Troy

Lets see what happens. Publishing is a business of white privilege. I just added L.L. to the site: https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=L.L.+McKinney I never heard of her before.

This I believe has always been true. When cost is the only consideration, then people do not do the things that our collective best interest. Imagine cities without publicly funded libraries do you think someone would come up with a business to loan books? Shoot, there are very few people who have figured a way to make selling book profitable. The arts survive because of philanthropy. Think about how New York City is pricing artists completely out gutting the city of it's culture. The platforms exist. What is different today is the pull of a deluge of baser distractions. Are you gonna attract more young men to listen to Jazz or a Cardi B. Are you gonna draw a young lady's attention with TikTok or a literary novel? There was always room and a time for both, but today we aggressively focus on what makes money, so it is TikTok and Cardi B. I don't think Tony Brown and the people who produced his work were solely concerned with money.

I'm not going to bat for race soldiers. I'm just saying people say stupid things online under and alias. Should the person who made this asinine post today lose their job if they were uncovered? I'm sure someone could find something you or I posted here twist it up and make us look like racist, sexist, homophobic, men. No I'm not. Honestly, I was afraid of being killed, or badly beaten and robbed when I was a kid. Living in that kind of fear is not good for anyone. I left my garage door open for a few hours yesterday -- and I'm surrounded by white folks. Do you often encounter these race solders in the real world, or is your hysteria fueled solely from what you watch on TV and find on the web?

See @Pioneer1, @daniellegfny is big enough to admit when he is wrong. It is not that hard; you should try it 😉 Again, this is another example of how emotion clouds reasoning. Rather than seeing the meme for the misleading propaganda for which it is, Danielle doubles down by minimizing the deaths and explaining that all people die?! That retort does not make sense because while we all will die, very few of use do it by committing suicide. One thing I've learned on this forum is that people are not swayed by facts. It does not mean these people are bad, or have ill intent, it is just human nature. I guess. I've been guilty of it myself. I remember early on, I too, though wearing a mask was a waste of time. Because the masks that the general public has access to and wears will not stop the virus. However, I later learned, with Pioneers help, that marks do indeed provide some protection provided everyone wears them and stays a few feet apart from each other. It is a simply way to save some lives until herd immunity is achieved or a vaccine becomes available. Of course the ability to potentially contract covid19 again is a wild card. Life is full of trade offs and I get the fact that the lock downs have adversely impact the people lives. Municipalities must weight and consider a variety of factors. But wearing a mask is easy and should be considered a no-brainier. But again, people get emotional, stop thinking, and make mask wearing a contentious issue. The other thing, and this is important, the people MOST likely to be hurt by the failure to adopt these simple measure like wearing a mask are Black people. The numbers bear this out on every dimension. So why any Black person would do anything to undermine efforts to prevent the spread of this disease is COMPLETELY beyond me.

OK, are we good with "4 deaths for every 10,000 who contract the disease?" In order words, the rate of death being 4/10,000, or 0.0004, or 0.04% You know like; 10,000 deaths for every 10,000 who contracted the disease would be 10,000/10,000, or 1, or 100%.

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I think that is a really good idea what you are doing with the people involved in your books. Have you considered allowing people to leave comments?

Sadly, we don't chose our race. Still you and @E Coli (or @E_Coli) are on the same page with the race thing.

@Pioneer1 have you considered that they are actually sorry for doing something stupid? Haven't you ever done something dumb, but did not realize it until some called you on it? Once you were made aware if the dumb action you apologized for it. I find it hard to get bent out of shape for something some dummy said on their free time. I'm more interested in what he does. Everybody talks shit.

@Pioneer1. Still think Candice is cute? Assuming her percentage is correct, which would be a BIG assumption, because no one knows the percentage to that degree of accuracy. A 99.96% suvival rate works out to be a 0.04% death rate or 4 deaths for every 10,000 who contract the disease. The US population is about 330 million, using Candice's math we have already exceed that death rate. SMH If Candice is indeed the source of the quote in the meme. I'd be willing to bet she does not have the ability to determine if the quote makes sense. @daniellegfny you gonna continue to spread this misinformation?

So did you stay home?

