Don't be offended, Black People, this is so true!!!!
Subject: FW: Statement Read On NYC Radio Station Regarding Black People
BLACK PEOPLE, PLEASE, READ & HEED. POIGNANT.

The sad thing about this article is that the essence of it is true. The truth hurts. I just hope this sets more Black people in motion towards making real progress. Chris Rock, a Black comedian, even joked that Blacks don't read.
Help prove them wrong! Read and pass on.

Please Note:
For those of you who heard it, this is the article Dee Lee was reading this morning on a New York radio station. For those of you who didn't hear it, this is very deep. This is a heavy piece and a Caucasian wrote it.
Dee Lee, CFP
Harvard Financial Educators
Dee Lee:
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, 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 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 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 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. Please pass this on! After Reading it..)


All who had deleted my post may god go with u  im god blessed boo may god go with u likkle badminded person:)
Plse if u have nothing to say dnt comment in this topic eg.no comment.its grown peeps stuff so if ur dunce dnt comment init mwah lov ya big up cp :)


-- Edited by steppz at 13:25, 2008-03-09

that article is bull shit ... you are locked in slavery if you believe what this person is saying .. black ppl have achieved greatly since the times of slavery .. theyr are still struggles.. but anyone can tell you we have come along way i mean look in the present elections who would have thought a black man would reach so far in a presidential campaign, and even have a possibility to win .. i would say that all races are slaves to materilistic objects not just blacks ...its the way its always been regardless if your black white chiney or indian look at history or consumerism see how much its grown all over the world .it all comes down to how you were raised and your beliefs and values .. the article is poor and its hard to believe this article is real without any refrencing to support the qoutes anyone can write this with a grade 5 education.. i hope know one else believes this crock a shit !!!! i will leave you with a simple qoute from the Hon. Marcus Garvey "Up, you mighty race, accomplish what you will" so far we are doing just that !

first couple a lines and a dont wanna hear no more. fyah pon dem racist ppl!!!!!

mek mi find out a who write dis

thats the same thing i was saying antiguan. its a pity the post got deleted. cho!!! hopefully it will be found and merged

DAMNNN THATS HARSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

f**kery this.......can't use the few judge the many

this is crazy but sad to say tru we as a people neeed to get our hit 2getha n step our shit up

wat a long debate, di 2 ppl dem mek sense still, nuff sense too, but mi affi go wid crazy, dem fi gwey y dem a mek it dem f*kkin priority fi point out black ppl faults??????????? wah bout fi dem, dem fi lef we mek we sort out our ting, dem dun f**k we up enuff already an we bounce bac, an a mek progress, so this never necessary.

that article is bull shit ... you are locked in slavery if you believe what this person is saying .. black ppl have achieved greatly since the times of slavery .. theyr are still struggles.. but anyone can tell you we have come along way i mean look in the present elections who would have thought a black man would reach so far in a presidential campaign, and even have a possibility to win .. i would say that all races are slaves to materilistic objects not just blacks ...its the way its always been regardless if your black white chiney or indian look at history or consumerism see how much its grown all over the world .it all comes down to how you were raised and your beliefs and values .. the article is poor and its hard to believe this article is real without any refrencing to support the qoutes anyone can write this with a grade 5 education.. i hope know one else believes this crock a shit !!!!

i will leave you with a simple qoute from the Hon. Marcus Garvey

"Up, you mighty race, accomplish what you will"

so far we are doing just that !

that article is bull shit ... you are locked in slavery if you believe what this person is saying .. black ppl have achieved greatly since the times of slavery .. theyr are still struggles.. but anyone can tell you we have come along way i mean look in the present elections who would have thought a black man would reach so far in a presidential campaign, and even have a possibility to win .. i would say that all races are slaves to materilistic objects not just blacks ...its the way its always been regardless if your black white chiney or indian look at history or consumerism see how much its grown all over the world .it all comes down to how you were raised and your beliefs and values .. the article is poor and its hard to believe this article is real without any refrencing to support the qoutes anyone can write this with a grade 5 education.. i hope know one else believes this crock a shit !!!! i will leave you with a simple qoute from the Hon. Marcus Garvey "Up, you mighty race, accomplish what you will" so far we are doing just that !

and ill post it a 3rd time too if yall delete these words of wisdom ... ppl out there dont be fooled and say that black ppl dont read etc maybe you dont read but it doesnot refer too the rest of the black population .... it is even sadder that you guys look at this and believe it rather than opening your eyes and seeing the full picture ...yes there is crime yes ppl are greedy and selfish where are they not this could be sed about any race you all should know better than that ... you all need to listen to some more sizzla and tosh and get some black consciousness and most of all those of you who admit to not reading START READING AND LEARN TO DISTINGUISH FACT FROM FANTASY ... peace have a good night and blaze some more weed ...get conscious

well.........a my time fi comment now, mi nuh like read!!!!!!!! matter of fact it was a pain, a burning in my side to sit an read wah Crazypickney ,Biz and all a unuh did a write.I HATED IT.I didnt even read the first line of the post that steppz made.YET I THINK I'M OK...so the point is,Dont Read , black or white. Just dont care what people say ,just have you goal and stive fo it, if you have to read to reach that goal, well that suckx.

-- Edited by STAINLESS at 03:42, 2008-03-10

lol @ stain

i hav nuttn to say

thanks every1 4 commenting on this cp ratings ma all duh waaaaaay

lol

Interesting topic & interesting responces!