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I've corrected the site: https://aalbc.com/books/pw-award-winning-books.php?year=2017 Keep me posted.

I watched this video last night. I found it very interesting as it pulled together pieces to a puzzle I always found curious. If we look at the Pyramids of Giza, for example, how could we possibly ignore the fact the humanity MUST have known a lot more, in the past, than we recognize. This is more than about failing to recognize the accomplishments of Black people, I don't expect white folks to do that, but clearly in an effort to erase the accomplishments of Black people, we are throwing the baby with the bath water. I also believe our mortally corrupt and inept level of spiritual consciousness is also far behind what ancient an MUST have known. This video below gives evidence. I found the evidence of the flood myth, which I already knew predated the bible and was present in multiple cultures, particularly fascinating. The book below is from the the presenter Graham Hancock.

Hello Paul, congrats on the honor! If I knew they were having the awards I would have attended. Can you post a link to the Harlem Book Fair site so that I can get a list of all the nominees. I'll make sure I'l update the site to reflect all of the books that have been honored for 2017. I have just updated your book: https://aalbc.com/books/bookinfo.php?isbn13=9780692741764 Please let me know if you win. I'll be sure to mention it in my July Newsletter! I also added a prominent buy link to your website.

Upper middle class LOL! You know I sell books to black people for a living don't you? I'm not exactly rolling in the dough over here. I made a colossal financial sacrifice leaving the "big house" to run this site full-time. In fact as an entrepreneur I learned a great deal more about how this country works, how the poor are treated how not having a lot of money really substantially changes your prospects for success in this country I have now a lot more sympathy for people who never made a lot of money and have no realistic prospects for ever doing so. The other problem is most of us derive our financial wealth due to the largess of white folks, we serve at their pleasure for very few of us have the ability to provide real jobs for other black folks. The website's traffic this year will be higher than any year before it. But I will also pay writers less this year at the rate I'm going, it will be less than I have in the last 7 or 8. Google, Amazon, and mainstream publishers are all paying less. Even as an entrepreneur committed to serving black people (or those interested in learning about our culture) my site's survival depends upon the very same corporate entities that I complain about so much. If history is any indicator, the really sad part is that if I relied solely on black folks I doubt the site could survive. I'm working to buck the historical trend but it is exceedingly difficult when you have to compete against the likes of Facebook and Snapchat...

@Delano you are the one who keeps resurrecting this conversation. I've already demonstrated my flexibility; I was originally very skeptical and now I'm no longer. You are the only one who's demonstrated prodigious rigidity in this regard. And true Gore's carbon footprint did not help his cause. You know your statement: "It is very difficult to find people with any willingness to out in the effort to understand this issue." Is actually incredulous because it ignores the entire scientific community! Now if you're looking for lay people like myself then I would understand why you might have difficulty finding people because most of us simply don't have the hubris to reject the findings of the scientific community the way you have. I'm sorry your scores of hours studying this issue is simply not enough to impress me to change my current position on this issue. Still it will continue to baffle me why you believe so strongly that you know more than the planets scientific community. Now as a black person I definitely understand the skepticism. But I see no reason for the majority of the scientific community to lie about this issue. If anything it makes more sense to lie and take the position you have the way our current president has.

Now that you mention it Cynique, I did find service use of the word nigger (funny Google's voice recognition which is quite good refuses to type the word Nigger) in the context she used it insulting and I felt she crossed a line. That was the first time in 20 years that any poster had used language that I felt crossed the line that I can recall. I had to remove some of Kola boof's pictures, but they were almost pornographic and ultimately got the website banned from Google's ad Network anyway just like this conversation might because of the profuse use of the n-word. Pioneer do you think Bill Maher should have lost his program over his use of the word? He is white and he used the n-word on television no less.

Okay using your terminology, "major cause," I took that to mean the majority cause or most of the cause. What do you mean when you say "major cause" do you mean just a little bit, hardly any, barely, or something else when you say "major?" There are more white kids with the problems you associated to the black kids but where is the hand-wringing over the white kids being adversely impacted by gangsta rap? Keep in mind there are plenty of white rappers even ones that might glorify violence or a wild lifestyle like 3Rd Base or Eminem...

I simply disagree. You are saying that if there were no Tupac, all the negativity in the Black community we have associated to Gangster rap would not have existed. Tupac was a solid rap artist, but there are a great many solid rap artists. Now if you say that if gangster rap did not exist at all there would be less dysfunction for the generation of Black youth were reared on this stuff. I'd be willing to say perhaps. But then you'd also have to explain why white boys who buy most of the gangster rap were not, apparently, similarly effected and why many Black men are not.

