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This can't be true. @Kareem is this a photo you posted, or is this something you copied from another source? In any event, I'm going to copy the photo and paste it on my Facebook wall to see if I can reproduce this problem.

No, I actually don't. It took me years to get a press pass. I wanna say it is invitation only, like the National Book Awards, but im not sure.

Thanks Mel you are right in that the money I make contributes to Black writers not just in the form of book sales but for reviews, editing, and other assignments. I'm going to have to out source the book order processing I simply can't do the work. I think I have a compensation model that will be worth it to someone looking to earn a little extra money and get some free books.

Google is notorious for copying content. What makes this so bad is that they bury sites in search results for doing the same thing! This acutally is a good idea anyway if the business or entity is not going away soon. It is less expensive and is a ranking signal the Google uses (domains with expirations far in the future get an SEO benefit.

Thanks @Wendy Jones I was talking to a publisher and they told me "A" would order books send them back before the payment terms (that A defined) expired only to reorder the same books just to avoid paying for the books by extending the terms. The publisher loses money on each book they sell through A. They were forced to increase the price of the book. In the meantime, given the lack of competition the publisher is selling far fewer copies. Everyone, including the publisher, author, reader, and bookseller are worse off. The only one benefiting in this scenario is "A." The real problem is that readers don't appreciate how they are less well off. In an world with "A;" books are more expensive than they would be otherwise (save the most most popular titles), and readers are exposed to fewer titles because of a lack of competition.

@Pioneer1 you give white folks too much credit, mushrooms are natural aren't they?

@Pioneer1 I agree the program sounds like woke psychobabble designed to seperate naive students from their money by capitalizing on Cullors notoriety. I would have wrote that "...extends beyond the hashtag." I know that's cynical but...

@KareemPlease link to article if they are relevant and especially if you are connected withe the sites. It the link is problematic, which seems unlikely, I'll let you know.

Hey! I haven't even seen this thanks for sharing it @Mel Hopkins

PATRISSE CULLORS NAMED FACULTY DIRECTOR OF NEW SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ARTS PRACTICE MFA PROGRAM AT PRESCOTT COLLEGE Prospective students will be able to complete the program online with an optional residency in LA at the Crenshaw Dairy Mart Today, Arizona’s Prescott College announced the unveiling of their new Social and Environmental Arts Practice MFA program helmed by Patrisse Cullors, artist, activist, educator/public speaker, Black Lives Matter Global Network co-founder, founder and chairperson of Reform L.A. Jails, as the Faculty Director. The program, strategically designed by Cullors and Prescott, is the first of its kind in the nation to focus a curriculum on the intersection of art, social justice and community organizing that extends beyond the page — creating a pathway to positively respond to social and environmental issues in ways that inspire and mobilize community-based solutions. Students enrolled in the 48-credit online MFA degree have the option to complete a residency in Los Angeles, California at The Crenshaw Dairy Mart, a studio where Cullors and many of the faculty that teach in the program work. Cullors was intentional in every aspect of the program design, with classes lending themselves to evaluating nature, culture, society, and the environment through the arts. Core classes to complete as part of the curriculum include “Art as Social & Environmental Practice”, which introduces students to the fundamental theories and concepts of art as social and environmental practice; “The Rise of Performance Art in the Fine Arts World”, which will look at the ways social practice has evolved from 1960 to present; and “Studio Practice”, which is course work that can be fulfilled through mentorships and/or online courses as approved in the student’s degree roadmap. To learn more about the program visit: prescott.edu/mfa

I read this book. Gregory says some radical even conspiracy theory stuff. The publisher said they vetted all his stuff, so I was anxious to read what the book contained. I don't recall anything particularly revelatory. Let us know what you discover.

Hi @LKC1218 or ( @LKC1218) i just approved your account your videos should embed directly. Ill check out myself later.

