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California voters want to know who won elections. The wai...

Election watchers say it could still be a few more days before tight races are called, including the California gubernatorial and L.A. mayoral primaries.

Despite having access to computer technology, it still takes a while for the state of California to count votes in elections.

The funniest thing is the GOP believing a former actor could become mayor of Los Angeles & one of their commentators could become governor.

California has been a blue state for a long time. They did elect Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor.

None of the GOP candidates will tally enough votes in a general election to unseat the democratic candidate.

Democratic senate candidate James Talarico stands a better chance of getting past flawed GOP candidate Ken Paxton in ruby red Texas.

Otherwise, modern technology should be able to tabulate votes & declare a winner on election night. 😎

Just what California needs......a White Latino governor, lol.

@ProfD Don't forget about that former actor and Republican icon, Ronald Reagan, whose "trickle down" economic policies haunt us to this day, was governor of California before he served as president for 2 terms.

Hopefully history won't repeat itself.

4 hours ago, aka Contrarian said:

Don't forget about that former actor and Republican icon, Ronald Reagan, whose "trickle down" economic policies haunt us to this day, was governor of California before he served as president for 2 terms.

Hopefully history won't repeat itself.

Right. The land of fruits & nuts that is California does seem to produce a few actors turned GOP politicians.

The current clown-in-chief isn't from California but with a reality show background he definitely fits the mold.

I believe California will remain blue in part because POTUS OJ hasn't given them anything.😎

California is billed as a "blue" and "liberal" and "left wing" state, but it's one of the most racist states I've ever been in.
Especially Southern California.

Not only do AfroAmericans have to deal with a literal "police state" what makes money from locking people up, but they have to deal with the vicious and often open racism from Latinos and Asians.

12 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Not only do AfroAmericans have to deal with a literal "police state" what makes money from locking people up, but they have to deal with the vicious and often open racism from Latinos and Asians.

There's no shortage of Black gangsters & thugs in California. They should be able to handle the Latinos & Asians.😎

18 minutes ago, ProfD said:

There's no shortage of Black gangsters & thugs in California. They should be able to handle the Latinos & Asians.😎

As Eazy E would call them....STUDIO GANGSTAZ, lol.

They're gangsta when it comes to making music and rap videos, or fighting with eachother.
But when White folks or even Latinos come around....they start bucking their eyes and sparking up rusty cigarette lighters trying to light up something to smoke while changing the conversation.

I learned a long time a go that criminals and gangsters are untrustworthy in general and can't be trusted to even participate in let alone lead any sort of social protest or revolution.
The Panthers started finding this out the hard way.
Their ranks were filled with a lot of criminals, thugs, and drug addicts.
Many of them were reformed....but some of them weren't and were just a step or two away from relapsing.

The best thing Black folks can do in California at this point is GET OUT of that state and only come to vacation or visit from time to time...lol.

19 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

I learned a long time a go that criminals and gangsters are untrustworthy in general and can't be trusted to even participate in let alone lead any sort of social protest or revolution.

The Nation odlf Islam reformed quite a few.

19 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

The Panthers started finding this out the hard way.
Their ranks were filled with a lot of criminals, thugs, and drug addicts.
Many of them were reformed....but some of them weren't and were just a step or two away from relapsing.

The FBI was the bigger threat to The Black Panthers. They could have dealt with folks who relapse. Fighting the US government was a bigger hill.

19 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

The best thing Black folks can do in California at this point is GET OUT of that state and only come to vacation or visit from time to time...lol.

Why should Black folks be run out of their home state & where would they go?

Black folks need to stop ffleeing their homes & learn how to build & fight & protect their own sh8t.

Again, it's no different than being imprisoned where you're either predator or prey or strong enough to stand your ground.

There's no way we would allow non-Black folks to take over where I live.😎

ProfD

The Nation odlf Islam reformed quite a few.

True.

Malcolm X was one of the more famous examples of this.

However a lot of them were only TEMPORARILY reformed and when the opportunity came, they returned right back to their ganster ways.

Using violence and intimidation to control people.

Study the Black Mafia out of Philadelphia.

A lot of the Panthers were ex-member of the Nation of Islam who used some of the knowledge and wisdom they learned IN the NOI to further advance their criminal careers and tendencies.

The FBI was the bigger threat to The Black Panthers. They could have dealt with folks who relapse. Fighting the US government was a bigger hill.

Facts.

Just like the Europeans were a bigger threat to Africa than African tribalism.

