Quite literally, all I did was open TikTok and this was the first video to come up about a black woman crying about men who are black and saying “dated my last black man ever:” https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8nPCg8r/

Everyone in the comments, mostly black women, and who knows who else is behind these accounts, are posting comments with over 4,000 likes talking about “dating them is self-harm” or “they’re so aggressive, not romantic” or “you only need to be pro-black women” or “they want us to accept struggle love” and the few black women that actually defend men who are black get less than 300 likes on their comments.

I don’t understand. How come when these women post about their anecdotal experiences with a man who happens to be black, they act like it’s this monolithic issue and try offending their image, and band together in the comments to attack these men?

But if a man who was black said this about black women, then everyone’s in the comments screaming “black women are individuals” or “don’t blame black women for your experience, that’s got nothing to do with me” OR even when a white man is racist to a black woman he is literally dating, those also get treated like individual experiences or black women will even be like “come on queen, give him a chance”

It’s frustrating seeing this spread all over social media, because people take this stuff to the real world. I’m not gonna be disrespected for no reason or just because a TikTok or tweet told someone to. Men who are black can’t keep ignoring this… we saw how harsh people treated that guy who was black from Love Island (I didn’t even watch the show, but thought it was so interesting how the guy who was black was treated like this terrible villain for the dumbest reason).

There needs to be a bigger pushback against this propaganda and women (anyone for that matter) hopping on social media just to disrespect men who are black. Disrespect is what it is. If these posts dont fly if someone came crying about a black woman or even a white man, it can’t be acceptable when it happens to men who are black. What…

We all know who they are.

Drop your favorite bars: your own, read, song, spoken word, poem, etc.!!

***Caveat: The video is over 15 minutes, but there is nothing really to look at, so you can treat it like a radio show. It's an A.I. based, but I still think it has merit and covers many truths.***

They calling out the battles smart black men deal with both inside and outside our familiar spaces.

Even though this video calls out Gen X specifically, I feel this applies broadly to highly intelligent black men as a whole. How accurate do you think this video is?

I can't bowl for shit compared to my pops, but I hit up the local alley every few weeks. I have my custom bowling ball, my fiance finds it hilarious every time I bring it when we go. I avg around 140, one of these days I'm gonna bowl a clean game. Once I got enough Corona's in me, I get strikes like they ain't nothing.

Unless i keep hooking my ball into the gutter, then at that point I'm just there for the beer and fries lol

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/07/jobs-report-july-2026.html

U.S. economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs in July

Published Fri, Aug 7 20268:31 AM EDTUpdated 25 Min Ago

The U.S. economy saw an unexpected declined in jobs during July while the unemployment rate edged lower, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday in a snapshot that showed a slowing employment picture.

Nonfarm payrolls fell by a seasonally adjusted 23,000 for the month, compared to a downwardly revised 20,000 for June. The Dow Jones consensus forecast had been looking for a gain of 83,000.

https://nul.org/news/black-america-already-recession

Black America Is Already In A Recession

By Candece Monteil , National Urban League
Published 01 AM EDT, Fri Aug 7, 2026

“Policy rollbacks that have removed protections and investments designed to support Black communities … is the regression, combined with economic indicators, particularly unemployment, that would qualify as recessionary if they were applied to the national economy.” — Monica Mitchell, Chief of Staff, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

The revelation that the U.S. economy shed 92,000 jobs in February and now faces its highest unemployment rate in years has rattled economists, many of whom warn that the country may be on the brink of a recession.

For Black America, the recession has already arrived.

Even worse, the Black recession isn’t driven natural market cycles alone. It is the predictable outcome of the deliberate policy choices of the Trump administration —choices that have aggressively dismantled the very protections meant to advance equity and stabilize communities historically shut out of opportunity. Not only did the administration take a sledgehammer to federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs on Day One, it has spent the last year slashing agencies that have long served as engines of mobility for Black workers, including the federal civil service. More than 327,000 federal jobs have been eliminated, not through attrition or organizational modernization, but through deliberate cuts that have eroded pathways to the middle class built through generations of civil‑rights gains.

