it is not about racial differences but about us and what we think of when we read thing like this .does it help us realize that we are our major problem or that it was what was done to us years ago that made us who we are now.
but no matter what we think or say we are the ones to really help ourselves becos no one will help us like we would oueselves.

pls read and pass it one to as many as u can becos this is what some people think about us,this is what they can say about us




> > 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 .
> >
> >
> > 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, 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, )
> >