However just like tribalism was USED by the Europeans to further exploit and suppress Africa, the FBI USED the criminal element in the Black Panther Party to control and exploit the group.

Why should Black folks be run out of their home state & where would they go?

It's not really THEIR home or state, it doesn't belong to them.

They're just SITTING there...occupying space...but ain't controlling shit.

Sure an abused wife is technically "at home" with her husband, but she has no control over the household or how she's being treated.

The best thing she can do is LEAVE that house and find a new home where she's treated better.

Black folks need to get up out of Cali.

It's really not enough of them there to DO anything politically or financially.

Black folks need to stop ffleeing their homes & learn how to build & fight & protect their own sh8t.

Well brutha....
If you don't have enough sense to fight back and protect yourself OR provide decent jobs and income and make a living for yourself....then perhaps the best thing to do IS to flee.
It's easy for Tariq Nasheed sit to the microphone eating crispy snacks and make fun of those who flee because HE'S a mutli-millionaire with a good home and plenty of money.
But if you're broke and helpless, no sense in sitting around on milk crates watching the cars pass you buy all day.

Sooner or later trouble is going to find you.

It's best to get up and move on to "greener pastures"....or atleast LOOK for them.

Again, it's no different than being imprisoned where you're either predator or prey or strong enough to stand your ground.

But unlike prison, you can actually pack up and LEAVE California.
Ain't nobody making most of them niggaz stay there.
They just don't want to take the initiative to move away from what what they grew up in and are used to.
Many of them go to prison and come out and go right back to the communities and lifestyles that landed them in prison in the first place.
...instead of taking a Greyhound one-way ticket to Oklahoma or Arkansas to start a new life.

There's no way we would allow non-Black folks to take over where I live.

You're ONE man among thousands.

The question is, how many OTHER Black men in your community think like you and are willing to do what it takes to maintain control over their community?

Because if you're the only one who thinks like this, and things jump off in the DMV.....

I might have to moves some things around in the basement and make a pallet on the floor for you down in my basement until we can figure something else out....LOL.

You can come over.

Talking about you're a smooth talking bald-headed brutha.....don't mess with any of the females here....but I'll prepare a spot for you while you contemplate your next move, lol.

11 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

However a lot of them were only TEMPORARILY reformed and when the opportunity came, they returned right back to their ganster ways.

Reformation is possible. It takes stronger leadership & a sustainable effort.

Best example of it is the ruse that is Christianity & Black churches. A whole lotta Black folks have stayed the course in that environment.

11 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Just like the Europeans were a bigger threat to Africa than African tribalism.

However just like tribalism was USED by the Europeans to further exploit and suppress Africa, the FBI USED the criminal element in the Black Panther Party to control and exploit the group.

Exactly. That ties back to knowing history & what our people are willing to do in becoming more self-sufficient & autonomous.

11 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Why should Black folks be run out of their home state & where would they go?

It's not really THEIR home or state, it doesn't belong to them.

They're just SITTING there...occupying space...but ain't controlling shit.

Which state(s) do Black folks own & control?

11 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Sure an abused wife is technically "at home" with her husband, but she has no control over the household or how she's being treated.

The best thing she can do is LEAVE that house and find a new home where she's treated better.

That abused woman will be running from one house to another until she finds benevolent refuge.

It is better that woman learns how to provide for & protect herself. Never to be a victim.

Self-sufficiency & self-defense applies to a man & a group of people in general.

That's part of the reason white folks here in America have so many guns. They stay ready to protect themselves.

11 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Black folks need to get up out of Cali.

It's really not enough of them there to DO anything politically or financially.

Just like anywhere else with a significant number of well off Black folks, they don't have to flee. Stand up & build & protect.

11 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Well brutha....
If you don't have enough sense to fight back and protect yourself OR provide decent jobs and income and make a living for yourself....then perhaps the best thing to do IS to flee.

Become an unwanted houseguest &/or an abused wife.

There's no real such thing as a comfortable place under the system of racism white supremacy.

Black immigrants are catching more h8ll in these predominantly white countries. Beyond their labor, white folks don't really want them around. White folks tolerate non-white folks up to a point.

AfroAmericans were born in the United States & built this country through slavery. We're entitled to be wherever we choose to live in this country.

There's no reason for AfroAmericans to flee any state or city or town here in the USA. Stand ground & build & fight & protect.

11 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

It's easy for Tariq Nasheed sit to the microphone eating crispy snacks and make fun of those who flee because HE'S a mutli-millionaire with a good home and plenty of money.

