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Actually African Americans have the largest percentage of our population who
not only read but who purchase books as well. This is trash and my take is
that I don't forward/promote hurtful materials.
>From: "Wilmot B. Valhmu" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "AAM (African Association of Madison)"
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: LAWISCONSIN READ AND WEEP! BLACKS DON'T READ.
>Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:42:09 -0700
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>Nathan,
>
>It's a always a dangerous thing when people wrap some truth in a lot of
>falsehood. This article is no exception. The negatives cited about black
>people are highly exaggerated, and the positives are downplayed, if cited
>at all. So, how does one respond? I say, be the best you can be and don't
>buy into the put-downs. Learn from them however and know that all is not
>well in this world. If you know the truth about yourself and your people,
>then you have no need to allow others to define you, especially to
>yourself.
>
>Take care,
>
>- Wilmot
>
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>nat sam <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>READ AND WEEP! BLACKS DON'T READ.
>
>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 and true! BLACKS DON'T READ. This is a
> heavy piece and a Caucasian wrote it.
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>
> 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.
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>
> 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 the American 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 is 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 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 of what they own in fact, most of those Buppies are but one or
>two paychecks 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!!!! BLACKS DON'T READ"
>
>
> (Prove them wrong. Please pass this on! After Reading it)
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