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Diddy Says African American Communities Are 'Committing Genocide On Ourselves' (2734 hits)

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been vocal about the #BlackLivesMatter movement in the past, taking the nation's justice system to task for non-indictments in the deaths of unarmed black men. In reaction to the recent death of a New York rapper, Combs implored the community to look within.

Following the fatal drive-by shooting of New York rapper Lionel “Chinx Drugz” Pickens on early Sunday morning (no suspects have been arrested, as the shooting is still under investigation), Diddy posted a message to 4.6 million followers. In it, the 45-year-old declares that in some instances, African Americans should take more accountability in ending the violence related to death of black men and women in America.

“We are committing genocide on ourselves. We are always looking for scapegoats,” he wrote on the social media platform. “We as a people hurt ourselves more than anyone has ever hurt us. That makes no sense. We as a people including myself have to take accountability and do whatever we can do individually or together to stop the madness and realize that we are kings and queens and must love ourselves and each other.”

Combs' has also spoken out on the grand jury decision in the Eric Garner case, and the aftermath in Baltimore following the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray. He referenced these events, and their impact on the community, earlier this month during an interview with The Associated Press.

"The black community are the forgotten ones -- just like people are in poverty all over this country, but especially the black community," he said. "So you have a lot of built-up frustration especially in the kids that see their future is bleak and they are being forgotten. People need to pay attention to that..."

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Tuesday, May 26th 2015 at 2:54PM
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It breaks my heart when I hear these Sambo talk like this How many businesses has Sean “Diddy” Combs open that employs African American in the community ???
Tuesday, May 26th 2015 at 7:14PM
Sylvainy R

I believe that he was talking in reference to the senseless drive-by shooting Following the fatal drive-by shooting of New York rapper Lionel “Chinx Drugz” Pickens on early Sunday morning (no suspects have been arrested, as the shooting is still under investigation) all for what, some street cred amongst other lowlifes.

Tuesday, May 26th 2015 at 7:29PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.

My point is with all these African American who has made it what jobs are they creating in the community that will avoid these things from happening if they are not creating business in the community then shut up
Tuesday, May 26th 2015 at 8:02PM
Sylvainy R

its all about Economics
Tuesday, May 26th 2015 at 8:32PM
Sylvainy R

This is part of the frustration we feel who still live in the hood and own property in the hood, who still shop in the hood. All of this is a direct reaction to the trade agreements that allow big business to leave the country and take those jobs with them thus creating this sub culture that allows gangs, crimes, and the underclass to not only to exist but to flourish as well.

It is our time for those who know, TEACH those of us who don't know. Those of us who don't know will hear and feel the spirit of knowledge and they to will learn what is right and killing another brother is doing that white thugs job for them, that white thug that brings drugs into our neighborhoods, that white thug that prostitutes our young girls and women as a way of life.

I see this in my neighborhood, I feel the frustration and the hopelessness and see what our Brothers and Sisters will do because they are hungry or need a safe place to lay there heads. We as a people will make it but first we need to feed the belly, then educate the mind and show our people that we too are worthy to be called a child of The Most High, I really don't care who you call that wisdom greater then yourself but we must TEACH.

Tuesday, May 26th 2015 at 8:44PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.

This has nothing to do with The Most High, and everything to do with those African American who has made it to the top of the food chain turn their backs on the African American community, please note someone has to take out the garbage However

where are the business in the community the Apartments in the community, the corner stores in the community, our Television and Radio Stations that will employ African American??? until these successful African American collectively start creating these infrastructure that will lift the community then they need to shut up or put up
All the destruction the teen pregnancy, black on black crime and the list goes on and on, these are the symptoms of a broken community
The doctor never treat a fever he treats the infection thus he gets rid of the fever the same applies to the African American community

Wednesday, May 27th 2015 at 12:27PM
Sylvainy R

What about the Black Americans who did come back to the hood to TEACH?

This is something that is called the silent revolution which is happening right now as we speak or are you aware of this moment?

Wednesday, May 27th 2015 at 1:13PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.

