The FBI are investigating the death of a black man who was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi on Thursday.
Otis Byrd, 54, was reported missing nearly 3 weeks ago. His body was found hanging from a tree in a wooded area in Claiborne County in western Mississippi, about half a mile from his home.
Derrick Johnson, president of the Mississippi chapter of the NAACP, called for a federal probe to determine if Byrd’s death was a hate crime.
“Mr. Byrd was found hung in a tree, and because of that we want to ensure it was not in fact a racial hate crime,” said Johnson.
The feds are also trying to exclude suicide as a factor in Byrd’s death.
Byrd served 25 years in prison for murdering a white woman in Mississippi.
Lynching, or extrajudicial public execution by hanging, was once a common practice in parts of the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By one estimate, some 3,500 African Americans and 1,300 whites were lynched from 1882 to 1968.
The incident comes seven months after a 17-year-old black male named Lennon Lacy was found hanging from a swing set in North Carolina, in a case local authorities initially ruled a suicide but which the FBI announced in December it was probing as suspicious. Source
Read abt this last night. Family said he had been missing for a week or two, then ended up hung a half mile from home. These cracks want a race war but it ain’t gonna turn out like they think.
The incident comes seven months after a 17-year-old black male named Lennon Lacy was found hanging from a swing set in North Carolina, in a case local authorities initially ruled a suicide but which the FBI announced in December it was probing as suspicious.
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He was dating a white woman too. A 31 yo one.
Strange fruit
May he rest in paradise
This gave me the sads this morning.
That ole UT sheriff gonna say we don’t know if it was self inflicted.
So he hanged himself two weeks later and threw a white sheet of himself first?
I read this yesterday…
Now where is that new rose that was saying that they didn’t think it was THAT bad here… giiiirrrlll…. 
what happened to Hair Lova?
I heard this and just couldnt deal with it. Just Terrible.
The more things change the more they stay the same… :smh: Post racial society my azz.
What they talking about IF it was a hate crime. Uhmm DUH! They hung him from a tree. I’m sure those frat boys are proud today. They got their wish.
USER don’t play bc I will come with bells and whistles
WHITTY
greetings from Zamunda 
MissHarlem says:
WHITTY
greetings from Zamunda 
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Did you hear the breakfast club this morning?
If he didn’t commit suicide during the 25 years he was locked up I don’t see him doing it now
This is retaliation for him killing that white woman and not getting the death penalty IMO
listen2me says:
If he didn’t commit suicide during the 25 years he was locked up I don’t see him doing it now
This is retaliation for him killing that white woman and not getting the death penalty IMO
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I agree
Fukkas
I heard this and just couldnt deal with it. Just Terrible.
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I talked with my dad and uncle last night on 3 way, and this came up. I cant fathom this not one more word.
@User,
Chile, you betta say that. One of the best episodes. That and Wednesday’s Women. Loved that one, especially the ending.
I find it interesting that his last name is Byrd. Memba brotha James Byrd Jr., who was dragged behind a pick up truck in Jasper, TX during the Clinton years by White supremacists? I shudder to think what’s next.
I talked with my dad and uncle last night on 3 way, and this came up. I cant fathom this not one more word.
My my
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I cant believe we are even discussing people being lynched in this day
And it could have been a revenge murder. He did kill someone. That person had loved ones. Those love ones could have been like….you will not walk around in peace and have killed my mother, sister, wife etc…
He committed suicide

I wonder if it was the relatives of the dead white woman he killed. They probably will never find out who did this. Probably the police who did. I don’t put nothing past the Klan in the south.
listen2me says:
If he didn’t commit suicide during the 25 years he was locked up I don’t see him doing it now
This is retaliation for him killing that white woman and not getting the death penalty IMO
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I totally agree. This is just so sad. And its only getting worse.
This is retaliation for him killing that white woman and not getting the death penalty IMO
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Exactlyyyy
All we can do is continue to
for peace and prosperity.
MIRS no I didn’t. What I miss?
