>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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------