Don’t kid yourself there’s nothing there’s nothing silent in the hood, Great a few came back to the hood to TEACH I’m not impress because in the end we will have the education and no jobs now please don’t get me wrong I’m all for education but right now what is needed IS JOBS and keeping the $$$$$$$$ in the our community which means building business in our community the silent revolution is not silent we need to make some noise by creating business in our communities African Americans spend 80 to 90% of our earning outside the community and that is not sustainable if we want to progress
Wednesday, May 27th 2015 at 2:46PM
Sylvainy R

Education, education, education or re- education so that you may be qualified, qualified, qualified for the existing jobs and I tec jobs of the future. Many of us, when going to school had the mindset, that they don not have time for school, that mindset must change so, we can keep and build on the monies in the communities.

The most important thing and the mine topic of this blog is self genocide, that we are doing to our people.

Thursday, May 28th 2015 at 8:08AM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.

I hear feel and get you, however again look around you, look at the Hispanic, Italian, Greek, Chinese, They have a Hispanic town, Italian town, Greek town China Town, where is African American town???
These gropes built a community a WALL around their community to protect it they employ their OWN and this is vital to any community again please don’t get me wrong I am all for education,
However I’ll give you the best that education has to offer in the end if African American has no support system no business of our own support no business in our community we will forever remain employee and NOT employer this is the KEY, (employer)

Again don’t get me wrong I am all for education but right now African American needs JOBS, and we have no African American Company that is hiring African American

Hispanic employees Hispanic, Chinese employees Chinese, Greek employees, Arabs employees Arabs this is call group economic look at the state of these group and compare so when I hear success African American who has made it to the top of the food chain making these statement I say look in the mirror

Thursday, May 28th 2015 at 1:45PM
Sylvainy R

isn't diddy the negro that has given America the Culture of hipHop gangsterRap?

isn't diddy the negro that has given America the biggies and other Lawless monsters of the ghetto?

isn't diddy the negro that almost got Mrs. Jennifer Lopez in jail on his gun rap?

isn't diddy the negro that has given America another negro Mind Altering Drank?

America NEVER needed the diddies or biggies or any of that Community Destructive Lifestyle of Genocide!

In Fact

50 YEARS after the Death of AlHajj AbdulMaleek AsShabazz and 55 Years after malcolmX---BOTH of those minds, if they may have survived the Racist Murderous NOI, WOULD call the diddies and biggies the source of Genocide of many American youth.......

Thursday, May 28th 2015 at 9:14PM
robert powell

Each one of these groups that you mentioned have there own language, culture, a mother land so they know there history through education. Now don't get me wrong, I believe in The economics of building our culture, on that point we can agree on but we must change are mind set, so we won't be gunning one another down because of some street cred, or street honor in the hood. That is what this blog is all about.

Thursday, May 28th 2015 at 10:07PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.

So do we have our own culture mother land and history even language here’s the clincher they were all beaten out of us and replace with a western system, Now you can’t even say Africa to an African American for they will think you are crazy

You need JOBS In order to change the mindset if you don’t have a job you go on welfare when you get kick off welfare you steal no job means no income and no income means crime just look around you

As long as these African American who has made it to the top of the food chain continue to make these comment I’ll continue to say put up or shut up it’s all about group economics and if we cannot practice group economics our chance of survival is slim to none pay attention to what’s happening in our communities

Friday, May 29th 2015 at 4:37PM
Sylvainy R

I believe that we are saying the same thing, you say we need jobs and I am saying, we need education so that we can compete in the job market. The bottom line is that we as a people have economical power in our neighborhood.

Black lives do matter and all must come together that we must give the respect and love for ourselves and stop the mistreatment and the killings of one another.

Friday, May 29th 2015 at 6:25PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.

No sir we are not saying the same thing again please don’t get me wrong I’m all for education but you are missing the point African American are competing in a job market that is predominantly owned by whites look around you what major companies do African American own that employees African American??? What economical power does African American have in the neighborhood?? Please let me know
Monday, June 1st 2015 at 8:55PM
Sylvainy R

Deacon
Someone has to take out the garbage you are missing the point
Monday, June 1st 2015 at 9:36PM
Sylvainy R

Brother Soso,

Let us look at the top 10 African American employers:

1.Chris Gardner. The film "The Pursuit of Happyness" (2006) is a depiction of this famous black businessman’s triumphant rise to success from poverty and homelessness. Today, Chris Gardner has his own brokerage firm, Gardner Rich & Co, in addition to being a successful author and motivational speaker.