I’ve been telling my friends we are regressing and the white man is tired of playing with us. If it was up to them all our black asses would be in concentration camps working as slaves. The white man knows he and his ways are becoming extinct. They will not go out without a fight (mass murdering) as many of us as they can. The hunt is on and the black man is the prey.
I can’t give this any energy for my own sanity. Prayers up to his fam and the black people in his community
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Me either
somebody :computer: me when we get off track
Praying for peace, extending a hand, being non violent ain’t going to work. I wish we would stop saying that. We have been the peaceful ones for over 500 years. Where has that gotten us. No where.
This is so sad. I hope they find the devils that did this. I know there is racism everywhere but it seems it’s at its worst in America. If I ever win the lottery I’m moving to Jamaica.
But why no one wants to talk about this? We can laugh and joke on stuff that doesn’t matter. We give all our attention to that. But we don’t want to discuss this. This is the perfect platform to discuss this. Come on Roses. We need to discuss this.
Praying for peace, extending a hand, being non violent ain’t going to work. I wish we would stop saying that. We have been the peaceful ones for over 500 years. Where has that gotten us. No where.
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THIS THIS THIS…
Now…I don’t want to talk about it today because mentally, I just ain’t able.
@BStoners
I agree. White men are enraged that their reign of power is coming to an end across the entire world. The minorities are the majority now and are realizing there is strength in numbers. Like I said, they think they want a race war but it ain’t gonna turn out like they think.
Smh that lynching is still happening in 2015…
There should be street justice for whoever did this. I read that county has an 80% Black population.
There are so many racists with enough heat to attack a medium sized country, just waiting for a race war to break out. Saw a special on it on one of the news shows. Then all the closet ones will come out too.
We do not want a race war. There is not enough of us and we don’t bear enough arms. We would all have to get together and plan a sneak attack
I wonder what Common’s response to this is. Should we continue to extend our hand in love. That black boy who got beat for allegedly having a fake ID was a brilliant brother who extended love to his campus. He ended getting the shut beat out of him. Man phuck peace.
Man, I just don’t care™ says:
Ugh.
I’m in a bad mood. Went to the doc yesterday and apparently I’m an inch SHORTER.
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:crying1: DIS CAN’T BE LIFE
why no one wants to talk about this? We can laugh and joke on stuff that doesn’t matter. We give all our attention to that. But we don’t want to discuss this. This is the perfect platform to discuss this. Come on Roses. We need to discuss this
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Discuss it and then what?? :eyeroll: yes let’s TYPE about it… What are doing in REAL LIFE to enact socail justice and change? Everything don’t gotta be serious all the time. Auntie brings us a mix of real life and fluff. We comment and move on. I’m tired of folks coming on the blog trying to incite these e-uprisings.
We JOKE.. that’s the life here… some folks watch TV, movies, workout.. We JOKE.. good cot dayum why is that sooooooooooooooooooooooo wrong?
Not everyone wants to overcome in the middle of their workday.
Maybe you should get with Loopy to start the black nuclear armament movement
We have to fight back by cleaning up our communities. Get a lot of strong Black men and women with no criminal histories who are down for the cause. Then they can legally get weapons too and be prepared if and when it all goes down
Whites are united in one thing, and that’s their hate for us.
But why no one wants to talk about this? We can laugh and joke on stuff that doesn’t matter. We give all our attention to that. But we don’t want to discuss this. This is the perfect platform to discuss this. Come on Roses. We need to discuss this.
this for me is just too much. We discuss it and get mad; think about the injustice worldwide and your whole day is ruined. (That’s my reason for avoiding an indepth convo on this matter)
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Laugh and joke
Sad. I just can’t.
Bells & whistles is what we like
But yeah, now is the time to plan for summer babies’ parties.
So Man is inch high private eye for real now?
should I spray some of Fayla’s growth serum on him?
Laugh and joke
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Discuss it and then what?? :eyeroll: yes let’s TYPE about it… What are doing in REAL LIFE to enact socail justice and change? Everything don’t gotta be serious all the time. Auntie brings us a mix of real life and fluff. We comment and move on. I’m tired of folks coming on the blog trying to incite these e-uprisings.
