Post by magicstik on Jul 18, 2004 4:19:23 GMT -5
I don't know whether you all have seen the Black Think Tank that Tavis Smiley hosts on C-Span every year, but it is powerful food for thought!
Here are a few of the things learned on Black Think Tank
Facts:
1. The first Americans or native Americans going back to 13,000 BC were Black! (Look up the Folsom people who lived in Arizona.)
2. One of the best reasons to stop our use of the term African American and say Black. A White person who was born in Africa, who moves to
America is an African American and qualifies for financial aid, etc, But will get the jobs/pay privileges afforded to Whites.
3. Look up the Slavery Law of 1665 (which stayed in effect until 1968) And the Maryland Doctrine of
Exclusion (1638): both laws state that Blacks must be excluded from the benefits afforded Whites and that Blacks must remain noncompetitive with whites, except in sports and entertainment.
4. Two White men: Bill Gates and Larry Elision, combined, have more wealth than the combined wealth of all 36 million Blacks in America. Civil Rights did not change the economic landscape or the balance of power in America.
5. Asians received 80% of all government minority set aside contracts.
6. Blacks eat more fish than Whites by a 4 to 1 margin. For every dollar that Whites spend on fish, Blacks spend $9 on fish. Fish sold
wholesale for $1 will retail at $2.50 - $3.00. Guess what business we should be in as Blacks?
7. There are no Black-owned national cable or major network television
stations. The Black woman who owns our only Black-owned radio stations, plans to sell to White owners after hearing the deal Bob Johnson
received for selling BET. (Cathy Hughes is from OMAHA . . .y'all!)
8. There are no Black-o! wn! ed companies on the Wall Street Stock Exchange where Blacks own the majority or controlling interest of the
stock.
9. Ninety-six % of all Black inmates are men.
10. Over the next two years 440,000 Black inmates will be released from
prison. The State has no place to put them as they re-enter society. A profitable business would be . . . Halfway house!
11. In 1860, 98% of all Blacks in America worked for White people. In 2001...98% of all Blacks in America still work for white people!
12. In 1860, Blacks in America had a combined net worth of one half of 1% point. Guess what, . . .in 2001, after Civil Rights, Jesse Jackson, Oprah, Shaq, NAACP, and the Urban League, our combined net worth is half a percentage point!
13. For every dollar earned by a Jewish person, that dollar touches 12 -18 Jewish hands before it leaves their community. For every dollar
earned by a Black person it leaves! the community soon as he or she earns it!
14. The last week of April 2003 in Washington, DC, Black teenagers were arrested and booked for eating McDonalds on the metro subway. Cops cited the recent 5-4 court decision as the permission to arrest lawbreakerseven for minor offenses.
15. Sixty-seven percent of all hate crimes in America are against Blacks. *After we get through being pleased that we have carpet in our
office, a secretary, our name on the door and making six figures, we need to think about the fact that we still do not own anything! Whatwill happen if you miss six months of work without pay? All we have left for our children is debt...not an inheritance. You cannot pass welfare or food stamps on to our kids as a nest egg! We are not even in the race! By the way, the word "race" hit the English language in the 16th century when Europeans held a contest to see who would win the race to gather the most wealth through exploitation of Blacks.
Here are a few of the things learned on Black Think Tank
Facts:
1. The first Americans or native Americans going back to 13,000 BC were Black! (Look up the Folsom people who lived in Arizona.)
2. One of the best reasons to stop our use of the term African American and say Black. A White person who was born in Africa, who moves to
America is an African American and qualifies for financial aid, etc, But will get the jobs/pay privileges afforded to Whites.
3. Look up the Slavery Law of 1665 (which stayed in effect until 1968) And the Maryland Doctrine of
Exclusion (1638): both laws state that Blacks must be excluded from the benefits afforded Whites and that Blacks must remain noncompetitive with whites, except in sports and entertainment.
4. Two White men: Bill Gates and Larry Elision, combined, have more wealth than the combined wealth of all 36 million Blacks in America. Civil Rights did not change the economic landscape or the balance of power in America.
5. Asians received 80% of all government minority set aside contracts.
6. Blacks eat more fish than Whites by a 4 to 1 margin. For every dollar that Whites spend on fish, Blacks spend $9 on fish. Fish sold
wholesale for $1 will retail at $2.50 - $3.00. Guess what business we should be in as Blacks?
7. There are no Black-owned national cable or major network television
stations. The Black woman who owns our only Black-owned radio stations, plans to sell to White owners after hearing the deal Bob Johnson
received for selling BET. (Cathy Hughes is from OMAHA . . .y'all!)
8. There are no Black-o! wn! ed companies on the Wall Street Stock Exchange where Blacks own the majority or controlling interest of the
stock.
9. Ninety-six % of all Black inmates are men.
10. Over the next two years 440,000 Black inmates will be released from
prison. The State has no place to put them as they re-enter society. A profitable business would be . . . Halfway house!
11. In 1860, 98% of all Blacks in America worked for White people. In 2001...98% of all Blacks in America still work for white people!
12. In 1860, Blacks in America had a combined net worth of one half of 1% point. Guess what, . . .in 2001, after Civil Rights, Jesse Jackson, Oprah, Shaq, NAACP, and the Urban League, our combined net worth is half a percentage point!
13. For every dollar earned by a Jewish person, that dollar touches 12 -18 Jewish hands before it leaves their community. For every dollar
earned by a Black person it leaves! the community soon as he or she earns it!
14. The last week of April 2003 in Washington, DC, Black teenagers were arrested and booked for eating McDonalds on the metro subway. Cops cited the recent 5-4 court decision as the permission to arrest lawbreakerseven for minor offenses.
15. Sixty-seven percent of all hate crimes in America are against Blacks. *After we get through being pleased that we have carpet in our
office, a secretary, our name on the door and making six figures, we need to think about the fact that we still do not own anything! Whatwill happen if you miss six months of work without pay? All we have left for our children is debt...not an inheritance. You cannot pass welfare or food stamps on to our kids as a nest egg! We are not even in the race! By the way, the word "race" hit the English language in the 16th century when Europeans held a contest to see who would win the race to gather the most wealth through exploitation of Blacks.