2. Russell Simmons. As the founder of Phat Farm, and the co founder of the Def Jam recording label, Russell Simmons is one of the most famous black businessmen in America. Simmons also produces Def Comedy Jam, and he owns Rush Communications and Run Athletics (co-owns with his brother, Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons).

3. Shawn Corey Carter (Jay-Z). As a black businessman, Jay-Z is the founder of the Rocawear Clothing Line, and a co-owner of the New Jersey Nets (NBA). Jay-Z is also a founder of Rock A Fella Records, he was the CEO of Def Jam Records, and he owns several successful commercial real estate businesses.

4. Sean Combs (Diddy, P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, Puffy). Regardless to what he’s calling himself these days, Sean Combs is a successful and famous black businessman. He owns Bad Boy Records, the Sean Jean and Sean clothing lines, and he has produced recording artists from TLC to Mary J. Blige.
5. Earvin ("Magic") Johnson, Jr. Magic Johnson, the former NBA superstar from the Los Angeles Lakers, is a prominent and famous black businessman because he invests in Starbucks, AMC Movie Theaters, and T.G.I. Fridays' across the country. Johnson also owns several real estate ventures as well.

6. Berry Gordy, Jr. Berry Gordy’s business skills as a record producer have made him responsible for putting the greatest entertainers in the world on the map. From Michael Jackson to Stevie Wonder, Gordy’s record label, Motown, is a household name and it is synonymous with an entire music genre.

7. Don King. Don King has risen to fame as a black businessman through his unmatched skills at promoting boxers. King is the man responsible for Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, and Julio Cesar Chavez, and he masterminded comeback fame for Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.

8. George Foreman. People may recognize his name from his boxing career, but George Foreman is also a successful black businessman. Foreman has stated that he is perhaps more famous for his George Foreman Grills than he is for boxing – and he has made more money with his grill empire than with his boxing career.

9. Ulysses (“Junior”) Bridgeman. Junior Bridgeman is a former NBA player with the Los Angeles Clippers and the Milwaukee Bucks. Bridgeman qualifies as a famous black businessman because he built a hugely successful franchise restaurant empire consisting of over 150 Wendy’s and Chilli’s locations.

10. John H. Johnson. John H. Johnson founded the Johnson Publishing Company, which publishes Ebony and Jet magazines. Johnson is also behind the Fashion Fair Cosmetics line. In 1982, he was the first black businessman to be entered onto the Forbes 400 Richest Americans list.

References:

Forbes List of Wealthiest Black Americans

Forbes Hip Hop Cash Kings

Quick question Brother Soso, if you was a business man and you was looking for Bus Operator, would you hire a person who is not qualify to be behind the wheel?

Now my Brother, if you want to open this question up, let us look at 20 The Top 20 African-American CEOs in Business Today

1. Jan Adams, JMA Solutions Adams founded JMA in 2005 following 24 years of service in the United States Air Force. Her vision has fueled JMA's growth into the #125 ranking in the 2012 Inc. Magazine 5000, including the #1 ranking in Washington, D.C. The company provides financial management, IT services, systems and concept engineering and program management to the federal government.

2. Joseph B. Anderson, TAG Holdings, LLC A former General Motors GM 0.58% executive, Anderson is the CEO of the Troy, Michigan-based TAG Holdings, whose subsidiaries include Korean and Chinese plumbing ceramics makers, automobile wheel-assembly suppliers and warehouse services. 2010 revenues were over $700 million.

3. William Bailey, Rapier Solutions William Bailey is a former veteran who founded Rapier in 2002. The IT company is based in Matthews, North Carolina and landed a spot at #139 in the 2012 Inc. Magazine 5000 rankings. 2011 revenues were $3.6 million.

4. Oprah Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey Network This list wouldn't be complete without television's greatest female personality, Oprah Winfrey. Once told that she would never be fit for presence on TV, Oprah has created a niche in the daily lives of millions of people and has spun gold from her success. She currently sits as the CEO of the Oprah Winfrey Network, a joint venture between her former Harpo Productions and Discovery Communications
DISCA 0.03% With a personal estimated net worth of $2.8 billion, Oprah finds herself at #168 in the richest people in the United States, #151 on the Forbes 500, #2 in the Celebrity 100 and #1 in TV/Radio. Oprah Winfrey also landed herself on the cover of Forbes magazine in September 2012 with Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.