We JOKE.. that’s the life here… some folks watch TV, movies, workout.. We JOKE.. good cot dayum why is that sooooooooooooooooooooooo wrong?
Not everyone wants to overcome in the middle of their workday.
Maybe you should get with Loopy to start the black nuclear armament movement
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Pass me some if that
We beat them by using the power that we have. Our money. We spend the most money but don’t have nothing to show for it. Imagine if we boycotted the mall for a week. Or boycotted watching TV for a week. Going out to eat. That would wake their asses up. At least. But we can’t come together without being jealous of one another or trying to diss the next sister because we don’t like how she looks or dresses. We have become so shallow as a community. It gives me the sads.
So Man is inch high private eye for real now?
should I spray some of Fayla’s growth serum on him?
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Think @Man got shorter “all the way around”
he just inverted now 
Never said my prayers was for peace mainly for clarity and the like. Praying to have the strength to know howto move forward. You have good points per usual but the delivery is borderline
Awwww the blog’s lil bit is an inch shorter
*buys @Man a black baby Bjorn carrier*
Man, I just don’t care™ says:
Ugh.
I’m in a bad mood. Went to the doc yesterday and apparently I’m an inch SHORTER.

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I can always count on you to make me laugh…..
Its the method they used to kill him that makes me sick to my stomach. Hanging is still a sore spot for all African-Americans and to hang a black man in America is like saying *anyone can be shot or stabbed but hangings are reserved for ni***rs.
Bytches! I hope they get phucked in the azz and drowned.
so its down to 2.5 inches now?
Its a nub :crying1:
OK. Laugh and joke on.
My new name for MAN is lollipop kid
We represent the lollipop kids the lollipop kids
BSTONER…….
You are very deep. You give a Sistah somethings to think about.
But why no one wants to talk about this? We can laugh and joke on stuff that doesn’t matter. We give all our attention to that. But we don’t want to discuss this. This is the perfect platform to discuss this. Come on Roses. We need to discuss this.
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I already talked about it with my 69 year old daddy and my 66 year old uncle last night. Sons of the south from neighboring Alabama. I mean what was said in a nutshell if you really want my dos cents is: They feel sad AF that they gotta be worried about this here ish in 2015. Right after the anni of Selma no less. They feel as if they marched and got arrested etc for nothing PRETTY MUCH. I mean I cosign their feelings.
? If @Man is shorter; wouldn’t his manly part look longer

Man you might be able to use this to your advantage
@southernbeauty
Agreed. That’s what makes it difficult to discuss. My mom’s side of the family is in Mississippi and I have older relatives who were lynched, beat, etc. I will never understand why people hate each other so much
Man, I just don’t care™ says:
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Cranky, huh? In need of a nap, or are you teething???? Lemme go set up this pack’n play for you.
B def talk about it and more importantly do something about it. Just be careful of your delivery amongst other educated people. We get it no need to beat us with it
They feel sad AF that they gotta be worried about this here ish in 2015. Right after the anni of Selma no less. They feel as if they marched and got arrested etc for nothing PRETTY MUCH. I mean I cosign their feelings.
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listen2me says:
? If @Man is shorter; wouldn’t his manly part look longer

Man you might be able to use this to your advantage
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Southern Beauty
Aint nothing going to happen. I highly doubt they are even really looking for suspects. Its Mississippi. Shyt they probably celebrating and chanting “the Klan is officially back.” This lynching is a symbol that the white man is about to go back old school. See a nigga, lynch a nigga.
Hell the fraternal police was started all to catch runaway slaves. They gave them a badge to kill niggas. We just going back to how it used to be. Smfh.