Don't overlook the bigger points he's making though.

11 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

But if you're broke and helpless, no sense in sitting around on milk crates watching the cars pass you buy all day.

Sooner or later trouble is going to find you.

It's best to get up and move on to "greener pastures"....or atleast LOOK for them.

If s person is broke in one spot, how does fleeing change it?

11 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

But unlike prison, you can actually pack up and LEAVE California.
Ain't nobody making most of them niggaz stay there.

Again, leave to go where?

11 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

...instead of taking a Greyhound one-way ticket to Oklahoma or Arkansas to start a new life.

Dealing with the same system of racism white supremacy in a new location.

What opportunities or better life will relocating to Arkansas or Oklahoma provide?

11 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

There's no way we would allow non-Black folks to take over where I live.

You're ONE man among thousands.

The question is, how many OTHER Black men in your community think like you and are willing to do what it takes to maintain control over their community?

There's a whole lot Black men who built to stand ground & protect their way of life.

11 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Because if you're the only one who thinks like this, and things jump off in the DMV.....

I might have to moves some things around in the basement and make a pallet on the floor for you down in my basement until we can figure something else out....LOL.

You can come over.

Appreciate the offer but I'll always be better than good right here. I've built a very nice situation & arsenal to protect it.👍🏿😉

11 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Talking about you're a smooth talking bald-headed brutha.....don't mess with any of the females here....but I'll prepare a spot for you while you contemplate your next move, lol.

No need to worry about that.

I've heard Dearborn, Michigan has a huge Muslim population. Sounds like y'all let the sand n8ggas come over there & set up shop nicely.🤣

Again, there's no reason that Black folks cannot do the same thing wherever they choose to live in the USA.

Black folks cannot flee or sit around grumbling & complaining & waiting for someone else to build for & protect them. Where I come from that makes one a b8tch. No good.😎

ProfD


Reformation is possible. It takes stronger leadership & a sustainable effort.
Best example of it is the ruse that is Chrsitianity & Black churches. A whole lotta Black folks have stayed the course in that environment.

True, which is why I no longer knock a person's religion if it's helping them.
Whether it's religions or drugs, if it's keeping you from killing yourself or somebody else....as long as it doesn't negatively affect me I say you should have the right to your beliefs until something better comes along.

If Jesus cured you of that "incurable" disease, who is anybody else to tell you it wasn't real?



Which state(s) do Black folks own & control?

The answer to THAT question is obvious, lol.
But perhaps a more practical question is in what states do Black folks have MORE ownership and control?
Certainly a lot more states than they do in California.




That abused woman will be running from one house to another until she finds benevolent refuge.
It is better that woman learns how to provide for & protect herself. Never to be a victim.

LEARN...is the objective word.
While this is certainly not the case in all domestic abuse situations, in a lot of the cases the wife is in that situation because she CAN'T LEARN how to provide for and protect herself.
She doesn't have the mental ability TO do these things.
Infact, if she had good sense...she probably wouldn't have ended up in that situation on the first place.

Many people are in the situations they are in because they don't have enough knowledge to get themselves out of it and don't have enough INTELLIGENCE to LEARN and GET the knowledge that would improve their situation.
In other words, even if you try to help them by telling them and showing them what to do it won't help because they don't have the capacity to understand it.

Again I have to say, not all....but many.





Self-sufficiency & self-defense applies to a man & a group of people in general.

And my explanation on INTELLIGENCE and CAPACITY TO LEARN applies to groups and people in general as well, lol.





That's part of the reason white folks here in America have so many guns. They stay ready to protect themselves.

(smile)
There's a REASON why so many stay ready to protect themselves.
......and don't need a bunch of niggaz with berets on their heads marching around in circles with bullhorns trying to encourage them to do so, either!

They don't have to march around pleading with eachother to "unite" and "get together" and "defend ourself".
The just DO IT.
....and go have a beer, or cut some grass or whatever else needs to be done.

They don't need to be constantly motivated and reminded to do what should be common sense.





Just like anywhere else with a significant number of well off Black folks, they don't have to flee. Stand up & build & protect.

There's a few.
Most of the ones who ARE well off think they ARE protected and don't see a need to stir up the hornet's nest.
The ones who are broke and homeless or in and out of jail....THEY are the ones who need to flee, since they don't have much going on for them there.



There's no real such thing as a comfortable place under the system of racism white supremacy.

Like any prison, some places are better than others.



