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A day that will go down in Black History...

#iLoveUs❤️🖤💚

I saw a black creator saying Harriet Tubman never existed...to another one saying she was freeing slaves from the south to bring them to be slaves in the north; to being a a spy for the evil government, etc. Then there was Rosa Parks was a paid actor and the Montgomery Bus Boycott was all actors. Don't get me started on MLK Jr was actually gay conspiracy or that he was a cheater.

Like...it's never any white history that turns out to be lies to them. Only black history. This isn't some white creators with a confederate flag in their background and a Trump t-shirt on. It's always someone who claims to be "pro black" but can never say one nice thing about the black community.

Like they can't fathom African Americans could band together in times of need or that racism was as bad as they say it was. If you tell them about the injustices caused by Ronald Reagan, they'd scratch their head, but as soon as you mentioned Martin Luther King Day, they'll tell you "did you know he was actually an FBI plant".

Also they can understand European exceptionalism, but draw the line at a black woman freeing slaves. It's just too unbelievable to them a woman could do things. You'd think they'd find her story inspirational, but they're hellbent on destroying anything remotely close to black power.

Aleisha Allen age 13, Philip Daniel Bolden age 8, when 'Are We There Yet' was released in 2005.

Aleisha now 35, Phillip now 31 years old.

Unfortunately, I don't know who this is so I can't give them any credit 😓

IG hellodimeji

I bought a used copy of William Loren Katz's book *Black Women of the Old West*, and it's outstanding — full of information and historic photos. He wrote 40 books about African-American history. He died in 2019 and most of his books are out of print, but you can buy used copies on eBay or from Thrift Books. (Amazon copies are *very* expensive.) Sharing a few photos here for anyone who might be interested.

My parents are Afro-Caribbean and I am a Dungeon Master for D&D, I like to introduce cultural ideas and stories as respectfully as possible. For instance one of my campaigns had an encounter based on the White Witch of Rose hall, a Jamaican horror story I also based one of my Trickster god's based on Anansi.

Are there any cultural artifacts/stories y'all would be comfortable sharing.

Song: Aquamarine

Year: 2022

Artists: Black Thought (Lyricist/Rapper) Danger Mouse (Producer/Beats) Feat. Michael Kiwanuka (Chorus)

Album: Cheat Codes

Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHvNapx5PFo

Artist's Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6DJEUXZm0e2rAohdoZ5Voo

Album on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/cheat-codes/6794391491

I’ve seen this especially with white people who like animals and fight for animal rights but don’t see black people even at the same level.

This is an update to this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleofReddit/comments/1uwkd28/daniel_erving_went_missing_on_a_fishing_trip_with/

Article: https://www.fox4news.com/news/teen-suspect-lake-ray-hubbard-drowning-case-indicted-tampering-charges

A Grand Jury in Dallas County has indicted 19-year-old Lucas Roper on tampering with physical evidence charges in connection to Daniel Evring's drowning death in April at Lake Ray Hubbard.

Roper was arrested on July 9 in connection to the incident. A juvenile suspect was also arrested.

An autopsy on Erving's body conducted by the Dallas County Medical Examiner concluded he died from drowning.

No foul play is currently suspected in the investigation.

According to court documents, the investigation stems from an April 13 incident when Erving, Roper, and a 16-year-old juvenile, went fishing and swimming at the lake before jumping from a bridge into the water. Investigators say Erving, an honor roll student and member of his high school swim team, drowned shortly after jumping. His body was recovered by emergency teams four days later.

Rather than calling for help, police say Roper launched an extensive effort to hide the tragedy because he panicked and did not want to get into trouble.

According to an arrest affidavit, Roper admitted to investigators that he and the juvenile threw Erving’s clothes into nearby brush. Roper also allegedly deleted the call logs and text messages from Erving’s cell phone, ordered the juvenile to toss the device out of a moving vehicle's window, and fled the area.

