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girl22 (f)
So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« on: January 06, 2008, 09:42 PM »

I keep hearing Africans say African Americans have contributed much to America ans we're uselees and lazy.
Do you know some of the most profounf things came form the minds of so called akatas.

Here are SOME not All of the inventions made by Akatas

Traffic light
Refrigerator
Air conditioner
Lawn Mower
Water Sprinkler
Soap
Dryer
Elevator
Furnance
Comb
Fountain pen
Brush
Iron
Cellular Car phone
Striking Clock
Almanac
Lamp
Shampoo
gas mask
First sucessful opeh heart surgery
Crabon filament for the light bulb
Automatic switch
Hot comb
Car engine
Pencil Sharpener
Door knob
Motor
Iron Ironing board
burgular proof cash register
electric control devices for IMB computers and cash registers
Dust Pan
Telegraph
Dye
Soybean(vegans and vegetarians would starve without it.)
Blood plasma bag
Automatic gear shift in cars
automatic fishing device
door stopper
street sweeper
mailbox
eye surgery that caused blind people to see
railway signal
stethoscope
spark plug

And guess what? Those are not all the inventions akatas created. Those are only SOME. I have more to list.

I have a challenge for Africans who say Akatas are useless.

The CHALLENGE is.
Give me one African whose invented something that people all over the world have used and benefitted from.
And don't say pyramaids either because you can't do anything with them.

If it weren't for us akatas you could not cook(stove),food would be spoiled(refrigerator),hair would be nappy(comb,brush,hair would stink(shampoo), you would stink(soap),be hot(air conditioner),cold(heater), clothes would be wrinkled(iron,ironing board), couldn't drive(car engine),walk up steps(elevator),car accidents(traffic light), die of heart attacks(open heart surgery) and ect.


ifyalways (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #1 on: January 06, 2008, 09:56 PM »

huh  Huh
girl22 (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #2 on: January 06, 2008, 09:57 PM »

This post is directed toward Africans who say African Americans are useless.
ifyalways (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #3 on: January 06, 2008, 09:59 PM »

  Cool
britgirlee (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #4 on: January 06, 2008, 10:00 PM »

African Americans Bristh Africans etc

May be its best to look at the mentality of the individuals using the terminology 'akata' and then pass judgement .

generalisation  often leads to mistakes misquotes and other misunderstandings,

I think you need to re address your POST and be more mature in response, you are bordering on posting a very racist post directed at Africans
davidif (m)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #5 on: January 06, 2008, 10:07 PM »

thank you jare my sista, as a naija boy born and raised when i got to yanki, i saw how africanos look down on akata as if they are better than them meanwhile there continent is in shambles, they've never invented anything before and they have the audacity to diss akata, nonsense people don't listen to them my sista, whenever they talk smack about akata again just tell them to pack there bags and move back to the dung hole whence they came from.
romeo (m)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #6 on: January 06, 2008, 10:22 PM »

what they did was improve on already invented stuffs  Wink,

They did not invent air con. but Willis Carrier
they did not invent shampoo but the Indians
they did not invent lift but Otis improved the design

etc etc.

but bring down your tone, you're a sista

godana (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #7 on: January 06, 2008, 10:56 PM »

Are we discussing green people here? nah wah o, lets celebrate our black brothers and sister who have done us proud.
Romeo bro. the bottom line is at least they did something.  u see our problem in Africa is just what is happening here.
we spend so much time bad mouthing our fellow brothers than helping ourselves. Thank God we are all alive to see what our leaders are up to, take kenya for one example.

oprah winfrey opened doors fo Dr. Phill and Dr OZ and now they are as popular as oprah herself. 
Be honest do you think our African bros and sis would allow such.

Even our church leaders are in on it as well.

