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I would presume because the Brothers did not vote in meaningful numbers. If 98 percent of Black women voted for a candidate that is effectively everybody. You can't get 100% of anyone to do anything. 100% of Black women didn't even vote for Obama, and I don't think Jesus Christ (the white one) could have earned a higher percentage of the Black woman vote than Obama.

Yeah Peppermint Patti presented butch, but was was strickly-dickly. She even had a thing for 'ol Chuck B., But Cuckie boy's amorous energies were directed to toward the more feminine little redheaded gal.

@Pioneer1 why would I have a problem with TV, Movies, and Magazines being filled with nothing but beautiful Black people? I knew colorism could be bad in the Black community, but I thought that died out long ago. Why treat our sister like a red-headed step child?

A wonderful interview with a terrific writer, Elizabeth Nunez: Distinguished Professor, Hunter College. Dr. Nunez also has helped a large number of writers both in and outside of the classroom. I consider her a literary activist, though I doubt she would describe herself as one.

@Pioneer1, my sister, Danzy is Black, whether you like it or not That is how subjective and arbitrary terms work.

Wow, I did not know about Tavis until just now. I'm not surprised at all. Now if someone accused Barack Obama I would be surprised, but Tavis Smiley not at all. This is not to suggest that I think Tavis is slimey I have no reason to think that. I actually thought he might be gay. At any rate, maybe he mistreated some women or treated them unfairly. This would not be an unusual thing for a powerful Black man to do. Plenty of people are legally fired without "due process," Why did BET get rid of him? I seem to remember people being outraged about that and wanting to do something about the loss of his show. Interestingly i have not heard anything about this regarding Tavis this time around, they way I have already heard outrage for Martin, but it is still early. Maybe someone will create a platform for Roland and Tavis to do there thing.

Del you posted the video I watched it he look great and was obviously not dead, when he made the statement, that is why the impact of the video in my opinion was minimized. By today's standards it gets a big yawn and a so what?

As discussed the focus of the club has changed from the negative (boycotting Amazon), to the positive, supporting the businesses to support Black books. On social media the hashtag #readingblack will be used and doman readingblack.com will point to this website. My initial goal will be to encourage folks to read books by Black writers and to buy those books from Black booksellers and to provide the services device strategies to facilitate this process.

Based upon feedback it looks like it would be best to abandon the proposed boycott of Amazon and redirect the energy to readers to purchase books, written by Back writers, from Black-owned bookstores. I'm joining an effort, started by a booktuber (folks on Youtube who create book review videos), Denise D Cooper. I registered the domain readingblack.com and will point it to this club. I'm seeking feedback on the meme below let me know what you think? This is a play on another meme I saw which used the phrase "Buy local or bye local."

"The combined market capitalization of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google is now equivalent to the GDP of India. How did these four companies come to infiltrate our lives so completely? In a spectacular rant, Scott Galloway shares insights and eye-opening stats about their dominance and motivation -- and what happens when a society prizes shareholder value over everything else." I Think Scott does a really good job of presenting data in a way that connection on a emotional level.

Brenner still looks pretty good in the video. Maybe if they cut to a video of him wasting away on a lung machine in the hospital, followed by a shot of him in the morgue or his tombstone it would have had more of an impact. In any case, the best solution would be to make cancer sticks things illegal, and throw the execs in jail. It is absolutely criminal big tobacco can kill so many people in THIS country and nobody wants to do anything about it...

Ok that is why I don't recall Franklin's broken chair. I don't remember this cartoon, but it is the Thanksgiving, not the Xmas special.

Hmmm, I did not mention a relationship between size and sexual prowess Zero curiosity huh; I guess you consider ignorance on that particular subject bliss

Yes I did. But I primarily used graphs, charts, and forms of data to try to convince other why they should too This approach makes people's eyes glaze over at best. Data does not persuade lay people. They need to "feel" why it matters to them. If the argument does not resonate on an emotional level it will not work with most people. It is like telling people that cigarettes kill more than 500K people a year and 1/10 of these people die from 2nd hand smoke. This is a staggering figure, but we still allow these things to be sold. Now studies have shown showing one diseased lung or someone cleaning out their tracheotomy hole is much more likely to convince someone to stop smoking and preventing more from ever starting.

