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Makes me wanna holler and throw up both my hands... The crazy thing is that white men are the ones killing themselves increasing numbers, running around calling for walls to be built, expressing an overall sense of disenfranchisement, stocking up on guns, and embracing people like Donald Trump?!

You and I share that characteristic. Tom and his 90+ year old wife presented like lively 80-year-olds. The house was decorated like someone who still had kids at home. Check out the video I posted and judge for yourself: https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Tom+Wood#video I sat with Tom by his pool and he wife made us a tasty lunch. He had a ton of stories. A professional videographer and editor could have created something really nice. i would love to visit people this and record their stories. I asked him about the Boule, he said it used to be secret, but you can find everything about it on the web now. That is the reason he listed his membership. There are a number of clubs where business leaders and the wealthy network with each other.

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Video: 94 year-old Tom Wood, the first Black person to take their company public and the first be a on a major U.S. bank’s board of directors. I had the pleasure of meeting Tom a couple of weeks ago. The video I created really does not do the man and his accomplishments justice, but people like Tom have to be recognized more and this video is my small part. Tom also published his memoir, Anna’s Boy, this year.

I'm not up the Chicago shooting, nor am I really interested. Hearing so much bad news and so little good news makes one think unecessiasrily poorly of ones fellow human.

In some cases perhaps, but in most cases I suspect there is a net benefit. Absolutely. Only on with little knowledge and experience would refute this.

Me neither. Seriously, schools were bad for Black children before the pandemic... Large numbers of our youth will lose a full year of education, likely more. There was no simple solution, for the problems started when we were dragged upon these shores in chains.

Another bookseller I spoke to got one copy and raffled it off. They got 300 people to buy a raffle tickets.

Well, again, I don't buy into the idea that white people are behind the creation of videos like this. But even if they were behind the video our reaction would still need to be the same we cannot support the type of content that is divisive. For example, I do not think that Amazon's stated goal is to destroy all black-owned bookstores, web-based and brick-and-mortar. But Amazon's behavior is indistinguishable from a company who's goal it is to destroy black on book stores. As a result, I behave as if that is Amazon's goal. Part of my strategy is ignoring, boycotting, Amazon. That is not the same thing as doing "absolutely nothing." Boycotting Amazon actually takes effort. But again the real problem are the people who use Amazon. If they do not understand why Amazon's Monopoly is so problematic for Black books then Amazon's ability to hurt our stores they strengthened especially the web-based stores. So not only do I boycott Amazon I also try to help people understand why they are so bad. So we have to do both @Pioneer1 we can't feed the trolls (ignore, boycott) and we have to help people understand what trolls are and why they are bad.

Again I have not seen the video but it is hard for me to wrap my head around anyone who think what happened was justified on any level. Sure some will say the Floyd was a career criminal but no one reasonable even right wingers say that the policeman should have murdered Floyd in that manner -- no one. That police officer's actions are not reflective of America as a whole, or even police officers in general. A very small percentage of humanity is that evil. Biden does not appeal to me on any level, other than my presumption that he will be a better president than the one in office now.

Amazon is not playing y'all...

This is not true very smart people are be easily manipulated, fooled. and mislead. Particularly in emotional charged situations. Pioneer we live in a global community what you suggest is not possible in the 21st century and has not been for centuries.

I think this stuff is created because a lot of people watch it and it generates revenue as a result. Sure, if some diabolical white boys hatched a plan where they funded unscrupulous Brothers to demean Black women we would see little difference. The question really is why videos of Black people dissing each other be so lucrative. I think the only thing we can do is ignore this type of content and share the things we think are positive.

I regularly visit Black-owned books stores, not so much in the past year for obvious reasons, but in one store I noticed this book; an autographed copy of Obama's memoir, Promised Land. This version retails for $350 but I doubt you'll find a copy selling for that much. I've seen the book priced at $1,000 or more. Copies with the signature page removed are selling for $150. The crazy thing is that I was not aware of the book prior too seeing it in the store. The bookseller of the store I saw it in (I'm deliberately not naming the store) told me the publisher only offered him two copies. I don't how many were produced or what book stores got copies and how many they got. Any bookseller lucky enough to get a few copies was given a gift from the publisher.

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I listened to about half the video and my answer is, "no." I would however have asked for clarification of what "niggeroni" means. I've had macaroni and cheese in about four different establishments here in Tulsa Oklahoma and none of them not even one served in a soul food restaurant was any good. basically it was cooked macaroni in Velveeta cheese. my macaroni and cheese is much better. Maybe "niggeroni" is poorly made macaroni and cheese. So far the macaroni and cheese on the east coast is much better than the niggeroni that they serve out here 😉

This matters and is an excellent point. @Campaign Justice where can this book be found besides Amazon?

@Pioneer1 I can't... I can't invest the time to watch this 23 minute video. If he was rude I'm sure the motivation was to attract attention as he attracted yours.

Baseball is fighting for relevancy. I find modern baseball with the cameras, focus on stats, 160+game seasons, crazy ticket prices, an expensive, boring indulgence, so i can't get worked up about anything MLB is doing. Bring back the Negro Leagues, that might get me excited. More seriously, It would be interesting to see negro league stats bump some major league stats, but it will probably take some time before that happens

@Stefan history and experience tell me the interest in "anti-racism" book will end. It is the nature of the book business. Something hits, the market is flooded with more of the same, people get tired, demands plummets, and it is on to the next thing... @Delano I guess that is why more money is spend on weapons than books. Fewer people are going to college...

I know a highly educated person whose son has autism and they feel the MMR vaccine gave their child autism because the symptoms presented around the time the vaccine was administered. I would never challenge anyone directly, who is in this unfortunate position. The problem is diseases that were virtually eradicated are seeing a come back in some communities because people are scared for no reason. That said, I'm not lining up to take the vaccination. 😮

@Liber8ion I don't think the mem in the syphilis "experiment" were injected with syphilis, they were not treated -- still a devilish thing to do. Why people use this as evidence to justify not taking a vaccine today is asinine for all the reasons @Stefan described. Why white people are anti-vaxxers is completely mind boggling.

@Stefan Thanks. It seems unlikely 2021 sales will exceed 2020's but I'm working on it. @Delano that presumes we need guns. I don't think anyone needs a gun. However if you are saying people feel they have all the knowledge they need and are buying a the sense of security they lack, then i see you point.

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It would not have immediately occurred to me if @harry brown had not mentioned it, but one could certainly make a strong argument that George Floyd should be person of the year. In much the same way that Emmett till impacted the nation and still does, George Floyd had a profound impact on the way that people, white people in particular view how black people have been treated currently, and historically in this country. Biden and Harris cannot possibly have such a profound impact on the American psyche as George Floyd's murder has. Floyd's murder got white people to ignore a global pandemic and begin marching the streets for social justice for black people no less. Do you think Biden is going to inspire anything close to that? Biden and Harris's greatest appeal is that they are not Donald Trump.