My bro no be fight but lets just be honest.  Am not saying we African Blacks are useless at least the Akatas[quote

author=romeo link=topic=103971.msg1825929#msg1825929 date=1199654574]
what they did was improve on already invented stuffs Wink,

They did not invent air con. but Willis Carrier
they did not invent shampoo but the Indians
they did not invent lift but Otis improved the design

etc etc.

but bring down your tone, your a sista


Quote
are from africa as well but lets just celebrate one another.   Peace Cool Cool
godana (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #8 on: January 06, 2008, 11:05 PM »

Quote from: girl22 on January 06, 2008, 09:42 PM
I keep hearing Africans say African Americans have contributed much to America ans we're uselees and lazy.
Do you know some of the most profounf things came form the minds of so called akatas.

Here are SOME not All of the inventions made by Akatas

Traffic light
Refrigerator
Air conditioner
Lawn Mower
Water Sprinkler
Soap
Dryer
Elevator
Furnance
Comb
Fountain pen
Brush
Iron
Cellular Car phone
Striking Clock
Almanac
Lamp
Shampoo
gas mask
First sucessful opeh heart surgery
Crabon filament for the light bulb
Automatic switch
Hot comb
Car engine
Pencil Sharpener
Door knob
Motor
Iron Ironing board
burgular proof cash register
electric control devices for IMB computers and cash registers
Dust Pan
Telegraph
Dye
Soybean(vegans and vegetarians would starve without it.)
Blood plasma bag
Automatic gear shift in cars
automatic fishing device
door stopper
street sweeper
mailbox
eye surgery that caused blind people to see
railway signal
stethoscope
spark plug

And guess what? Those are not all the inventions akatas created. Those are only SOME. I have more to list.

I have a challenge for Africans who say Akatas are useless.

The CHALLENGE is.
Give me one African whose invented something that people all over the world have used and benefitted from.
And don't say pyramaids either because you can't do anything with them.

If it weren't for us akatas you could not cook(stove),food would be spoiled(refrigerator),hair would be nappy(comb,brush,hair would stink(shampoo), you would stink(soap),be hot(air conditioner),cold(heater), clothes would be wrinkled(iron,ironing board), couldn't drive(car engine),walk up steps(elevator),car accidents(traffic light), die of heart attacks(open heart surgery) and ect.



My sis 3 igbosa for you.  Black people and black mind. just like Dr martin luther King. I had a dream that one day our african people would learn to celebrate their brothers and sisters. peace Cool
D-reloaded (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #9 on: January 06, 2008, 11:07 PM »

*yawns*

Would you perfer if we said you guys are useless NOW?

Newark is a hell hole so is Detriot. Only reason why Harlem is no longer in the news is because the place is becoming too expensive for you guys. Brooklyn has shootouts every other hour.

Make I hear word jo.
girl22 (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #10 on: January 06, 2008, 11:20 PM »

yawns*

Would you perfer if we said you guys are useless NOW?

Newark is a hell hole so is Detriot. Only reason why Harlem is no longer in the news is because the place is becoming too expensive for you guys. Brooklyn has shootouts every other hour.

Make I hear word jo.


And so are parts of Africa a hell hole. Tribals wars,famine.

By the way some of the inventions were invented in the past decade.

Did you know that Africa had the highest crime in the world? Check the stats.
D-reloaded (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #11 on: January 06, 2008, 11:25 PM »

Last i checked America was a "1st world" country

and what the hell does famine have to do with anything and how do you compare effects of wars to unnecessary violence in the states? What exactly are YOU fighting against?
girl22 (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #12 on: January 06, 2008, 11:33 PM »

You still haven't answered the question. Name an African that invented something that the world have benefitted from.
Like I said the lady that invented the eye surgery that has helped blind people see was a couple of years ago. Also onw the best neurosurgeons in the world is an African American and the list goes on. Which refutes your claim that Akatas are useless NOW.

Yes we have unneccessary violence but alot of the violence comes from people who can't find jobs. Although America is the richest country there still disadvantages and yes there are some poor white people who can't feed their kids properly also. Did you know that some crimes are committed more by whites than blacks? Check the stats.



