Jamila, thanks for your wake up call. I take it the call is directed to Lamin in this instance. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: Jamila Allston <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: IT's NOT NOT NOT NOT A BLACK THING... >Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 12:03:44 -0800 > >And we wonder why the divide remains between Africans from the >continent and the diaspora!!! Such contempt and disrespect only breeds >like contempt and disrespect - but isn't that what the agenda really >about - to keep us from uniting as a people and freeing African from >Tyranny and Oppression. As long as we allow ourselves to fall victims >to the ramblings of distractors and continue to participate in these >destructive schism's, the evil that is taking place throughout Africa >will continue without impunity. > >Wake Up Brothers and Sisters...Do Not Fall For The Trap Intended To >Sabotage and Impede Our Progress As African People! > > Jamila >________________________________________________________________________ > > >--- Tom Coker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >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 > > >=== message truncated === > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! 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