Mon, 30 Oct 2006 3:11 PM
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> A Word From Tavis Smiley
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> 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.
> 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
> inas 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
>McDonalds 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.
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