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@Delano is right; It is a wrap. Biden is the president elect. All the law suits are a waste of time, energy, and money. This is plain, to even the most casual of observers. @daniellegfny, your continued contributions to Donald Trump are indeed a waste of money, if you think it will reverse the result of the election. The fact the you choose to use your financial resources in this manner helps me understand your reaction to Gibran's recent post, Literary Gentrification.

Agency. @daniellegfnyIt is interesting to read you reaction. But you've completely the point. You wrote, "Writers should be free to write!" as if @Gibran rejected the notion in what he wrote (again setting up a strawman), which he did not. You quoted what he wrote, but failed to grasp his meaning... His use of the language was clear, so I do not know what else to add. When you write, "While the AALBC is a nice waystop, it’s too restrictive..." again you miss the point. Gibran was not saying the AALBC was they only thing we need to do, indeed he wrote others things we need to do as well. What he offered was not intended as a complete prescription. Danielle you fancy yourself as a writer, as such, you will note that Gibran started with a thesis statement; "The challenge to black readers in the very near future may not be where to find great writers, but rather where to find the books that our great writers write." Gibran was simply recognizing AALBC one platform that advances this goal. I praised what he wrote because he understands what I'm trying to do, something you've clearly failed to divine. Do you reject Gibran's thesis? If so why?

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This was well done and expresses my sentiments in a way that I have not been able to. This is absolutely true and has been going on for a long time. I'm inspired that other people see it and can articulate it so well.

My experience is different. I've met far more engineers than you have. The ones you've describe sound like they are on the spectrum. What has been the social media reaction in your filter bubble? The video you shared described Van as "buck dancing for biden." Seriously, I watched less than a minute of both. I could not stomach either one very long.

Ok then, what is your evidence? Is the increase in gun violence in black communities your evidence?

@Pioneer1 is there a more suitable video that you would recommend for those who want to learn more about the Dogon? Apparently the oldest verified person in Earth is 117. The oldest to have ever lived, lived to be 122.

No we don't kniw so why are YOU claiming to know? Instead of going with the most likely cause you jump to some crazy conspiracy theory without any evidence.

@Delano did you listen to the whole video? Because it did not discuss Dogon cosmology. @Pioneer1 Yeah lol 117 is just about as long as a human has ever lived and probably makes him the oldest person in Earth. Honestly I did not take that claim as serious and overlooked it.... The question about going back to a star tripped me out. The people are shoeless living in a mud hut and this guy is asking them about interstellar space travel. WTF?!

What did you get learn from the video Del? I mean you took the time to share it, so I have to assume you found something of value. Because you posted it, I listening to it but did not hear anything interesting. Often you post links to articles or videos without any commentary. It would be helpful when you shared content if you provided some context what piqued your interest or why you think it is worth a read or listen. Does that make sense?

Well I can't find a video of Van crying over Obama's two victories. Yeah I have a couple of degrees in engineering, but there plenty of emotional engineers. Again, don't let's stereotypes stunt your understanding of people. Engineering is actually a creative discipline requires both imagination and the ability to consider tradeoffs. Describing Black men being criers as part of our culture is not something I'm familiar with.

Not a very informative video. The guy asked if they have plans to go back to Sirius?!

Again your sources fail to support your allegations. Ni mention of racist white militia. Seemingly Black on Black crime.

I don't know but y'all can reader her book. Stacey also has a new novel coming out next year 🙂 If fact if you send me $25 I'll ship the book to you USPS 2 or 3 day at no extra charge! This is a special price not available on the website

Welcome to the forums @Author Brian Nelson. We are losing control of the fight for Black minds because we are losing platforms. There are some excellent bocks doing well in the Black community that should be more widely known, but our readers flock to Amazon for information about books and only discover the books that Amazon's profit driven algorithm pushes to them. This increases the incentives for more books like the ones that do well on Amazon to be made. Which also increase demand for books to be sold on Amazon and the downward spiral ensues, and Black folks lose. We all do, but my focus is on Black people.

You can leave off the "digital," and I'd agree with the statement. A book with a good, well executed, marketing plan with always be more successful that a one without one. Defining success by the number of people who learn about a book and read it. Keeping other factors constant like the author's name recognition, book cover design, format, price, etc.

You're a powerful advocate @Gibran, thanks again!

@Delano, told "you" to be the change, he did not say anything about him being the change 😉 Of course this too is a broad generalization, but I hate to say I've seen too many parallels in life to completely discount it. It goes back to the "white man's ice is colder" cliché." Van Jones crying for Biden's win, but nary a tear for all the things @harry brown mentioned. Folks buying everything from Amazon, but overlooking Black stores -- even the ones in their own neighborhoods....

😆 I have to use that one LOL! I dunno man, weeping because Biden won strikes me as way too sensitive. Maybe I'm just not built that way and can not relate to that emotional reaction to this situation. Any record of him crying with Obama won too, or are his tears reserved for the great white savior?

Yes that was it! It did not see the video, but I did listen to enough of it to know it was what I heard - See what Google is feeding me hanging around you 🙂 Can you send me a link from a news source describing white militia men killing a Black person, on the 4th July.

Crying? A grown Black man crying on national TV beside Biden won, really? OK you peaked my interest ... against my better judgement LOL! This Brother deserves an academy award! Were there actually tears? I dunno ... maybe I'm too cynical. Again this is why I simply do not watch these programs. It is all theater all of the coverage all of the nail biting drama. Whether you view jones' performance as sickening or sincere it does not matter. What matter is what Biden administration actually accomplishes, and that remains to be seen. All the other stuff Jones was crying about is of no consequence.

On my cell phone yesterday a YouTube video started play all by itself. Sort of like a butt dial. It was not a video I'd selected it was a video YouTube decided to auto play. I must have trigger the play button while my phone was in my pocket. At any rate there was a Brother (apparently, because it was just audio) on the YouTube channel espousing the same rhetoric Pioneer has about. The video was from the summer and the Brother was warning of the listener about an eminent assault being planned by white supremacists. This was based upon an "increase in chatter" on the various white supremacist's platforms. The speaker felt that a massacre would occur on the 4th of July. Obviously nothing happened, but he cautioned us, as Pioneer has, that we ignore his warning at out own peril. I think YouTube is even worse than Facebook or Twitter at spreading conspiracy theories.

5. Sell books on this site. This raised another problem with the Black Book Ecosystem and that is; distribution. I pull this conversation into the #ReadingBlack club. I'm thinking about restricting access and making it private. We have to use our platforms places to communicate, Facebook can not be our home base.

FAS create an account I'm too busy to have to chase around your posts to approve them -- especially if you are going to accuse me of deliberately NOT approving. Nope my work is done. The post above is the last one I'm approving for FAS. Really, I'm fully pegged right now, and given FAS's attitude I'm can't be bothered.

Hi @LaShelle Turner, please free to link to you website and post your book's ISBN.