>From: "Seedy S. Khan" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list              <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [ChatAfriK] BLACKS ARE ECONOMIC SLAVES >Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 19:16:04 -0500 > >Ya Soffie: > >This is a very long piece, but an absolutely interesting reading. > >There is indeed a lack of consciousness among blacks, especially Africans. I >think, slavery and colonialism are  still affecting us mentally. > >Go to the Hallals in the Washington Metro area. The majority of the shoppers >are blacks. > >Go to the mosques, again within the same geographical area, blacks will form >a majority in most mosques among the worshippers. Yet, the Imam will very >much likely be an Asian. Donations will be collected and controlled by the >Asians. Spending decisions of the funds collected will be made by the >Asians. Yet, when we have death or any emergency within us, we have to >resort to an emergency fund raising, because we have no organizations to >immediately turn to. > >Whenever I go to any of the Hallals around me, I would always suggest to >someone ( mostly a Senegambian) that we need one of us to invest in this >kind of business. Guess what! The response is almost always the same: you >better count blacks out of your patrons. That kind of attitude is pathetic. > >Thanks to the author of this brilliant piece. > >In an unrelated development, I will seize this moment in thanking all those >who purchased Angry Laughter by Baba Galleh Jallow. This brother got talent. >We need to motivate him. He needs our support. He is not an entrepreneur. >But, in my view, purchasing his materials will enable him to give out more >to the community. > >If you live in the Washington area, and need a copy of Angry Laughter, you >can get it without shipping and handling charges. Just dial 240-601-6211 > >George Sarr, should I expect a bill? If so, send it. You got my contacts. > >Thanks for the forward. > >Seedy > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ceesay, Soffie" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 10:32 AM >Subject: FW: [ChatAfriK] BLACKS ARE ECONOMIC SLAVES > > >A bit lengthy but worth the read. > >Soffie > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 1:30 AM >To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] >Cc: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [ChatAfriK] BLACKS ARE ECONOMIC SLAVES > > > >BLACKS ARE ECONOMIC SLAVES >By Chika Onyeani > >There is nothing like State of Black Economy.  It does not exist in Africa. >Neither does it exist in any other part of the world.  It is an illusion to >think there is such a situation called State of Black Economy.  Blacks are >economic slaves.  There is no group of people in this world who have >abandoned any >ambition of being economically independent from the grip of others as the >Black race - whether Africans from the continent, or Africans from the >Diaspora - >Black Americans, Caribbeans or migratory Africans.  We are more slaves now >than when the Caucasian conquered us and sold us into slavery.  The word >slave >means we are serfs, chattels, paupers, peons or vassals. > >There is nothing in Africa that is owned by the people.  We are owned stock >and barrel by people of European-origin, Japanese, Chinese, the Indians and >any >other people that has decided to become economically viable.  In fact, I >believe that the only possession in the world that the Black race could lay >ownership to is the free air we breathe, and that might be in question and >jeopardy >if the present trend of consolidation of our conquerors continue. > >There is no Black entity that is economically independent in any part of the >world.  Africa is the second largest continent in the world.  It has been >established that it was the cradle of humanity and civilization.  Africa >possesses >the largest percentage of the world's natural resources - gold, diamonds, >silver, uranium, plutonium, manganese, coal, oil.  But unfortunately, Africa >is >today economically under occupation although I would have preferred to use >the >word militarily than economically. > >The fact is that none of the natural resources Africa is blessed with is >under African control.  We don't even understand the value of the natural >resources we possess; otherwise, we would know how to cultivate them.  If we >did, we >would own the avenues through which these products are brought to be >utilized >in the world.  The United Nations has year in, year out, declared Africa as >the >world's poorest continent, despite its enormous natural resources.  The fact >is that the world is moving so fast that Black people stand the chance of >being wiped off the face of the earth by a Hitler or Mussolini  -  could you >just >imagine what would happen if a David Duke were to become the President of >the >United States of America, the country with the most weapons of mass >destruction.  Imagine! > >Oil has become one of the most important products in the world.  It is what >created the fortunes of people like the Rockefellers; it is what created >companies like Standard Oil which was broken up to become the juggernauts >like >Exxon, Mobil, Texaco, etc.  