@Pioneer1 below is a book that you and every American really need to read. We really need to understand the nature of how the country was founded and formed It really was a very gruesome affair not just for Black folks and the indigenous populations, but for poor whites as well. It is helpful to be patriotic as it strengthens a nation, but if you are patriotic without understanding your country, then you are just a fool (not saying you are a fool, just speaking in general).

Del of course I have my own thought on this, indeed this is how my opinions on the matter were formed. The distinction that you are failing to understand on my position is that I don't presume to know more than the scientist who study this stuff. Now of course you can find some folks that dispute this the majority, but my thoughts on the matter tell me that what they have to say is either biased, uninformed, or malicious. When Al Gore first presented this information to the public I was skeptical, today I'm MUCH less skeptical, because the global scientific community has weighed in supporting man made climate change. Do you see the distinction? Fundamentally you've rejected the findings of the scientific community, and I've chosen to accept them. So when you present anecdotal information about unusual weather that means nothing, because the climatologist have already explained this in the context of global climate change. Now if you are unaware of this fact I'd understand why these weather abnormalities would look like evidence again global warming.

Mel I do indeed wish you are right, but my experience tells me we are collectively pretty shallow. How you look matters more than what you have to say. They say never judge a book by it's cover but unfortunately we do--20 years of data tells me that (read: authors book cover DO MATTER). Now of course, I think the information I communicated in the video is very important, but I also understand a more polished presentation would have also helped too--perhaps a great deal. I'll know for sure once I share this with my mailing list a get more information about the video's stats. So far too few people have looked at the video to draw any conclusions. Right now the average viewer watched the video for 3:17 minutes which is actually pretty good because I communicated the main points in well before the 2 minute mark.

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LOL! Michel'le: “Why you wear your pants like that?” Eazy E: “I wear my pants like this, fo' easy access baby”

Again Del, these are not my scientific discoveries or revelations but the information that has been disseminated by the vast majority of scientists to study the subject and inform the public. Again, increased levels of CO2 in the atmosphere is causing Earth's average temperature to rise faster than it would naturally. This can manifest in aberrant weather all over the planet which could result in colder weather in some locations. Your unwillingness to accept this fact again betrays you inherent bias on this subject. I wonder why continue to engage in a conversation on a subject where your opinion is so frigid? I previously shared a very detailed article, and easy to understand, from National Geographic on the subject. Obviously you did not read it, given your request. You can look it up on your own. I see you going to have to learn this on your own, me telling you is not helping you understand. Again seek out an alternate perspectives, which in the case it will be easy because it is the mainstream, commonly accepted science, based upon the best available information, not the rants of the fringe.

You can't go by the change in temperature in a isolated to evaluate on the global impact. Actually "climate change" is probably a better description that "Global warming" because deniers point to a cold winter or big snow storm as "proof" that made made climate change is not a pending disaster, but merely nature at work. This concept has been communicated to the general public by climatologist. @Delano, rather than looking for articles to confirm you world view (which are easy to find in the age of the internet), try looking for articles from reputable sources that run counter to your beliefs. Did I say Cosby was innocent? I don't recall ever believing that he never did anything wrong. I definitely expressed doubt given the sheer volume and the extremely delay of the accusations. Again he is a rich Black man in America and a target as a result. I definitely had doubts, still do, that he "raped" all of the women that the media likes to promote has. Did he surreptitiously drug and grope some women, yes that seemly very likely. but a jury has trouble convicting...

I'm familiar with Townhall, it is a right wing publication I used to regularly read Thomas Sowell's articles. It has been a while I should look him up.... Pioneer anything is possible, but for me to believe Obama wanted Hillary to lose and Trump is inconceivable. Again I need a good reason to explain the motivation for Obama to want this outcome.

Cynique it is interesting that the way you described Pioneer's reaction is reflective of the "honor" culture. It as been studied and written about quote a bit. They even did an experiment and compared the reactions of two white guys one from the honor culture was one was highly offended from a simple perceived slight, their heart rate increased, Blood pressure rose, everything Pioneer said he felt. The other guy simply brushed it off. The honor culture is part of southern culture it way the Hatfields and Mcoys fought each other for generations, it is why while folks duel and are so quick to join the military. Black folks have adopted this culture and carried with them to the north. It is why you can't talk about their mommas, step on their sneakers, or use the word nigger with out they blowing a gasket, and even becoming murderous... Pioneer where are you from originally? By the way, you do know us niggers really did not wear pants back in Africa right?