5. Ulysses Bridgeman, Bridgeman Foods Inc. The former NBA 12-year veteran heads up the $500 million Manna Inc. and ERJ Inc., which combine to form one of the largest restaurateurs in the nation. Bridgeman manages over 320 restaurants, including 163 Wendy's
WEN 1.07% and 120 Chili's, the latter operated by Brinker International EAT 1.41%

6. Ursula M. Burns, Xerox Corporation The document management giant is run by Ursula Burns, who became the first woman to head a Fortune 500 company in 2009. Xerox's XRX 0.35% 2012 revenues were $22.39 billion and its Fortune 500 ranking stands at #127.

7. Kenneth I. Chenault, American Express Chenault has been the CEO of American Express AXP 0.31% since 2001. The Long Island native has led the Fortune 500 (#95) corporation through unprecedented growth, with 2012 revenues totaling $33.80 billion. Chenault heads over 63,000 employees.

8. Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., TIAA-CREF The former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Ferguson is a Washington, D.C. native who took over as CEO of retirement provider TIAA-CREF in 2008. TIAA-CREF is ranked #88 in the Fortune 500. 0\

9. Kenneth C. Frazier, Merck & Co., Inc.The Philadelphia-native became the head of pharmaceutical giant Merck
MRK 0.23% in 2011. That year, revenues totaled $48 billion for Merck, which possesses a #57 ranking in the Fortune 500 and employs 86,000 people.

10. Ronald Hall, Sr., Bridgewater Interiors Bridgewater has been one of the nation's leading auto parts suppliers since its 1998 inception. The Detroit-bred CEO of the company, Ronald Hall Sr., has led its growth, which included $1.6 billion in revenues in 2011. Its leading customers include General Motors and Ford
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11. Janice Bryant Howroyd, ACT-1 Group The North Carolina-native runs a billion dollar enterprise in ACT-1, which is now the nation's largest woman- and minority-owned employment-services company in the US. ACT-1 is a specialized staffing company.

2. Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Magic Johnson Enterprises Highlighted by his recent $50 million stake in the purchase of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Johnson's eponymous enterprise owns a series of movie theaters, restaurants and health clubs across the country. More recently, the company has gotten involved in real estate development. The company's 2012 worth totaled $700 million.

13. Robert L. Johnson, The RLJ Companies Johnson was the former head of Black Entertainment Television (BET) before it was swallowed up by Viacom
VIAB 0.25% Johnson's kept plenty of skin in the game, however, founding the RLJ Companies, an asset management firm with an inkling for discovering undiscovered or undeserved markets. Johnson's private equity real funds have over $2 billion in combined assets and nearly $4 billion in additional purchasing power.

14. Kamoru Lawal, CAMAC Lawal runs the Houston-based CAMAC Energy (NYSE: CAK), a major oil and gas company involved in exploration, development and production, founded in 1986. The Nigerian-born, American-raised CEO of CAMAC has operations in Nigeria and China. The company's annual revenue in 2010 totaled $1.5 billion.

15. Alex & Feysan Lodde, MV Transporation, Inc. The Fairfield, California-based company led by the husband-and-wife team of Alex and Feysan Lodde is the nation's largest privately held passenger-transportation contracting firm. Established in 1975, the company's revenue crossed the $700 million mark in 2010.

16. Harold F. Mills, ZeroChaos ZeroChaos is a contractor for employers, offering professional payrolling, risk management and private label sourcing, among other services. Led by Harold Mills, the Orlando-based company ranked in annual sales of $700 million in 2010. Mills was previously an executive at Ameritech.

17. Clarence Otis, Jr., Darden Restaurants, Inc.Darden Restaurants DRI 0.4% is one of the nation's largest restaurateurs and Clarence Otis is its CEO. With a rank of #342 in the Fortune 500 and 2012 revenues of $7.6 billion, the Otis-led company owns Olive Garden, Red Lobster, LongHorn Steakhouse and other chains, employing over 178,000 people as of 2011.

