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Thursday, August 02, 2007
Black Think Tank
Words From Tavis Smiley
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
at
the BlackThink Tank this month:
F A C T S
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
bornin 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.
Hello!!
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 isn't any black owned national cable, or
major network
television stations. Cathy Hughes, 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 owned companies on the Wall
Street Stock
Exchange; where blacks own the majority or
controlling interest of
the stock.
9. Ninety-six percent (96%) 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 a 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 percentage point. Guess what, in 2001,
after Civil Rights,
Jesse Jackson, Oprah, Shaq, NAACP, and Urban
League, our
combined net worth is half a percentage
point.
13. For every dollar earned by a Jewish person, that
dollar touches 12
to 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
McDonald's on the metro
subway. Cops cited recent 5-4 court decision
as the permission
to arrest law breakers even for minor
offenses.
15. Sixty-seven percent (67%) of all hate crimes in
America are
against blacks.
16. After we get through being pleased that we have
carpet in our office, a secretary, our name
on the door and make
six figures, we do not own anything.
17. What will happen if you miss 6 months of work
without pay?
All we/ve left for our children is debt not
an inheritance.
You cannot pass welfare or food stamps onto
our
kids as a nest egg! We are not even in the
race.
18. By the way, the word "race" hit the English
language in the 16th century when Europeans
held a contest
to see who will win the race to gather the
lost wealth through
exploitation of blacks.
19. You must read Powernomics by Claude Anderson.
This is our blueprint to create wealth, not
just have a job,
but be a business owner, so you can hire
people, be
listed on the stock exchange, and develop
businesses
to meet our needs.
This is "Good Food" for thought.
Share this with children, grandchildren, best
friend,
boyfriend, girlfriend, neighbor, e-mail
buddies etc.
posted by PennyGodboldo at
9:55 AM
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