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
> the world. Not to mention if he were ever sick and needed blood, because
> Charles Drew, a Black scientist, discovered the way to preserve and store
> blood, which lead to the first blood bank.
>
> And what if a family member had to have heart surgery, this would not have
> been possible without Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, a Black doctor, who
> performed the first open heart surgery.
>
> So if you ever wonder, like Theo, where would we be without Black people?
> Well, it's pretty plain to see. We would still be in the dark.
>
>
>
>
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