AfroAmericans were born in the United States & built this country through slavery. We're entitled to be wherever we choose to live in this country.
There's no reason for AfroAmericans to flee any state or city or town here in the USA. Stand ground & build & fight & protect.

Chris Rock said......


"There's a "reason" to do anything!
There's a :reason" to kick an
old man down a flight of stairs.
Just DON'T DO IT."

Again, build and fight...if you got SENSE enough to.
But if you DON'T have enough sense to defend yourself or provide for yourself....get up and move the hell on.
You're just in the way waiting on the inevitable.

Stand ground & build & fight & protect.

If a kid with Down Syndrome is being bullied in school and having his lunch money took, are you going to roll your eyes and tell him he better stand up and learn how to fight?
You know he doesn't have the ability to.
The best thing to do is take him out of that school and put him in a more sheltered environment or keep his ass at home.
Don't give him responsibilities he clearly doesn't have the ability to handle.




Don't overlook the bigger points he's making though.

Ofcourse not, he's still my boy and makes excellent points.
Very smart and astute and one of the best social commentators of our generation.
But his position on African immigrants is rather callous, in my opinion.

Here he is sitting up enjoying the amenities of living in a wealthy country but laughing at and shaking his finger at other Black folks not fortunate enough to not have grown up with such wealth.
He didn't choose the country he was born in just like they didn't.




If s person is broke in one spot, how does fleeing change it?

1. If he moves around he MAY find a spot that offers more opportunity
2. Even if he doesn't find a spot with more opportunity for self-sufficiency, he may find one that offers more charitable benefits with less crime and abuse than the environment he's currently in.

In California a lot of poor Black folks barely get welfare and are more subject to violence on the streets, police harassment, and incarceration.
Move to another state and even if you still have to be on welfare you might get MORE benefits and don't have to worry about the violence or threat of incarceration you find in California.



Again, leave to go where?

I've lived in both Arizona and Oregon.
Both are better places for Black people to live and most of the Black people in those places were FROM California and chose to leave for that purpose.
Even better than those place are Texas, Georgia, and many other states.





Dealing with the same system of racism white supremacy in a new location.

Some prisons offer better conditions than others.




What opportunities or better life will relocating to Arkansas or Oklahoma provide?

Not sure.
But I know Oregon and Arizona were better.
Not the best...but better than Cali.





No need to worry about that.
I've heard Dearborn, Michigan has a huge Muslim population. Sounds like y'all let the sand n8ggas come over & set up shop nicely.🤣

We didn't "let" them.
They were LET IN and ALLOWED to do what they're doing by the same racists who let the Latinos and Asians into California and other places.

But the thing about Arab and Asians, they DO take advantage of what White folks offer them.
They give them money and permission to go into business...and they operate them EVERY DAY and keep it going.

Give a nigga a business and he operates only 3 days out of the week.
Have a "will be back in 15 minutes" sign posted on the door for the other 4 days...lol.


Nigga ain't been to church since his mama took him, but his business is closed on Sundays....why????

Out of LAZINESS.





Black immigrants are catching more h8ll in these predominantly white countries. Beyond their labor, white folks don't really want them around. White folks tolerate non-white folks up to a point.

They'd probably beg to differ, lol.
As much as they'd march and complain about how they're discriminated against, targeted and abused.....many of them will fight like hell to keep from being deported BACK to the country they just fled from.

Atleast in the Canada or England or the United States there are LAWS and PROCESS that allow them to eat, have a roof over their heads, and protect them from violence while the racists try to figure out ways to disenfranchise them.
Send them back to Sudan-

and if the hunger, drought, and famine doesn't kill them....some curly headed nigga with an AK on the back of a moped his homeboy is driving, will!

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

True, which is why I no longer knock a person's religion if it's helping them.
Whether it's religions or drugs, if it's keeping you from killing yourself or somebody else....as long as it doesn't negatively affect me I say you should have the right to your beliefs until something better comes along.

Obviously, I feel differently because neither religion nor drugs solves problems.

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

If Jesus cured you of that "incurable" disease, who is anybody else to tell you it wasn't real?

Millions of people have died from incurable diseases than hsve been saved.

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

Which state(s) do Black folks own & control?

The answer to THAT question is obvious, lol.
But perhaps a more practical question is in what states do Black folks have MORE ownership and control?
Certainly a lot more states than they do in California.

Black folks may be more populous & successful in other states but we don't have ownership or control of them.

There's already broke & disenfranchised n8gglets wherever those from California choose to flee. Just creating more peoblems.

