Folks, the sentence in my previous posting "In addition, those very
ancestors of ours are there ancestors too," should read: In addition, those
very ancestors of ours are their ancestors too.

Chi Jaama

Joe Sambou


>From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: IT's NOT NOT NOT NOT A BLACK THING...
>Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 02:00:14 -0000
>
>Lamin, I really don't understand your point in this one.  Are you saying
>that blacks, you, me, African Americans and other blacks in the diaspora
>should not remind you, me, and others about OUR contributions to humanity
>in
>the midst of all the negative images of us in the media and around the
>world?  They have the names they have partly because of your and my
>ancestors selling them into slavery.  In addition, those very ancestors of
>ours are there ancestors too.  So, you see you and them are one and the
>same.  Also, the last time I checked, Egypt has always and will always be
>in
>Africa, and thus will always be Africans.  Is this self hatred or what?  I
>assume you consider yourself different from our brothers and sisters in the
>diaspora.  Please look at the mirror again, you might learn something new.
>
>Chi Jaama
>
>Joe Sambou
>
>
>>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
>> > 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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