18. Jim Reynolds, Loop Capital Reynolds is one of the biggest African-Americans in investment management today. His Chicago-based international investment banking and brokerage firm, Loop Capital, has grown by leaps and bounds, becoming the 6th largest municipal underwriter in the country.

19. David L. Steward, World Wide Technology Inc. The Stewart-led World Wide Technology Inc. offers a variety of technology products and financial services. Founded in 1990, the Maryland Heights, Missouri-based firm reached revenues of $3.2 billion in 2010.

20. Don Thompson, McDonald's A Chicago native, Thompson became the CEO of McDonald's MCD 0.3% in 2012, a former electric engineer who first started at the fast-food giant designing robotic equipment and control circuits for transport and cooking, respectively. He was previously a fighter jet maker at Northrop Grumman
NOC 0.48% In 2012, McDonald's revenues were $27.5 billion and the company was ranked #107 in the Fortune 500.

Brother Soso, I am sure that if you was to ask anyone of them about taking the time to make the sacrifice to educate themselves be to get qualified for those JOBS, they would say without a doubt, the would be the best avenue to take.

Read more: http://www.benzinga.com/general/entreprene...

Monday, June 1st 2015 at 9:36PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.

Brother Soso,

YOUR WORDS: Someone has to take out the garbage you are missing the point

Did I still miss the point?

Quick question Brother Soso, if you was a business man and you was looking for Bus Operator, would you hire a person who is not qualify to be behind the wheel?

Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 at 7:38AM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.

Diddy Says African American Communities Are 'Committing Genocide On Ourselves'

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Deacon
Someone has to take out the garbage you are missing the point
Monday, June 1st 2015 at 8:36PM
Sylvainy Soso

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best soso comment I have read in a while on the deacon blags

Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 at 8:03AM
robert powell

Bro Deacon: Here is the point you are missing and I do not wish on anyone however if , Don Thompson, David L. Steward, Clarence Otis, Jr, Harold F. Mills, Kamoru Lawal, Janice Bryant Howroyd

Oprah Winfrey, if any or all of these people go bankrupt tomorrow will the black community suffer??? The answer is NO That is the point and the reason for that is Psychological and Social Conditioning, Yes they are all educated and have made it to the top of the food chain

However these are individual who have made it they don’t live in your neighbourhood /community and chance are they live in a white neighbourhood that alone should tell you something where are the business they open in the community???

Where are the schools they open in the community that can teach black History??? Where are they look at the flood of illegal Latino / Hispanic immigrants they came into the country illegal built a community and fortify it look around you Deacon look around

Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 at 12:34PM
Sylvainy R

Bro Deacon:
Not everyone qualify for the top job someone has to take out the garbage
Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 at 12:40PM
Sylvainy R

Brother Soso,

YOUR WORDS: Bro Deacon: Here is the point you are missing and I do not wish on anyone however if , Don Thompson, David L. Steward, Clarence Otis, Jr, Harold F. Mills, Kamoru Lawal, Janice Bryant Howroyd, Oprah Winfrey, if any or all of these people go bankrupt tomorrow will the black community suffer???

Many Black American’s would indeed lose their jobs and suffer in our community.

YOUR WORDS: However these are individual who have made it they don’t live in your neighbourhood /community and chance are they live in a white neighbourhood that alone should tell you something where are the business they open in the community???

It matters not where the Black American’s owners who are CEO’s that are in The Fortune 500 businesses in American lives. What matters to the basic work-force is that the job provides a living wage, for a 40 hour work week, safe working conditions and benefits for a possible retirement. Where the boss live is immaterial and a moot point.

YOUR WORDS: Where are the schools they open in the community that can teach black History???

This is a great point. Let us take a look at the free education system that is set-up in this country Brother Soso. The number of high school students who leave before graduating is higher--much higher--than you think. These young Brothers and Sisters are distant for that low-end, minimum wage, $7.35 an hour job, if they can get that. As you know, when you drop-out of a free education, employers and or society places the dropout in a life-style that will follow them the rest of there life. That would be the candidate to take out the garbage, if you are a family man in the private sector that is not enough to raise a family on. That too is a tool of the one per cent, this amounts to slave wages.

Brother Soso, I have answered all of your questions and so far, you have played this one question I had for you, like I never ask the question. I will always and have always answered your questions in the past without fail, even if we have a different point of view. Don’t play me, I asked you this question with all respect:

“Quick question Brother Soso, if you was a business man and you was looking for a Bus Operator, would you hire a person who is not qualify to be behind the wheel?”

