canikickit
1st March 2003, 04:31
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> A World without Blacks
>
> 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 wish
> themselves away. They passed through a deep dark tunnel and emerged in
> sort of a twilight zone where there is an America without black people.
> At first these white people breathed a sigh of relief. At last, they
> say, no more crime, drugs, violence and welfare. All of the blacks have
> gone!!
> Then suddenly, reality sets in. The "NEW AMERICA" is not America at
> All only a barren land! There are very few crops that have flourished
> because the nation was built on a slave-supported system.
> There are no cities with tall skyscrapers because Alexander Mils, a
> black man, invented the Elevator, and without it one finds great
> difficulty
> reaching high floors.
>
> There are few if any cars because Richard Spikes, a black man,
> invented the Automatic Gear Shift. Joseph Gammell, also black, invented
the
> Super Charge System for Internal Combustion Engines, and Garrett A. Morgan
> invented the Traffic Sig
> nals. Furthermore, one could not use the Rapid Transit System because its
> precursor was the electric trolley, which was invented by another black
man
> by the name of Elbert R
> . Robinson.
> 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.
> There were few if any newspapers, magazines and books because John
> Love invented the Pencil Sharpener, William Purvis invented the Fountain
> Pen, Lee Burridge invented the Type Writing Machine and W. A. Lovette
> invented the Advanced Printin
> g Press.
> They were all you guessed it, black. 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 Canceling Machine,
> William Purvis invented the Hand Stamp and Phillip Downing invented the
Letter Drop.
>
> The lawns were brown and wilted because Joseph Smith invented the Lawn
> Sprinkler and John Burr the Lawn Mower. 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 Latimer
> 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.
> 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.
> 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 th
> e refrigerator.
> Now, isn't that something? What would this world be like without the
> contributions of Black people?
>
> Martin Luther King, Jr. said "that by the time we leave for work we
> have been dependent on half the world & modern America is created by
> dependencies on the inventions from the minds of Black folks".
>
> Black history includes more than just slavery, Frederick Douglass, Martin
> Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Dubois.
>
> PLEASE SHARE!
I think it's a bit ridiculous to suggest that these things wouldn't have been invented otherwise, but nevertheless, I found it interesting.
> A World without Blacks
>
> 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 wish
> themselves away. They passed through a deep dark tunnel and emerged in
> sort of a twilight zone where there is an America without black people.
> At first these white people breathed a sigh of relief. At last, they
> say, no more crime, drugs, violence and welfare. All of the blacks have
> gone!!
> Then suddenly, reality sets in. The "NEW AMERICA" is not America at
> All only a barren land! There are very few crops that have flourished
> because the nation was built on a slave-supported system.
> There are no cities with tall skyscrapers because Alexander Mils, a
> black man, invented the Elevator, and without it one finds great
> difficulty
> reaching high floors.
>
> There are few if any cars because Richard Spikes, a black man,
> invented the Automatic Gear Shift. Joseph Gammell, also black, invented
the
> Super Charge System for Internal Combustion Engines, and Garrett A. Morgan
> invented the Traffic Sig
> nals. Furthermore, one could not use the Rapid Transit System because its
> precursor was the electric trolley, which was invented by another black
man
> by the name of Elbert R
> . Robinson.
> 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.
> There were few if any newspapers, magazines and books because John
> Love invented the Pencil Sharpener, William Purvis invented the Fountain
> Pen, Lee Burridge invented the Type Writing Machine and W. A. Lovette
> invented the Advanced Printin
> g Press.
> They were all you guessed it, black. 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 Canceling Machine,
> William Purvis invented the Hand Stamp and Phillip Downing invented the
Letter Drop.
>
> The lawns were brown and wilted because Joseph Smith invented the Lawn
> Sprinkler and John Burr the Lawn Mower. 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 Latimer
> 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.
> 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.
> 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 th
> e refrigerator.
> Now, isn't that something? What would this world be like without the
> contributions of Black people?
>
> Martin Luther King, Jr. said "that by the time we leave for work we
> have been dependent on half the world & modern America is created by
> dependencies on the inventions from the minds of Black folks".
>
> Black history includes more than just slavery, Frederick Douglass, Martin
> Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Dubois.
>
> PLEASE SHARE!
I think it's a bit ridiculous to suggest that these things wouldn't have been invented otherwise, but nevertheless, I found it interesting.