BigPhysicsBastard said:
"Also, Oprah herself expressed EXTREME disappointment that the black community couldn't build a museum to black history just like the holocaust museum. The holocaust museum was 100% funded by the jewish community.........now the african american community, who has COUNTLESS athletes that make more money than god, couldn't garner any commitment for the project.....save Michael Jordan I beleive. What does that tell people??? This is the same community that wants reperations in the neighborhood of 20k "per citizen", but yet (at least thier rich) aren't interested enough in their own history. So to reiterate previous statements, it just seems like ANOTHER handout. I would rather see the goverment put that money into urban schools. That's where it all begins.......very few kids can come out of those environments ready to handle the real world.
it's obvious Oprah, has not visited Philly, DC or Harlem, just to name a few. also, people of color are interested in their history, unfortunatley, the info is hard to come by. while in high school, only people of color that were discussed were: MLK, Malcom X. It was my parents and while in college how i learned about others. Out of curiosity, can someone here tell me what was taught to them about Black Amercia. Also, has anyone heard of "Black Wall Street ? " the riots of Oklahoma. here look at this:
"BLACK WALL STREET"
"A Dream Lost "
A little- known chapter of African-American history in Oklahoma as told to Ronald E. Childs. If anyone truly believes that Columbine High School massacre or the on the Federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was the most tragic bombing ever to take place on United States soil as the media has been widely reporting, they're wrong plain and simple. That's because an even deadlier bomb occurred in the same state to forget that it ever happened. Searching under the heading of "riots," "Oklahoma," and "Tulsa" in current editions of the World Book Encyclopedia, there is conspicuously no mention of the Tulsa race riot of 1921, and this omission is by no means a surprise, or a rare case. The fact is, one would be hard-pressed to find documentation of the incident, let alone an accurate accounting of it, in any other "scholarly" reference or American history book. That's precisely the point that noted author, publisher and orator Ron Wallace, a Tulsa native, sought to make nearly five years ago when he began researching this riot, one of the worst incidents of violence ever visited upon people of African descent. Ultimately joined on the project by colleague Jay Jay Wilson of Los Angeles, the duo found and compiled indisputable evidence of what they now describe as,
"The Black Holocaust in America."
People of color are interested in their history and communities, unfortunately, the only group that is readily available to educate is the Nation of Isalm. readings like this is past in the communities to teach the little ones about their history, Be honest and tell me how much of this did you actually know, oh yeah, email Oprah and ask her how much of her $700mil, has she donated to building the museum:
>What if there were no black people:
This is a story of a young man who woke up one morning and asked his mother, Mom, what if there were no Black people in the world?
Well his mother thought about that for a moment, and then said
Son, follow me around today and lets just see what it would be like if there were no Black people in the world. Mom said, Now go get dressed and we will get started. He ran to his room to put on his clothes and shoes. His mother took one look at him and said,
Son, where are your shoes, and those clothes are all wrinkled son, I must iron them.
But when she reached for the ironing board it was no longer there. You see Sarah Boone, a black woman, invented the ironing board and Jan E. Matzelinger, a black man, invented the shoe lassing machine. Oh well, she said, please go and do something to your hair. He ran in his room to comb his hair, but the comb was not there. You see, Walter Sammons, a black man, invented the comb. He decided to just brush his hair, but the brush was gone.
You see Lydia O. Newman, a black female, invented the brush. Well this was a sight, no shoes, wrinkled clothes, hair a mess, even Mom's hair, without the hair care inventions of Madam C.J. Walker, a black woman, well you get the picture. Mom told her son, lets do our chores around the house and then take a trip to
the grocery store. His job was to sweep the floor. He swept and
swept and swept. When he reached for the dust pan, it was not there. You see, Lloyd P. Ray, a black man, invented the dust pan. So he swept his pile of dirt over in the corner and left it there. He
then decided to mop the floor, but the mop was gone. You see,
Thomas W. Stewart, a black man, invented the mop. He yelled to his Mom, Mom, I'm not having any luck. Well son, she said, let
me finish washing these clothes and we will prepare a list for the grocery store. When the wash finished, she went to place the clothes in the dryer but it was not there. You see, George T. Samon, a black man, invented the clothes dryer. Mom asked her son to go and get a pencil and some paper to prepare their list for the market. So he ran for the paper and pencil but noticed the pencil lead was broken. Well he was out of luck because John Love, a black man, invented the pencil sharpener. Mom reached for a pen, but it was not there because William Purvis, a black man, invented the fountain pen. As a matter of fact, Lee Burridge, a black man, invented the type writing machine, and W. A. Lovette, a black man, the advanced printing press.
He and his mother decided to head out to the market. Well when
he opened the door he noticed the grass was as high as he was
tall. You see, the lawn mower was invented by John Burr, a black
man. They made their way over to the car, and found that it just
wouldn't go. You see, Richard Spikes, a black man, invented
the automatic gear shift and Joseph Gammel, a black man invented the supercharge system for internal combustion engines. They noticed that the few cars that were moving were running into each other and having wrecks because there were no traffic signals. You see,
Garrett A. Morgan, a black man invented the traffic light. Well, it was getting late, so they walked to the market, got their groceries and returned home. Just when they were about to put away the milk, eggs and butter,they noticed the refrigerator
was gone. You see John Standard, a black man, invented the refrigerator. So they just left the food on the counter. By this
time, He noticed he was getting mighty cold. Mom went to turn up
the heat, and what do you know. Alice Parker, a black female,
invented the heating furnace. Even in the summer time they
would have been out of luck because Frederick Jones, a black man, invented the air conditioner. It was almost time for his father
to arrive home. He usually takes the bus. But there was no bus,
because it's precursor was the electric trolley, invented by
another black man, Elbert R. Robinson. He usually takes the
elevator from his office on the 20th floor, but there was no
elevator because Alexander Miles, a black man, invented the elevator. He also usually dropped off the office mail at a nearby
mailbox, but it was no longer there because Philip Downing, a black man, invented the letter drop mailbox and William Barry, a black man invented the postmarking and canceling machine. He
and his mother sat at the kitchen table with their head in their hands. When the father arrived he asked, Why are you sitting in
the dark? Why? Because Lewis Howard Latimer, a black man,
invented the filament within the light bulb.
He quickly learned what it would be like if there were no black
people in the world. Not to mention if he were ever sick and
needed blood. Charles Drew, a black scientist, found a way to
preserve and store blood, which led to his starting the worlds
first blood bank. And what if a family member had to have
heart surgery. This would not have been possible without Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, a black doctor, who performed the first open
heart surgery. >> > IF YOU GAINED ANY INSIGHT FROM THIS PLEASE PASS IT ON!
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