Send s bunch of non-productive n8gglets from California to Atlanta & watch the BS escalate.

Those same n8gglets could go to predominantly white states & cities & see what white folks allow them to do.🤣

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

LEARN...is the objective word.
While this is certainly not the case in all domestic abuse situations, in a lot of the cases the wife is in that situation because she CAN'T LEARN
She doesn't have the mental ability TO do these things.
Infact, if she had good sense...she probably wouldn't have ended up in that situation on the first place.

Many people are in the situations they are in because they don't have enough knowledge to get themselves out of it and don't have enough INTELLIGENCE to LEARN and GET the knowledge that would improve their situation.

We'll have to agree to disagree that people stay in abusive relationships & situations because they don't have the mental capacity to get out.

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

Self-sufficiency & self-defense applies to a man & a group of people in general.

And my explanation on INTELLIGENCE and CAPACITY TO LEARN applies to groups and people in general as well, lol.

Again, for whatever reason you choose to believe intelligence &/or the lack thereof keep people in poverty or abusive relationships & situations & under a system of racism white supremacy.

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

That's part of the reason white folks here in America have so many guns. They stay ready to protect themselves.

(smile)
There's a REASON why so many stay ready to protect themselves.
......and don't need a bunch of niggaz with berets on their heads marching around in circles with bullhorns trying to encourage them to do so, either!

They don't have to march around pleading with eachother to "unite" and "get together" and "defend ourself".
The just DO IT.
....and go have a beer, or cut some grass or whatever else needs to be done.

They don't need to be constantly motivated and reminded to do what should be common sense.

Everything we see & hear from white folks reinforces racism white supremacy which is their code & religion.

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

The ones who are broke and homeless or in and out of jail....THEY are the ones who need to flee, since they don't have much going on for them there.

Why should broke & homeless & ex-cons be allowed to take that BS from one place to another?

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

Like any prison, some places are better than others.

There's no such thing as a better prison. No different from moving in a new dilapidated house.🤣

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

Again, build and fight...if you got SENSE enough to.
But if you DON'T have enough sense to defend yourself or provide for yourself....get up and move the hell on.
You're just in the way waiting on the inevitable.

Self-defense has nothing to do with having sense.

Almost anyone can be taught how to fight.

There are 100-lb women who can beat the sh8t out of man 2x bigger

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

Stand ground & build & fight & protect.

If a kid with Down Syndrome is being bullied in school and having his lunch money took, are you going to roll your eyes and tell him he better stand up and learn how to fight?

Not sure of why you come up with such a false equivalence. Most people do not have Down's Syndrome.

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

Don't overlook the bigger points he's making though.

Very smart and astute and one of the best social commentators of our generation.
But his position on African immigrants is rather callous, in my opinion.

Only because you have a soft spot for Black immigrants.

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

If s person is broke in one spot, how does fleeing change it?

1. If he moves around he MAY find a spot that offers more opportunity
2. Even if he doesn't find a spot with more opportunity for self-sufficiency, he may find one that offers more charitable benefits with less crime and abuse than the environment he's currently in.

If he.has the ability to move around, he should have the ability to build.

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

In California a lot of poor Black folks barely get welfare and are more subject to violence on the streets, police harassment, and incarceration.
Move to another state and even if you still have to be on welfare you might get MORE benefits and don't have to worry about the violence or threat of incarceration you find in California.

Why are they either or welfare &/or facing greeter confinement?

Solve the problems.

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

Dealing with the same system of racism white supremacy in a new location.

Some prisons offer better conditions than others.

It is still prison. Perfect place for lazy people.

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

No need to worry about that.
I've heard Dearborn, Michigan has a huge Muslim population. Sounds like y'all let the sand n8ggas come over & set up shop nicely.🤣

We didn't "let" them.
They were LET IN and ALLOWED to do what they're doing by the same racists who let the Latinos and Asians into California and other places.

There's plenty Black folks in Michigan who could have stopped it

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

But the thing about Arab and Asians, they DO take advantage of what White folks offer them.
They give them money and permission to go into business...and they operate them EVERY DAY and keep it going.

Sure. The system of racism white supremacy will provide resources to any group of people willing to serve as a buffer between white & AfroAmericans.

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

Give a nigga a business and he operates only 3 days out of the week.
Have a "will be back in 15 minutes" sign posted on the door for the other 4 days...lol.


Nigga ain't been to church since his mama took him, but his business is closed on Sundays....why????

Out of LAZINESS.

That's stereotypical trope perpetuating anti-Black sentiment for a long time. It doesn't explain how & why so many Black folks are successful.

