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That is interesting. I wonder if other audio bookvendors are doih the same thing?

I have to check this film. I'm was unfamiliar with it, but it looks fascinating!

Sure, a double standard is being applied here, but why didn't Biden just select a civilian? This was an easy battle to avoid.

@Stefan your opening sentence needs editing. I normally would just overlook it because I'm pretty sure you meant "eat some pretty good food..." I only bring it up because you've been so harsh on the writing skills of so many others -- the entire nation. What do you think about this sentence? Does it diminish your skill as a writer? Should we look at you and all people who post all forms as terrible writers?

@Delano 😉 @Stefan I read the article and was surprised how small the amounts were paid to writers. I pay more to my editor to edit an article. The real problem is that many writers will write for free just to get a by line. HuffPost was notorious for exploiting writers who did this. Meanwhile writers demanded that far smaller black-owned publications had to pay them, while they gave Ariana Huffington free articles all day long. Black publications were dropping like flies while Ariana Huffington became very wealthy.

Guess for now you're assessment of lipstick Alley seems harsh. I visit the site from time to time and that has not been my experience and I'm a black male. I do however restrict my participation to the Book Alley and my activity there is pretty limited so I just may not have had the chance to experience what you have. Are the sites, "healthy living, psychic alley and the front porch" black owned? If so I will check them out too.

When asked the same question a buddy of mine said, "they are just the dumb ones." This seems more plausible than assuming these people recognize and accept their role as canon fodder in the maintenance of white supremacy. Otherwise why do do many of them complain about their situation? Stupidity is also a more plausible explaination for their universal health Care and a higher minimum wage.

There is plenty of talk about Oklahoma being the Black Mecca a apparently it is home to more historically Black communities than anywhere else in the country ... I'm still learning.

It is an acrostic poem ... stand to upset virgins wishing x youthful zealotry.

A bit rapey? It is the very definition of rape.

Nothing is perfect my friend 😉 I began to see that once was sophisticated enough to think about it. Sure I write I can write something they did not actually mean to write, but if it is important enough and unclear someone else will ask for clarification or make a correction Posting has becoming even more challenging as the auto correct and type ahead features can modify a post seemingly without you realizing it and introduce errors that are just bizarre. [just now, looking over what I just wrote "auto correct" was written as "author correct." I know I did not write "author"]. Of course simply going over what you have written will clean up a lot of problems. Often the choice for me because of time (I'm rushing to write this as I have a plane to catch) is between clean copy or not posting at all. I err on posting . I have corrected errors days -- even years after making a post, especially if I see it is being read frequently. Different people have different levels of tolerance. Cynique used to hate the @Pioneer1 often writes "definately" that never bothered me in the least, because I knew what he meant, but once she pointed it out I ways notice it. Your writing was indeed riff with often unintelligible words I only gave you grief about it when you critique others for their writing. I also assumed you were using a handheld, so I was willing tolerate it. Even great writers benefit from editors, even then it is still not "perfect." Good writers may strive for perfection, but recognize it is unachievable. Great writing comes really close and most writers are not great 🙂

Nine years old, you was a fast little kid huh @Gibran! When I got to the part "...get beat with an electrical cord..." that made me laugh. My moms used to beat me with an extension cord. I threw away the belt she used to use and she upgraded. I thought that was a particularly cruel implement to discipline a child, but it was really all my mother knew and everyone seemingly whupped their kids. She stopped whipping me when it was obvious I could stop easily stop her from doing it. I never tried to sneak out cause my moms slept light as a feather. I'd seriously considered climbing out the window over the years but I was more that 30 feet from the ground and getting back in would be pose an even even greater challenge.

Hey @Delano despite what you write, I have recently begun describing myself as a "writer." I recognize I'm not as good as most others who call themselves writers. I have taught a section on writing to prepare students for the GED test. I have been writing for this website for over 20 years. I have paid writers and edited their work for this site. I have been paid to write for other publications including a book. So while I don't go around boasting about it, or put if high on my set of skills, I include it. Just some context 🙂

You just have not seen him when he is grabbing "pussies."

