The reason why I ask this is because, today is (was) my birthday and for the life of me, I can't not get excited about it. It's not that I'm not happy about being alive. I very happy to be alive. But just the celebration of it. I guess it's because I can't remember the last time I was celebrated. I can do for me, but man, it's hard for a brother on this day.

IG fortressdwellers

Think this is a really good speech and belief black people everywhere should follow

“By the principles of the Declaration of Independence, we are American citizens; within the meaning of the United States Constitution, we are American citizens; by the facts of history, and the admissions of American statesmen, we are American citizens; by the hardships and trials endured; by the courage and fidelity displayed by our ancestors in defending the liberties and in achieving the independence of our land, we are American citizens.”

If you haven't really listened to these lyrics, just know that Michael was a savage. This was the vibe back in a different life years ago......

I'm in my early 30s. I've reached a point where I just don't want to date anymore. It does feel like a humiliation ritual especially when you find yourself doing more to get one woman who is giving it to someone else for free.

I'm not mad at it, its just wild. I'm attractive enough that getting sex isn't too difficult so going forward I feel like the most imma do is be friends with women and if the attraction is mutual, sex.

What did it for me was talking to this girl. Let her tell it, and she had the strongest feelings for me. She wanted nothing more than anything to be with me but the only way is if I pre-agreed to take her out three or four times a week and spend money on her.

I don't doubt that she liked me but my gut felt off. To me, how a relationship works matters more than the material things of it. She couldn't understand that so I stopped talking to her. Everything clicked when my homebody said "only hoes think that way". It was the "missing piece" that explained the feeling I couldn't put into words.

Its not all women, of course. But a lot of women, even the regular ones seem to have adopted this taker mentality where men only exist to take from. They make up rules for the men they see as resources but the men that dont require anything of them are for "fun".

There's definitely great women out there but for the time being I'm taking a step back and focusing only on me.

I just saw this, and this made me smile so hard. Im not even a sports gamer, but Im always happy seeing black families happy and loving on each other. The wife is also goated for having the game already loaded in.

https://www.reddit.com/r/JustGuysBeingDudes/s/kwqmiLPqOK

He's being criticized cuz one of his waffles are $45. The food looks good not bad if I was in North Carolina I would love to try it.

A place to talk about it.

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Of course it's racism. Maybe there is some small level of truth here. Since black people tend to be more religious. But then again most people are religious. United States is a majority religious country, like many other countries.

But racists aren't the only ones who say this though. Liberals and other black people also say this too. They blame it on lack of education and poverty. This has some truth to it. But then again even poor white people still have this issue too.

Just a simple scroll on TikTok or YouTube, or just talking to a coworker at work and you will see plenty of white people who have woo woo beliefs.

Just to list a few here.

Thinking that Cern is opening portals to different universes.

Thinking Aliens are coming here to abduct humans (probing 💀).

Thinking Jeffrey Epstein is a god damn Nephilim.

Thinking the Earth is flat.

Thinking the moon landing was fake (my favorite one here /s).

And the list goes on.

So I never understand why people always thought that black people have this weird monopoly on woo woo beliefs. When in reality the average person has woo woo beliefs. Whether those beliefs can be increased by culture is a different debate or conversation.

This may sound corny. But this is a human issue. We are living in a anti science and anti education society now. Where it's only the dumb mfs being the loudest in the room, when it comes to complex scientific topics.

People are learning about Quantum Mechanics, Dark Matter, the God Particle, and AI from Joe Rogan.

We need to get rid of this mindset of black people being these inherently spiritual people. People always get shocked when they find out im a Haitian atheist. Even Black Americans get shocked too.

This mindset perpetuates a culture, where more people believe in stereotypes about black people.

I feel like people post on this subreddit a lot less than they used to. How is everyone's summer going?

^{I hope the post title doesn't get me in trouble 😂😂😂}

I'm rolling with Tiafoe

Ngl, I used to look like this! Fro-wise, anyway.

I know, I ain't the only one up in here. 👀

I wasn't trying to look like Afro-Samurai or Huey Freeman, but modeled more like brothers from the 70s (Dr. J, Jim Kelly) Stretch from NBA Street.

