And we wonder why the divide remains between Africans from the
continent and the diaspora!!!  Such contempt and disrespect only breeds
like contempt and disrespect - but isn't that what the agenda really
about - to keep us from uniting as a people and freeing African from
Tyranny and Oppression.  As long as we allow ourselves to fall victims
to the ramblings of distractors and continue to participate in these
destructive schism's, the evil that is taking place throughout Africa
will continue without impunity.

Wake Up Brothers and Sisters...Do Not Fall For The Trap Intended To
Sabotage and Impede Our Progress As African People!

                                Jamila
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--- Tom Coker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >From: Lamin Ceesay <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: IT's  NOT NOT NOT NOT  A BLACK THING...
> >Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 00:19:20 -0000
> >
> >what a pity. I can't believe that members of the list actually fall
> for
> >this
> >afrocentric crap.this is nothing other than
> pseudo-intellectualism.it is ,i
> >guess,just a way by the growing middle class african-american,
> blacks etc
> >to
> >satisfy their ego.before posting  this i guess you should thoroughly
> figure
> >out their history and why they 've all got anglo-saxon christian
> names,i
> >wonder who invented  the car, discovered the electricity that ran
> the iron!
> >I won't even go into the open heart surgery.I have nothing against
> black
> >Americans but I think that their obsession with cross cultural
> comparison
> >with whites in  America is sad and not the right way to find their
> >identity.whats next you going to tell us that the egyptians were
> black,that
> >the mandingoes(Malians) crossed the atlantic before columbus or the
> classic
> >cleopatra was BLACK.the world would just go on with or without
> blacks,
> >africans ,whites,indians etc.
> >finally you dont have to believe every thing you see on the
> >internet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Tom Coker" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 7:23 PM
> >Subject: Re: IT's A BLACK THING...FOR REAL, IT IS!
> >
> >
> > > "Author Unknown"
> > > This is a story of a little boy named Theo, who woke up one
> morning and
> > > asked his mother: what if there were no black people in the
> world? Well,
> >his
> > > mother thought about that for a moment, and then said: son,
> follow me
> >around
> > > today, and let's just see what it would be like if there were no
> black
> > > people in the world. Now go and get dressed and we'll get
> started.
> > >
> > > Theo ran to his room to put on his clothes and shoes. His mother
> took
> >one
> > > look at his room and said: Theo, where are your shoes? And your
> clothes
> >are
> > > all wrinkled son, I must iron them. But when she reached for the
> ironing
> > > board, it was no longer there. You see Sarah Boone, a black woman
> >invented
> > > the ironing board and Jan E. Matzelinger, a black man, invented
> the shoe
> > > lasting machine.
> > >
> > > Oh, well, she said, please go and do something to your hair. Theo
> ran to
> >his
> > > room to comb his hair, but the comb was not there. You see,
> Walter
> >Sammons,
> > > a black man, invented the comb. Theo decided to just brush his
> hair. But
> >the
> > > brush was gone. You see, Lyndia O. Newman, a black woman invented
> the
> >hair
> > > brush.
> > >
> > > Well, this was a sight: no shoes, wrinkled clothes, hair a mess,
> even
> >Mom's
> > > hair. Without the hair care inventions of Madame C.J. Walker. . .
> Well
> >you
> > > get the piture, Mom told Theo.
> > >
> > > Mom asked Theo to go around and get a pencil and some paper to
> prepare
> >the
> > > list for the market. So Theo ran for the paper and pencil, but
> noticed
> >that
> > > the pencil lead was brpken. Well, he was out of luck because John
> Love,
> >a
> > > black man, invented the pencil sharpener. Mom then reached for
> the pen
> >but
> > > it was not there, because William Purvis, a black man, invented
> the
> >fountain
> > > pen.
> > >
> > > As a matter of fact, Lee Burridge invented the typewriting
> machine, and
> >W.A.
> > > Lovette, invented the advanced printing press.
> > >
> > > Theo and his mother decided to jead out to the market. Well, when
> Theo
> > > opened the door, he noticed that the grass was as high as he was
> tall.
> >You
> > > see, the lawn mover was invented by Jon Burr, a black man.
> > >
> > > They made their way to the car, and found that it would not go.
> You see
> > > Richard Spikes, a black man, invented the automatic gear shift,
> and
> >Joseph
> > > Gammel, invented the supercharge system for internal combusstion
> >engines.
> > > They nopticed that the few cars that were moving, were running
> into each
> > > other and having wrecks, because there were no traffic signals.
> You see
> > > Garret A. Morgan, a black man, invenmted traffic lights.
> > >
> > > Well, it was getting late, so they walked to the market, got
> their
> >groceries
> > > and returned home. Just when they were about to put away the
> milk, eggs,
> >and
> > > butter, they noticed that the refrigerator was gone. . .You see
> John
> > > Standard, a black man, invented the refrigerator. So they left
> the food
> >on
> > > the counter.
> > >
> > > By this time, Theo noticed that he was getting mighty cold. Mom
> went to
> >turn
> > > on the heat, and what do you know, Alice Parker, a black woman,
> invented
> >the
> > > heating furnace. Even in the summertime, they would have been out
> of
> >luck,
> > > because Frederick Jones, a black man invented the air
> conditioner.
> > >
> > > It was almost time for Theo's father to arrive home. He usually
> takes
> >the
> > > bus. But there was no bus, because its precursor, the electric
> trolly,
> >was
> > > invented by another black man, Elbert R. Robinson.
> > >
> > > He usually takes the elevator from his office on the 20th floor,
> but
> >there
> > > was no elevator, because Alexander Miles, a black man, invented
> the
> > > elevator.
> > >
> > > He usually drops off the office mail at a nearby mail box, but it
> was no
> > > longer there, because Phillips Dawning, a black man, invented the
> letter
> > > drop mailbox and William Barry, another black man, invented the
> post
> >marking
> > > and canceling machine.
> > >
> > > Theo and his mother sat at the table, with their heads in their
> hands.
> >When
> > > Theo's father asked: why are you sitting in the dark? Why?
> Because Lewis
> > > Howard Latimer, a black man, invented the filament within the
> light
> >bulb.
> > >
> > > Theo quickly learned what it would be like if there were no black
> people
> >in
>
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