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…and Trump is the culmination of our hubris and greed.

You are welcome @Chevdove. Yeah, the planet was here long before humans and will almost certainly be here long after we have gone extinct. A relative "blip" on the Earth's biosphere. Humanity is largely responsible for a loss of about 50% of all the biomatter on Earth since in the last century -- that is a pheromonal stat. It seems like every living creature would be better off without the presence of humans. As far as I can tell, we do nothing to benefit the plaent's ecology.

(1) This statement is true. In fields like sociology race is recognized as a social construct and determines in some cultures how people relate to each other. (2) This statement is true. There is no "race" gene. There can easily be more genetic variation within a so-called race that there is between two different ones. The problem for some is that they view the world in Black or white (literally). They take the social construct and believe that it must be founded in our genes. They can't hold statements (1) and (2) being true at the same time. This is unfortunate as it stunts their ability to understand the world and the people in it.

For real. Are pimps, street gangs, crack houses the scourge they once were? I'm in NYC right now. The biggest problem I've seen was walking down 34th street having to literarily stepover bums laying down in the middle to the sidewalk and on every available bench.

I assume this is because he will likely be sent to prison. How long has he been locked up anyway?

Like observing at election? yes, it is so much better for the film if all this speculation continues to fly around. What amazes me is the time and effort people are putting into these videos to explain some aspect of the film. There are 40 minute YouTube videos to explain something that took 30 seconds in the film. It’s crazy. People are getting too deep for themselves. You can see all kind of crazy things if you look hard enough. I mean Ryan cougar must have been a genius to build all these Easter eggs and double meanings, symbology, all known forms spirituality people have conjured up, and make an entertaining film on top of that.

You think empathy is in his repertoire?

That statement has Dunning-Kruger Effect written all over it. Do you mean as in an inherited trait. Okay what does THAT tell you? Here you go again. You have cherry pick something that supports your argument while summarily rejecting the rest of the article which conflicts with your statement. Are you unable to grasp what was written or are you deliberately ignoring what was written? You tell me to research something. I pull something from the encyclopedia, and you tell me that you are still right and that you know more than what is in the encyclopedia. You double down by claiming access to knowledge that I as non-frat do not have access to -- you are too much man LOL!

I wouldn't call myself a "victim" but I and my ancestors have been victimized in this country by racists. I use the word Black not as a physical descriptor but as a way to describe a broad group of people (some of whom you would call white) who have been victimized by defacto and dejure white racism. Sadly, is has been a global phenomenon for several centuries and it effects Africans on the continent and throughout the diaspora. "Black" is the American term for this group of people. You need to get out more if you think Black people in American are largely one Ethnicity. I'll give you a minute to think about that more deeply. If you have not changed your mind (unlikely) then you can come at me again if you like.

@Pioneer1 What does the shape of one's nose, or the texture of their hair you about a person? Please don't answer with a question of create a strawman just tell me what you learn about the individual. Gender tells you a whole lot about that person. While the color of shape of their lips do not. Well, I created this forum more than 25 years ago. Do you think the same way today, as you did 25 years ago? When I was much younger, I shared many of the same thoughts about race that you espouse now, so I get where you are coming from. What confounds me is when you are presented with information that contradicts what you believe, it does not change your thinking at all. Just today when I presented information from the encyclopedia refuting a statement you made about the caste system you flat out rejected it, rather than trying to understand and learn from it. This is disappointing to me.

Well, you know if they are hung up on racketeering, he was found guilty of the rest... If these are federal charges I doubt the Pres will spring him. What can Diddy do for him now?

No, this time it is very different

This alone should tell you had race is completely arbitrary rendering it meaningless -- as it tells you NOTHING about the individual. Twisting the caste system to fit your narrative: varna, any of the four traditional social classes of India. The literal meaning of the word varna in Sanskrit (“color”) once invited speculation that class distinctions were originally based on differences in the degree of skin pigmentation between an alleged group of lighter-skinned migrants from Central Asia called “Aryans” and the darker-skinned indigenous people of ancient India. However, this theory of the origin of varna has been discredited since the mid-20th century. The term may mean “color” in one sense, but it can also mean “characteristic” or “attribute,” and colors have often been used in Indian traditions in a symbolic classification structures. Yes, "almost anything," which is the problem Race and all the flawed reasoning that flows from it needs to be dumped in the trash.