The really incredible thing was that Douglass was half white. Having a white father not enough to save him from enslavement... And to think, 45 didn't even know who this man was.

I just posted an article on my blog, "2 Ways Google is Killing Book Websites & How You Can Help" which includes the video below. I'm afraid the poor quality of my mike will hurt the impact if the video. I wish I had the resources to create a more professional video to make this point...

Actually "nigger does not really bother me. I've been called it by white folks a couple of times but never really felt threatened except for once and this was in Brooklyn NY. It really depends on the context. If there is a mob of white folks, with a nose saying, "lynch that nigger," I would be scared to death and trying to break Usain Bolt's record. Now some little white guy using it in a bad joke is relatively innocuous and we should not act like it is the same thing.

Pioneer I can;t know the answer to your questions, but if I followed your logic it would be reasonable to conclude that Obama actually wanted Hillary to lose and for Trump to be president. I find this hard to believe. Do you believe this @Pioneer1? If not who else would you explain Obama's behavior?

I actually was going to read this until I saw that it was 13 years old and written by a student trying to get a PhD, can you explain why you think this is relevant to the conversation?

Oh, OK sorry about the statements regarding you lumping me in with Pioneer. OK I'm clear you see a difference between my position and Pioneer's I won't mention it again... Regarding my softening on Hillary. I think that started when I saw reaction to loosing to Trump. That must have been hard; my heart went out to her. Honestly I kinda forgotten that she is a human being, who fought hard to become president. Again, in hindsight, she was more qualified than Obama and we don't even need to compare her to 45. She probably could have done more specifically for Black people too, because she, unlike OBama, did not have to worry about showing favoritism to Black folks. Again Trump won more electors and that is what Hillary and the Democrats failed to do. Everything else is largely irrelevant. I truly hope you see Trump get kicked out office or whipped in 2020. Hey I'm a Black man in America--I hope I get to see it myself

I wish I knew someone that was playing cards (or dominoes) and BBQing this 4th, I would so be there. There was an interesting section in the Sunday NY Times, where they explain the Constitution. The 2nd Amendment; "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Right wingers often construe this to mean we have to right to buy as many guns as we want, to protect ourselves, but the reality was that this amendment was put in place to guarantee that the southern states could stockpile enough weapons to crush any potential slave rebellions. America's independence is rich white folks business... I have not held a 9 to 5 for 10 years so if others get a day off from work I'm happy for them--too bad more of them don't make time for simple pleasures like playing cards ;-)

LOL nice try... two things; (1) If I change my mind about something after additional consideration that is not vacillation that is evolution, growth. This is also a problem with the political process where nobody is allowed to change their position without being called a flipflopper or a vacillator, which is code for "weak." So my stance on Obama has hardened over time and my position on hillary has softened (a bit), but over all they have both been largely ineffective relative to the strength and effectiveness of the Democratic party. This is not subjective this is a fact as evidenced by the results of elections. (2) Pioneer wrote, "If you love Obama, you should love Trump....because Obama MADE Trump," I completely disagree with this statement and any conclusions that flow from it. I would have to invoke my "Power to Defy Logic," to cosign on that one Still, I fail to see any connection on what I wrote that allows you to join me at the hip with Pionner's opinions on this topic. Iif Pioneers says Obama was responsible for Trump and I agree that he was a factor, you can't then assume I cosign with all of Pioneers other opinions solely because you disagree with him in this issue. So while I would agree that Obama deserves some blame, there were of course other more important factors that contributed to Trump's victory like the scared (often racist) white masses. I'm not surprised that you did not vote for Obama the second time. In fact, as I reviewed my statements I forgot that I was in FL when I voted in the 2012 election and I voted for Jill Stein. Which had zero impact other that to voice dissatisfaction with the party we needed fundamental change, which I saw, but it was all going in the wrong direction... So what do you want me to do regarding the President is elected? What are you doing? Changing this would require a constitutional amendment with 2/3's of both the house and the senate voting in favor of it. With the GOP owning both houses the likelihood of this happening is virtually nil. The current rules can, and have, worked for us, but if people are so disaffected by, and disappointed in, our democratic politicians and candidates we don't have a chance...