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We come from an educational system that taught Latin rather than Mdw Ntr. The results are not surprising.

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Blacks need to take control of their education. HBCUs and other schools depend on the dominant white society for funding with stipulations.

My wife and I were involved in a charity organization raising money to assist first-year black medical school students at a particular medical school in Southern California. We didn't accept money from other racial groups with stipulations.

The CEO secretly violated an agreement by providing money to rich Nigerian exchange students. We quit the organization, after doing most of the work of bringing in the money. Blacks tend to look out for everyone except themselves.

The Southern border needs to be shut down. In life, there are tradeoffs to better achieve the common good. Lol!

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I sit on the board of an organization that deals with youth in high risk situations. The children just need to be told that they are valued. Being angry at parents who make bad decisions does not help the children. I also have connections to groups that focus on developing math skills for Black children. I don’t expect to see a major change in my lifetime, but you plant seeds. That is why I remain hopeful.

I note that the reason that there is a push to dumb down teaching Black history is that they don’t want the history of whites to be common knowledge. Rosa Parks was just a lady who was asked to move her seat, full stop. The Tulsa race massacre just happened out of the clear blue sky. White people will support teaching the nonsense.

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Damn if I'm going to place the value of my life in groups of people who have hated and exploited me for the past 400 years. Self-hate and self-loathing is mental illness.

Meritorious manumission is anti-black as repeatedly proven by historical events. Whites for the most part aren't going to participate in generational genetic annihilation, to say the least, other groups. Racism is a competitive relationship between groups for ownership and control of resources for wealth and power---a never-ending team sport.

Power only respects power. Black group economics is the most effective way to fight racism. It's more permanent than the ever-changing political landscapes.

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I commend your work. It's a sad situation. MLK related, "We got integration, but I feel I have led my people into a burning house." At 39 years of age, he was still evolving. Advocating for reparations led to his murder.

The white dominant group, including white media, has sanitized his messaging. He grew more disillusioned and militant before the end of his life ("My dream has turned into a nightmare").

No one can rescue black folks except for themselves. Blacks need to create their political party and vote for politicians as a strong union (regardless of race or party) who can deliver the most. Both major political parties are two birds on the same trifling bird.

Pro-LGBT, undocumented immigration, more symbolism, and white nationalism are worthless horizontal issues. Blacks need to focus on vertical issues instead of wasting energy and time on bullshit. The black group's wealth is trending on the downside compared to other groups.

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I share your passion. I agree with MLK Jr.

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Here's a recent interesting documentary on the life of Clarence Thomas partially narrated by his admirer Glenn Loury. Thomas should be memorialized by a statue of a lantern boy on a front lawn. 😂🤣

https://youtu.be/wJuRx1wARUk

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Thanks, I’m aware of the doc. I will likely watch it over Labor Day or Thanksgiving.

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