[Kictanet] Fwd: FW: Blacks don't read

[Florence Etta]

>  Hi all,
>  I saw this and wanted to find yout what your thoughts might be on it 
> although it was meant for a different audience!!!!!


> > >For those of you who heard it, this is the article Dee Lee was reading
> >this morning on a New York radio station. For those of you who didn't hear
> >it, this is very deep.  This is a heavy piece and a Caucasian wrote it.
> > >
> > >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 that they use
> >on themselves: IGNORANCE, GREED, and 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 now live 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 dollars during Christmas, out of their
> >450 billion dollars 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 that having a Mercedes, and a big house gives
> >them "Status" or that they have achieved their 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, Dubois said
> >that 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 that has 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
> > >to work together on any project or endeavour of substance. When they do
> >get together, their selfishness lets their egos get in the way of their
> >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, while they award plaques to the best
> >speakers, not to the best doers. Is there no end to their selfishness? They
> >steadfastly refuse to see that TOGETHER EACH ACHIEVES MORE (TEAM) .
> > >
> > >They do not understand that they are no better than each other because of
> >what they own ,  as a matter of fact, most of those  Buppies are but one or
> >two pay checks away from poverty. All of which is under the control of our
> >pens in our offices and our rooms.
> > >
> > >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 which 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. Please pass this on! After Reading it..)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Dr (Mrs) Olubunmi Otubanjo
> >
> >Department of Zoology Marine Biology and Fisheries,
> >
> >University of Lagos,
> >
> >Lagos, Nigeria.
> >
> >
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