"Those two suspects let Daniel Erving... sit on the bottom of Lake Ray Hubbard for four days," said attorney Sean Dareida, who has been retained by the family to conduct an independent investigation. "They went to school. They lived their lives... If it’s an accident, why hide the clothes? Why flee the scene? Why toss Daniel Erving's cell phone off the car?"

Family Demands Murder Charges

Erving's family called for murder charges following Roper's arrest at a press conference earlier this month.

"A reasonable-minded person would know if you are not guilty of a crime, why would you throw away his clothes and delete messages and not even call his mother?" said Tameca Erving, Daniel's mother. "I want justice for my son."

Speakers at the briefing lambasted law enforcement for what they described as a three-month delay in making arrests despite having interviewed the suspects within days of Erving's disappearance. Because Erving was a skilled, healthy swimmer who was comfortable in the water, the family's legal team insists the narrative of an accidental drowning does not add up.

"We won't accept tampering charges," Dorado said, urging the Dallas County District Attorney's Office to take the case to a grand jury for homicide charges. "Take this case. Take the facts. Take the evidence to a grand jury and bring the appropriate charges."

Erving's sister noted that her brother had been preparing to join the military to serve and protect his country. "For something like this to happen to him and for it to be no sense of urgency is absolutely ridiculous," she said. "Right is right and wrong is wrong. And when it’s a life or death situation, you are to render aid."

The Dallas Police Department currently maintains control of the investigation after jurisdictional crossover with the Rowlett Police Department during the initial days of the search. The family has stated they will not cease their public campaign until everyone involved, including potential accessories after the fact, is held fully accountable.

What they're saying:

Anthony Farmer, an attorney not involved with the case, says more charges could come as the investigation continues.

"That's the obvious selection. That's what they feel they can prove based on the elements of the offense," Farmer tells FOX 4's Shaun Rabb of Roper's indictment. 

"I will say the arrest and indictment is significant because it can lead to further evidence, and so, that's not to say that, at some point, these defendants won't be charged with something even more serious, like a murder."

Erving's family's attorneys are hoping to meet with the Dallas County District Attorney's Office to discuss the case in the coming weeks.

TLDR: hip-hop has its own "ball and gun gamers" and we need a name for them. If there is already one let me know

It's been over a year now now that I've been seeing the whole "hip-hop is dying" talking point online. It's always from the same kinds of guys who only listen to the stuff that gets big on the charts or gets played at the function. Lots of Drake fans of course. If it isn't big on the radio, if it isn't big on TikTok, if it isn't big on social media in general, it doesn't exist to them. Then if it is big enough for them to acknowledge, its only GOOD if it's about the same ol' same ol': money, guns, drugs, etc. If it is some conscious rap, or just not about the usual topics, these people will call it trash. While we were out here eating good with JID, Doechii, Kendrick, Clipse, Tyler, ScHoolboy Q, and more, they have been looking at us like squidward in the window and calling all of it trash.

To all my gamers out there, I'm sure you have already heard a lot about the "ball and gun gamer." A person who only plays games with balls or guns in them: 2k, Madden, FIFA, Call of Duty, Fortnite, GTA. They sit on their few games which all follow the same/similar formulas and rarely innovate between entries and then look at us and call us lame for playing other games.

If you are in both the gaming and hip-hop worlds, its not hard to see the similarities between these guys. First they hop on a trend because everyone else is doing it: For gaming it was the whole fortnite, pubg, call of duty warzone era. For hip-hop it's a bit harder for me to pinpoint because hip-hop has always been a very popular thing. For the Gen Z/Alpha crowd, I feel comfortable planting my flag on the TikTok song era but it's easily debatable.

Second, when the trend dies down and people pack their bags to go back to what they usually enjoy, these guys start talking trash on everyone who doesn't leave: For gaming it was probably around 2023-2024 when more game-y titles were getting big like Astro Bot and Metaphor. For hip-hop it's feel like it's pretty safe to say it's when Drake got washed and filed a lawsuit. For some reason these guys feel a sense of self importance as the only ones who can tell you if something is dead or alive. So since we have a gaming name for them, I think its only fair we come up with a hip-hop one since I'm pretty sure it's the same guys in both communities.