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Yes and this is why they are so against Repartions, affirmative action, teaching our history, and even the right for us to vote. they see the rich rappers and athletes marrying white women while they are struggling. They are not happy...

Yeah, but he has the ever-so-imporant white cosign. He has a Major Network TV show and nationally syndicated radio broadcast program. He is "large." He had Obama's ear and was frequently at the white house. Of course, you are probably right. While there is no lunatic like J. Edgar Hoover we can point to I'm sure the strategy is the same... For now, Al is about is good as we got. 25 years ago, I would have definitely agreed with you, but the Minister is a very old man now and there does not seem to be an heir apparent. Farrakhan was more powerful than Sharpton could ever be, because Minister Farrakhan did not need the white cosign. Farrakhan controls his platforms; The Final Call newspaper is perhaps the most prominent Black owned newspaper. Sharpton's only has a media platform as long as it is provided to him, and he obviously has not control over it. The ability for an organization like the NOI or UNIA to start today is impossible under today's conditions.

Nuff said @ProfD The system also hurts poor, uneducated, brainwashed, and dumb white folks too. These were the ones used as cannon fodder during the civil war and who stormed the capital. They lost their homes in 2008, addicted to fentanyl, and dying from Covid. This is why they are angry @Pioneer1 they see the rich getting richer while they get poorer… their life expectancy continues to go down.

@Jeromex you’ll probably enjoy this “documentary” film, though I’m sure you’ve seen it dozens of times given your rhetoric. I took the film, Uncle Tom: A Oral History of the American Black Conservative, seriously enough to write a review of it. @Jeromex do you acknowledge the civil rights activists who fought and died to give you the freedoms which allows you to be an Uncle Tom?

Yes accessibility, besides helping visitors, is a ranking signal Google uses to rank sites in search. So i do think about it and do some of the very basic things like use alt tag for all of my images. Were you interested in a particular physical challenge that needed to be addressed?

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Again, it is a mistake to characterize Sharpton as an imbecile, he is not. He is more like Jay Z, as characterized by the lines ProfD shared. I previously asked who the Black leaders were; I guess Al Sharpton is the Black Amercia's most powerful Black leader.

They don't not shut off utilities in New York City during the winter and I doubt they do it in other norther cities either. Humanity survived without AC for most of their time on this planet. I'm old enough to remember when no -one had AC, sure it was hot and uncomfortable, and sure some may have perished bit most survived. I point this out because you stated these things as truth, when they are demonstrably false. How does that impact your perspective? @nels, because Christianity has nothing to do with science.

Yeah, the concept of race and everything that flows from it has been a serious problem for centuries.

No LOL! This is patently false. It makes no sense on any level. I was not aware of this, please share a new account of some other reputable account of this. That is hyperbolic; clearly the woman is not a moron. You don't have to like her or her politics. A reasonable person could easily disagree with her behavior in CA, but ad hominem attacks are pointless weaken any argument you might have. And yeah, she could end of being the president....

Oh brother, the people trashing rap, admittedly don't know anything about it. People are free to express their opinions on things they are uninformed, or ill-informed about, but why they do it this always puzzled me about people... If you don't know something about a subject, you should be quite and listen to those that do. I have both praised and critiqued rap music. Unfortunately, the web elevates controversy, over positivity. This has been more detrimental to Black people because we have so very few platforms. One of my most popular comments on the web has been can "Can Black People Go 5 Minutes Without Music?" Where I complained about someone blasting rap music out their window incessantly. Nothing positive I've written about rap has ever ranked in search. The web skews negative, and it is reflected in the negativity expressed against a whole genre of music in some of these posts.

So Kamala is not black to you either? Did you think the American white raciest would make the distinction in the 19th century? Since their definition was the only one that mattered why do you think the distinction you are making world mean anything to anyone in the broader culture.?

I watched the first 2 episodes. There was a scene where a cassette of Sha-Rock was popped into a tape recorder— not a commercial recording, but one that was passed around in the community. I actually have one of those cassettes and had played it a few years ago! The justification for the female overt sexuality rang hollow to me. They were doing it because it was lucrative period. I’d forgotten KRS 1’s diss of Roxanne Shante… I actually like her more after seeing her speak. I saw her perform in 1984 at a small bar outside of Philly. I did not appreciate how young she was until then. To answer your question @nels It depends there are so many styles of rap. For example I would not put Cardi B or Trina in the dance category as MC Lyte or Queen Latifah, but is is all called "rap" and "hip-hip."

You are being inconsistent . Obama grew up without his dad in a so called unstructured family and he was fantastically successful. so how is he different that most of the ADOS living in america?

That last comment tells me several things about @Jeromex. He clearly does not know every many Black people. if he does he has a hatred of them. If he is Black ,as the posit implies, this would be very sad. The lack of compassion and knowledge is his people had probably alienated him from other Black people including his family. Hey @Pioneer1 using your definition of trace is Vivek black?

I did not learn about the Jacksonville shooting until just now, but I did hear about Trumps mug shot… media priorities. More people are buying guns and carrying them. You’ll start to hear about more people shouting back in the future.. I know a bother who carries a gun and a knife everywhere. He is more extreme than most but becoming more common.. if I had to guess I would say white Americans own more guns that anyone on earth —certainly is a percentage of population, but probably in sheer numbers too . @Jeromex people of all color leave struggling communities when they are able, not just black people. Sure people of all colors kill each other every day and most of these people know each other, but this is not as news worthy as a mass, racially-motivated shooting. You get that right? As far as these mass shooting not being “common,” that depends on how you define common. I think they are far too common.

well she did a pretty good job at it pledging AKA and graduating from the HBCU Howard University. Most black people don’t have credentials like that. Obama not so much…. Unless you wanna count smoking l weed and running ball, but unlike Harris Obama did marry a sista. Nether can control being phenotypically Black, nor their culture… I don’t judge people on shit they can’t control only what they do with it, and both are successful. Sure, Kamala is the first Indian VP, but she is also the first Black one too.

In today's world the truth is seemingly unknowable.

What?! Are you kidding me? Where did you read that? I have avoided following this story, but if that is true, it is outrageous!

I always imaged what would happen if every Black person simply left the NFL and formed their own league. We would be open to letting anyone play for us, but we would be the owners. We would have the best tailgating, the best half time show, and obviously the best players. Sure, we would have to start small, but eventually we would grow and become very profitable. We also won't rape the consumer with overpriced tickets a sport paraphernalia. Sure, the NFL would continue without us, but ultimately their supe-bowl champion would have to play our championship team. When the NFL's Superbowl champion team is routed by the new Black league, the NFL would have to deal with increasing irrelevancy, is it would be obvious to the public that they have an inferior product. Again, our new league would not be a Black only league it would simply be owned by the people who are providing the most value. Even the fans who believe the NFL's "ice is colder," would have to recognize the superiority of our new league. Obviously, this will never happen, because no player making millions of dollars year will leave the NFL to gamble on generating more wealth in the future. In my lifetime, NFL players often worked other jobs in the off season to make ends meet. Those players, mostly white, were motivated to play for different reasons.... today the NFL is motivated by greed, but that is another story.

I remember too. do you also remember why crime got so bad in the first place?

I know….

all good questions.

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I agree much of the legislation that resulted in the hyper-incarceration of Black people was lead and passed by Democrats a party that we slavishly support. But what is the alternative?