Yes, I think posting the review here makes sense too 🙂

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Picture 1994: “This is a great script. Let’s get Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman,” said the then-president of a studio sublabel. Fortunately, there was a single black person in that studio meeting 25 years ago who told him that Harriet Tubman was a black woman. The president replied, “That was so long ago. No one will know that.” —The Los Angeles Times, November 19, 2020. Plowing through my emails this morning. I got an email with the subject, "Julia Roberts as Harriet Tubman?" I immediately deleted the email, but something told me to undelete it and read what as in the email -- only because the person who sent it was an elder and respected author. If did not read his email but went to his source, because I did not want to read an opinion about sometime that I had already dismissed as fake news. His source as a site I never heard of, TheWeek.com. One look at the site and told me to just move on, but the first sentence cited the LA Times, a source worth checking out. I read that article and apparently the headline is true! While folks can say the craziest things! @Kareem, understanding how holliweird works (read the article) and what it actually takes to get a film depicting heroic Black people, are so still bend out of shape about Everio playing the role?

@Kareem I feel the same way about Kamala, but I also appreciate everything I know about her is fuction media hype and political posturing. So I'm reserving judgement. @Pioneer1 we defintely have different tastes in women 🙂 Kareem, I aslo agree with you on Tariq. His public battle with Umar revealed an immaturity that was unexpected. It would be interesting to read your response to Pioneer's question:

Dude, what impact has BLM had on your life, or the life of anyone you know? Do you think anyone would be made gay by following them on Twitter? BLM does give white corporations the ability to appear "woke," by providing BLM a platform. The "alphabet people" as you describe them are in now.

Here is a related anecdote: Read the review about one of the Black Lives Matters principals, Patrisse Khan-Cullors, When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir. The late Kam Williams wrote the review. The author of the book, a sister I though I was cool with emailed me vigorously trashing the review. There is a video on the page that i arranged for the author to appear in but she ghosted me which was a pretty shitty thing to do. Now the review was Kam's assessment, was the review worth burning a bridge with AALBC? What did Kam do wrong mention Patrice's dysfunctional upbringing or her Homosexuality? While I don't think the oligarchy is using homosexuality to destroy the Black community, the current climate of political correctness and hypersensitivity is hurting us. I have no issue with BLM, but their prominence is a function of and largely a creation of media coverage. Since we don't control media, we don't control who represents Black the mainstream. The are important groups in NYC, for example, doing real work in the community. You will rarely learn about them on network TV. They don't have social media folks sending tweets or posting on Instgram -- they doing real work and don't need retweets. "A group's prominence on social media is inversely proportional to it's relevance to our people." Without twitter BLM would never have emerged. As far as it's relevance lets judge that in another decade after the twittersphere (if it still exists) has moved on to the next shiny thing.

Kanye's get waaaay too much attention if you ask me. Doesn't he have some type of mental problem?

Funny that thought occured ti me from an early age, as if it was knowledge I (we) were born with. Once you becine enlightened you can move onto paradise...

...so white people are funding hemophilia by using BLM and Yvette Carnell to undermine the Black community? Is this what you two are asserting?

I strongly suggest sitting out the election. I felt exactly the way you do, and expressed as much on this forum. Someone here changed my mind. I held my nose and voted for Hillary. You objectively would have been better that 45 and maybe. Better than the last 5 presidents -- including her genius degenerate husband. Also white folks control guns and ammo, don't count on arming ourselves to fight off the U.S. military.

What is the agenda white are using Blacklivesmatter and yvette to promote? Yes @Pioneer1 I do relate more to King than I due to Tyson. But I have things in common with Tyson, and differences with King. As fars as the Black "masses" you might be right but I don't know.

The entire city's crime went down, but that started before Bloomberg purchased the mayoralty. Basically correlation does not mean causation. But it is a slick way to claim credit. As Kurtis' kin points out, a lot of Brothers and Sisters were locked up for petty crimes while white boys got off scott free for similar offenses. This is well documented. A whole generation was lost and the impact is incalculable.