Sisters, Brothers, Comrades, This piece has been circulating the internet since 2002. it's similar to the Willie Lynch Letter: a most likely creation by a "concerned" Black person.
For a little background, checkout: http://www.snopes.com/racial/business/ourslaves.asp ...And for the the Willie Lynch Letter: http://blackeducator.blogspot.com/2005/11/death-of-willie-lynch-speech.html In Struggle, S E Anderson •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• *s.e.anderson author: "The Black Holocaust for Beginners" a Writers & Readers Publication Visit: www.blackeducator.org* On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Mlaba, Bheki <[email protected]>wrote: > ** ** > > > *COMRADES HOW TRUE IS THIS, FOR ME IT VERY DISTURBING, * > > * * > > > *This is the article Dee Lee was reading on a New York radio station. * > * * > * > * > * > Dee Lee, CFP Harvard Financial Educators * > > > *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 <http://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 organi za tions 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 organi za tions 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...) * > * * > > * ***** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > -- > You are subscribed. 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