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Funny I attended the Rolex 24 which is a 24 race held on the same tract the Daytona 500 is held. I actually called the "Rolex 24" the "Daytona 500" (not really understanding the difference. It was explained to me that the Daytona 500 was NASCAR and in fact it was a more racist environment than the more gentile Rolex race. In any event, Black folk don't figure significantly in either event. Less of all as spectators. But with folks like Darrell and Brehanna this might change, 'cause there are plenty of Black motorheads.

The impression the man's adverse Impact on climate change is a subject of debate in the scientific community is fake news. The media provide a platform for this because it is cheap and profitable.

Well, reading that depressing article Del shared, it looks like we are past the point of no return sports fans. That is of course assuming the article is not fake news -- I did not have a chance to check the source which is some guy's blog: http://sites.uci.edu/zlabe/arctic-temperatures/ blog which is under construction. It is however on the University of California, Irvine website which means nothing because noone vets these student sites...but I dunno where the temperature data came from and the blog seems to be a curious source for a newspaper to cite as a source. Maybe I'm just overly cynical given the proliferation of fake news propagating across the web today.

That is called wisdom; it comes with age (usually). Interestingly you don't become enlightened winning arguments.

Aw come on Del, Christian roots, principles, or whatever you wanna call it -- it had nothing to do with Christianity.

I'm not aware of a transcript of his talk.

Jesmyn Ward, the writer lower right hand side of the image has already won two National Book Awards (I'm not sure if any other writers has done this) she is one the most celebrated Black authors of 2017.

School abandoning Christian Roots?! When did they ever have them? All of them were racist, classist, sexists institutions. One could easily argue that they still are. Is this an example of incorporating Christian values.

I should buy a couple of cartons and take them to beauty salons or wherever Black women hang out.

Tavis was one of the few who secured the "white co-sign" and all the success a financial rewards that come with it. What I'd like to know is why is he really getting fired. Has anyone stepped forward to accuse him publically? this one #metoo moment seems weird. In any event, it will be very difficult to prove he was fired because of racism.

Ronald Clark’s father was custodian of a branch of the New York Public Library at a time when caretakers, along with their families, lived in the buildings. With his daughter, Jamilah, Ronald remembers literally growing up in a library, creeping down to the stacks in the middle of the night when curiosity gripped him. A story for anyone who’s ever dreamt of having unrestricted access to books.

@Pioneer1 don't even try it Brother. You, and everybody else who posts here knows, my admin role is limited to removing trolls, keeping the software and hardware working, and general administration. Saying, "The only reason you're praising Troy is because he's the Administrator," is not just false, but a pure desperation move on your part -- beneath even you... or so I thought

Interestingly, the film reflected the fact that spirituality and science are perfectly compatible. In the real world, African cultures did in fact demonstrate this.

This cartoon was apparently in Michael Moore's 2010 movie Bowling for Columbine. It would be hilarious if it were not so sad.

Well I saw Black Panther last night. I was definitely a step above the typical action flick, the plot was a bit deeper. Sure it had all the requisite battles, explosions, fast cars, and attractive women and muscular men engaging in death defying feats aided by super powers -- all of which gives it its universal mass appeal. I thought it was an excellent film. I was not the greatest film ever, but for a superhero action fick it was as good as they come. Certainly better than any that I can recall seeing in the last decade. The audience I watched the move with, in Tampa Florida, which was virtually all white applauded at the end of the film.

Actually @Cynique our mansplaining debate was not a draw. Given the fact that mansplaining is in the Oxford Dictionary, I'm forced to accept it as a word. Now I don't have to like it, and I'm really not a fan of it, but if the English say it is a word, it is a word.

That last post was both profound and insightful @Cynique.

Lord have mercy!

@Cynique, maybe that is what I found appealing. I never saw anything like this before. I would rather see programming ike this than see the new Black Panther flick (or any film from Disney). Today these types of conversation are not even being had -- at least not to the degree that they were 50 years ago. This type of TV programming was a special broadcast of the Tony Brown's Journal, which was on TV at the same time that Gil Noble's Like It Is broadcast. In my mind, this was the pinnacle of Black TV. If anything came close to it today I'm not aware of it -- if you are please share.

You know, you are right @Cynique I'm sorry for the hand I had in continuing this "debate." Thanks for being a much needed sane voice of reason

Del I'd discourage you from ever critiquing anyone's writing. As far as the other stuff, I give.

I discovered this video reading an article about Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor on Munchies I'm still listening to it -- not even halfway through (Nikki Giovanni just read a poet to and for Lena Horne and they just started a conversation. This is just a great video featuring different Black women in conversation, singing, dancing, poetry -- a terrific compilation and demonstrates why we need Black media. The following a from the video description on Youtube: Inspired by the book by Chester Higgins, this special episode of Black Journal features a discussion between Joan Harris, Vertamae Grosvenor, Martha Davis, Marian Watson and Amma Baraka. A separate conversation between Nikki Giovanni and Lena Horne. Poetry by Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez and Kali. Plus performances by Roberta Flack, Loretta Abbott and Novella Nelson. Interview with Albert Cleage, Jr. of the Black Madonna Church. Executive Produced by Tony Brown. Directed by Stan Lathan.

Perhaps, but it seems unlikely. Del do you believe you write with perfect fidelity and clarity at all times?

@Cynique the people who create movies and build the hype behind them are really very good at what they do. This more than anything else explains why people are in a frenzy over the fictional country of Wakanda rather than Tulsa Oklahoma. The marketers who get us all hyped about a film could use this talent to generate hype over actual Black history, which in my opinion is far more fascinating, but uplifting people is not as lucrative as selling movie tickets. @Delano, Have you seen the film?

Pioneer you know Black people invented science. Why do you insist on making it a western presumably European thing? Also don't confuse science with it practitioners. Science is a monolith, but there are practitioners who are liars and would pervert science to their own purposes. People do the same thing with religion. Voodoo and science can coexist it does not have to be science. Why make it an either/or proposition? Del, your question, "Does that mean Christians can't be mathematicians? Since reliqion and science are incompatible" is almost bizarre. Who said religion and science are incompatible? Of course a Christian can be a mathematician, but who was talking about Christians and Mathematicians?! Again that was a very odd question...