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As the good @ProfD says Skip knows his path to prosperity DHTPHTG. Absolutely. But no one should have been surprised.

Every human came from Africa. When the European arrived in Mexico that destroyed the Aztec civilization, besides the Aztec civilization predated the Bubonic plague by at least 100 years. Same for Incan and the Maya which is MUCH older. If any people impacted these civilizations they were African, as described by Dr. Van Setima.

We agree on something else @Pioneer1. People can conjure patterns in and reasons for any event they want for all the reasons you mentioned and more. @Chevdove reply illustrates my point perfectly. Of course not. History tells us that so called Black people were the pinnacle of civilization for MOST of our history. The last four hundred years, the primarily period, we are taught in school, ignored our history.

The only problem @Chevdove, and it is a big one: humans are not horses our genetics are different. There are hundreds of breeds of horses while the concept of breed does not apply to human. Differences of hair and skin colors of horses of the same breed that does not alter their breed. Let me know when you get a chance to share the information from Stanford regarding different human races. Also, all humans Homo sapiens, Homo neanderthalensis, and Denisovans are all from Africa evolving long after the continent we know today formed.

I don't think anything special it up. Just another day on the big blue marble.

Vaccines are more dangerous than the disease they have indicated. No, of course not. No. that would violate the meaning of the term No. Do you? Maybe we should stop taking vaccines. There would be far fewer humans alive today and the world would probably be a better place for the ones remaining.

I'll let you speculate as to why I do this, as you can probably figure it out. It is like asking why I build a site dedicated to books about Black people. AKA Y Chromosomal Adam. There is indeed one man from whom all of humanity is descended, and yes, he is from Africa. Calling them "Black" is as problematic as it is today. You mean like the Neanderthals? They too are descendant from Africa -- all humans are descendant from Africa. I'll wait to read what you cite from Stanford in your research before commenting on the rest.

…and Trump is the culmination of our hubris and greed.

You are welcome @Chevdove. Yeah, the planet was here long before humans and will almost certainly be here long after we have gone extinct. A relative "blip" on the Earth's biosphere. Humanity is largely responsible for a loss of about 50% of all the biomatter on Earth since in the last century -- that is a pheromonal stat. It seems like every living creature would be better off without the presence of humans. As far as I can tell, we do nothing to benefit the plaent's ecology.

(1) This statement is true. In fields like sociology race is recognized as a social construct and determines in some cultures how people relate to each other. (2) This statement is true. There is no "race" gene. There can easily be more genetic variation within a so-called race that there is between two different ones. The problem for some is that they view the world in Black or white (literally). They take the social construct and believe that it must be founded in our genes. They can't hold statements (1) and (2) being true at the same time. This is unfortunate as it stunts their ability to understand the world and the people in it.

For real. Are pimps, street gangs, crack houses the scourge they once were? I'm in NYC right now. The biggest problem I've seen was walking down 34th street having to literarily stepover bums laying down in the middle to the sidewalk and on every available bench.

I assume this is because he will likely be sent to prison. How long has he been locked up anyway?

Like observing at election? yes, it is so much better for the film if all this speculation continues to fly around. What amazes me is the time and effort people are putting into these videos to explain some aspect of the film. There are 40 minute YouTube videos to explain something that took 30 seconds in the film. It’s crazy. People are getting too deep for themselves. You can see all kind of crazy things if you look hard enough. I mean Ryan cougar must have been a genius to build all these Easter eggs and double meanings, symbology, all known forms spirituality people have conjured up, and make an entertaining film on top of that.

You think empathy is in his repertoire?

That statement has Dunning-Kruger Effect written all over it. Do you mean as in an inherited trait. Okay what does THAT tell you? Here you go again. You have cherry pick something that supports your argument while summarily rejecting the rest of the article which conflicts with your statement. Are you unable to grasp what was written or are you deliberately ignoring what was written? You tell me to research something. I pull something from the encyclopedia, and you tell me that you are still right and that you know more than what is in the encyclopedia. You double down by claiming access to knowledge that I as non-frat do not have access to -- you are too much man LOL!

I wouldn't call myself a "victim" but I and my ancestors have been victimized in this country by racists. I use the word Black not as a physical descriptor but as a way to describe a broad group of people (some of whom you would call white) who have been victimized by defacto and dejure white racism. Sadly, is has been a global phenomenon for several centuries and it effects Africans on the continent and throughout the diaspora. "Black" is the American term for this group of people. You need to get out more if you think Black people in American are largely one Ethnicity. I'll give you a minute to think about that more deeply. If you have not changed your mind (unlikely) then you can come at me again if you like.

@Pioneer1 What does the shape of one's nose, or the texture of their hair you about a person? Please don't answer with a question of create a strawman just tell me what you learn about the individual. Gender tells you a whole lot about that person. While the color of shape of their lips do not. Well, I created this forum more than 25 years ago. Do you think the same way today, as you did 25 years ago? When I was much younger, I shared many of the same thoughts about race that you espouse now, so I get where you are coming from. What confounds me is when you are presented with information that contradicts what you believe, it does not change your thinking at all. Just today when I presented information from the encyclopedia refuting a statement you made about the caste system you flat out rejected it, rather than trying to understand and learn from it. This is disappointing to me.

Well, you know if they are hung up on racketeering, he was found guilty of the rest... If these are federal charges I doubt the Pres will spring him. What can Diddy do for him now?

No, this time it is very different 😎

This alone should tell you had race is completely arbitrary rendering it meaningless -- as it tells you NOTHING about the individual. Twisting the caste system to fit your narrative: varna, any of the four traditional social classes of India. The literal meaning of the word varna in Sanskrit (“color”) once invited speculation that class distinctions were originally based on differences in the degree of skin pigmentation between an alleged group of lighter-skinned migrants from Central Asia called “Aryans” and the darker-skinned indigenous people of ancient India. However, this theory of the origin of varna has been discredited since the mid-20th century. The term may mean “color” in one sense, but it can also mean “characteristic” or “attribute,” and colors have often been used in Indian traditions in a symbolic classification structures. Yes, "almost anything," which is the problem Race and all the flawed reasoning that flows from it needs to be dumped in the trash.

I'm sure Adams will not be reelected and I'm not even paying attention.

LOL! I disagree with everything you just wrote @Pioneer1. Poor R. Kelly and Puffy two irresistible Black hulks victimized by puny white racist men to stem the torrent of precious white women who can't spread their legs fast enough for these super masculine Brothers. Good thing they have you to advocate for them.

I had no idea what Mamdani looked like until I read the Politico article. (why does Politico have to run those shitty ads? Don't they have salespeople? Those ads tarnish their image and devalue the brand) He looks like a serious contender. So far, I like what I have read about him.

🤣 Again ethnicity, is a far better descriptor. As it actually tells you something about the person. The skin of the person only relates bad information to a racist. I would definitely consider the Irish and the English different ethnicities. The English treat the Irish horribly for centuries. Though Pioneer would just see them as "white." Italians are Germans are different ethnicities as well. Of course, Black American a bunch of different ethnicities. Again, the skin color is meaningless. Thanks @frankster your simple statement helped me in my thinking about race. 🙂

More conspiracy theories Frankster? 🧐