Investing. At the ground floor of any functioning nation is its economy. Without a burgeoning economy to create wealth, 1st world quality of life is next to impossible to attain. Within the Black Diaspora, lack of access to capital continues to be the main cause of our inability to move forward. Due to cultural shifts within the last decade, ardent strides have been made to close the racial wealth gap in the U.S.A. May I highlight one of many contributors to economic black empowerment:
Being in the northwest (PDX - Portland, Oregon) a lot of the stuff that comes out of the south and east is hard to come by sometimes, I've seen these when Master P launched his first noodles, I had to go on Amazon and buy mine, they had all the chips already but not the noodles. I'm not big on instant noodles but I like Master P's Hustle, always liked him as an artist as well... So I support him. ✊🏾
Anyone had these before? If so what's the verdict?
I was out with a group of friends, and we all stopped to get something to eat. It was a busy walk-up restaurant, so when we put our orders in, we had to go to separate windows to grab our food. As soon as they got their food, they left me and sat down to start eating. The seating area was pretty big so I ended up walking the whole area with my tray of food looking for them. No one felt the need to text me to let me know where they were. A few other things like this happened with them, but this was the time that made it all click. After that, I stopped hanging out with them lol
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Bruce’s Beach can return to descendants of Black family in landmark move signed by Newsom
From left, Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, Sen. Steven Bradford, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn and Anthony Bruce, great-great grandson of Charles and Willa Bruce, during Newsom’s signing of SB 796, authorizing the return of ocean-front land to the Bruce family.
In a history-making move celebrated by reparations advocates and social justice leaders across California, Gov. Gavin Newsom has authorized the return of property known as Bruce’s Beach to the descendants of a Black couple that had been run out of Manhattan Beach almost a century ago.
Senate Bill 796, signed into law Thursday by Newsom before an excited crowd that had gathered on the property, confirms that the city’s taking of this shorefront land — on which the Bruces ran a thriving resort for Black beachgoers — was racially motivated and done under false and unlawful pretenses.
“The land in the City of Manhattan Beach, which was wrongfully taken from Willa and Charles Bruce, should be returned to their living descendants,” the legislation declares, “and it is in the public interest of the State of California, the County of Los Angeles, the City of Manhattan Beach, and the People of the State of California to do so.”
The bill had passed unanimously this month in the state Legislature and includes an urgency clause that allows Los Angeles County, which currently owns the property, to immediately begin the process of transferring the land. State Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), who authored the bill, said this is a first step toward correcting the many injustices that continue to haunt the state’s — and nation’s — history.
“This bill sets the tone for the future of reparations in California,” said Bradford, who is a member of California’s recently formed reparations task force. “If you can inherit generational wealth, you can inherit generational debt. The city of Manhattan Beach owes a debt to the Bruce family. The state of California owes a debt to the Bruce family, and the county of Los Angeles owes a debt to the Bruce family — and our governor today is here to fix his signature to this bill to pay that debt to the Bruce family.”
The story of Bruce’s Beach attracted increasing attention this last year — and stirred quite a bit of controversy in the very white city of Manhattan Beach. (Black residents to this day make up less than 1% of the population.) Some longtime community leaders have pushed back on the notion that people today should be on the hook for injustices committed 100 years ago, while others have called for restitution.
Anthony Bruce, the great-great grandson of Charles and Willa Bruce, removes his mask before speaking at a press conference where California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 796, authorizing the return of ocean-front land to the Bruce family in Manhattan Beach.
Having county and state officials — and now the governor — take action marks a watershed moment for the state and nation. Many say Bruce’s Beach could forge a path for those seeking ways to reckon with our country’s history of violently dispossessing Indigenous people and blocking Black people, Japanese Americans, Latinos and many others from building generational wealth.
