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Hi Norris here it is perfectly acceptable to post your press release and a link to your website. ... and share your videos.

Perhaps, but the analogy I like is the one that keeps people sitting a slot machine for hours, not just wasting valuable time, but money. Yes, some people are more easily addicted than others some can not stop smoking until it kills them and other won't stop puling the slot machines arm until they have not more money. A very depressing site are the casino you see scattered across the country. They are dark, windows spaces, without clocks were clearly impoverished people are sitting there smoking and pressing the little button on electronic slot machines. These are predatory businesses which exploit people, because they are very lucrative. Social media is no different. Neither will be stopped, American culture is founded in the exploitation of people -- it is how we roll. Today, I found my own newsletter in my Junk Folder!!!

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I know, stop going where they push stuff like this to you. I don't care if it is CNN or NBC. Of course. You don't even have to be racist for it to effect you -- it adversely effects Black people as well. So is sharing the "news" that Lil Nas X (whoever that is) is one of Satan's minions. Until they catch him sacrificing virgins or something newsworthy who cares.

The comments on the page you shared are interesting. Sounds like the school was supposed to open in 2019.

Yes, and we know main stream media loves to spew Black crime. It has only gotten worse in the age of the web. Thirty years ago Lil Nas X would have been unknown, Cardi B would still be turning tricks in some strip club, the teenage car jackers would never have made national news, ... I was completely unaware of all of these "news" stories you related, until now. Why do you keep consuming this garbage? Are you addicted like everyone else?

Seriously visit the south sometime Black people are the most conservative folks in the country. They may vote democratic, but these bible thumper are very socially conservative. That is purely in you head. Wait, What? Weren't YOU the one I had to convince to vote in the last election. Do I have to show you the post. Weren't you the one decrying the futility of the entire electoral process. Aren't you the same Pioneer who always said we must "Do for self." LOL dude any Capital R Republican is your enemy, but the reality is the racist ones are the cats you gotta watch out for. Share the link to info about Umar's school.

That is just the problem the guy could barely get a word in edgewise, because Roland was badgering him. So what? The guys says he is independent. Besides what does that have to do with anything. Roland being conservative or Republican even does not make you a "bad" person. You've mischaracterized what the kid said in the video. He did not reject that the fight was not worth waging, he said it is not a battle that he wanted to wage. He has different priorities. Should he stop trying to open a school? Maybe he recognizes that his energy, passion, and talent are best suited for working for this school. I agree with him. Black people can do both. Individuals however need to focus. LOL here you go: Again; Not all Conservatives are Republican; Not all Republications are Racist; Not all Racists are Conservative; King is conservative, not racist, and not a Republican. Stop trying to shoe horn him into one of your buckets. You and Roland sound like curmudgeons. If you don't want to help him -- give him a break. Roland was going at him on Twitter to get attention for himself and I guess it worked because I watched his video for the first time in a long while. I did not see it that way. The expressions King shows reflected what I was thinking. Roland's reactions and comments were just so out of proportion it was hard to take him seriously. I give King credit for not taking it personally and getting angry; that shows some poise for someone so young. This may be true, but I do not think this was the case in this situation. In fact, he was open to Roland visiting his school and talking to the kids. Did Umar make any progress toward opening a school?

I did not, nor have I ever considered banning Chevdove. I was just letting you know why in case you were wondering. We can use more posters, so If I kick one out, I'd figured let everyone know. I did not think any of the other regulars cared enough to miss Magnetic, as they never commented on his/her posts. I'll probably make it policy to lets folks know if a contributor is banned.

Out the gate, Roland jumped on King Randall when he tried to clarify that he was not a Republican, which was a reasonable thing to do since Roland asked him to justify something Republican actions. Roland does not know what "Do for self" means?! As expected, Roland barely gave the kid a chance to express himself and respond in a substantive manner. He cross examined King rather than trying to learn what he is doing. It was 20 minutes into the "interview" before the guy got to say ore than a few sentences. I've supported Roland Martin going back to when he had a neck. He should be supporting the young man and his school. It sounds like he has gotten further along with his school than Umar Johnson. Wouldn't it have been great if Roland used his platform to teach us more about King and his school? Thirty minutes of conversation and we know nothing about King's remarkable accomplishment! I'd like to know where he got the funding, how he found the building, when he expects to open, how many students, etc, etc. Roland could have help the Brother raise more money.

I figured I owed you an explanation as I don't ban folks very often.

Yes all of what you wrote is true, but do not under estimate the thing that makes social media so compelling -- it is like mental crack. The dopamine hits that are designed to keep us attached to the platforms does not allow anyone to consider these issues -- even ones that serve our best interests. Can you reason with a crack head, or even a cigarette smoker? Cigarette smokers are a good analogy: most understand that smoking cigarettes is deadly, but for some reason these ills are not really applicable to them. They feel they are somehow different. People who are clearly addicted to and manipulated by social media simply don't believe that they are. Did you think these people will leave Facebook and chat on a Black owned planform to benefit Black people? Our hand held devices put this addiction on steroids! The data made available by our behavior, off the social media platforms, only made manipulating us even easier. Is it any wonder why the social media platforms being pushed are all cell phone based or optimized for cell phone use? Honestly, it is a miracle AALBC gets any traffic. Part of the reason is that Google has been showing me mercy and that the are folks who actively support the site. It would just be nice if their were more.

