Jamila, thanks for your wake up call.  I take it the call is directed to
Lamin in this instance.

Chi Jaama

Joe Sambou


>From: Jamila Allston <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: IT's NOT NOT NOT NOT A BLACK THING...
>Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 12:03:44 -0800
>
>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
>________________________________________________________________________
>
>
>--- 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
> >
>=== message truncated ===
>
>
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