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madi

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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: EPISTLE ONE
>Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 21:04:43 EDT
>
>
>QUESTIONS THAT THE AFRIKAN MUST ASK
>
>
>
>QUESTIONS THAT THE AFRIKAN HAS TO ASK
>
>
>How is it that the same ones who enslaved my foreparents and stole their
>land
>are now the same ones who now threaten the future of my children
>with NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST ???
>
>How is it that the fate of the Afrikan world is still in the hands of THE
>UROPEAN who seems hell-bent for GLOBAL MELT-DOWN ????
>
>How is it that as Afrikan people we have absolutely no say on crucial
>matters
>that affect the survival of the planet ??
>
>What kind of freedom has been achieved with EMANCIPATION when
>SLAVE-DESCENDENT still compelled to work for SLAVE-MASTER DESCENDENT on the
>SAME LAND???
>
>What kind of FREE-DUMB do you have when you still have to answer to the
>SLAVE-BELL in the morning and cant cool out till SUNDAYS when SLAVE-MASTER
>say so????
>
>How is it that you can only take a break from SLAVERY on THANKS-GIVING DAY
>or
>BANK-HOLIDAYS but cant stay home on AFRIKAN LIBERATION DAY ?????
>
>How is it that TWO SLAVES can be found spending more time arguing about
>this
>BIBLE passage versus that BIBLE passage and little or no time on discussing
>THE PRESENT SITUATION which keeps them both ENSLAVED ??
>
>How many centuries has the argument been going on about BIBLE PASSAGES
>????/
>
>And how has that impacted on AFRIKAN LIBERATION ?????/
>
>Who first preached the doctrine of UNITY AND ONENESS BETWEEN SLAVE AND
>SLAVE
>MASTER ?????
>
>Who first introduced the IDEA that the SOLUTION FOR ENSURING PEACE is to
>STOP
>DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM ?????
>
>How come the people who spent CENTURIES planting CORN, COTTON, TOBACCO,
>SUGAR
>CANE........HAVE NEVER HAD LAND AND STILL HAVE NO LAND ?????
>
>How come that even when BLACK PEOPLE have a little land it is still SLAVE
>MASTER who tells you WHAT YOU CAN PLANT AND WHAT YOU CANNOT PLANT ???
>
>
>How come THE SAME SLAVE MASTER who has always planted what he wanted to
>plant
>based on IT'S INCOME GENERATING POTENTIAL can now turn around and tell the
>BLACK MAN "you can only plant what THE U-ROPEAN IDEA determines is "RIGHT"
>for you to plant REGARDLESS TO HOW SMALL IS IT'S INCOME GENERATING
>POTENTIAL
>"??????
>(LOOK AT THE CARIBBEAN AND THE PRESENT DILEMMA OVER THE CHOICE BETWEEN
>BANANAS AND GANGA)
>
>What gives THE U-ROPEAN the right to determine what is good for THE AFRIKAN
>????
>
>And what gives the U-ROPEAN the right TO ENFORCE THE U-ROPEAN IDEA on THE
>AFRIKAN ????
>
>HOW COME WE ARE FREE AND "EMANCIPATED" BUT STILL SAILING ON THE WHITE MAN'S
>SHIP ????
>
>What is the benefit of RELIGION if it offers no SOLUTION TO SLAVERY ???
>
>Should your RELIGION not be formed and shaped in the best way possible that
>would guarantee DELIVERANCE FROM SLAVERY ?????
>
>IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE FOR SLAVE AND SLAVE-MASTER TO PRACTICE THE SAME
>RELIGION ???????
>
>What QUALITY OF LIFE do we have to offer our children ???
>Will it be better than ours or are we JUST PRODUCING LABORERS FOR THE
>FACTORY????
>
>And finally WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EMANCIPATION WITHOUT LAND ???
>
>AND POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE AND PSEUDO-FREEDOM WITHOUT ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE
>????

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