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That’s me, if y’all black in here posts yours.
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layziegunts
can I call you Andre now lol?
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People can date whoever they want but you trippin with that. Because of the history of racism in this country, the nonstop attack and destroying of the black family. From slavery all the way up to mass incarceration. Like I said date you want, it's possible to find somebody of another race that you click with but building a black family is very important. On top of that some black people date outta their race for the wrong reasons. It ain't all because of "you can't help who you love" and all that other fairy tale ****.
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So I found that My 4th great grandfather was black(slave) and my 4th great grandmother was white. I wonder how common it was in Louisiana for Black men to have children with free white women. They both worked on the same farm.
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Did the test out of curiosity already knowing what to expect. The initial results were all over the place, but they’ve since either updated their method or just have a wider sample size. The updated results below are more of what I expected.
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In 1825, Haiti Paid France $21 Billion To Preserve Its Independence -- Time For France To Pay It Back
Capital FlowsContributor
Guest commentary curated by Forbes Opinion. Avik Roy, Opinion Editor.
GUEST POST WRITTEN BY
Dan Sperling
Sperling is a Virginia-based writer who is married to a Haitian national.
‘We can spend 30 years and we’ll never bounce back,’ said Duvanel Francois, 42, who was trying to earn school fees one morning in a tiny village outside of Jeremie, the Grand’Anse capital, by helping another farmer rebuild his home. (Patrick Farrell/Miami Herald/TNS via Getty Images)
The devastation wreaked on Haiti by Hurricane Matthew last fall was just the latest in a seemingly endless string of misfortunes that have befallen that country, which in March concluded a year-long interlude of caretaker governance by installing banana exporter Jovenel Moïse as its 58th president. Moïse faces a daunting task; Haiti’s chronic status as the Western hemisphere’s poorest nation is due to a litany of afflictions that range from widespread illiteracy, to endemic corruption, to woefully inadequate infrastructure. But while these would be hard enough for any country to overcome, for more than a century of its existence Haiti carried an additional but little-known millstone, the effects of which are still being felt.
In 1825, barely two decades after winning its independence against all odds, Haiti was forced to begin paying enormous “reparations” to the French slaveholders it had overthrown. Those payments would have been a staggering burden for any fledgling nation, but Haiti wasn’t just any fledgling nation; it was a republic formed and led by blacks who’d risen up against the institution of slavery. As such, Haiti’s independence was viewed as a threat by all slave-owning countries – the United States included – and its very existence rankled racist sensibilities globally. Thus Haiti – tiny, impoverished and all alone in a hostile world – had little choice but to accede to France’s reparation demands, which were delivered to Port-au-Prince by a fleet of heavily armed warships in 1825.
By complying with an ultimatum that amounted to extortion, Haiti gained immunity from French military invasion, relief from political and economic isolation – and a crippling debt that took 122 years to pay off. My father-in-law still recalls the patriotic song he was taught as a Haitian schoolboy, its poignant lyrics urging all Haitians to reach into their own pockets to help their government raise the amount that was still “owed” to France. Thanks to voluntary contributions from Haiti’s citizens, most of whom were desperately poor, that debt was finally settled in 1947. But decades of making regular payments had rendered the Haitian government chronically insolvent, helping to create a pervasive climate of instability from which the country still hasn’t recovered.
France’s demand for reparations from Haiti seems comically outrageous today – equivalent to a kidnapper suing his escaped hostage for the cost of fixing a window that had been broken during the escape. And though the present French government can’t be blamed for the gall of King Charles X (France’s ruler in 1825), a modicum of historical accountability sure would be nice. While France still ranks among the world’s wealthiest nations, Haiti – with a per-capita annual income of $350, a power grid that fails on a regular basis and a network of roads that’s more than 50-percent unpaved – is plagued by drought, food shortages and a struggling economy. For the “crime” of shaking off the yoke of involuntary servitude, Haiti dutifully paid France reparations over the course of nearly six generations – with interest. France should now do the right thing and return those payments, estimated to total $21 billion in today’s dollars. What would be a relative pittance in the French national budget is desperately needed by Haiti and could help it begin a broad-based recovery that would seem like manna from heaven to its long-suffering people.
In 1825, Haiti Paid France $21 Billion To Preserve Its Independence -- Time For France To Pay It Back
Capital FlowsContributor
Guest commentary curated by Forbes Opinion. Avik Roy, Opinion Editor.
GUEST POST WRITTEN BY
Dan Sperling
Sperling is a Virginia-based writer who is married to a Haitian national.
