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I’m still waiting…. It is because the source is obscure and Unsubstantiated? As far as the drugs that got a LOT of attention.

@Delano okay, yes when you post information that you think can help someone and it is recurved in a way that others find beneficial then you are teaching and that is not self centered. i was replying to the statement made in this conversation, not about you in general. I don’t think you are a selfish person 🙂 speaking of propaganda. Some feel man-made climate change is propaganda.

@Delano I think you stated your position quite clearly you are "focused on my learning." We communicate for different reasons as Delano stated we communicate to learn as well. You can't learn if you are fixed on trying to get someone to see things your way. Similarly, no one can benefit from your knowledge if you don't inform others and help them understand. The trick is knowing when you should be learning or teaching. 😉

In the last 150 years human productivity has increased astronomically. Robots, computers, and AI will continue to replace jobs. At this point we should all have 20-hour work weeks and making $100K with a HS Diploma, but all the financial benefits have accrued to a handful of people. The rest of us are placated with legalized weed and an iPhone. You can use the tech or be used by it. Believe what you want about HIV @Pioneer1. In the US more Black people have died from Covid in the last two years than have died from HIV in the past two decades. Using your logic Covid was crafted to kill Black people too. We've had this conversation before; when I mention the fact that more white people have died from AIDS in the US than Black people, you dismiss this and say it is collateral damage, acceptable loses toward to goal of Black destruction. At the start of the aids epidemic whites made up 83% of the country today they are 61% meanwhile Black people are have grow by a full percentage point to 12.7%. But this whole conversation about Black and white is silly because it has no scientific basis -- because race is purely subjective and racist. This is on the level of reasoning of flat-Earthers. At least with Crack we have Rick Ross and the "Dark Alliance" series from Gary Webb where he shared government documents, but with HIV you have nothing... Again, if you have something to share please do so.

@Delano and @Pioneer1, you are not opposite, but are looking at it from a self-centered perspective. Let's consider the broader community: We have people who do not believe in adverse impact of man-made climate change causing the planet to become increasingly in hospitable to human life. We also have people who believe it but are uninterested in doing anything about it. For the sake of future generations, it is important they we change the way these people think and ultimately behave. Thats is just one example what the skill of getting someone to change their way of thinking is important to humanity. How to get someone to change what they believe is actually well understood. Marketers take advantage of this knowledge, for profit, every single day. From a marketer's perspective and benefit or harm to their mark is unimportant. Too bad we don't leverage this knowledge to better serve the world.

Hi @Dee Miller I've decided to change the name of the forum. I want it to be crystal clear what the forum is about to anyone who stumbles across it. I also made you a moderator of the forum. I you happen to see something negative posted feel free to delete or warn the user. I'm not expecting you to do all the work, as I'll be moderating as well. Let me know if you have any questions. I'll make an announcement in the next newsletter.

I’ve always wanted to grow food. One of my grandfathers was a farmer and at least one of his children maintained a vegetable garden. I don’t believe any of us grandchildren picked up the skill. @Dee Miller share a link to you the newstory and/or FarmaSis

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Yeah, @Dee Miller each item in the Blacknificent newsletter would be a good post for this forum. I agree @richardmurray positivity help, but it is just not very popular.

OK I failed to understand your answer. Please help me out and just reply with your choice option 1 or 2 (as described above). Thanks.

This is a misleading characterization of what Chat GPT is. Viewing it this way would lead to false assumptions. One would be foolish to believe this. Do you believe everything you read in the web, in a social media post, on Wikipedia? I use Chat GPT every day, but I use it is domains where I aware where it is making a mistake and or where the risk of a mistake is low. In the almost 40 years I've been on the internet (yes, predating the web). I've not seen anything as useful as these Generative AI tools. I was not aware of this and doubt most people accept this as truth. If anyone else other there believe this is true, please tell me where you are getting this information.