MissHarlem says:
My new name for MAN is lollipop kid
We represent the lollipop kids the lollipop kids
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:omg: you guys sure do go in on Man… Poor thing
@man, not that it’s any consolation, bit it is true that u start “shrinking” as you progress in your 40s. It’s happening to me too and I’m already the shortest in my fam. My 9 year old nephew is already at my shoulder
Not the pack & play!!!! Somebody sprinkled that stuff on Man like beetlejuice
@ BStoner I get what you’re saying but it needs to be on a larger platform than this blog. We come to the blog to escape real world problems. But as a mother with a 19 year old son I whole heartedly get where you’re coming from.
Sending my mom a message to see if these are my people

Man. Man. @MAN. You done shrunk nigga? GTFOH yo.
You better find you a clinical trial. Holla at a bish. I can hook you UP. They got clinical trials for EVERYTHING.
<< finds @man a growth serum trial.
It might make you grow hair under your feet …but you can put on two pairs of socks with your height adjusters.
Byrd served 25 years in prison for murdering a white woman in Mississippi.
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Whelp… there you go. Investigation complete:
“The mob’s lynching of Mr. Byrd was deemed ‘justified’ and the investigation is closed.” -America

@Man gon need stilts just to be tall enough to ride the rides at the amusement parks.
Prolly could sit on a curb and swing his feet.
This is nothing compared to him referring to 99% of females as hoes
he be aight
They feel sad AF that they gotta be worried about this here ish in 2015.
I deal with this ish EVERYDAY. Mind you right down the street from my house the confederate flag still flies PROUDLY at the STATE HOUSE and they just voted A FEW MONTHS AGO to keep it there. Let that sink in. The people responsible for making laws in my state voted to openly display a relic of racism flying and governor cosigned that ish. Racism never went anywhere they just stopped being so open about it.
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This is nothing compared to him referring to 99% of females as hoes
he be aight
by MissHarlem on Mar 20, 2015 at 11:04 am
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Robbing men for child support
@WHO DAT
I looked at “Human Growth Hormone.” It has a lot of benefits but they banned it because it helps athletes. Even though they can’t find a single downside to it!
Who DAT
That’s how I feel too. Its like none of it matters anymore because we are in the same place. We got too comfortable living in the suburbs, driving our fancy cars. We thought by living next to them we have made it. Not understanding that material things don’t mean shyt. Malcolm was trying to get us to establish ourselves first. We literally weren’t even a 100 years out of slavery and we was trying to integrate with them. The biggest mistake we ever made in my opinion. That’s why they killed King cause he was starting to realize all that shyt was a fairy tale. We will never be equal to the white man as long as they still have all the power.
Man just the right height to walk between your legs, look up and
@WHITTY
“@man, not that it’s any consolation, bit it is true that u start “shrinking” as you progress in your 40s. It’s happening to me too and I’m already the shortest in my fam. My 9 year old nephew is already at my shoulder”
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But I’m 35. :/
@Whitty hutton,
They hate because they think they are the superior race. White women are not the sweet soft fragile pure flowers they were portrayed to be back in the day. They never were. So why does whitey carry out these revenge killings when it’s obvious girlfriend prefers that big black buck…hehehehe
But why no one wants to talk about this?
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We not all of are being literal.
‘m literally sitting in a room full of white folk.
What am I supposed to do? Get all riled up at my desk from fonting about how phucked up this is and then what? Black on my co workers; cry at my desk?, spark a inappropriate for work conversation about race and have HR walk me out.
With all that being said I’m very active in my church and with the young people in my community. This will come up and I will talk to them and counsel the best way I can see and continue to pray for change and understanding.
I’m in Jersey, if you come up with something more, outside of the Rose garden we can exchange information and I will be glad to help in any way I’m able.
That’s why they killed King cause he was starting to realize all that shyt was a fairy tale. We will never be equal to the white man as long as they still have all the power.
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Once King started talkin economics and the truth behind Capitalism… and the TRUE rationale for racism and how it not only hurts blacks, but whites too… they made sure to take care of his azz.
