>From: Lamin Ceesay <[log in to unmask]>
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>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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