A lot of the African countries possess oil in >abundance, including countries like Nigeria, Angola, Democratic Republic of >the Congo, >Gabon, Libya, Equatorial Guinea and others.  In fact, it has become the >economic life blood of most African countries. > >But, we as Africans don't have an iota of knowledge of the process of >finding >the oil and bringing it to use.  To discover the oil, a Caucasian has to >bring in his equipment to survey our land or shores.  If there is oil, he >estimates the amount of oil located in that area.  We award him the contract >of >drilling for the oil.  He brings his own men.  Unlike in his own country, >whatever >environmental damage the drilling does is none of his concerns.  All he >wants >is that oil.  When the oil comes out from the ground, we also award him the >contract to take the oil from us.  He brings his tanker, loads the oil and >brings >it to his own country where he refines it.  He pays less than $12 per barrel >for the crude oil.  He refines the crude into several different products, >which are then sent back to us at more than $65 per barrel. > >In the l998 year, Exxon generated revenues of $100 billion, Mobil $47 >billion, Texaco $32 billion and Chevron $27 billion.  The revenues of these >four >companies almost outstripped the revenues of all the 50 Black African >countries >south of the Sahara combined. > >Let's take a country like Nigeria for instance.  It is the so-called giant >of >Africa, the leader of the Black world.  Nigeria is the seventh largest oil >producing country in the world.  Nigerians pride themselves as one of the >most >educated people in the world.  It has all kinds of engineers, including >petroleum and geological engineers.  Oil was discovered in Nigeria in 1948. >But you >know what? > >Nigeria still imports refined oil at exorbitant rates.  It does not have >engineers who prospect for the oil; it does not have engineers who drill for >the >oil; it does not have engineers who refine the oil.  It imports the oil. >Nigeria has two oil refineries - all built by foreigners.  To maintain these >refineries they must import the experts (Caucasians) who built the >refineries to >repair any minor problems.  When one of the refineries was out of production >for >a long time in 1998, over $475 million was awarded to repair it.  Despite >the >fact that the refinery has been in existence for more than 15 years, >Nigerians >had not learned to repair the refinery.  That contract of $475 million would >have gone a long way in spreading the wealth of that huge amount across all >strata of the society.  It would have created over $10 billion of wealth in >the >country, which similarly was the amount which has been created in the >country >that received this award. > >As we enter the 21st century, Africans don't have the capacity to discover >oil; they don't have the capacity to drill for the oil; they don't have the >capability to refine the oil; they don't have the capacity to transport the >oil to >the destination where it would be refined; they don't have the vessel to >transport the oil back to us for consumption.  At a time when Indians and >the >Pakistanis have both detonated the atom bomb, when China is providing the >technology for quick acceleration of launching satellites into orbit, >Africans still >don't have the capacity even to refine the oil for themselves. > >In Black America today, the situation is the same as in Africa.  Blacks make >up the second largest group of Americans.  Economically, Black American >communities are under occupation by others.  I have been spending a lot of >time >lately in Harlem - the so-called capital of Black America.  Boasting about >such a >place as a capital of Black America is one of the greatest insults that >could >be bestowed on African-Americans.  It is an insult.  From the hub of Harlem, >125th Street, you can understand what I am saying.  Here is a so-called >capital >of 36 million people.  Going from one establishment to another in Harlem, >all >the people I saw behind the counter were not people of my color. >Approximately 95% of the people who live in Harlem are blacks.  Conversely, >only 10% of >the buildings in Harlem are owned by Blacks. > >If you are a slave, you cannot be independent and distinct from the whims >and >caprices or dictates of your conquerors.  The present generation of Africans >has mortgaged the future of the following generation of Africans by the huge >debt they have accumulated. > >Africa owes the world $375 billion.  It means that the average African - >man, >woman, or child  - will have to repay upwards of $5,000 in their present >life >time.  This is not a $500 question or debt.  We are talking of $5,000 for >every African living to repay the $375 billion in debt. > >Yet, all we do is ask for more debts.  We beg all the time for the West to >come in and take more control of the iron hand they have already clasped on >us. >But travel from one end of Africa to another.  Go from one country to >another.  The story is the same.  $375 billion, and there is nothing to show >for it. >Africa spends more money servicing its debt, in other words paying interest >to the Western world, than it spends on infrastructural development. > >If you are talking of a state of Black economy, you have to talk about a >people who are able to create products from its inception to market.  You >cannot >talk of an economy where the people are mere consumers.  Take a walk through >the theaters of the marketplace.  When you wake up in the morning, what is >the >first thing you do?  Of course, you turn on the light - electricity.  There >is >no electric utility company owned by Blacks either in Africa or the >Diaspora. >Even the lanterns which are still used in most African villages, are >imported.  You shower.  You show me a water company owned by Blacks.  Though >Africans >have water companies, they invariably still have to be built and maintained >for them by Europeans.  In the Black community, all the products they use >are >produced by other people.  That is not an economy. > >This is a lesson we should learn.  When the Caucasian needed slaves to work >in their farms, they made Blacks their machines.  They found these machines >much slower when they invented the horse-drawn plough and they became >superfluous.  When they found the cold unbearable, they invented heating >systems.  When >they found summer heat unbearable, they invented the air conditioner.  When >they needed a way of talking to one another without visiting each other, >they >invented the telephone.  When they stopped the practice of town-crier, they >invented the radio.  When they found writing with pens too slow, they first >invented the typewriter and now the computer.  When they needed to get to a >destination faster than riding on the horse, they invented the automobile. >They >invented the ship to be able to cross wide expanses of water.  When the need >arose >to get somewhere even faster, the Wright brothers came to the rescue and >invented the airplane. > >Every other people of "color," the Japanese, Chinese, the Indians - assuming >white is not a color - have appropriated all the technology and made them >their own.  In fact, they have learned so well that they produce these >products >better than the people who orginally invented them.  That is the mark of >intelligence. > >There is the reality check for a Capitalist Nigger.  He is not in the habit >of deluding himself about the grandeur of his ancestors.  He acknowledges >it. >He does not live on it.  His reality check is that the strong must inherit >the >earth.  He understands that the world is a jungle.  It is kill or be killed. >He understands that if you don't produce what you eat; if you don't >manufacture what you use; and if you don't understand how to articulate and >conceptualize your concerns to your people, there cannot be a solution.  He >understands >that the State of Black Economy can only be created when a group of young >Black >men and women decide to dare to be successful.  Yes, we have to dare to be >successful. > >When there was segreation, there was an Black economy.  There were thriving >Black banks, insurance companies, hotels, convention centers, stores >catering >to Blacks.  The Black economy thrived.  Blacks were forced to buy from >Blacks. >The meager salaries that they earned stayed in the Black community and >created jobs and a stabilized community.  All that is gone.  Blacks knew how >to >patronize one another.  Segregation does not have to rear its ugly head >again for >Blacks to know it is time that they started patronizing Black businesses >again.  There has to be a parallel to Citigroup; there has to be a parallel >to >MCIWorldcom; there has to be parallel to Apple Computer.  All these are >attainable >goals. > >It would be foolhardy to talk of creating another Microsoft, a General >Motors, an AT&T.  The largest black bank - the Carver Bancorp Inc. - had >assets of >$420 million; while its Caucasian counterpart, the Citigroup had assets of >$668 >billion - that's $168 billion more than the combined revenues of all Blacks >in 1998.  Yet, out of the $500 billion that Blacks generated, the total >assets >of the largest 25 Black banks amounted to only $4.5 billion. > >If you cannot buy African, there is absolutely no way you are going to >create >a Black economy.  We must have to learn from East Indians, who have done so >well in integrating their economy in this country.  In another section of >this >book, we discussed how the East Indians had taken over the newsstand >business >in New York City, and its taxi and limousine business.  Apart from these, >they >have also taken over the motel and medium sized hotel business through the >country, as well as most of the gas stations.  They have been able to do so >through combining their assets and creating a totally integrated community. >From >the food he easts to the shoes, and any other thing he needs, he can get it >from another Indian.  In this way, they keep the money they make from others >circulating only within their community.  It is what I call the "Spider-Web >Economic Doctrine." > >In economic terms, when you invest a dollar in another community, you have >immediately created $8.000 for that community; and that $8.00 will >eventually >result in creating $164 for that community through the multiplier effect. >You >can calculate this and see why the East Indians who have recently made >America >their home, have been able to accumulate money and wealth so quickly to >become >a force in the economic and political playing field.  