LISTEN exactly
Ok I just finished Scandal, it was good… Why was we mad at it downstairs? I wanna get fired up too
@LISTEN
“This is nothing compared to him referring to 99% of females as hoes he be aight
by MissHarlem on Mar 20, 2015 at 11:04 am
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Robbing men for child support ”
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Extorting….

When you hear MS, AL, primarily, are we even surprised? It may sound ridiculous, but I always wonder why do blacks still live in MS? My cousin went to Ole Miss for 2 semesters before getting pregnant and moving back to GA (finished and went on to Grad school). She claims she didn’t experience anything racist, but I find that way too hard to believe.
Stoner, I’m with you as far as having serious dialogue. I’ve come to accept that not everyone’s ready to debate or fight any fight. That’s not good or bad, but just what it is. I think a lot of us are complacent with somebody else standing up for our rights or speaking on our behalf. Again, not good or bad, but it’s the reality.
We all have it in us, but different things touch people at different times. Most people want to take action when it affects them directly, i.e. it’s their brother, sister, family member, etc. At least the NAACP got involved. When my uncle was killed in 88, my family was told they don’t get involved in those type cases (murdered by police). I learned then it wasn’t the type of case, but rather a case that didn’t get any publicity or press.
Condolences to him. If he did in fact kill a white woman years ago, he should not have been surprised when his demise came knocking.
Malcolm was trying to get us to establish ourselves first. We literally weren’t even a 100 years out of slavery and we was trying to integrate with them. The biggest mistake we ever made in my opinion. That’s why they killed King cause he was starting to realize all that shyt was a fairy tale. We will never be equal to the white man as long as they still have all the power.
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This is all true. Slaves outnumbered whites in the south. When whites went and colonized, they were also outnumbered. I don’t care how they dwindle in numbers, as long as they have the most money and the most political power, they will remain “in charge.” Integration was the worst thing that could have ever happened to us. This is what I was taught, and it ain’t nothing but the truth. Until we get over our Stocholm syndrome, nothing is going to change. Common is not the only one.
Man, I just don’t care™ says:
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Cranky, huh? In need of a nap, or are you teething???? Lemme go set up this pack’n play for you.
by Str8tUpMenace on Mar 20, 2015 at 10:58 am
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Or put his azz in baby JuJu’s high chair and give Man some BeechNut. He probably hunger. (Shit my MIL use to say whenever she saw my son)
Hungry
cry at my desk?, spark a inappropriate for work conversation about race and have HR walk me out.
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@Man did that once over Ferguson
He got a new office but it ain’t look good there for a minute
cry at my desk?, spark a inappropriate for work conversation about race and have HR walk me out.
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@Man did that once over Ferguson He got a new office but it ain’t look good there for a minute
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Still mad over that chit.
Then goin try to act like they was thinking bout moving my desk the whole time. Yeah, ok.
SOUTHERN actually they hate bc they KNOW they are not. It’s a jealousy thing. Hate our looks but pay to look like us, hate our culture but emulate that to the tee, hate our skin but quick to fck one (massa fcking slaves in secret) I could go on but why lol
@Man did that once over Ferguson
He got a new office but it ain’t look good there for a minute
by #missyJSays on Mar 20, 2015 at 11:11 am
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cry at my desk?, spark a inappropriate for work conversation about race and have HR walk me out.
He got a new office but it ain’t look good there for a minute
See we
you.
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@Man did that once over Ferguson
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I remember this we were all on the blog like
Somebody check on Man
Chit I have done it, then I go home and look at Jr. like he need to eat
If we would have banded together to build these just as great as them… Whew!
B. Stoners says:
Southern Beauty
Aint nothing going to happen. I highly doubt they are even really looking for suspects. Its Mississippi. Shyt they probably celebrating and chanting “the Klan is officially back.” This lynching is a symbol that the white man is about to go back old school. See a nigga, lynch a nigga.
Hell the fraternal police was started all to catch runaway slaves. They gave them a badge to kill niggas. We just going back to how it used to be. Smfh.
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I truly hope you are wrong. This shyt is scary. I’m moving.
#missyJSays says:
cry at my desk?, spark a inappropriate for work conversation about race and have HR walk me out.