Why isn't Africa a 1st world country and you have more resources than any other place on the entire planet? You SHOULD be the richest place in the world. So if you look at it Africa has alot of unnecessary violence and famine. You have more than enough resources to stop the hunger and disease. You have the resources you just know how to don't use them.
The Sly
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #13 on: January 06, 2008, 11:35 PM »

Topic!. . .

who cares!. . . .  Undecided
davidylan (m)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #14 on: January 06, 2008, 11:39 PM »

Quote from: girl22 on January 06, 2008, 11:33 PM
You still haven't answered the question. Name an African that invented something that the world have benefitted from.
Like I said the lady that invented the eye surgery that has helped blind people see was a couple of years ago. Also onw the best neurosurgeons in the world is an African American and the list goes on. Which refutes your claim that Akatas are useless NOW.

Its hard to invent stuff on an empty stomach.  Grin That is partly the problem of continental Africa.

A lot is made about African-American inventors, the problem is most of these people make up less than 2% of the entire population. The remaining 98% are either in jail, involved in crime or on the welfare queues.
debosky (m)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #15 on: January 06, 2008, 11:44 PM »

this topic is misdirected - African Americans have contributed a great deal to knowledge and growth in the world there is no doubt about that.

not all 'Africans' call AA's 'Akata'. . .its a bad moniker that developed due to some people's misunderstandings. As earlier said - don't be quick to generalise

These AA's are essentially Africans as well, so any inventions by them ranks as an African invention in my view Wink

But if you do want to go down that road, the Philip Emegwali's and many others abound.

many present day AA's are not following in the illustrious footsteps of their forefathers, leading to recently arriving Continental Africans appearing more successful in America that the ones who've been there for generations.
Busta (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #16 on: January 07, 2008, 12:02 AM »

Quote from: ~Sly~(*_*) on January 06, 2008, 11:35 PM
Topic!. . .

who cares!. . . . Undecided

who cares?
The Sly
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #17 on: January 07, 2008, 12:04 AM »

Quote from: Busta on January 07, 2008, 12:02 AM
who cares?

beeni o . . do u?
D-reloaded (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #18 on: January 07, 2008, 12:06 AM »

Quote from: girl22 on January 06, 2008, 11:33 PM
You still haven't answered the question. Name an African that invented something that the world have benefitted from.
Like I said the lady that invented the eye surgery that has helped blind people see was a couple of years ago. Also onw the best neurosurgeons in the world is an African American and the list goes on. Which refutes your claim that Akatas are useless NOW.

Yes we have unneccessary violence but alot of the violence comes from people who can't find jobs. Although America is the richest country there still disadvantages and yes there are some poor white people who can't feed their kids properly also. Did you know that some crimes are committed more by whites than blacks? Check the stats.

Why isn't Africa a 1st world country and you have more resources than any other place on the entire planet? You SHOULD be the richest place in the world. So if you look at it Africa has alot of unnecessary violence and famine. You have more than enough resources to stop the hunger and disease. You have the resources you just know how to don't use them.

before you start acting like a smartass,  first off you said akatas, meaning we are talking about black americans not white americans. Those ones have their issues that I can just as much talk about but they arent the issue at hand. Also, I'm quite aware of the problems of Africa esp Nigeria, i have no problem saying that we have sincere issues but I'm also a citizen of US, have been for the past 17 years, so I will say the same for them. Africa, my Nigeria especially has corrupt leadership, that is what is stopping us from better. We have resources of course but when the resources are being used by greedy leaders instead of on its' people then what the hell do you expect?

Now my problem with akatas is that you use being "poor" as an excuse. I can assure you that the poorest American is richer than the poorest Nigerian. America is filled with opportunity, you guys have bloody welfare. No WHERE in Africa would you find such a thing, yet you guys still complain, you have scholarships, EOP programs, etc for poor Americans to use for education, do you think we have that? For some reason even with all this they don't wnat to take advantage. My brother was telling me about one of his friends, they both graudated from the same high school, my brother is now in SUNY Albany , this friend of his, since when they were both in the 9TH grade had already said "my kind don't go to college, college is not for me", what the hell is that crap? This same knucklehead is now in a gang with his stupid blue bandana, walking around like the jobless idiot that he is.

