a long time friend of mine called me last night wanting me to read this out loud to him for he had no internet access @ that moment. (pls note i was very hesitant about doing this, i mean it was damn near 11pm, i was in the bed and wasn't even thinkin about reading some article out loud to nobody, but i did ...*huh* the irony...)
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>BLACK PEOPLE, PLEASE, READ & HEED. POIGNANT.>>
The sad thing about this article is that the essence of it is true. The>truth hurts. I just hope this sets more Black people in motion towards>making real progress. Chris Rock, a Black comedian, even joked that>Blacks don't read.>>
Help prove them wrong! Read and pass on.>>
Please Note:>>
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 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!!!!>>
(Prove them wrong. Please pass this on! After Reading it..)>>
>>Be A Blessing & Be Blessed!
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