He got a new office but it ain’t look good there for a minute
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@Man did that once over Ferguson
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MissHarlem says:
SOUTHERN actually they hate bc they KNOW they are not. It’s a jealousy thing. Hate our looks but pay to look like us, hate our culture but emulate that to the tee, hate our skin but quick to fck one (massa fcking slaves in secret) I could go on but why lol
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Damn girl preach!!!
iWasteTime says:
cry at my desk?, spark a inappropriate for work conversation about race and have HR walk me out.
He got a new office but it ain’t look good there for a minute
See we
you.
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@Man did that once over Ferguson
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I remember this we were all on the blog like
Somebody check on Man
Chit I have done it, then I go home and look at Jr. like he need to eat
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Chit I have done it, then I go home and look at Jr. like he need to eat
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Snick snacks ain’t cheap.. and lil missy be mad as hail if I bring home some off brand “froot snaks” cause I went off on the white folks I sit sandwiched between in this room… Or I go off on my coon azz boss in our meeting cause she say some stupid ish
@man
my bad dude, I thought u were in the over 40 club. Whale, maybe it’s starting early. 
Oh…
They never were. So why does whitey carry out these revenge killings when it’s obvious girlfriend prefers that big black buck…hehehehe
The white man is jealous of everything about the black man. They have been since they came to Egypt and saw how we was running shyt without there asses. They went back to Rome and Greece like that hating ass dude from Belly with the wig and the banana.
They didnt like that shyt. From then on its been a war on us to destroy everything that we are copy it and make it their own. Nothing about the white man is original. Everything they have has been stolen from somebody elses culture.
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Cause they dont have big black dacks.
All this can be fixed if we band together and make our own businesses, banks, insurance companies and such. We used to have all that. We gotta go back to being self sufficient.
Chit I have done it, then I go home and look at Jr. like he need to eat

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Snick snacks ain’t cheap.. and lil missy be mad as hail if I bring home some off brand “froot snaks” cause I went off on the white folks I sit sandwiched between in this room… Or I go off on my coon azz boss in our meeting cause she say some stupid ish
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We march though, and donate money and time.
I applaud anyone who in it and willing to put their life on the line for it. Now and 50 plus years ago.
They have been since they came to Egypt
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They still can’t figure out we made the pyramids and they been trying to for thousands of years.
These white folks defending Them pigs at UVA got me hot too.
@LOVEZ check e-mail
EVERYBODY ELSE
:drive: (drive by posting)
Hey Zeta!
he killed and now he got killed. poetic justice. Life gives you what you put out. Remember that for every action you put out you will get an equal reaction #alllivesmatter
Blanche Devereaux says:
This is retaliation for him killing that white woman and not getting the death penalty IMO
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Sad but more than likely the case.
the world, especially the usa, seems to be totally off kilter but @southerbeauty you mentioned moving to Jamaica? I own a small cottage down there in a rural part of the island, and I hate to say this but I have felt more discriminated down there then I ever have here in the states! I used to spend half the year down there and half here since I am an American citizen and cant spend the entire year down there. I have seen “locals” be charged a cheap price for something and because it is thought that I am “rich” folks try to charge me 3 times as much!! and its violent down there too (a friend of the neighbor across the road got his arm chopped off for stealing), and most everybody is trying to get something out of you, through force or sympathy. things got so bad down there one year I actually wrote a book about it. yeah the sunny sky and blue waters are pretty but the reality of that place (at least for me) is that its a harsh and violent place and as SOON as my cottage sells down there I can end all ties with that place! Jamaica nuh easy place to live mon! I even had a man cuss me out in the burger king in Kingston because I didn’t stay in the womens bathroom there long enough for him to rob me! yeah dude CAME INTO THE WOMENS RESTROOM but I wasn’t in the stall like he expected and I was on my way out because it was filthy. he even had the nerve to follow me out of the bathroom and down to the bus park and was still cussing me lol. them folks bold as all get out down there lol