What I don't understand is that how is it that poor immigrants coming in from 3rd world countries like Africa, India, etc get here and do SO much better than those who have been here all their lives. What's the excuse? Dont even bother using proverty as an excuse because a good majority of these immigrants come here with barely anything.
stillwater (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #19 on: January 07, 2008, 12:23 AM »

@ girl22

All of those aforementioned inventions are useless with the rate African Americans are going. You guys have opportunities in the US and majority can't make use of it. Only a few goes to college, a handful graduate. Majority cannot construe a simple sentence without ghetto language and you expect to pass the SATs. The next thing is to scream the whites don't want us to succeed. Please spare me.
stillwater (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #20 on: January 07, 2008, 12:25 AM »

Quote
And don't say pyramaids either because you can't do anything with them.

Is this 'all' you know of Africa?
imaibehe (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #21 on: January 07, 2008, 02:12 AM »

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Is this 'all' you know of Africa?

@all
ive just got 2 ask, is girl22 a nigerian that stays in the US or is of mixed race.abeg i need 2 know, i need answers NOW.
girl22 (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #22 on: January 07, 2008, 02:15 AM »

All americans are not granted scholarships. So some of them can't get into college. I know this from personal experience. The government can only give away so much free money.  All Americans are not employed.So yes some acts of  violence are caused by need and necessity. I've alreasy said there are AA that committ crimes out og ignorance but so do Africans.
Don't Nigerians kill people for body parts fir juju/voodoo?

To Stillwater yes some African Americans do speak broken down english.
But what about the ones that don't?

Why do have to go college to be successful? Thats what wrong with Africans you think in order to be somebody you have to have a degree. A piece of paper that defines who you are.  Some of the greatest people have never went to college.

Donald Trump never went to college
George Washington Carver never went to college. He taight himself how to read He still invented soap,soybean,dyes
Benjamin Banneker never went to college he was self educated he still invented the clock
Leornardo Da Vinci never went to college he still invented the gun and the tank and was a mathematician

COLLEGE DOESN'T MAKE YOU GREAT. GREAT PEOPLE MAKE THEMSELVES GREAT.

JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PIECE OF PAPER DOESN'T MAKE YOU SPECIAL.

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Its not that whites hold black people back but they do do things. It is little known that in New Orleans the blacks tries to relocate and there were white people who standing there at the border with shotguns and told the black people nigger back and wouldn't let them in their neighborhoods. But you didn't read that in a paper.

Did you know that the government finance white schools more than black schools?
Did you know that black patients are less likely to get pain killers in the hospital than white?
I know black people who have been pulled over by the police just because they were black.

So I'm NOT saying white people hold black people back. But they do things to try to stop us from moving foward. Not all white people. There are some very decent white people out there.

Y'all still haven't answered my question. Give an African that has done something that has benefitted humanity.

By the way did ya'll know that ya'll leaders in Africa are controlled by America,England ect. Your leaders are not keeping the resources for themselves. There giving them to white countries.

girl22 (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #23 on: January 07, 2008, 02:16 AM »

@all
ive just got 2 ask, is girl22 a nigerian that stays in the US or is of mixed race.abeg i need 2 know, i need answers NOW.

I'm an African American.
imaibehe (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #24 on: January 07, 2008, 02:36 AM »

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I'm an African American.
oh

which of your parents are africans
girl22 (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #25 on: January 07, 2008, 02:42 AM »

The ones that were in Africa before my ancestors were sold into slavery. LOL
chiogo (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #26 on: January 07, 2008, 02:58 AM »

wow, @girl22, about your question, idk about that Cuz i don't live in Nigeria but am sure there're lots of 'em. I just need to ask my parents and u'd get the list. I never knew all those things were invented by AAs either. So, u mean to tell me that white-Americans didn't have soap(never took showers) or combed their hair till those African-Americans made those inventions??, please tell that to the birds.