So the two teams we usually see losing, are losing yet again. The Lions and Jaguars are 0-4 each. The Lions had traded Matthew Stafford for Jared Goff of all people, and so far the changes hasn't worked. Of course they are also full of injuries, so that isn't going to help em much. As for the Jaguars, idk what's going on there. Trevor Lawrence was supposed to be this elite QB who rarely, if ever, lost during his high school and college years. But, he is now 0-4.
Anyway, I feel like one of these two teams could have a chance to come back. But I think the Jaguars have a better chance due to their division. The Lions needs wins fast, otherwise they are done. I don't see them competing with the Packers. Plus the Bears have started to come back some. But the Jaguars are in a division with the Colts and Texans, who are both 1-3 right now, and if anything, not playing that great either. So they could possibly reach a wildcard position if they start to win. But I doubt that will happen haha.
Do you think either of these teams can make a comeback?
Don't get me wrong, we've had a few games where the main character was black. Games like GTA San Andreas, True Crime: Streets of New York, 50 Cent's: Blood on the Sand, Watch Dogs 2 (one of my personal faves), Prototype 2, The Suffering (oldy, but good), and The Walking Dead's telltale game are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
That's not too many. I would love to see us more represented in video games. Give us an Uncharted style game with a black character in the lead role. Or hell, give us something fresh and unique with a black voice even.
Oh, Deathloop I believe has a black main character, so we're getting somewhere. What other games did I forget that also have a black main character? I feel like I'm forgetting a few.
Every Thursday I'm going to post the new releases of the week. Some of them already are out but usually they show up on streaming services at midnight.
New Music Dropping / Out Now
Albums:
- Don Toliver - LOAD - bbno$ - eat ya veggies - James Blake - Friends That Break Your Heart - The Alchemist - This Thing of Ours 2 - Tech N9ne - ASIN9NE - Curren$y - Still Stoned on Ocean - Atmosphere - WORD? - Bronze Nazareth - Ekphrasis (Prod By Roc Marciano) - Yelohil & Steelz - LA Is Not Safe - Aaliyah - I Care 4 U / Ultimate Aaliyah (Streaming) - Paris Texas - Red Hand Akimbo (Out Now) - ILoveMakonnen - DM007 (Out Now) - Lute - Gold Mouf (Out Now)
Singles:
- Conway the Machine - Piano Love - 24KGoldn & Tecca - Prada - CORDAE - Super - NARDOWICK, Lil Durk & 21 SAVAGE - Who Want Smoke - Joyner Lucas - Late to the Party w/ Ty Dolla $ign - Mick Jenkins - Contacts - Tyla Yaweh - Hands Up w/ Morray - DC The Don & jetsonmade - REROUT3 - Rasandra - In Too Deep (feat. Lil Tjay) - Yungeen Ace - Duffle Bag - SahBabii - Switch (OUT NOW)
I'll post a few examples below. I want to know what you all think on it. Like I think the culture in America has fractured and is dominated by self-indulgence through consumerism and greed. Relationships and marriages are failing daily, people aren't raising their kids, the government itself is bending us all over and is fully lubed up... I feel like every aspect of culture, economy, and society in America is on a downward spiral.
I think using music to get a message across is a smart move because these days, the culture tends to guide the government and the laws. If enough of us stopped putting up with this stuff, it would be forced to change. I think be instilling a strong culture in America and the desire to learn, grow, and achieve greatness things will greatly improve. Music is viewed as a luxury by most but is used as a weapon by many.
Share your thoughts on it! A few examples of politics in music:
A day before Dave Chappelle’s Untitled documentary is set to screen at the Hollywood Bowl and the comedian is expected onstage, his new Netflix special The Closer is generating a growing backlash over remarks about the trans and LGBTQ+ communities.
“Gender is a fact,” Chappelle declares in the special, which debuted on the streamer Tuesday. “Every human being in this room, every human being on earth, had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on earth,” he adds, conspicuously negating C-sections, which make up about a third of all births in America alone. “That is a fact,” Chappelle goes on to say before launching into an anatomy line that “trans women” genitalia are “not quite what it is.”
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