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THEY ARE STILL OUR SLAVES
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> >
> >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.
> >
> >
> >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 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 create! d anothe r 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 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!!!!
> >
> >
> >Prove them wrong.