@Pioneer1 was unaware of the racial/racist component of the crusades. My understanding was that it was over religion which is a proxy for power. Again if you can show me something (which seemingly you can't otherwise you would have done it by now) I'd be happy to read it. I never brought into the Yacub stuff. None of the African scholars I've read from Williams, to Clarke, to Van Sertima, etc ever espoused the Yacub stuff. I've only known the NOI to promulgate the Yacub story. You are wiley one @richardmurray 🙂 You did not answer the question. It was a binary decision pick the best option, based upon the two. It does not mean you agree with the choice; consider it choosing the least bad option. In life we are often presented with these types of decisions. You can refuse to choose but let's be clear that is what you are doing. So, which is it; (1) the 6,000-year-old Yacub myth or (2) "...tied to the European colonial period and the transatlantic slave trade, which began in the 16th century?"

Really, show me a credible source that says that. @richardmurray I appreciate we are on different frequencies, but again I ask, because you may have missed my question: Of the two explanations; (1) Chat GPT's and; (2) the Yacub story; which one would do you prefer. I'm not saying to have to buy into it hook line and sinker, I'm just asking which one seems most plausible.

@richardmurray it sounds similar because there are a finite way to say the same thing. what do you think about @Pioneer1’s explanation? Which answer resonates with you more Chat GPT’s response or the Yacub myth.

Well we know that from slavery days the harder you work the harder they expect you to always work. Same strategy amazon uses —they know how fast you can work and they expect nothing less. They know when you are slacking.

Wow @Dee Miller that is a great idea! I'm disappointed in myself for not thinking of it myself. This is my greatest weakness -- doing everything myself. Here is the forum A Black-Eye on Black-Power. i was not feeling the title at first, given the common definition of "Black-Eye" it might could cause some confusion the intended connotation of being from our perspective, the Black gaze so to speak. Would you like to be a moderator Dee? Moderation will be easy if a post does not celebrate Black greatness (or goodness), it will be deleted. Posters can be warned or banned outright. A Black-Eye on Black-Power, will not be like this forum where all perspective are tolerated. We can also see how Google search ranks the forum in search (how discoverable with the forum be) and how the Black community embraces the forum (is there a demand for positivity and will it be shared).

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Of course, because there was no infrastructure to the movement. Most Black people are not in the NOI for a variety of reasons as you wrote we needed an organization. A federation of organizations could have worked as most people are in some organization. But try to get Black organizations to work together... We are, but to get anything substantive done requires organization, which we desperately need.

Richard, you are being really nit-picky. What type of racism are we talking about then? In the statement you made just prior to my response, YOU used the word "white" 6 times. You may not completely understand generative AI. What non-human source would you prefer me to reference that would satisfy you? Now why would you jump to that conclusion? ChatGPT is less than a year old. I've run an online bookstore for more than a quarter of a century and often used books as references, but I never read where you made the assumption that all of my comments on race come from books. I linked to Chancellor Williams' book above -- check it out 😎.

Oh that is easy to answer: when we stop consuming it. Imagine an alternative universe where we owned the media and all we did was push out images of White people being inbred, violent, cretins to the point when they started embracing the images. The way some Black have embraced our negative images. Women in strip clubs dress is a particular style the clear heeled shoes was/is a signature stripper wear. I watched over the years how women, when they call themselves getting dressed up, literally dress like strippers. The music we hear in public is the music you'd hear in strip club and our top rap artists are strippers or present like strippers. The men are no different embracing the gansta style. I saw Ice Cube, formerly of NWA, on Sesame Street this week. He like Ice Tee, Snoop Dogg and others rode the Gansta profit train and now they can be on Sesame Street. Pimping the culture is how artist make the most money and they are rewarded for it over the long term. @Dee Miller, as you know there is no shortage of actors willing to help pimp the culture. Look at the roles we play to get Academy Awards. Actors feel it is appropriate behavior walk up to the stage and slap another Black man and curse him from his seat! Not only is said actor not throw out he goes back to his seat and is presented with an award. As you know Dee your book is on AALBC too. Also let me encourage you to use this link: https://amzn.to/3OSHJTC when you send people directly to Amazon -- even fromn your site. We can mutually benefit. (1) AALBC will earn a 4% commission on the sale. (2) If you sell enough copies you could make my bestsellers list which will result in a lot of free promotion. There is a reason for that @Dee Miller When we talk about all of the negative images and the lack of positive images we need to understand that the positive material exists and there is actually more of it. The problem is that entire system is not designed to elevate the positive stuff. This of course drives down the production of positive stuff and creates incentives for the negative. There will always be demand for the Black negativity, so the solution to stop consuming it is insufficient. We have to actively promote the positive stuff.