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

Black immigrants are catching more h8ll in these predominantly white countries. Beyond their labor, white folks don't really want them around. White folks tolerate non-white folks up to a point.

They'd probably beg to differ, lol.
As much as they'd march and complain about how they're discriminated against, targeted and abused.....many of them will fight like hell to keep from being deported BACK to the country they just fled from.

Put up the effort of fighting deportation but won't stay home & build & fight to protect it. That is backwards thinking.

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

Atleast in the Canada or England or the United States there are LAWS and PROCESS that allow them to eat, have a roof over their heads, and protect them from violence while the racists try to figure out ways to disenfranchise them.

They have to put up with however white folks choose to treat them too.

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

Send them back to Sudan-

...and if the hunger, drought, and famine doesn't kill them....some curly headed nigga with an AK on the back of a moped his homeboy is driving, will!

Sudan ia a country filled with Black Muslims. That dysfunctionalsituation makes less sense considering their religious beliefs.😎

ProfD

Obviously, I feel differently because neither religion nor drugs solves problems.

As pollyannish as it may sound....

Sometimes it's not about actually "solving" the problem as it's about being able to deal with it right now until you CAN solve it.

There may be a problem a person has to take with them to their grave....like losing a beloved child; but if religion or drugs allows them to deal with that problem then I'm not going to take that away from them.

....UNTIL we find a way to bring dead children back.

Black folks may be more populous & successful in other states but we don't have ownership or control of them.

Sometimes you have to settle for what you can get.

Even if you don't own or control the environment you live in, if you can make money, buy a home, and live a decent life without being harassed and hassled.....that's a leg up compared to some areas.

Those same n8gglets could go to predominantly white states & cities & see what white folks allow them to do

They should try that too!

Try anywhere you think MAY offer a better life that the one you're living.

We'll have to agree to disagree that people stay in abusive relationships & situations because they don't have the mental capacity to get out.

Ok, then why do YOU think most people are in abusive relationships?

Can you give me the top 2 or 3 reasons?

Again, for whatever reason you choose to believe intelligence &/or the lack thereof keep people in poverty or abusive relationships & situations & under a system of racism white supremacy.

I think low intelligence is ONE reason and the MAIN reason.

But there are other factors too.

Why should broke & homeless & ex-cons be allowed to take that BS from one place to another?

Perhaps because if he moved to another location he may NOT be broke.

He may find more opportunities.

Just like back in the day when the advice (for White men) was: Go West young man go West!

Self-defense has nothing to do with having sense.

Almost anyone can be taught how to fight.

Being taught requires LEARNING.

Learning requires the ABILITY to learn.

There are 100-lb women who can beat the sh8t out of man 2x bigger

How are they able to?

Not sure of why you come up with such a false equivalence. Most people do not have Down's Syndrome.

Because they are an example of how impractical it is to expect someone of low intelligence to just "learn" how to defend themselves against those of higher intelligence.

Only because you have a soft spot for Black immigrants.

Lol, and why shouldn't I?

Aren't they human beings too?

If he.has the ability to move around, he should have the ability to build.

There may be somebody back home who won't LET him build.

Every time he tries to build a house, there's a gang of niggaz with rifles and machetes who pull it down and start busting him in the head with his own bricks.

Or every time he tries to build a business there's a corrupt President or corrupt Governor who takes half of all the money he makes and steals it for himself making it nearly impossible for him to operate.

So he decides to leave that nation and come to one where he can build something in peace...and prosper.

Now he comes here and runs into a bunch of greasy faced niggaz on-line cussing him out and calling him every name in the book simply because he's a Black immigrant.

...but they don't say anything too the Asian or Latino immigrant who has been exploiting his community for decades.

He loves THEM and want to have sex with their women, so he leaves them alone and picks on the Black immigrant.

Poor brutha catching it on both sides of the ocean...lol.

Why are they either or welfare &/or facing greeter confinement?

Many are in that situation because they don't have sense enough to get out of it.

Welfare is easier than making out a resume and applying for jobs only to be fired and having to find another one.

Solve the problems.

That takes a certain amount of knowledge and intelligence.

If you're not smart enough to solve the problem and nobody else will solve it for you, you have to deal with it the best way you can.

There's plenty Black folks in Michigan who could have stopped it

Yes and no.

Yes there are Black folks in Michigan who COULD have stopped it....if they were smart enough to.

If Asians were in Michigan at the numbers Black folks were and are in....do you think the Arabs could have taken over THEIR businesses and communities like that?

