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Life Without Black
People
A very
humorous and
revealing story is told about a group of white people who were fed
up with African Americans, so they joined together and
wished themselves
away. They passed through a deep dark tunnel and emerged in sort
of twilight zone where there is
an America without black
people.
At first these white people breathed a sigh of
relief.
'At last', they said, 'no more crime, drugs, violence and
welfare.'
All of the blacks have gone! Then suddenly, reality set in. The
'NEWAMERICA'is not America at all - only a barren
land.
1. There
are very few crops
that have flourished because the nation was built on a
slave-supported system.
2. There are no cities with tall skyscrapers because Alexander
Mils, a black man, invented the elevator, and without it, one finds
great difficulty reaching higher floors.
3. There are few if any cars because Richard Spikes, a black man,
invented the automatic gearshift, Joseph Gambol, also black,
invented the Super Charge System for Internal Combustion Engines,
and Garrett A. Morgan, a black man, invented the traffic
signals.
4. Furthermore, one could not use the rapid transit system because
its procurer was the electric trolley,
which was invented by another black man, Albert R.
Robinson.
5. Even if there were streets on which cars and a rapid transit
system could operate, they were cluttered
with paper because
an African American, Charles Brooks,
invented the street sweeper.
6. There were few if any newspapers, magazines and books because
John Love invented the pencil sharpener, William Purveys invented
the fountain pen, Lee Barrage invented the Type Writing Machine and
W. A. Love invented the Advanced
Printing Press. They were all, you guessed it, Black
7. Even if Americans could write their letters, articles and books,
they would not have been
transported by mail because William Barry invented the Postmarking
and Cancelling Machine, William Purveys invented the Hand
Stamp and Philip Downing invented the Letter Drop.
8. The lawns were brown and wilted because Joseph Smith invented
the Lawn Sprinkler and John Burr
the Lawn Mower.
9. When they entered their homes, they found them to be poorly
ventilated and poorly heated. You
see, Frederick Jones invented the Air Conditioner
and Alice Parker the Heating Furnace.
Their homes were also dim. But of course, Lewis Lattimer later
invented the Electric Lamp, Michael Harvey invented the lantern,
and Granville T. Woods invented the Automatic Cut off Switch. Their
homes were also filthy because Thomas W. Steward invented
the Mop and Lloyd P. Ray the Dust
Pan.
10. Their children met them at the door - barefooted, shabby,
motley and unkempt. But what could one
expect? Jan E. Matzelinger invented the Shoe Lasting Machine,
Walter Sammons invented the Comb, Sarah Boone invented the Ironing Board, and George T. Samon
invented the Clothes Dryer.
11. Finally, they were resigned to at least have dinner amidst all
of this turmoil. But here again, the food had spoiled
because another Black Man, John Standard
invented the refrigerator...
Now, isn't that something? What would this country be like without
the contributions of Blacks, as
African-Americans?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said,
'by the time we leave for work, millions of Americans have depended
on the inventions from the minds of Blacks.'
Black history includes more than just slavery, Frederick Douglass,
Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Marcus Garvey & W.E.B.
Dubois.
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