You claim "we" call y'all akatas but that is not everyone. most Nigerians don't know what the word means. I didn't either until this past year when i saw it bein' used on this site. That tells me it is used mostly by Nigerians residin' here in the US. I don't know much naija folks except some relatives here and not much naija folks in my school so i wldn't know about the word. However, it seems to me like nicknames 'cause AA's, i found out, also call Africans "booty scratchers" or whatever they do, so what's your point exactly??


Your last post to stillwater got me confused. "why do u have to go to college to succeed"?? Seriously, is that a joke or somethin'?? how else do u expect to?? You went ahead to mention those successful people who never went to college but u forgot ONE important thin' They're all WHITE!! That is the problem with African-Americans, i agree with you on some level, racism still very much exist and that is exactly why i think y'all should step up your game and be more focused. You already know that no matter what, the white folks would always have the upper hand, so why take a chance and try to be like them?? The fact that slavery has ended and blacks have more opportunity than before should make them strive for that education(believe it or not, it's the ONLY way), they start pullin' that "racism" excuse. puhlease, trust me, i know. I also go to a black school and yes, it's not all that but i can't say i haven't benefitted. I was chosen among 50 students in the whole of MA to work for the government in d summer and also got paid and got a chance to meet the governor. So, the little opportunity one gets, they should grab but that's what AAs don't do. No offense, there're some good ones but very few, i ain't tryn@ make y'all look bad, i got AA friends at school, they know the truth, so stop frontin'.
girl22 (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #27 on: January 07, 2008, 03:08 AM »

No Benjamin Banneker and George washington Carver are black.  They were sucessful and never went to college.
girl22 (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #28 on: January 07, 2008, 03:14 AM »

So, u mean to tell me that white-Americans didn't have soap(never took showers) or combed their hair till those African-Americans made those inventions??, please tell that to the birds.

Why can't you believe white folks didn't have this until AA invented these things? Damn ya'll Africans are some self hating people. You think white people are some type of damn gods. AFRICAN AMERICANS invented it. You can get an encyclopedia.

If you don't believe me google it in your search engine. Type this in "black inventions soap,comb,brush"
That will shut you up because you will have the proof.

George washington Carver invented soap. I never said people didn't take baths. They didn't have soap that lathers. They used other things.  Just like people used baking soda until they invented deodorant.
People used things for their hair until a black woman invented the nodern day comb and brush. They still groomed their but they couldn't groom it like they do now until the modern comb and brush was invented.

davidylan (m)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #29 on: January 07, 2008, 03:18 AM »

good point Chiogo . . . perhaps girl22 will see some sense in your post.

Quote from: chiogo on January 07, 2008, 02:58 AM
wow, @girl22, about your question, idk about that Cuz i don't live in Nigeria but am sure there're lots of 'em. I just need to ask my parents and u'd get the list. I never knew all those things were invented by AAs either. So, u mean to tell me that white-Americans didn't have soap(never took showers) or combed their hair till those African-Americans made those inventions??, please tell that to the birds.


this had me holding my sides in hysterics!  Grin Cheesy Soap was not invented by the AA, i'm sure Moses in the bible was using soap to wash his clothes as early as 4000 years ago.
girl22 (f)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #30 on: January 07, 2008, 03:22 AM »

George washongton varver invented the MODERN day soap. The soap that lathers. Go do your research.
Ya'll just don't want to admit that AA have contributed more to the world than Africans. African Americans invented the MODEERN comb and brush we use today.  Not that hey didn't use things to wash themselves or groom their hair. We modernized it into what it is today.
davidylan (m)
Re: So You Think Akatas Are Useless Huh
« #31 on: January 07, 2008, 03:24 AM »

Quote from: girl22 on January 07, 2008, 03:22 AM
George washongton varver invented the MODERN day soap. The soap that lathers. Go do your research.
Ya'll just don't want to admit that AA have contributed more to the world than Africans.

George Washington Carver suggested the use of peanuts in making soap . . . maybe you should go do your research.  Grin However there was a book about the use of peanuts for making soap as early as 1885, well before Carver's alleged invention.

By the way AAs are also africans too. You can deny it all you want.
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