Wednesday, June 3rd 2015 at 8:23AM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.

Brother: Deacon, I answer your question, when I said someone has to take out the garbage, However I’ll answer it another way for you No, I will not hire someone who is not qualify to be behind the wheel?” However I can hire someone to take out the garbage,
not everyone my Brother is qualify for the top job even if you hold the same degree again someone has to take out the garbage

Brother: Deacon when you say “It matters not where the Black American’s owners who are CEO’s that are in The Fortune 500 businesses in American lives” That’s like a millionaire telling poor people money does not matter I’m sure you’ve heard millionaires make that statement

Wednesday, June 3rd 2015 at 11:26AM
Sylvainy R

I hate to admit it, but P. Diddy has a valid point. Minister Farrakhan was speaking on this subject a little over a week ago, he said while it's important to put a stop to White cops killing Black people, we must also put a stop to the REAL problem which is Black people killing other Black people.

Whenever a Black person gets killed by a White police officer, we are quick to protest and shout "Black Lives Matter" (and Black lives DO matter, in fact ALL lives matter), but how come these same people shouting "Black Lives Matter" don't speak out on all the Black people who kill each other in Chicago? 30 Black people were killed by other Black people in Chicago in ONE DAY (a 24 hour period), and rarely do you see anyone speak up about it or provide any solutions. They don't view the violent deaths of these people in Chicago with the same concern as they do with Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, or Freddie Gray. To most of them it's just another murder.

P. Diddy is correct when he said “We as a people hurt ourselves more than anyone has ever hurt us. That makes no sense. We as a people including myself have to take accountability and do whatever we can do individually or together to stop the madness and realize that we are kings and queens and must love ourselves and each other.”

Wednesday, June 3rd 2015 at 12:22PM
Siebra Muhammad

Brother Soso,

I thank you for being direct with your answer to my question of: "if you was a business man and you was looking for a Bus Operator, would you hire a person who is not qualify to be behind the wheel?”

Your reply was No, I will not hire someone who is not qualify to be behind the wheel?”

As far as being qualified for the job of garbage personnel or environmental management personnel or Waste Management is concern Job Qualifications:

-Update And Customize Your Resume
- At least 21 years old
- Valid commercial driver's license
- Team player

Brother Soso, having that - Valid commercial driver's license Knox many unqualified Men and Women from that job. I think you need to rethink your position on hiring that unqualified person to be a garbage man. Just like you would not hire that unqualified Bus Operator, think about your $100,000 truck, the insurance and maintenance, I am sure that you would not give that job to someone who is not qualified.

See Brother Soso, the mindset of many of our people must change, each one must teach one. Through education we will learn who we are and who’s we are. We will learn that we are somebody, we can LOVE ourselves to improve our lifestyle, someone who care’s about themselves, if they can do that, this is a major part of the equation.

I would want to get the best person for that job, wouldn’t you?

Wednesday, June 3rd 2015 at 12:56PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.

Brother Deacon:
Perhaps I`m not explaining my position well I don`t need and a company don`t need a Valid commercial driver's license for an employee to take the garbage out to the back of the building where someone who is driving a city garbage truck with a Valid commercial driver's license will pick it up, After a long day at the office you get home from work your wife tells you to take the garbage out someone has to take the garbage out

Brother Deacon, I agree the mindset of many of our people must change and in order for that change to take place it’s imperative that we understand the political structure, the many layers and the laws that was put in place for the last 300 years to keep African American down

Again I`ll ask you all these successful African American you mentioned who have made it to the top of the food chain where are the business in the community that they have open where are the schools in the community they have open that can teach other African American African history and how to be successful where are they
Again please don`t get me wrong I am all for education, but right now my people need job`s your focus on unqualified and qualified is not the issue

The issue here is these successful African American making these comments when they do nothing in the community and for the community I call them Sambo they either put up or shut up

Wednesday, June 3rd 2015 at 2:34PM
Sylvainy R

Siebra Muhammad Please permit me to call you my sister! Black men killing black men, High School dropout young girls having babies, broken families, the list goes on and on, All of these are the symptoms to a much bigger problems that stem some 250 years are the what you are seeing is call Psychological and Social Conditioning and unless we start building communities of togetherness and supporting our communities and the business in our communities then I fear it will only get worst
Wednesday, June 3rd 2015 at 3:47PM
Sylvainy R

Yes sir, I agree. This is why Jesus said it is expedient that he goes away so that the comforter can return. In order for the comforter to return means comfort was once here, we were abiding by the universal laws and principles of Creation. When we ceased to abide by these laws and started practicing the European way, confusion set in and we have not been at peace as a whole since.

