Sounds bad, but can be equally applicable to Gambians. Very sad and
unfortunate.
Have a good day, Gassa.
>From: "Movement for restoration of democracy in Gambia [NY]"
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>Subject: Unbelievable - This might be offraise your BP but mkae you start
> thinking twice!
>Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 07:56:22 EST
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>This was forwarded by a friend. This might be offensive to some and for
>sure
>raise your BP but will make one start thinking twice! Check to see if the
>same scenario applies to Africans all over the Globe?
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>This is some food for thought circulating the Net! It's a heavvvvy piece
>about our black brothers and sisters, which was written by a Caucasian.
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> > > > THEY ARE STILL OUR SLAVES!
>We can continue to reap profits from the Blacks without the effort of
>physical slavery. Look at the current methods of containment they use on
>themselves:
>IGNORANCE, GREED, SELFISHNESS.
>Their IGNORANCE is the primary weapon of containment. A great man once
>said,
>"The best way to hide something from black people is to put it in a book."
>We live now in the Information Age. They have gained the opportunity to
>read
>any book on any subject, through the efforts of their fight for freedom,
>yet
>they refuse to read.
>There are numerous books readily available at Borders, Barnes & Noble and
>Amazon.com, not to mention their own Black bookstores, that provide solid
>blueprints to reach economic equality (which should have been their fight
>all along), but few read consistently, if at all.
>GREED is another powerful weapon of containment. Blacks, since the
>abolition
>of slavery, have had large amounts of money at their disposal.
>Last year, they spent $10 billion during Christmas, out of their $450
>billion in total yearly income (2.22%). Any of us can use them as our
>target
>market, for any business venture we care to dream up, no matter how
>outlandish. They will buy into it.
>Being primarily a consumer people, they function totally by greed.
>They continually want more, with little thought for saving or investing.
>They would rather buy some new sneaker than invest in starting a business.
>Some even neglect their children to have the latest Tommy or FUBU. And they
>still think having a Mercedes and a big house gives them "status" or that
>they have achieved the American dream. They are fools!
>The vast majority of their people are still in poverty because their greed
>holds them back from collectively making better communities. With the help
>of BET and the rest of their black media that often broadcasts destructive
>images into their own homes, we will continue to see huge profits like
>those
>of Tommy and Nike. (Tommy Hilfiger has even jeered them, saying he doesn't
>want their money. And look at how the fools spend more with him than ever
>before!) They'll
>continue to show off to each other while we build solid communities with
>the
>profits from our businesses that we market to them.
>
>SELFISHNESS, ingrained in their minds through slavery, is one of the major
>ways we can continue to contain them. One of their own, W.E.B. Dubois, said
>there was an innate division in their culture. A "Talented Tenth," he
>called
>it. He was
>correct in his deduction that there are segments of their culture who have
>achieved some "form" of success. However, that segment missed the fullness
>of his work; they didn't read that the "Talented Tenth" was then
>responsible
>to aid the "Non-Talented Ninety Percent" in achieving a better life.
>Instead, that segment has created another class, a buppie class that looks
>down on their people or aids them in a condescending manner. They will
>never
>achieve what we have. Their selfishness does not allow them to be able work
>together on any project or endeavor of substance.
>When they do get together, their selfishness lets their egos get in the way
>of the goal. Their so-called help organizations seem to only want to
>promote
>their name without making any real change in their community.
>They are content to sit in conferences and conventions, in our hotels, and
>talk about what they will do, and award plaques to the best speakers, not
>the best doers.
>Is there no end to their selfishness? They steadfastly refuse to see that
>TOGETHER EACH ACHIEVES MORE!
>They do not understand they are no better than each other because of what
>they own. In fact, most of those buppies are but one or two paychecks away
>from poverty. All of which is under the control of our pens in our offices
>and our boardrooms.
>Yes, we will continue to contain them as long as they refuse to read,
>continue to buy anything they want, and keep thinking they are "helping"
>their communities by paying dues to organizations that do little other than
>hold lavish conventions in our hotels.
>By the way, don't worry about any of them reading this letter.
>Remember,
>THEY DON'T READ!!
>
>(Prove them wrong. Please pass this on!)
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