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-raising the price of tuition forcing millions of parents and students to go into debt. -using biased admissions polices based upon wealth and nepotism -getting rid of affirmative action for Black white keep in firm y in place for white Specialized schools like Stuyvesant don't even let Black students in any longer the school has over 2,000 students but only lets a handful of Black students in each year. Sure they have an admissions test, but most of the public middle schools in the segregated Black neighborhoods don't prepare students for schools like Stuyvesant or Brooklyn Tech. I used to speak and Brooklyn Tech at Career Day. I would speak to several classrooms and not see a single Black male student. Rich folks are immune to the poor public schools in urban centers because they send their kids to private schools. Yes @Pioneer1 most of these people are white. Again if these white folks were truly racist, why don't they do something about all these poor white people? Why are some white folks so unhappy they they would attempt to overthrow the government. The poor and ignorant people are racist, rich white people are just massing wealth and an alarming rate.

Yesterday Twitter announced they are permanently banning President Trump's Twitter account. After a "close review," Twitter concluded that 45 violated their, "Glorification of Violence policy." Twitter is full of shit. I don't even follow 45 on Twitter, but the stuff I've seen him Tweet over the years has been just as inflammatory. Twitter more than any other social media platform is responsible for the rise of 45, as they provided the platform to amplify his lies and rhetoric. Just how much more money did Twitter make as a direct result of being 45's megaphone? Billions I'm sure. In order to maximize revenue Twitter has taken hands off approach to 45's rhetoric. Maybe Twitter and Trump were working together all along. Twitter's ban of 45's account is too little too late. The damage has been done. Twitter does not have to take responsibility or suffer any consequences. Their management has grown quite wealthy and we are left to suffer the consequences and pay the price. I have more respect for Donald Trump, than I do for Twitter... Sadly, Black people use Twitter a lot and we are overrepresented on the platform as users. I remember thinking #blacktwitter was a new Black-owned social media platform until I learned it was just Black people on Twitter. How well has Twitter served us? I sure Black people would be better off without it. Maybe use the time to read a book...

Stefan you make it sound like it was really a diverse group of people. The Black men present were outliers not representative of the group which was dominated by groups like The Proud Boys, America First, The Oath Keepers, Boogaloo Boys, QAnon (sp?). These folks do shit like blow up federal office buildings and Black churches.

You want the same thing, you want destroy what is left... and rebuild from scratch.

I believe school were better prior to my generation. All things considered. Colleges were cheaper and better. The university system I teach in today used to be free. Today largest universities care more about athletics than teaching... I suspect most people, 60 and older, with a high school education was better educated than someone with a college today.

Yeah I heard of Gaston. Yeah Woods loss was news worthy but this is 2020 and we are stupid and his passing escaped note. I read the Black Enterprise articles shown in the opening post they were so much better than the promotional fluff they publish today. It is sad how much we have lost.

So does @Pioneer1

Yeah but it is ending next week you didn't exactly need a crystal ball for that one... What am I missing?

It is still there in name only. The Harlem people like Tom Wood (R.I.P.) grew up in is long gone -- I never witnessed that Harlem. I'm typing this while in the Greenwood section of Tulsa OK (AKA Black Wall Street). It is "still here" by your definition. Parts of the Bronx were destroyed too like Mott Haven (part of the South Bronx across the bridge from East Harlem),today I could not afford to live there. BTW who is that gentleman you are using as your Avatar now?

On this we can agree!

AALBC's two best years were 2020 and 2019 were under Trump's administration and I got a stimulus check! Here is the kicker: AALBC's worst years including my single worst year, 2011, was during the Obama administration. Obama Cre did nothing for me. Indeed it created a penalty for people who could not afford health insurance. Trump got rid of that stupid tax penalty. Now you got me thinking... Why did AALBC do so much better under a Republican president? Did @daniellegfny have a point? The reality is that the truth is complicated. I know some of the reasons. One, of the top of my head, does have a lot to do with who was in the White House. Still, we need a more stable person to represent us. Hopefully Biden will not put me into the poor house ... seriously.

... an ISBN13 for this one too.

Got it. What about this one (include the ISBN on your website too):

So you see no difference between 4 years of Trump versus 4 years of Obama and as a result are completely indifferent to the two presidences? Pioneer, that kind of absolutism makes no sense because it ignores incremental progress.

Why you keep saying that Harlem wasn't destroyed? I lived through it. Maybe our definition of destroyed is not the same. This was the Harlem I grew up in. This scene was three blocks from where I grew up. I could have easily been one of those boy. The cases two are carrying are trumpets. Back when public schools had musical instruments they would let you take them home to practice. One time this older kid stole mine from me. I chased him and inexplicably he turned around and retuned it to me, patted me on the shoulder and said he was just playing. I later found out that an adult he knew saw what he was doing. The person knew my mother and my mother told me. She told me never to fight someone robbing you. Of course in the streets it is not that simple. No kid in America should have to worry about getting robbed, when I grew up it was a constant threat. Harlem defined urban decay. It was destroyed Brother trust me.

@Pioneer1 why are you dismissing Abram's impact with such ease? Would you have preferred that the two GA Senate have gone to Republicans?

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Abrams is playing the long game. Two GA senators is far better for all of us than an state governor. Let's just see what the Democrats do now that they got control of both houses.

@Milton help us booksellers out and always include your book's ISBN.

I have over the years come to have a low tolerance for the so-called news. I'm perfectly content to wait a week or so and read what actually happened rather than the blow by blow. To me it's just a tactic media organizations use to sell more advertising. That said, Trump's behavior in recent days is alarming the reaction of many of our citizens is even more so. Apparently some would really like to see a coup. This is a reflection of the profound dumbing down of our population and/or the critical situation many people feel they are in. @Delano if you are suggesting that your astrological predictions foretold recent events I'll take you at your word. Many pundits have been suggesting that Trump would not leave willingly. To me those predictions were irrelevant because it doesn't matter what he wants he will be removed. As cynical as I am about our country I cannot believe that any attempted coup led by white insurrectionist would prevail. We are better than that despite all of our flaws

If definitely was not me. That subject is definitely not in my wheelhouse.

Yeah, but not on the classroom on front of the "teacher." When? Harlem was on loan; a community of renters not owners. Come on man do YOU of all people really believe that? Look at the people now? Who is reacting?

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They sort of pinkish in hue.

This list of books that could have been included on this list is quite long: https://aalbc.com/books/best-picture-books.php?year=2020