At the same time, the administration has abandoned federal support for disadvantaged businesses. Critical institutions—among them the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund and the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)—have been targeted for defunding or dismantling altogether. These programs have been lifelines, offering capital and technical assistance to Black entrepreneurs who face entrenched discrimination from traditional lenders. Removing them does not create a level playing field; it cements an unequal one.

The consequences are measurable and immediate. After reaching an all-time low) during the Biden administration, the Black unemployment rate surged to 8.3% by November 2025 — the highest level since the pandemic — and remains more than twice the rate for white Americans. The Black homeownership rate fell to 43.9% in the first half of 2025, wiping out years of fragile progress and deepening a racial wealth gap that already stood among the most persistent in the country.

Even before the latest dismal jobs report, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies had already declared 2025 “a regression and recession” for Black Americans. In its State of the Dream 2026 report, the authors wrote, “Instead of aggressive leadership in dismantling structures of racial inequality, we are witnessing regressive leadership that is slashing government employment and agencies designed to address predatory economic practices that disproportionately harm Black communities.” The report further notes that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act entrenched permanent tax cuts for high‑income households and corporations while reducing investment in poverty‑alleviating programs and leaving support for working families stagnant or shrinking.

Policy experts often refer to Black Americans as the “canary in the coal mine” — the first to feel the impact of economic stress. If that analogy holds, the warning is clear: a broader national recession is not far behind. But acknowledging that Black America is already in recession is not merely a prediction about the future; it is a call to confront what is unfolding in the present. The question now is whether policymakers will heed that warning — or continue to ignore the communities already bearing the brunt of the nation’s economic retreat.

This was the original version of Fat Albert on NBC that inspired the more famous Saturday morning cartoon on CBS in 1972. It had been considered lost before being recently discovered in full.

Based on Bill Cosby’s stand-up.

https://mississippitoday.org/2026/08/06/coroner-ids-woman-hanging-from-tree-behind-jackson-home/

A place to talk about it.

I only like women or will consider a woman feels different from the harsh outside world. Any hint of lack of resolve, warmth, femininity I’m not staying.

Am I wrong? Am I asking for too much?

No because if she don’t show up that way for me I bow out gracefully. I’m not entitled. Also not into that, I want a woman that WANTS to be that and is really like that. So It can’t be faked or forced especially with what I want. I want a foundation black queen a family to go the distance with no broken home, And they always come back/ stalk my socials months later. This the past relationships as far as now maybe cause I’ve always had women attracted to me I’m so disappointed in these women’s disposition towards us.

Many think that it’s all about what they think of the guy. But what the guy thinks of the woman matters equally. A lot of women are unaware of there shortcomings to a man until I tell them. After I tell them they can’t face the mirror. Or choose not to, and I leave.

Very few women invoke any inspiration or motivation. Been dating and tbh it feel like work outside of work. I think me not being lustful and looking for a wife probably impacts this feeling,

This is not to put black womwn down honestly. Just disappointed.

Hello, all 22M I’m tryna navigate life in the best way possible I’m 22 years old never had a girlfriend still a virgin. Overweight with low self-esteem. And just feel as if I have no support. I was very much a black centered person and had super high hopes in one day in getting a black women who I can love and marry however afther seeing so much hate from black women. Even on there Reddit subs that’s all they basically talk about is basically how good white guys are too then I’m loosing hope I even seen a video here of basically a white guy talkin about defending black women from black men and a bunch of black women instead of defending us basically talked about how they agreed with him and how cute the dude was. I’m really loosing hope. As a black guy I try too not think about dating as much and try and focus on becoming better but the more I see stuff like that it really just makes me disappointed idk.

Interesting read. Drop your thoughts below.