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]> >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 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. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _________________________________________________________________ >> > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >> > >> > >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>-- >> > >> > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the >>Gambia-L >> > Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >> > You may also send subscription requests to >>[log in to unmask] >> > if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write >>your full name and e-mail address. >> > >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>-- >> > >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >>Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >>You may also send subscription requests to >>[log in to unmask] >>if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write >>your >>full name and e-mail address. >>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >You may also send subscription requests to >[log in to unmask] >if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your >full name and e-mail address. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------