Sounds bad, but can be equally applicable to Gambians. Very sad and unfortunate. Have a good day, Gassa. >From: "Movement for restoration of democracy in Gambia [NY]" ><[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Unbelievable - This might be offraise your BP but mkae you start > thinking twice! >Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 07:56:22 EST > >This was forwarded by a friend. This might be offensive to some and for >sure >raise your BP but will make one start thinking twice! Check to see if the >same scenario applies to Africans all over the Globe? >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >------------------- > >This is some food for thought circulating the Net! It's a heavvvvy piece >about our black brothers and sisters, which was written by a Caucasian. > > > > > THEY ARE STILL OUR SLAVES! >We can continue to reap profits from the Blacks without the effort of >physical slavery. Look at the current methods of containment they use on >themselves: >IGNORANCE, GREED, SELFISHNESS. >Their IGNORANCE is the primary weapon of containment. A great man once >said, >"The best way to hide something from black people is to put it in a book." >We live now in the Information Age. They have gained the opportunity to >read >any book on any subject, through the efforts of their fight for freedom, >yet >they refuse to read. >There are numerous books readily available at Borders, Barnes & Noble and >Amazon.com, not to mention their own Black bookstores, that provide solid >blueprints to reach economic equality (which should have been their fight >all along), but few read consistently, if at all. >GREED is another powerful weapon of containment. Blacks, since the >abolition >of slavery, have had large amounts of money at their disposal. >Last year, they spent $10 billion during Christmas, out of their $450 >billion in total yearly income (2.22%). Any of us can use them as our >target >market, for any business venture we care to dream up, no matter how >outlandish. They will buy into it. >Being primarily a consumer people, they function totally by greed. >They continually want more, with little thought for saving or investing. >They would rather buy some new sneaker than invest in starting a business. >Some even neglect their children to have the latest Tommy or FUBU. And they >still think having a Mercedes and a big house gives them "status" or that >they have achieved the American dream. They are fools! >The vast majority of their people are still in poverty because their greed >holds them back from collectively making better communities. With the help >of BET and the rest of their black media that often broadcasts destructive >images into their own homes, we will continue to see huge profits like >those >of Tommy and Nike. (Tommy Hilfiger has even jeered them, saying he doesn't >want their money. And look at how the fools spend more with him than ever >before!) They'll >continue to show off to each other while we build solid communities with >the >profits from our businesses that we market to them. > >SELFISHNESS, ingrained in their minds through slavery, is one of the major >ways we can continue to contain them. One of their own, W.E.B. Dubois, said >there was an innate division in their culture. A "Talented Tenth," he >called >it. He was >correct in his deduction that there are segments of their culture who have >achieved some "form" of success. However, that segment missed the fullness >of his work; they didn't read that the "Talented Tenth" was then >responsible >to aid the "Non-Talented Ninety Percent" in achieving a better life. >Instead, that segment has created another class, a buppie class that looks >down on their people or aids them in a condescending manner. They will >never >achieve what we have. Their selfishness does not allow them to be able work >together on any project or endeavor of substance. >When they do get together, their selfishness lets their egos get in the way >of the goal. Their so-called help organizations seem to only want to >promote >their name without making any real change in their community. >They are content to sit in conferences and conventions, in our hotels, and >talk about what they will do, and award plaques to the best speakers, not >the best doers. >Is there no end to their selfishness? They steadfastly refuse to see that >TOGETHER EACH ACHIEVES MORE! >They do not understand they are no better than each other because of what >they own. In fact, most of those buppies are but one or two paychecks away >from poverty. All of which is under the control of our pens in our offices >and our boardrooms. >Yes, we will continue to contain them as long as they refuse to read, >continue to buy anything they want, and keep thinking they are "helping" >their communities by paying dues to organizations that do little other than >hold lavish conventions in our hotels. >By the way, don't worry about any of them reading this letter. >Remember, >THEY DON'T READ!! > >(Prove them wrong. 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