That's stereotypical trope perpetuating anti-Black sentiment for a long time. It doesn't explain how & why so many Black folks are successful.

Stereotypes persist for a reason.

Most stereotypes have atleast a kernel of truth in them or else they wouldn't persist or make any sense.

You don't have stereotypes of ASIAN MEN having big dix do you?

It's so far from the truth that it wouldn't make any sense to even entertain.

When it comes to our people being lazy though.....lol....come on, YOU know better.

Some of these niggaz are too lazy to open their mouth up and pronounce the word properly.

It went from: What's Up Cousin? to What up Cuz? to Whadduh Cuh?

Some of these niggaz are getting lazier by the year.

Put up the effort of fighting deportation but won't stay home & build & fight to protect it. That is backwards thinking.

They are fighting for what they perceive to be a "better life".

They KNOW what's waiting for them back home.

More of their own.

Who'll whoop their ass for being dumb enough to come back!

They have to put up with however white folks choose to treat them too.

Most of them are more than willing to do so, because they KNOW how their own will treat them as soon as they step off that plane!

Sudan ia a country filled with Black Muslims. That dysfunctionalsituation makes less sense considering their religious beliefs.

Just like a racist is a racist regardless as to what ever religion he proclaims out of his mouth; when you realize a nigga is a nigga regardless of the religion he CLAIMS to belong to......things tend to make more sense.

7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

There may be a problem a person has to take with them to their grave....like losing a beloved child; but if religion or drugs allows them to deal with that problem then I'm not going to take that away from them.

....UNTIL we find a way to bring dead children back.

That's interesting. I've never seen people getting high &/or wailing away outside an abortion clinic.🤣

7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Ok, then why do YOU think most people are in abusive relationships?

Can you give me the top 2 or 3 reasons?

Money, love, laziness, low self-esteem, children, etc.

7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Perhaps because if he moved to another location he may NOT be broke.

He may find more opportunities.

Maybe so is he's not lazy.

7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Being taught requires LEARNING.

Learning requires the ABILITY to learn.

The majority of people here in the USA have the ability to learn according to literacy rates.

7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

There are 100-lb women who can beat the sh8t out of man 2x bigger

How are they able to?

That woman was trained to be a fighter.

7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Because they are an example of how impractical it is to expect someone of low intelligence to just "learn" how to defend themselves against those of higher intelligence.

Most people are not of low intelligence. They can be taught &/or trained.

7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Only because you have a soft spot for Black immigrants.

Lol, and why shouldn't I?

Aren't they human beings too?

Of course they are human. I don't believe that's why you have a soft spot for them especially considering your disdain for n8gglets.😁

7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

If he.has the ability to move around, he should have the ability to build.

There may be somebody back home who won't LET him build.

He needs to man up & handle that situation.

7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

So he decides to leave that nation and come to one where he can build something in peace...and prosper.

Now he comes here and runs into a bunch of greasy faced niggaz on-line cussing him out and calling him every name in the book simply because he's a Black immigrant.

I would prefer that we either get along & cooperate or have no contact.

There should not be any confusion or confrontation across the Black diaspora.

7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

...but they don't say anything too the Asian or Latino immigrant who has been exploiting his community for decades.

He loves THEM and want to have sex with their women, so he leaves them alone and picks on the Black immigrant.

Poor brutha catching it on both sides of the ocean...lol.

Some Black immigrants bring that smoke on themselves by talking sh8t about AfroAmericans.

7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Why are they either or welfare &/or facing greeter confinement?

Many are in that situation because they don't have sense enough to get out of it.

Welfare is easier than making out a resume and applying for jobs only to be fired and having to find another one.

Solve the problems.

That takes a certain amount of knowledge and intelligence.

If you're not smart enough to solve the problem and nobody else will solve it for you, you have to deal with it the best way you can.

Fear & laziness are two major obstacles.

7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

If Asians were in Michigan at the numbers Black folks were and are in....do you think the Arabs could have taken over THEIR businesses and communities like that?

White folks have imported Asians & Arabs have to keep an eye on them & serve ss a buffer group.

7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

When it comes to our people being lazy though.....lol....come on, YOU know better.

No doubt...there's no shortage of lazy n8gglets. 😁

7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Just like a racist is a racist regardless as to what ever religion he proclaims out of his mouth; when you realize a nigga is a nigga regardless of the religion he CLAIMS to belong to......things tend to make more sense.