I'm sure Adams will not be reelected and I'm not even paying attention.

LOL! I disagree with everything you just wrote @Pioneer1. Poor R. Kelly and Puffy two irresistible Black hulks victimized by puny white racist men to stem the torrent of precious white women who can't spread their legs fast enough for these super masculine Brothers. Good thing they have you to advocate for them.

I had no idea what Mamdani looked like until I read the Politico article. (why does Politico have to run those shitty ads? Don't they have salespeople? Those ads tarnish their image and devalue the brand) He looks like a serious contender. So far, I like what I have read about him.

Again ethnicity, is a far better descriptor. As it actually tells you something about the person. The skin of the person only relates bad information to a racist. I would definitely consider the Irish and the English different ethnicities. The English treat the Irish horribly for centuries. Though Pioneer would just see them as "white." Italians are Germans are different ethnicities as well. Of course, Black American a bunch of different ethnicities. Again, the skin color is meaningless. Thanks @frankster your simple statement helped me in my thinking about race.

More conspiracy theories Frankster?

No. There are no different breeds of humans either. With all the typos I make I’m in no position to talk about anyone’s grammar lol! Well, I don’t recall Neeley Fuller teaching anyone to embrace the racist tools of the racist. The way I see it people who continue to embrace the tool of the racist is the worst victim. another thing that puzzles me is what does grouping people buy the color of their skin provide you. I mean, we know the racist you skin color as a way to easily identify people, to other them, and claim that they were inferior and justify enslaving them. @Pioneer1 what purpose does it serve now? People on the continent of India, come in many shades of brown, but they have hair like Europeans,. I guess you’d put them in the black bucket, which means you don’t have to have nappy hair to be black, right? There are people with nappy red hair who you’d call Black so I guess having red hair doesn’t exclude you from being black. Suppose a person had straight red hair could they be black? There are Black people with very fair skin. I already know you don’t like to call them Black. When so many others include the United States government called these people Black. @Pioneer1 you have a system You’ve developed for putting people into racial categories but what does that tell you about the people in those different racial buckets. If you don’t know anything more about the people after grouping then into different racial categories and what’s the point of doing it in the first place?

For the life of me, I cannot understand why this simple concept is completely lost on @Pioneer1. It does not matter how many different ways it is explained -- it make no difference. As a former educator, I'm curious to learn what it will take to help him understand this. However, I may need to just accept that some people are incorrigible when it comes to some subjects.

I saw this movie twice in the theatre -- I doubt I've ever done that with another film. I saw it twice not because it was such a great film (thought it was good enough to view twice), but because I took someone else who had not seen it. Nothing dealing with spirituality can be argued (or proven) scientifically. All humans are sinners. There are so many videos attempting to break down the movie's deeper meaning. I have yet to see the filmmaker, Ryan Coogler, explaining anything, but I have not looked either... It would be nice to hear Coogler explaining the deeper meaning behind Sinners.

...and citizens of the United States too.

Sure, but as the trend continued and things got much worse for us. Science is Tyson's "religion" and he is a zealot. So, there are ideas he will never accept. As with any religious zealot anyone that does not but into the religion is a heretic burned at the stake or at the very least lambasted on a podcast. That said, Tyson's conclusions of Howard's ideas are sound. Yeah, that did not seem to be a good match. But a generally smart person can pick other skills quickly. Perhaps Carson brilliance is not limited to surgery? Is Carson on the spectrum? No one watches PBS anymore. Sadly. As we speak the current administration is looking to defund it.

@richardmurray What do you think about the proliferation of AI generated art and content?

Many of your conclusions are based upon falsehoods. Social Scientists understand that racial categories, like passing are purely arbitrary. The United States said the Homer Plessey as a Black man could be legally restricted from sitting with white. But you say Homer was white. Does this point out how silly and racist the notion of race is? This is wrong too. To someone who is fixed on race they bring race into everything the caste system had nothing to do with one skin color at least not until european racists got involved. It is like pulling teeth getting an answer out of you man. Your analogy does not answer my question. The reason there is no genetic test for race is because it is impossible to create one. Do you understand why this is true? @Pioneer1