A heavy piece which a Caucasian
wrote...
“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.
(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 sneakers 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.”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, 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 endeavor 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!!!!
Now that
you have read this, I want to get an ongoing discussion on the topic. I want
everyone who reads this to post your opinions of this letter. Do you feel that
is true. If so, in what ways? How can us as the African race get away from
these stereotypes or accusations that are raised within this text?
The
evidence is provided in this letter. Did this letter take you aback as it did
to us? Let us know what you think. Tell your friends to read this also.
Remember that in order to have progress you must address the issues pertaining
to your people so please keep this in mind and educate your friends and most
importantly educate yourselves.
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