Me too LOL! Come on, no one reasonable expected this and no one here even expressed this notion. What people did expect was a change, not more of the same; Wall street bail outs, windfalls for insurance companies, and wage stagnation was not the change people hoped for. Sure more people got some mediocre for of health insurance but white folks were the primary beneficiaries of the while people people were burdened with the tax penalty for for not carrying health insurance -- something Trump reversed... Sheesh, can we just take if for granted that Obama is more intelligent than the average person? The only think I question is his Black consciousness. A lack of which is easily understandable given how he was raised and spend his life. The fact that he married a Black woman like Michelle Obama says a lot for Barack in my book.

...then what about all the white people who are profoundly impoverished?

Man the weather is a big deal. I would seriously consider moving there were it not for the weather. I'm actually surprised given your focus on what Black people are genetically predisposed to doing that you would encourage us to move to a place with weather like Detroit we'd have to take vitamin D supplements and apply ointments to our skin just to inhabit that frozen tundra (and that is just during the summer)...

@Stefan I actually celebrate anyone who takes their precious time to not just read what is written here but to contribute to the conversation as you have. See here is the thing Stefan; right here on this very forum I publicly bet two different contributors $50 each that Trump would win, so you were not alone in your prediction. You are not the first to disparage bad writing here on other forums in general. As some one who has run this forum for over 20 years, and have participated in online forum before the WWW was invented, the quality of writing and expression of thought varies a great deal, and as far as I'm concerned it is fine. I can't recall a truly bad writer posting here... the ideas expressed are usually more cause for concern than the writing 😉

Here are some folk invoking steps 1 through 5 right now in ATL: 19 Black families bought 97 acres of land, and they want to turn it into a city called Freedom https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/10/06/19-black-families-buy-97-acres-georgia-land-create-freedom/3593821001/

I still disagree with the statement for a variety of reasons; one and most importantly, there is no data to support it. Indeed all the information available to tends to counter your statement. American had the best educational system on Earth. This fact that many Black people and poor people don't enjoy this system is another problem, but the world's elite come to America to be educated. The number of great books created by American writers every year tells me a completely different story. Great writing even comes out of the most impoverished conditions. It can be more easily argued that we are a nation of great writers. This does not mean we don't have poor ill-informed writers -- of course we do. But don't based the nation's writing ability by what you see on social media. Social media and discussion forums are most likely biased toward poorer uninformed writers. This forum has enjoyed the writing of many professional and skilled writers, including you @Stefan

@artGriot Please feel free to post a link the website where readers can learn more about your book.

So @Stefan, did you teach writing? 😉 If would not have matter anyway. Your anecedote would not have proven anything. I was jusyt curious as I'm on the look out for good Black-owned forums ... any Black forum with active participation really. I'm not sure what you expect here or any other platform. Some people write really well and others don't. Some people are more informed on some subjects and other not so much. Some people have a sense of humor and others act like they have a stick up their asses. Some people take themselves way too seriously and other are more grounded. The same person can exhibit all of these characteristics at any given time. This is not a function of one's so called "race;" it is just human nature. If you expect perfect sentence structure on an informal discussion forum, you need to change your expectations, for you will be constantly disappointed.

Who has disputed your prediction Stefan; and why do you care so much about it any way?

@daniellegfny for someone looking to sell more than 10K copies of their book you really can't to turn down promotional opportunities 😉 AALBC's primary focus is on physicals books. Right now, for a variety of reasons, Libro is my partner for audio books. One reason is technical -- they have given me API access, so adding their audiobooks to AALBC was easy. That said, post the product link to your book in Akoobooks, I'm always interested in working with Indie, Black-owned business. Maybe I can incorporate them into AALBC.