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
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>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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