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Yes this is a Google ad. I'll remove that ad unit from my homepage. Looking at that screenshot, QBD appears to be hijacking my homepage

Dude, no one wrote anything like this. Please provide a quote.

What does "pink blooded" mean?

Or even better; give the money directly to the university so that the students did not need to take the loans on the first place... A billion dollars is a lot of money and there are a lot of ways to spend it -- at least as many ways as there are people. What homeboy did was quite commendable.

Every two months I post a list of our bestselling books. It is typically the most popular item in AALBC’s monthly newsletter and website in general. Here is a link to our March/April 2019 bestselling books. This is not the same list of books that I report to the New York Times (as most of these titles were sold through affiliate programs). Only the books I sell directly are reported to the NY Times.

Is this a serious question to me? Don't be silly 🙂 Besides @Chevdove never asserted that.

@Pioneer1 yes I too remember the jet beauties -- every red blooded Black man does. Few can recall something from Ebony with the same level of fondness. But man any print publication is hard keep afloat today. Who knows what I would really do...

Easy, the laws of physics have not changed. Which is also why we know how the planets were aligned

True. I need to do so as well 🙂

No I did not. It was not my decision and i did not perform the procedure.

@Pioneer1 what you wrote about engineering is true. But for Del. "pedigree" holds no importance.

So let's kill the ones we can't sustain?

True, since there is apparently no such thing as objective sensitivity. Here we go... ok, point to a single article I've written to support your statement. It never ceases to amaze what people will without a shred if evidence....

14 Million Black babies aborted since 1973 is a staggering number, one that I've unfortunately contributed to and regret to this day. But I understand not everyone feels the way I do. On some level we are terminating a life. That 14 million number could have been made a lot smaller through education, and better access to birth control.

@Delano when we were forced into segregated communities. We ran business and built communities -- some quite prosperous -- we had too do this, for there were no other options. Today our options are being restricted again. While segrations is not longer the law. It is the reality even in Places like NYC. Schools were sgregated when I went and they may be more segregated now. The Stuyvesant HS is a popular example. Today, for example, there are more Black owned bookstores than there were five years ago. Amazon is not serving us, Borders closed, B&N is scaling back. These are opportunities, not justy in the book space, but in other areas as well. If Farrakhan can't be in Facebook, he can reach his audience on his own website and people who want to hear him will go there. I'm not the only person who has left Facebook and I will not be the last. I think (hope) it will be a growing trend. It is not that people like me don't engage online any longer -- we just go where we are treated better. I've visited Lipstick Alley in recently years looking for alternatives to Facebook -- I'm sure I'm not the only one.

This is true. But in recent years I see less evidence of it here, as social media is where most Black people engage now. I used to get a LOT more white supremist trolls activity here and even hate mail -- including physical mail, but essentially none in the last year or two.

It was an an attempt at humor. Yes a few women have emailed me this sentiment over the years. I never understood it. There were two women in this forum that caused me to intervene in all the years you've posted here; one was Sara (who eventually left on her own after I deleted one of her particularly offensive post -- made against Cynique; and the other will remain nameless, but long time posters can probably guess who she is. In both cases, Cynique actually defended these women! Cynique is unique. She was always honest and definitely a defender of free speech. Nothing personal @Cynique, but I won't be going to Facebook to read your writings. @zaji if when you read something interesting by Connie please feel free to embed it in a post here.

So... you have no problem with walking on water, resurrection, parting of the seas, etc.... this is what gives you pause? Maybe something was lost in translation, or the story is just a myth or allegory.

To who, you? How would you couch the same sentiment without appearing "condescending" Del? This is a patently false and ignorant statement I guess you have never read any of my articles providing statistics and data. Indeed, I've learned over time that people are more easily swayed by emotion -- not information. Indeed you appear to be one of those people. Also, education and experience (what you apparently mean by "pedigree") are important factor that should be considered when having a conversation/debate with someone. I would not debate you about astrology and more than I would debate @Chevdove the about the historical content of Christianity. @zaji I'm doing fine. I moved to Tampa, full time, back in December 2017 and am really enjoying it. I have seen evidence of this. Indeed when a poster emails me about something another poster wrote -- it is always a woman. There was only two men that have done this in over two decades (I could tell you who both were -- simply because it is so unusual). I have even had women on other forums email me disparaging remarks about female moderators on a different discussion forums! -- trying to secretly undermine the another woman. I've never witnessed a man do this. I agree. Overly sensitive people like Del call this type of writing "condescending," when I'm simply stating a fact.

Wow this is is so deep. Mel you know you do the same thing. For example, you stated emphatically, multiple times, that I did not know how to use Twitter. The statement flies in the face of logic. However I don't recall making a similar statement about your knowledge. As far as your knowledge about the WWW, I honestly don't recall saying that you did not know anything about Mel. I don't hold that belief, so it is not clear to me what I could have wrote to give you that impression. Think you are a very smart and passionate woman Mel, one who thinks deeply about subjects and loves people. However, I do strongly suspect that there are areas of the web that I know a lot more about than you do. But this is not a personal attack as I demonstrably, know more about the WWW than most people. I also understand that when I say somethings about the web people won't get it because they simply don't have the foundational knowledge or experience. Still, often I feel it is not what I say/write, but how I say it, which is the thing that irks women far more often than it does men. I think part of the reason is as Mel stated, "...here in America women are often dismissed as NOT having knowledge about a topic." If this is your worldview you'd be more likely to perceive a slight where one did not exist and was not intended. Black men, in general, don't have this hangup when we relate to each other. As a result, we don't have to pull punches or couch things in softer language when communicating with each other. However I can relate to Mel's sentiment; white people (both men and women) assume Black American men don't know very much either. The is a result of both classism and racism. The impact of this is broad and deep culturally. It speaks to everything from our education to our incarceration. Hey @zaji we miss you (or I'll just speak for myself. I miss you). You coming to the Black Pack Party?

@Delano perhaps your knowledge of astrology can be of use here. I think when planet go retrograde they appear to stop for a moment before seemingly reversing direction. all planet move in the sky. stars appear fixed relative to each other. This @Pioneer1 is why you can determine when something took place. I believe the age of pisces corresponded with Jesust the Christ's birth for example, which is why Christians drive around with the fish symbol on their cars. I remember pointing out Venus to a sister in the night sky. She was surprised. In fact I doubt she believed me. You can see several planets with the naked eye. Most people mistake planets for stars.

One of my interns, Delia Mercado, recently wrote a bio on Gayl Jones. I was first introduced to Gayl's work when @Thumper selected her novel, Eva’s Man for our book club's reading list back in 1998. Delia's article made reference to Gayl and her husband fleeing to Paris for a few years, but she did not explain why and I asked her to expand that section to provide a reason her her leaving the States. I read the explanation, just this morning, -- holy cow! I was expecting some Jimmy Baldwin type reason. I also read the source NY Times article which provided the gory details.

I actually missed this message. I just now noticed it because Chevdove just highlighted it. The name of forum is permanent unless you want me to remove it. As far as your participation, all good things must come to an end and you've done more than your fair share participating. I'm not keen on seeing you go, but alas nothing last forever. I will miss you when you decide to stop posting. Hey does this mean you and Pioneer really aren't gonna hook up?

No.