Hey @Pioneer1 I decided to ban Magnetic. There were a variety of red flags. I printed out and read one of the 3,000+ word posts. Despite the misleading subject line dealing with Cleveland transportation the post was laden with conspiracy theories including anti-Covid-19 vaccination, contrails, and illuminati stuff. Posting this however is not enough for me to ban someone. I randomly pulled a couple of sentences and found that they were copied verbatim from the Scientific American. This whole ideal of wrapping conspiracy theories with text from reputable sources points to a clear intent to deceive. The tactic however was so clumsy that I figured that the text was probably programmatically generated. The text was obviously not intended for anyone to read. This coupled with the fact that Magnetic just posted but never replied pointed to malintent, perhaps to hurt this site in search engine rankings. The motivation for someone to hurt this site is always lost on me. I ban people almost every day -- even before they post -- at account creation. Magnetic's email address was also from protonmail.com which may be a legitimate email system to maintain your privacy, but it is also frequently used by spammers. #aalbcneeds100pioneers

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Without listening to the video, I sure Roland was relatively rude, compared to the young man. I sure he spoke over the kid and raised his voice, giving him little chance to speak. I stopped listening to Roland for this very reason. But since you posted the video here I will listen to it and give you my opinion. I see that it is 30 minutes long, so it will take me a minute to find the time, but I should get to it today.

@Pioneer1 First you definitely put you money (and energy) where your mouth is. As a request participant and financial supporter of this site. YOU are one of the reason I still run this forum. Thank You! Facebook has a bunch of advantages; It is, by design, addictive. People can spend hours scrolling through their feed, as a result they have amassed a large audience. It is easier, faster, cheaper to establish a Facebook page creating and maintaining a website, as as result many have migrated away from websites to Facebook. OFTEN I have to go to a author/business/event/bookstore Facebook page because I can obtain what I'm looking for more easily than I can from their own website. White folks run Facebook. If Facebook was Black-owned, or God forbid targeted Black people, it would have died a long time ago. Facebook has access to investors and the capital markets. I could go on but if AALBC discussion forums had 100 Pioneers we would not be having this conversation. Nor would you have to worry about your privacy, psychometric manipulation, or any of the crap Facebook get away with.

We’ve only demonstrated a desire to build her own shit when we had no choice in the matter. Even when we were given no choice that was up to white folks to decide. I’ve been listening in on a few conversations on Clubhouse. All of the conversations, and this could be biased by my current set of friends, are all focused on how important Clubhouse can be for black people for organizing and the like. I’ll already know I’m not gonna be on the platform very long. What was surprising however was a lot of mentions of “black LinkedIn.” Apparently it is the new “black Twitter.” Again the focus is all wrong in my opinion. We continually focus on utilizing white folks platforms, rather than creating or even supporting the existing platforms that we have. White boys benefit a great deal from black support on their platforms. Then we complain about how they shadow ban us, delete our posts, or fail to show them to others. Minister Farrakhan was banned from a couple of platforms I don’t know if he was ever reinstated. Did anyone care I don’t know...

Nefarious or not the outcomes are indistinguishable. one would think we could control our own email lists, but if you don’t control the delivery systems and software you don’t control email. Even my website is vulnerable to these greedy little children running the largest and most powerful corporations. AALBC is at the mercy of these people.

... or is YT Just Better at Getting Around It? I've maintained a mailing list about as long as I've run this website, pushing 25 years. To this day, my mailing list remains one of the best ways of reaching my audience, as it not subject to the whims of algorithms created by white boys in silicon valley -- or so I thought. I'm hearing a lot of complaints from other Brothers and Sisters who tell me that their emails are increasingly ending up in spam folders. Just yesterday an important email from a organization I've been working with for 15 years was diverted to my spam folder. Meanwhile, obvious spam from white business, I've never communicated with, hits my inbox seemingly unfettered. This morning a friend inquired abut some information that happened to be included in the newsletter that I send just yesterday. I chided her for not subscribing to my newsletter and sent her a link to my email. She replied by saying that she does subscribe and that she ultimately found my newsletter in her spam folder! OK, lets say that all the pin heads on the west coast want to do is clean up people inboxes by reducing spam which is great, but it seems Black people emails are being treating with the heavy hand. This is no different than "driving while Black." It is the same mentality that has lead to Black people being disproportionately jailed while white people get a warning for similar offenses. Black people are largely absent, I'm sure, during the conversations about how spam filters work. While white boys discuss these strategies with each other over beer, so they know what to do to get around these spam filters. They even strike deals with each other to guarantee that their email get through. When was the last time a brand new Black-owned website launched? New sites have to deal with Google's search algorithm, they are to deal with social media algorithms, and now even our email messages are subjects to gate keepers. All of these systems are demonstrably biased against us. In order to help ensure that you get my newsletter you will have to whitelist troy@aalbc.com -- even the description of the remedy, "whitelist," is racist.

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@Pioneer1 again complexity confuses you especially when if conflicts with your world view see below from https://www.google.com/amp/s/api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/history/article/who-were-moors Still, even if the definition of moor was as point blank as you believe it to be, it still is no justification to prove that any government was founded on the principles of racial superiority before the US novel “race” based implementation of slavery. Though the term can be found throughout literature, art, and history books, it does not actually describe a specific ethnicity or race. Instead, the concept of Moors has been used to describe alternatively the reign of Muslims in Spain, Europeans of African descent, and others for centuries.

Sorry, there was a typo in my question which explains your misunderstanding. originally I asked you if you would rather live in 2021 or in either 1821 or 1921. At the end of the day you have admitted that you would rather live in 2021 than and either 1821 or 1921 — And for good reason! That is the only point I’m making.