East Indians control >their community economically.  They own the houses they live in.  The money >they >used to buy those homes was either generated independently or borrowed from >an Indian mortgage lender. > >All the businesses conducted within East Indian communities are totally >owned >by Indians.  They have learned the lesson of never allowing their money to >get out of their community.  They found a niche, and they seized it.  They >took >over businesses which were already running successfully.  They didn't have >to >build a new mouse trap.  They found a way to use an already existing mouse >trap.  Through the absolute control of their economy and the "Spider-Web >Economic >Doctrine", they are now playing in the bigger leagues by taking over >existing >major companies just as they had done with the small ones. > >A Capitalist Nigger understands that for the Black economy to be created, he >must have to create a niche for himself.  The movement to restart the Black >economy must be planned with absolute focus, with each individual focusing >on >how he can contribute to making it a reality.  There are some Capitalist >Niggers >who have already begun the movement.  One night, I was watching Jay Leno of >NBC's Late Night with Jay Leno.  One of his guests that night was Michael >Jordan. Leno wanted to know why Jordan did not proceed with his purchase of >the NBA >franchise Charlotte Hornets.  Jordan replied that the owners had a different >understanding of what he wanted his investment in the club to do.  "I cannot >put my money where I don't have total control," said Jordan.  Michael >Jordan, >in this case, understood what it means to be a Capitalist Nigger. > >This war to restart the Black Economy must be fought by educated consumers >and capitalists.  Take a moment to take cognizance of your surrounding. >Make a >mental note of all the things within that surrounding.  Calculate how much >those things cost you.  Remember from whom and where you purchased the >products. >In purchasing those products did you enhance or deter the creation of Black >wealth? > >If you had to do it all over again, how would you change what you did >earlier?  The Mercedes-Benz or Lexus or Jaguar you have parked outside. >Where did >you get it from?  What exactly did the purchase of such a luxury car do for >you? >If it was a necessary purchase, would it have served your interest and the >interest of the community better if you had checked throughout the country >to >find out which Black automobile dealerships carried the brand.  Was it >necessary to have purchased a brand from a company which has consistently >shown >disrespect and insult to you and your community?  If you answered no, then >you have >it within your power to change things around next time you have to make such >a >purchase or any purchase at all. > >Whether it is a dollar purchase or a million dollar purchase, the thought >process must be focused on maximizing the interest of the community.  We >must >assess every option.  The re-education of our people is the first step in >the >Capitalist Nigger's arsenal to begin to reclaim and rebuild a State of Black >Economy.  We must start individually, conquer the urge for frivolous >purchasing >without first applying the litmus test. > >The whole of the African race is under economic occupation.  You cannot >achieve a true political independence without at the same time achieving >economic >independence.  The so-called political independence we think we have now is >merely an illusion.  It is meaningless.  It is not supported by any solid >foundation.  A house without solid foundation is bound to crumple sooner or >later. >Without economic independence, sooner or later, we will be recolonized >politically. > >Culled from "Capitalist Nigger: The Road To Success - A Spider Web >Doctrine," >Chapter 5 - "Blacks Are Economic Slaves," pages 43-51 by Chika Onyeani >Hardcover - $24.95 (Sold out) >Paperback - $14.99 (Available at Amazon.com or wherever books are sold) > >Published by Timbuktu Publishers >Tel.: 973-675-9919 >Fax: 973-675-5704 > >BLURB: > >CAPITALIST NIGGER excels as an explosive and jarring indictment of the Black >Race.  The book asserts that the Negroid Race, as naturally endowed as any >other, is culpably a non-productive race.  The Black Race is a consumer race >and >depends on other communities for its culture, its language, its feeding, and >its clothing.  Despite enormous natural resources, Blacks are economic >slaves >because they lack the "devil-may-care" attitude and the "killer-instinct" of >the Caucasian, as well as the spider web economic mentality of the Asian. >CAPITALIST NIGGER contends that only as "Economic Warriors," employing the >"Spider >Web Economic Doctrine," can the Black Race escape from their victim >mentality. > > > > > >Disclaimer: >Please note that views and opposing views expressed in ChatAfriK forum are >the rights of individual contributors. 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