Note: The links and images below were added by AALBC Black Classic Press Announces, The TMP Series, Books Authored and Formerly Published by The Majority Press Black Classic Press is pleased to announce the republication of selected titles authored by Tony Martin (1942-2013) and formerly published The Majority Press (TMP). At the time of his death, Martin was a preeminent authority on Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). The UNIA, founded by Garvey, was the largest Black mass organization ever, with global membership estimated in the millions. A native of Trinidad, Martin introduced a generation of students and others to Marcus Garvey. His meticulous work solidified Garvey’s importance to Pan-African history, the Civil Rights Movement, Black Power and African liberation movements around the world. Martin was one of the earliest scholars to view Garvey’s legacy as a lasting testimony in the struggles of Black diasporic people. According to Paul Coates, publisher of Black Classic Press (BCP), “Tony was an unbending scholar who fought hard to correct misperceptions about Marcus Garvey and Pan-African history. He fought just as hard for the rights of Black people to interpret and publish our history, unflinchingly, from our perspective.” In 1983, Martin founded The Majority Press, for those expressed purposes. “I remember talking with Tony prior to the founding of TMP. His first book on Garvey—Race First—had been successfully published in hardcover by a publisher who refused to issue a less expensive paperback edition,” says Coates. “Tony later obtained the rights for Race First and added it to TMP’s list. He issued a paperback edition, and then went on to author and publish other books on Garvey and Pan African culture. He also published several titles by other authors on related themes.” Black Classic Press has agreed with Martin’s estate to publish books from The Majority Press authored by Tony Martin. Initially, BCP will distribute books from the remaining TMP inventory. According to Coates, “As that inventory is exhausted, BCP will print and re-introduce the TMP titles as a series imprint.” With the addition of books from TMP, Black Classic Press becomes the leading publisher of books by and about Marcus Garvey. Race First, largely unavailable for several years, will be re-issued as the first book in the new TMP series. Its publication date, August 17, 2020 marks the 133rd anniversary of Marcus Garvey’s birth. All books in the TMP series will be printed, as needed, by BCP Digital Printing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Black Classic Press. “Our system of printing books as orders come in, has allowed us to survive and grow our list, keeping all of our titles in print and available,” says Coates. Attorney Kervin Simms, who negotiated the publishing arrangement for the estate, says: “We are delighted to make this arrangement with Black Classic Press as we continue to honor the legacy of Professor Anthony Martin. Paul Coates knew Dr. Martin as a scholar and peer publisher. He and Black Classic Press are the right partners to continue the legacy of The Majority Press.” ---------- Anthony “Tony” Martin February 21, 1942 – January 17, 2013 Tony Martin received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He was tenured at Wellesley College where he taught for most of his career. He founded The Majority Press in 1983 and was one of the foremost scholars on Marcus Garvey and the African Diaspora. Black Classic Press W. Paul Coates founded Black Classic Press in 1978. The company specializes in republishing obscure and significant works by and about people of African descent. Coates founded BCP Digital Printing, a state-of-the-art digital printing company, in 1995 as an affiliate of Black Classic Press.

It occurred to me that Alexa a metric I use in ranking the Top Black Owned Websites is owned by Amazon. They have their greedy little mitts in everything 😞 While not the best metric to evaluate a site it is one of the metrics that I use to evaluate the relative strengths of websites for my list. I have now dropped the links to Alexa and am sourcing the data from a 3rd party, SEOquake. Check out some cool indie Black-owned websites while you are there. I have updated the algorithm and some new sites have not made the top 50.

Angela was only 29 years old during the taping. She is deep. If it were not for its service to the ruling class racusn wouldn't even exist. Our schools, which teach racism, serve the ruling class as well. Fannie Lou would be dead 4 years later, and Stokely would die at 57.

lol. No problem. You try not to burn up down there. I was across the street during the first attack in a building that was destroyed during the 2nd attack.

So @daniellegfny do you believe the mask wearing, social isolation, increased border control, school closures, etc are an overreaction? You relalize, despite all the precautions, almost 170K people have already died in just a few months, in the US alone (3/4 of a million world wide). Countless more have long term medical conditions. Likening Covid19 to the common cold is an interesting position to take given the evidence.

@Delano where are you ever 100% free of danger? Florida has tornadoes and NYC has terrorists attacks.

See what happens @Pioneer1 when people believe Black people and white people are not part of the same race.

Reading the article, you quoted from, was frustrating because it was laced with opinions and conjecture. I went back to the top of it a realized it was not reporting, but an opinion piece. The actual news was far less inflamatory. Again you are trying to make seem like every white police officer wants to start a race war. This is just some guy, hiding behind a fake identity, making dumb comments on social media. How come all of your example are of officers falling over themselves apologizing. Can't you find anyone who will stand by their statements? It would be interesting to know who sold him out and why.

I might be inclined to believe you, but prior to the advent of social media. Getting participation from women was not a problem. Besides prior to the Amazon ban, I did virtually no moderation. That said I do believe participation would be higher with a Black female face and leadership. In fact, I believe AALBC would also do better if I were female. Most of the previously successful indie book sites were/are led by women. I'm actually gonna start looking for a Black female bookseller to work with me. If any one out there has an interest please email me troy@aalbc.com. Where are these Black forums of which you speak? Share some URLs

Lol! I wonder you here would get that reference? @O.W. thanks! Please share my info with them.

So your reasoning for Black Americans to own a gun is because white people own them and are preparing for a race war?

@Pioneer1 you made it sound like it was proof of a conspiracy to kill Black people. The fired white cops were unlikely to haved killed any niggers, cause they would have done it already. As far as producing evidence for you, I thought I was crystal clear on that. Do you still believe in multiple human races?

Yes they, and most Americans, should not own guns.

@Pioneer1, man I've known you too long to go down the road of producing evidence in an effort to change your mind. Despite sharing with you volumes of evidence proving the concept of race is artificial, you still reject it, so I'm not gonna waste my time. But if you looked for the proof yourself you'd find it. Man, I watched the video there is nothing in it to show that there is a plan to kill African American's. You've twisted the information presented in the video.