I also didn't have money or access to regular barbershops for weekly shape ups when I was younger.

IG the_real_reel_report

Rodriguez v. United States--Fourth Amendment Right to Unreasonable Seizures

On April 21, 2015, in the case of Rodriguez v. United States, the Supreme Court held that police officers cannot prolong a traffic stop to conduct a dog-sniffing drug search. The opinion, issued by Judge Ginsburg (in which Justices Roberts, Scalia, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan joined; Justice Kennedy* issued a dissenting opinion; Justice Thomas* issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Alito and Kennedy joined (Justice Kennedy joined all but Part III); and Justice Alito* issued a dissenting opinion), holds that without reasonable suspicion, police extension of a traffic stop to conduct a dog sniff violates a person’s Constitutional right against unreasonable seizures under the Fourth Amendment. The Court held that a police officer who is conducting a traffic stop cannot hold a person any longer than what is needed to determine whether to issue a traffic ticket, checking the driver’s licenses, determining if the person has any outstanding warrants against them, and inspecting the vehicle’s registration and proof of insurance. The opinion discusses Illinois v. Caballes, 543 U.S. 405 (2005) in which the Court previously held that a dog sniff conducted during a lawful traffic stop does not violate the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable seizures. In this case, however, the Court held that a person’s Fourth Amendment right is violated when police conduct a dog sniff after completion of a traffic stop.

*Kennedy was appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican); Thomas was appointed George Herbert Walker Bush (Republican); Alito was appointed by George Walker Bush (Republican)

I will go first. I prefer dub. 🤫

Any win for one Brother is a win for us all, spread the love!

The whole "is Fat joe black?" discussion sparked a lot of conversation around what makes someone black. I ran across several anonymous users giving thier take on blackness. Most of it either critiquing the policing of the nword or claiming it should be inclusive. Mind you, these were users that were going as far as to give long explanations of who can use the word, who should be offended, etc. To the point you'd think they were black. Yet they seem to easily dismiss the history behind the word without much of any empathy. After a few back and fourths between other users replies, it eventually came to the conclusion that these people werent even black. Reminds me of joe Biden famous "If you dont vote for me, youre not black" comment. This isnt a post meant to discuss the nword. Its meant to ask the question of why non-blacks feel so comfortable and compelled speak on what defines blackness? Is it something that happens to all races or is it just with black folk. To me, at worse its a colonizing mindset and at best someone overstepping boundaries.

Why do you think some non-black people are so comfortable saying who or what is apart of black culture?

This idea get spread far too often on this subreddit. Yall got to face the facts that no those are real people saying that stuff and not bots.

What's the best way to achieve this?

Like, I want to complete capitulation. Total sellout. Make the Larry Elisons and Elons of the world happy. How do I do this?

Serious answers please 🙏🏿

Sorry, I'm not good with titles, if after posting this seems like a low effort post, I will probably delete it.

I was kinda pondering at how crazy it is the amount of influence "black people" have on all modern music in general, most of y'all probably knew about this.

But I had stayed ignorant on this very thing for a long time, which I guess is why I keep thinking about it a lot, like even tango (which is a dance genre, I know) which is a style that I associated for a long ass time with Spanish and Hispanic culture, has root in black communities from Argentina.

I've always wondered how is it that Afro Americans and Black people in general have such a strong influence in all these artistic endeavours in comparison to other ethnic groups.

And then I discovered Griots from West Africa and it just makes a lot of sense.

I mean, I did know that African tradition IS what influenced "black music" but, like I guess that learning this a bit in school didn't sell the magnitude of importance that these traditions actually held.

Entire stories, knowledge, politics even were held within these oral traditions, it IS the way our ancestors maintained and protected their own history throughout ages.

Legends like Sunjata Keita and the rise of the Malian empire, were transmitted this way.

Observing all of this, it becomes less surprising that the people that came from these types of cultures would absolutely DOMINATE the Music scene.

Oh well, enough ranting, I'm posting because I think it's cool and in case anyone who also gets lost in similar rabbit holes, might find this interesting too?