Of course, I don't place any stock in one's religious beliefs.🤣😎

ProfD

Money, love, laziness, low self-esteem, children, etc.

I can't argue with you there.

Money and children will make some of the smartest women stay inside an abusive relationship.

The majority of people here in the USA have the ability to learn according to literacy rates.

Yeah, how to roll a blunt with one hand....lol.

Nearly everybody can learn, but everybody's CAPACITY to learn is different.

Meaning some people can only learn to keep their fingers off of a hot stove....while others can learn how to read...while others can learn and get a PhD.

It varies depending on ones exposure and intelligence.

That woman was trained to be a fighter.

Correct.

Which means she had to LEARN how to fight...which involves intelligence.

If she's stupid, she wouldn't be able to.

Most people are not of low intelligence. They can be taught &/or trained.

I agree.

Most people are of average intelligence.

That's why it's called "average" intelligence....lol.

Of course they are human. I don't believe that's why you have a soft spot for them especially considering your disdain for n8gglets

Aside from being human, they are my distant relatives.

There's an ancestral connection that can't be and shouldn't be denied between AfroAmericans and Africans.

He needs to man up & handle that situation.

Many have tried.

And many have ended up laying in a field somewhere with their mouths open and wild mushrooms growing in them.

Some Black immigrants bring that smoke on themselves by talking sh8t about AfroAmericans.

True.

You have ignorant and trouble makers on both sides.

We shouldn't let THEM represent our communities.

How foolish is it to let the loudest and most ignorant of our people represent or speak for us on a global scale?

How much more foolish is it for them to let their loud and ignorant do the same?

Trading insults back and forth like a bunch of middle-schoolers.

38 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Money, love, laziness, low self-esteem, children, etc.

I can't argue with you there.

Money and children will make some of the smartest women stay inside an abusive relationship.

If you see a dude with Rasputia...

It shows men stay for similar reasons.🤣

38 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

That woman was trained to be a fighter.

Correct.

Which means she had to LEARN how to fight...which involves intelligence.

If she's stupid, she wouldn't be able to.

Training to be a fighter doesn't require any more intelligence than being a weightlifter. Just matter of discipline & getting in the gym & repetitions.

38 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Most people are not of low intelligence. They can be taught &/or trained.

I agree.

Most people are of average intelligence.

That's why it's called "average" intelligence....lol.

People of average intelligence accomplish a lot. In fact, their hard work enables others to become millionaires & billionaires.

38 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Of course they are human. I don't believe that's why you have a soft spot for them especially considering your disdain for n8gglets

Aside from being human, they are my distant relatives.

There's an ancestral connection that can't be and shouldn't be denied between AfroAmericans and Africans.

Those fake weed smoking, gun-toting wannabe n8gglets could be your distant cousins too.🤣

38 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

He needs to man up & handle that situation.

Many have tried.

And many have ended up laying in a field somewhere with their mouths open and wild mushrooms growing in them.

Nat Turner is a hero.

38 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

Some Black immigrants bring that smoke on themselves by talking sh8t about AfroAmericans.

True.

You have ignorant and trouble makers on both sides.

We shouldn't let THEM represent our communities.

How foolish is it to let the loudest and most ignorant of our people represent or speak for us on a global scale?

How much more foolish is it for them to let their loud and ignorant do the same?

Trading insults back and forth like a bunch of middle-schoolers.

Agreed. Neither group should let the most ignorant represent &/or be its spokesperson.

The intelligent among the groups should set the record straight instead of hiding as if they are in the witness protection program.

I feel the same way about silent white folks who don't call out their racist brethren & the system of racism white supremacy.😎

ProfD

If you see a dude with Rasputia...

Oh no NOT NORBIT....lol.

It's so funny to me because I have a cousin like that.

Like that old school song, she can't wait to get in public infront of people and clown on him.

Even at family reunions and get-togethers she clowns on him.

And it's HIS family!

Training to be a fighter doesn't require any more intelligence than being a weightlifter. Just matter of discipline & getting in the gym & repetitions.

You said it doesn't require any MORE intelligence, but it does require a DEGREE OF intelligence.

A stupid person is unlikely to learn those techniques or appreciate the pay-offs of the hard work, discipline, and practice.

Those fake weed smoking, gun-toting wannabe n8gglets could be your distant cousins too.

Distant?

Some of them are my FIRST cousins!

Just the other day one of them got into a fight with his brother-n-law because he came over to his house for a visit and he caught the clown in his garage using his tools trying to hack off his leg tether...lol.