‘We can spend 30 years and we’ll never bounce back,’ said Duvanel Francois, 42, who was trying to earn school fees one morning in a tiny village outside of Jeremie, the Grand’Anse capital, by helping another farmer rebuild his home. (Patrick Farrell/Miami Herald/TNS via Getty Images)
The devastation wreaked on Haiti by Hurricane Matthew last fall was just the latest in a seemingly endless string of misfortunes that have befallen that country, which in March concluded a year-long interlude of caretaker governance by installing banana exporter Jovenel Moïse as its 58th president. Moïse faces a daunting task; Haiti’s chronic status as the Western hemisphere’s poorest nation is due to a litany of afflictions that range from widespread illiteracy, to endemic corruption, to woefully inadequate infrastructure. But while these would be hard enough for any country to overcome, for more than a century of its existence Haiti carried an additional but little-known millstone, the effects of which are still being felt.
In 1825, barely two decades after winning its independence against all odds, Haiti was forced to begin paying enormous “reparations” to the French slaveholders it had overthrown. Those payments would have been a staggering burden for any fledgling nation, but Haiti wasn’t just any fledgling nation; it was a republic formed and led by blacks who’d risen up against the institution of slavery. As such, Haiti’s independence was viewed as a threat by all slave-owning countries – the United States included – and its very existence rankled racist sensibilities globally. Thus Haiti – tiny, impoverished and all alone in a hostile world – had little choice but to accede to France’s reparation demands, which were delivered to Port-au-Prince by a fleet of heavily armed warships in 1825.
By complying with an ultimatum that amounted to extortion, Haiti gained immunity from French military invasion, relief from political and economic isolation – and a crippling debt that took 122 years to pay off. My father-in-law still recalls the patriotic song he was taught as a Haitian schoolboy, its poignant lyrics urging all Haitians to reach into their own pockets to help their government raise the amount that was still “owed” to France. Thanks to voluntary contributions from Haiti’s citizens, most of whom were desperately poor, that debt was finally settled in 1947. But decades of making regular payments had rendered the Haitian government chronically insolvent, helping to create a pervasive climate of instability from which the country still hasn’t recovered.
France’s demand for reparations from Haiti seems comically outrageous today – equivalent to a kidnapper suing his escaped hostage for the cost of fixing a window that had been broken during the escape. And though the present French government can’t be blamed for the gall of King Charles X (France’s ruler in 1825), a modicum of historical accountability sure would be nice. While France still ranks among the world’s wealthiest nations, Haiti – with a per-capita annual income of $350, a power grid that fails on a regular basis and a network of roads that’s more than 50-percent unpaved – is plagued by drought, food shortages and a struggling economy. For the “crime” of shaking off the yoke of involuntary servitude, Haiti dutifully paid France reparations over the course of nearly six generations – with interest. France should now do the right thing and return those payments, estimated to total $21 billion in today’s dollars. What would be a relative pittance in the French national budget is desperately needed by Haiti and could help it begin a broad-based recovery that would seem like manna from heaven to its long-suffering people.
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Once racism dissapears still have to worry about tribalism.
Uniting ppl by color is a silly notion, but it's peogram the current world works off of
Uniting ppl by color is a silly notion, but it's peogram the current world works off of
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Don’t yall fools swear by ancestry.com?
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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/...things-we-learned-coachella-beychella-822999/
Beyonce’s ‘Homecoming’ Documentary: 5 Things We Learned
From revelations about the star’s difficult pregnancy to intimate rehearsal footage, the new film delves deep into the making of Beychella
Beyoncé’s headlining set at Coachella in 2018 was a master class in pop performance: an instantly iconic celebration of blackness, HBCUs and her own historic 22-year career. She was originally slated to headline in 2017 following her Formation World Tour, but a surprise pregnancy — with twins, nonetheless — delayed her appearance. Instead of recreating her Lemonade-era shows, she formulated something entirely new. It’s this show, now known simply as Beychella, that’s documented in Homecoming.
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My sister just came in from church today complaining about its to many black folks in church on Easter. What are you guys opinions on why bozo people love the church so much and why we adopted the slave masters religion.
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Just answered your own question my g.
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It gives me purpose to be a better person.
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There's a very obvious answer to this question.
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Once you conquer one's spirituality..you have conquered their mind.
Psychological Warfare White Supremacy 101
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Considering Christianity existed before slavery it's not really "slave masters religion"
my thoughts on religion as a whole, find a system that either makes sense to you or makes you a better person and let people do the same.
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When you get time @JBII
America.In Black: Raising My Kids Reshaped My Blackness
https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/how-raising-multiethnic-kids-reshaped-my-blackness-1833789603
America.In Black: Raising My Kids Reshaped My Blackness
https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/how-raising-multiethnic-kids-reshaped-my-blackness-1833789603
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No way the chick heard..the question correctly...
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All those Euros in your blood man.That’s me, if y’all black in here posts yours.
#CancelLayzie
@dangerousg See this dude?
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"The only reason youre a Christian is because your slave master is a Christian"
- Dr Henrik Clarke
Christianity (and Islam) existed before slavery but they were a MAJOR tool in the enslavement of our people in the Americas and the colonization of our brothers in Africa.
Please give me a break
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Not sending my DNA in voluntarily FOH I know who I am and dont need the white man to tell me.
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So what you are telling me is that somebody misused a religion for personal gain?
