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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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