Hi Janeice, thanks for sharing information about your event. I also appreciate you formating it in such a way to facilitate me adding it to my database" https://aalbc.com/events/index.php?st=Michigan#African-American+Family+Book+Expo I also added your book store to our bookstore database: https://aalbc.com/bookstores/store.php?store_name=Detroit+Book+City

A Charlie Brown Xmas was my favorite holiday cartoon it was neck-in-neck next with the How the Grinch Stole Xmas. I watched it every year when it came on TV up until my kids were young. Eventually I purchased the VHS, but once I was able to which it anytime I wanted the allure of watching it during Xmas wore off. I have not seen it in years. Funny I don;t remeber Franklin and the broken lawn chair. I aso enjoyed the music. I actually brought the sheet music to "Linus and Lucy" and an expensive electronic keyboard to learn how to play it. I never got around to actually learning how to play it.... Don't tell me Ezra Jack Keats sexually abused some woman. What kind of flack did he receive and for what?

Come on Del, you mean to tell me you never took a quick peek just to see how you compare

Del was a good idea: Fun with Dick and Jane A Snowy Day World Book Encyclopedia Dr. Seuss Books (all) Charles Shultz Peanuts (all) Encyclopedia Brown (all) Alice in Wonderland Cane Beloved Who Owns the Future I know it looks like a crazy list; only 3 of the authors are Black and I've only added 4 of the books to this site. All of these books (and more) have stuck with me for one reason or another. #1 was the first book I remember reading. #2 was the first book I ever saw with a Black boy in it and I recall being surprised by the that--and I was really very young at the time.

Yeah Ram seems like a very interesting fellow. I saw not familiar with his work until I stumbled across the VOX video I posted above. His interaction with the Pope was interesting and one of the reasons I'm rethinking how I communicate with people, about why Amazon or Facebook are bad.

Yes @Pioneer1 Google is the moral police, if you are part of their ad network. But unlike the police who will bring you in front of a judge (usually) for due process, Google are judge, jury, and executioner. In this particular case, I did not mean for you to change your post. I was just making light of the situation, and thumbing my nose at Google by using the word myself. Which is dangerous because Google could easily put me out of business in a heartbeat (for real). @Delano, a locker room is exactly where you want a massive package so you can show who the dominant male is...I guess you wouldn't know anything about that

Wait, @Pioneer1 did you just throw a gratuitous "bigger penis" in there just for kicks? What environment would a big penis not come in handy? (oh God, I know the nasty-gram from Google is on it way now... we used the word "penis" on a page with their ads,... hey did anyone hear that? That was my search engine ranking hitting the floor).

Exactly. I thought what Martin did to Umar was foul. I've seen him treat others the same way. I when I have a second I'll dig up that video. I seem to recall Martin was working off hearsay and could not provide anything evidence to justify sullying Johnson's reputation. Now I'm not saying Johnson is above reproach, he probably is not, but it was just the way he handled it was funky...

Well I would agree Caucasian is a better term than white, because it speaks to geography. Well I do not know the answer for the gentleman and I've removed his book from the list, but he is perfectly appropriate for the site given his work. Truth be told, I can't look at Danzy's hair and see that it is permed. She looks like your garden variety Caucasian woman to me. But I'm a guy and defer to our elder from the great state of Illinois. Danzy's book is on the list because she recognizes her Blackness. The "race" thing sure is a messy business...

Based upon what you wrote; you are going to use the temperature data from 1895 - 2017 to see if the temperature has gotten warmer in central park. Beyond that you have to tell me.

@David Covin, I appreciate that, but when I sell books "directly" I take the orders and have them dropped shipped by Ingram. I don't have the resources to manage sales like that, besides I don't like doing it (been there, done that). I rather deal with a distributor. Now if Blue Nile would fulfill orders I send that would work for me. For example, if you look at the buy links for Just Us Books or Black Classic Press the buy links go directly to the publishers and they fulfill the order. Right now I just give readers the option to buy direct from publisher and authors. Right now it is not setup to generate commission, but that would not be too difficult. Another alternative is Mahoganybooks. They fulfilled the orders for our old Power List bestsellers. I'm SURE the would stock a handful of Blue Nile titles. I would then change the buy links for your titles to route to Mahoganybooks who would be happy to ship the order. They also have a physical store and are setup to pay commissions too. How does that sound. Shall I arrange for this to be setup as an initial experiment? But two significant problem remain; Getting people to buy from someplace other than Amazon. Now if I remove the Amazon option, maybe some readers will use the publisher/MahoganyBooks links--especially if I explain why the Amazon links were removed. Perhaps the #ReadBlackBooks (I gotta get the hash tag right) campaign will pick up and gain some traction. Using one bookseller does not scale. Mahogany Books has limited resources too--this solution will not scale very well. Other options would be using POD, Ingram, or spreading the books around to different business wiling to stock and ship orders. I bet Desmond Reid (Dare Books) would be willing to help. He has a large bookstore--it even has a loading dock. I'll reach out to Mahogany and float some ideas by Desmond.