When we go back to OUR culture OUR first love keeping the Most High first in what we do we are ensured success as a productive family and community. We have been robbing, stealing, and killing each other (mentally and physically) and as long as we continue we will be uncomfortable. If Elijah in the Bible shared with us that our duty was to turn the heart of the father back to the children, and vice versa therein lays the solution.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2015 at 4:21PM
Siebra Muhammad

Brother Soso,

Maybe it is me who don’t understand what you mean by “someone has to take the garbage out!” if you are not talking about a waste management employee’s, please clarify, I think that you are talking in the spirits of a job, of employment.

Since we agree that for many of us, we need to educate and uplift ourselves to change are mindset because for some we have sank to levels of the street economy of night life, gangs, pimps, prostitutes, alcohol, cocaine, and heroin drug sales which is fast quick money if you are the gang leader, pimp, free-lance drug dealer or if you have a drug clientele, maybe you can last for a few years. Now, if you are that small grocery store owner or that mom and pop shop in our communities who has to pay protection fees to the gangs or the police, so they can do business, so they may generate enough garbage so they can take to the alley, in the first place, they will take out the garbage and call it as a part of the job description.

See Brother Soso, what I think Brother Diddy is saying is, that we are doing harm by hurting, robbing, shooting and killing our own people. It is time for us as a people to stop blaming the white man and start taking the blame for our own destiny.

You asked where are the schools in the community that the successful African American’s produce? Brother Soso, there are many African American sponsored schools throughout this country and how much the tuition is a year and the percentage of graduates they have each year..
Here are 25 such schools for your review:
1 Spelman College, Atlanta, Ga. $23,254 2,177 39% 88%
2 Howard University, Washington, D.C. $19,741 10,594 54% 84%
3 Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga. $23,792 2,579 64% 83%
4 Hampton University, Hampton, Va. $18,798 5,254 56% 78%
5 Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. $17,952 n.a. 48% 77%
5 Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Ala. $17,840 2,946 64% 68%
5 Xavier University, New Orleans, La. $17,900 3,391 69% 72%
8 Claflin University, Orangeburg, S.C. $13,965 1,920 35% 70%
9 Dillard University, New Orleans, La. $14,530 1,187 48% 67%
10 Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Fla. in-state: $5,161, out-of-state: $17,102 13,284 61% 82%
11 North Carolina Central University, Durham, N.C . in-state: $4,801, out-of-state: $15,374 8,645 61% 74%
12 North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, N.C.
in-state: $4,668, out-of-state: $14,302 10,795 61% 74%
13 Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, N.C. $17,368 1,331 25% 66%

Brother Soso, I know that it is difficult for you to see what I just describe to you about the street economy because these conditions may not exist in the major cities in Canada but it is happening where I live here in Chicago. Brother Soso, we have some of our young, walking away from FREE EDUCATION in many of our major cities in the United States. Whose fault is that? The fault, falls strictly on the parents because if they are working 30 to 40 hours a week, making $10.00 an hour, in one day that is $80.00 a day, 10 a day work period, at is $800.00 gross before taxes about $200.00 of that is gone before you get it. The average mortgage or rent for a family of four is about $700.00 a month. At this rate, it will take both parents working and the children are at a family member’s house or the streets, we call them “LACH KEY CHILDREN” and the rate of these children are growing because good jobs are being shipped overseas.

That 400 years that you are talking about is the basics but we as a people need to educate ourselves to what is happening now so, we can make plans for the future.

YES, somebody needs to take out the garbage and the streets in the ghetto and the police are doing a record breaking job at it.

Thursday, June 4th 2015 at 11:45AM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.

