used to be one of those gossip people. But I find it hard to feel nothing but sympathy for her and her situation. The hyperlinked article did not interest me enough to finish it. It was really just more gossip. Has Charlemagne da God been quoted regarding Wendy Williams in the documentary or the article? I would be interested in his take, as he seems like a standup guy and I know he worked with her in the past. I’ve seen Wendy on a couple of occasions once at one of her events really just hanging out drinking. And then years later on a book signing and she was the exact opposite of her public personality. @Pioneer1 I don’t think Wendy is a dude. Dudes can’t have babies. She is not a petite dainty little woman either, but that does not make her a man.
  16.     The 17th National Black Writers Conference will take place in person at Medgar Evers College, CUNY (in Brooklyn, NY), March 20 - 23, 2024. More than 50 Black writers, publishing executives, and literary activists will gather to discuss the triumphs and challenges facing Black writers today. Students, scholars, writers, readers, and literature enthusiasts of all ages and backgrounds are welcome. Visit www.CenterForBlackLiterature.org     Confirmed Writers At-A-Glance A.J. Verdelle, Ayana Mathis, Bernice McFadden, Bettina Love, Brenda M. Greene, Cheryl Hudson, Christopher Jackson, Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Diane Richards, Donna Hill, Edwidge Danticat, Emily Raboteau, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Gloria J. Browne Marshall, Jacqueline Woodson, Jamia Wilson, Jasmine Claude Narcisse, Jason Reynolds, Jelani Cobb, Jennifer Baker, Kalisha Buchanan, Karen Hunter, Kevin Powell, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Kwame Dawes, Lisa Lucas, Marc Lamont Hill, Marita Golden, Maryemma Graham, Michael Eric Dyson, Pamela Newkirk, Patricia Spears Jones, Patricia Ramey, Patrick Dougher, Patrick Nganang, Paul Coates, Peniel E. Joseph, Percival Everett, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Regina Brooks, Renée Watson, Stéphanie Martelly, Thabiti Lewis, Tiya Miles, Tracy Sherrod, Victoria Christopher Murray, Wade Hudson, Wallace L. Ford II, W.B. Garvey, Wesley Lowery, Yahdon Israel, and others. Download the Press Release HERE Download the Program Schedule HERE We Invite Members of the Working Press to Attend. Please Email Us Today for Media Registration Details. Click HERE.  
  17. Pioneering 20 Years: Universal Write Publications Marks Major Milestone Independent Black-owned scholarly press celebrates two decades of amplifying Black voices and perspectives BALTIMORE, MD, February 26, 2024 – Universal Write Publications (UWP), an independent Black-owned scholarly press, is celebrating two decades of promoting and publishing academic works that underscore Black voices and narratives. Founded in 2004 by Dr. Ayo Sekai, UWP has flourished from a passion project publishing fiction and children’s books into a respected publisher of rigorous, peer-reviewed academic literature that enriches African agency discussions. UWP's catalog features influential titles such as Molefi Kete Asante’s "Revolutionary Pedagogy," and “The African Pyramids of Knowledge,” Nah Dove’s "The Afrocentric School," and "We Will Tell Our Own Story” by Adebayo C. Akomolafe. These works underscore the press’s commitment to elevating Black scholarship. "Publishing with UWP has been an exhilarating experience, full of inspiration, visionary insight, and possibilities,” said author and Black scholar Molefi Kete Asante. “Ayo Sekai takes her place beside Haki Madhubuti, Paul Coates, and other legendary publishers in advancing African American intellectual work in the 21st century.” Editor Walter Greason extolled UWP’s contributions, “UWP represents the growth of a vital aspect of the publishing industry—African diaspora voices. Without Ayo Sekai’s vision and leadership, the world’s readers would miss essential content for the future of human civilization.” Reflecting on the press’s journey, Dr. Sekai stated, "Our work over the past two decades has solidified UWP's role in safeguarding knowledge and advocating for the essence of education and Black excellence." This year, UWP announced the development of a new book series, Methodologies for Research: The Little Black Books, books that will teach researchers and graduate students about culturally valid, humanizing, and liberatory methodologies in the tradition of Africana Studies. Available in 2025. About Universal Write Publications Universal Write Publications is committed to rigorous scholarship that reveals the historical richness of culturally diverse societies. With a commitment to authenticity, our publications prioritize Black scholars' viewpoints using an African lens to analyze diasporic experiences while maintaining the integrity of academic research. Universal Write Publications stands as a beacon for scholarly distinctions that honor the diversity and depth of Black thought. To learn more about Universal Write Publications, visit our website. For media inquiries and further information, please contact geane.delima@gmail.com. # # # #
  18. Nah, C-Low is the game of choice for the ghetto boys of the NYC
  19. ... playing the media like a fiddle to the Whitehouse.
  20. It was just one imagine and a single 5-second effort. But if you see no creativity what can I say? Me too, but we (including the good @ProfD) are men of a certain generation. But this is tangential to the creativity of AI. Maybe will be used AI to pair people without their filling out profile forms of any direct input. An AI can learn a hell of a lot about me based upon my digital footprint. The AI could scan the globe and optimally pair me with someone perfect
  21. @richardmurray I think there is definitely grade inflation across the board. I think a community college an associate's degree is equivalent to at 8th grade education 50 years ago. Seriously, I know illiterate people who are fair more capable than a college graduate today... The Black population of Tulsa was outnumbered and out gunned. I don't think white folks are as evil as they were 100 years ago. Besides gentrification is a far more useful and socially palatable method for taking over desireable Black communities
  22. Well it took all 5 seconds to create the first prompt was the text starting this post the 2nd was to make the man black and bald headed. Do you still believe there is no “creativity?”
  23. @richardmurray I never said you said drug dealers were race traitors. My statement was not addressed to anyone in particular, but was directly in reaction to @Pioneer1's statement that he would consider them more traitorous than the supporters of the war on drugs. Thanks for correcting that first stat you cited. I can now see why you made your first statement; the wording is a little confusing, "27.9% had high school graduate as their highest level of school completed." The quote you provided explains it fully. However, you statement: Is also not what the government is saying. More accurately 48.4% of the population has an associates degree or better; basically, half the population has some form of a college degree. You are clearly angry about the issue of the Black 1%, the Black church, etc. I can understand that. But is seems to be biasing your perspective and how you see things, like misreading the educational data. I did not answer your question about "...Black wealthy in the USA a hindrance or support to the Black poor?" because the I did not agree with any of the options. I don't think the issues is binary as the question presumes. Some help us and some hurt us (note: I don't consider myself wealthy. For a few years I earned a good wage, but never had financial wealth). Personally Black wealthy folks have provided me with far less help than other people of my class. I think both support and hinderance take place more within a given class than across classes.
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