So you obviously didn’t attend a PWI southern SEC school, or really any southern school. I remember once a friend of a friend that I didn’t know felt it was ok to tell me that her family (great-grandmother or something) had slaves but they were happy slaves and their family treated them well.

We spent almost 40K (parents helped with some but not all) for 200 people a few years ago in New Orleans, and that was with us saving money by planning everything ourselves (no wedding planner), homemade invitations (we did buy a paper cutter from office depot), and having a relatively inexpensive venue. I’m happy and…

Turkey bacon is good, but the real problem with most regular bacon is all of the preservatives they put in it. Go buy a whole pork belly at Costco or your local meat market and cure and smoke your own bacon. Doing this has changed my life and saved me a lot of money too.

I love PE but can’t leave out the originators, The Isley Brothers and Fight the Power Part I and II, 1975.

Only problem is that stats show that black home owners in possibly gentrifying areas often sell too quickly and lose out on significant financial returns. I understand the structural and historical reasons why this happens, but it is a problem. Of course the other side of the coin is do what you gotta do for your…