You got Deacon the spirits of a job, of employment, the unemployment rate for African American in the US around 10.4 percent for whites, Hispanics and Asians 4.7 percent if you deprive a people of food what do you think will eventually happen???
Deacon the economy of night life, gangs, pimps, prostitutes, alcohol, cocaine, and heroin all of these things that plagues out community are symptoms of a much bigger problem Deacon with all due respect to you but!! To say it’s time for African American to stop blaming the white man and start taking the blame for our own destiny in essence is saying we do not know or understand why we as a people are in this predicament again meritorious manumission

Thursday, June 4th 2015 at 4:59PM
Sylvainy R

Brother SoSo,

That Brother that is pointing a gun in your face, may not understand what meritorious manumission is.

Those Brothers and Sisters doing drugs, is far from that term meritorious manumission or care.

The mother and father with hungry children to feed is not thinking about meritorious manumission.

That young family who just got put out, the last thing on there minds is this term meritorious manumission.

This term meritorious manumission is no solution and not relevant to what was said by P. Diddy.

With all due respect to you and the issue at mind.

Thursday, June 4th 2015 at 7:04PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.

Deacon: There were laws from the year 1700 that the US Government put in place that directly affect African American meritorious manumission 1710 is one of the then you have the law of Exclusion enacted in 1844, Oregon passed exclusion laws against

African Americans twice during the 1840s, considered another law in the 1850s, and in 1857 approved an exclusion clause as part of its constitution. –In 1717, citizens of New London, Connecticut, in a town meeting voted their objection to free blacks living in the town or owning land anywhere in the colony, and the list of these laws goes on and on So yes

Deacon meritorious manumission along with the many other laws that are affecting African American With all due respect to you my brother it is relevant to what was said by P. Diddy If we as a people don’t know what caused the problem then it cannot be fixed thus he who knows not his history is doomed to repeat it Deacon we are living history today
Friday, June 5th 2015 at 3:22PM
Sylvainy R

Brother Soso,

Since this is your view point, then TEACH it. Through EDUCATION is fastest path to enlightenment. The ones that know, must TEACH the ones who don't know. Each one must TEACH one...

Thank You Brother Soso.

Friday, June 5th 2015 at 7:38PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.

AGAIN, for those that can ONLY identify as 'black'Americans

diddy IS the negro that has given America the Culture of hipHop gangsterRap, the biggies, Lawless monsters of the ghetto, gun raps, another negro Mind Altering Drank AND other Destructive Lifestyles of Genocide!

In Fact

the Lifestyles and Aspirations of the Great Americans 50 years ago of Dr.Martin L. King to AbdulMaleek AsShabazz, WOULD call the diddies the source of Genocide of many American youth.......

but to continue the hypocritical meaningless quotes like this ........

"""......TEACH it. Through EDUCATION is fastest path to enlightenment. The ones that know, must TEACH the ones who don't know. Each one must TEACH one..."""

Friday, June 5th 2015 at 6:38PM
Deacon Ron Gray
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on these BIA pages YOU, 'blackHebrewIsraelite' deacon have Ridiculed and Demeaned My 50 years of Work in the Establishment of Education of American Youth and Communities in 3 States

......You have Ridiculed and Demeaned Civic Honored work that has prepared Young Men and Women toward Higher Education:---- away from Racism, Drugs, Alcohol, Unlawful anti-Family s*xuality and other Genocidal tendencies.

how dare you then-- hypocritically post your racistly UNEDUCATED nonsense at BIA?

how dare you then-- hypocritically post your Historical Falsehoods of nonsense at BIA?

GET some President Baraaka Hussein Obama COURAGE...........in 2015 .....

Saturday, June 6th 2015 at 9:25AM
robert powell

Subject: Diddy Says African American Communities Are 'Committing Genocide On Ourselves'

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been vocal about the #BlackLivesMatter movement in the past, taking the nation's justice system to task for non-indictments in the deaths of unarmed black men. In reaction to the recent death of a New York rapper, Combs implored the community to look within.

"""......TEACH it. Through EDUCATION is fastest path to enlightenment. The ones that know, must TEACH the ones who don't know. Each one must TEACH one..."""

It this courage to TEACH what is right because you have been given a give from The Most High, I don't care what you call the CREATOR...

Saturday, June 6th 2015 at 4:27PM
Dea. Ron Gray Sr.