@richardmurray I was not expressing an opinion, it was a based upon common knowledge. I asked Chat GPT the question, "When did white racism begin?" The response follows: Understanding the origins of white racism involves a complex and multifaceted analysis that encompasses historical, social, political, and economic dimensions. It is a subject of study for scholars across various disciplines, including history, sociology, and anthropology. While racism as a concept and social construct varies from one society and era to another, the kind of racial prejudice that has often been labeled "white racism" is typically tied to the European colonial period and the transatlantic slave trade, which began in the 16th century. Before this period, many societies harbored prejudices related to religion, nationality, or social status, but the notion of "race" as we understand it today was not as prevalent. During the Age of Exploration, as European powers began to colonize other parts of the world, ideologies were developed to justify the subjugation and exploitation of indigenous peoples. Scientific racism, which misapplied principles from biology and anthropology, was used to claim that certain "races" were superior to others. This laid the intellectual foundation for racial prejudices that later developed into social norms and policies in many Western countries, most notably in the form of slavery, segregation, and discriminatory laws. It's worth noting that while "white racism" often refers to systemic racism perpetuated by white individuals or institutions, not all white individuals are racist or contribute to systemic racism. Additionally, racism exists in many forms and contexts outside of the "white versus other" framework. There is no definitive date when white racism began, but its roots are deep and complex, shaped by an array of factors over several centuries. Even today, the study of its origins and impacts continues to evolve as scholars and activists work to understand and combat racism in its various forms. I asked a the follow up question, "what are the sources of the last response?" I added the hyperlinks to the books. The information in my previous response is based on a general understanding of historical events, scholarly interpretations, and social theories concerning the topic of racism, particularly as it relates to European colonial history and the social construct of race. While I don't cite specific sources due to the nature of my training data, the ideas expressed are broadly reflective of academic discourse on this subject as of my last update in September 2021. Key historical periods often cited in relation to the development of what is sometimes termed "white racism" include European colonialism, the transatlantic slave trade, and the subsequent development of race-based social and legal systems in various parts of the world. These ideas are explored in multiple academic disciplines, including history, sociology, anthropology, and critical race studies. Books such as The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams, Orientalism by Edward Said, Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi, and White Over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812 by Winthrop D. Jordan are just a few examples that delve into the historical and social complexities surrounding race and racism. For a nuanced understanding of this topic, it's recommended to consult a range of scholarly works, primary sources, and empirical studies. I trust this response eliminates your confusion. Racism is not as old as humanity. It is unnatural and has to be taught. America has done a great job of teaching racism. I was previously unfamiliar with the work of Winthrop Jordan and will add his titles to the site. I think educated young people are the least racist people the country has ever produced, so there is hope.

the ultimate mind trick by the elites is creating the impression that Black peoples are their problem. but they are beginning to see through this, and this is why they stormed the Capitol —with some black people in the mix.

Extermination, based upon his rhetoric.

Yes. Racism and the requisite concept of race had only existed for a few hundred years.

Now you are staying scientists say this?! Again. just show me anything, from a scientist today, that supports your statement @Pioneer1. This is an age old issue, you make a statement that flies in the face of science. we go back and forth about it and you never produce anything from a reputable source to support what you have written.