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4 Play (m)
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@Donzman
Is it not funny?Our AA cousins living in the US ,the richest nation on the planet-$13 trillion in GDP ,cannot between them work hard enough to produce a billionaire apart from Oprah
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Donzman (m)
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They're more into making money via. sports, entertainment and all of that. You can only get so far with that!
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4 Play (m)
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It is true that AA have relatively good living standards but that has nothing to do with them but with the fact that they are living in a Western country .
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Sista (f)
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Is it not funny?Our AA cousins living in the US ,the richest nation on the planet-$13 trillion in GDP ,cannot between them work hard enough to produce a billionaire apart from Oprah It is sad that Nigeria has all of that oil yet they still have not come up with a way to purchase or build their own tankers. Why do Nigerians continue to settle for penny's while they stay dependant of outsiders. How is that helping Nigeria? |
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Donzman (m)
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What tankers are you talking about?
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Drusilla (f)
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4play, It is true that AA have relatively good living standards but that has nothing to do with them but with the fact that they are living in a Western country . There was no Western Country here when blacks arrived here. This was Indian Land. And you think what you see before you has nothing to do with me? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
African people when you pick up your keys, open your mail box, open your freezer, get out some Mayonaise, speed up in your car, get on a train, fly in an airplane, mow your lawn, ride your bike, sharpen your pencil, use a stethoscope, sit on a folding chair, light your stove, pick up the phone and turn on a light_________
Do you think you are using the whiteman's inventions?
Think again. Black Americans invented those and parts of those and many, many more. We invented so much stuff the list gets too long to publish.
As you know slavery and racism played their part in keeping us from recieving the rewards in the past.
Racism keeps on playing a part in the fact that so many Black people SICKLY walk around thinking the whiteman should be thanked for their inventions.
DID YOU KNOW
Did you know an African American man named Lewis Latimer who worked with Thomas Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell drew up the plans for Bell's first telephone? If you did, you are probably among a fortunate few who possess such knowledge. It is a fact that has not been well publicized.
There are countless inventions by African Americans and they cover everything from food processing to electrical technology. The inventions by African Americans point out the contributions that African Americans have made to the comfort and advancement of mankind.
The following are some of the inventions invented by African Americans:
African American Inventors Invention Inventor Date Invention Inventor Date
Air-Conditioning Unit Frederick M. Jones July 12, 1949
Ice Cream Scoop A. L. Cralle Feb. 2, 1897
Almanac Benjamin Banneker Approx. 1791
Insect-Destroyer Gun A. C. Richard Feb. 28, 1899
Automatic Cut-Off Switch Granville T. Woods Jan. 1, 1889
Ironing Board Sarah Boone Dec, 30, 1887
Automatic Fishing Device G Cook May 30, 1899
Key Chain F. J. Loudin Jan. 9, 1894
Automatic Gear Shift Richard B. Spikes Feb. 6, 1932
Lawn Mower J. A. Burr May 19, 1889
Blood Plasma Bag Charles Drew Approx. 1945
Lawn Sprinkler J. W. Smith May 4, 1897
Biscuit Cutter A. P. Ashbourne Nov. 30, 1875
Lemon Squeezer J. Thomas White Dec. 8, 1896
Bicycle Frame I. R. Johnson Oct. 10, 1899
Lock W. A. Martin July 23, 1889
Baby Buggy W. H. Richardson June 18, 1899
Latern Michael C. Harvey Aug. 19, 1884
Cellular Car Phone Henry T. Sampson July 6, 1971
Lubricating Cup Elijah McCoy Nov. 15, 1898
Chamber Commode T. Elkin Jan. 8, 1897
Lunch Pail James Robinson 1887
Clothes Dryer G. T. Sampson June 6, 1892
Mail Box Paul B. Downing Oct. 27, 1939
Curtain Rod S. C. Scratton Nov. 30 1889
Mop Thomas B. Stewart June 11, 1893
Curtain Rod Supporter William S. Grant Aug. 4, 1896
Motor Fredrick M. Jones June 27, 1939
Door Knob O. Dorsey Dec. 10, 1878
Peanut Butter George Washington Carver 1896
Door Stop O. Dorsey Dec. 10, 1878
Pencil Sharpener J. L. Love Nov. 23, 1897
Dust Pan Lawrence P. Ray Aug. 3, 1897
Record Player Arm Joseph Hunger Dickinson Jan. 8, 1918
Egg Beater Willie Johnson Feb. 5, 1884
Refrigerator J. Standard July 14,1891
Elevator Alexander Miles Oct. 11, 1867
Riding Saddles W. D. Davis Oct. 6, 1896
Electric Lamp/Bulb Lewis Latimer Mar. 21, 1882
Rooling Pen John W. Reed 1884
Eye Protector P. Johnson Nov. 2, 1880
Shampoo Headrest C. O. Bailiff Oct. 11, 1898
Fire Escape Ladder J. W. Winters May 7, 1878
Spark Plug Edmond Berger Feb. 2, 1830
Fire Extinguisher T. J. Marshall Oct. 26, 1872
Straightening Comb Madam C. J. Walker Approx. 1905
Folding Bed L. C. Bailey July 18, 1889
Stethoscope Imhotep Ancient Egypt
Folding Chair Brody & Surgwar June 11, 1889
Street Sweeper Charles B. Brooks Mar. 17, 1890
Fountain Pen W. B. Purvis Jan. 7, 1890
Stove T. A. Carrington July 25, 1876
Furniture Caster D. A. Fisher Mar. 14, 1876
Sugar Making Improvement Norbet Rillieux Dec. 10, 1846
Gas Mask Garrett Morgan Oct. 13, 1914
Telephone Transmitter Granvill T. Woods Dec. 2, 1884
Golf Tee T. Grant Dec. 12, 1899
Thermostat Control Frederick M. Jones Feb. 23, 1960
Guitar Robert F. Flemming, Jr. Mar. 3, 1886
Traffic Light Garrett Morgan Nov, 20, 1923
Hair Brush Lydia D. Newman Nov. 15, 1898
Tricycle M. A. Cherry May 8, 1888
Typewriter Burridge & Marshman Apr. 7, 1885
Ice Cream Augustus Jackson
Corn Harvester Henry Blair
Striking Clock Benjamin Banneker 1761
Railway Signal A. B. Blackburn
Gas Heater and Clothes Dryer B. F. Jackson
Machine for making paper bags William B. Purvis
Potato Chip Huram S. Thomas
Jan Ernest Matzelinger invented the shoe-lasting machine (for attaching soles on shoes in Lynn, Mass, His invention revolutionized the shoe industry.
Ernest E. Just was the first biologist to receive the Springarn Medal. He received
distinction in his field through his research on egg fertilization and the functioning of cells.
Harold D. West was the first person to synthesize the amino acid threonine in the
laboratory.
Dr. William Hinton devised a test to determine syphilis.
Dr. Charles Drew developed a technique for separating and preserving blood.
Alonzo Pietro (known as "il Negro") was one of Columbus' navigators on his first voyage to America in 1492. |
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Sista (f)
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Use your imagination an figure it out  You act like you know Sista so well, what do you think she is up to, or trying to say this time.? |
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Donzman (m)
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Yeah, I'm supposed to believe a black American invented the airplane?  |
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4 Play (m)
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@Drusilla
Blacks are responsible for only a miniscule amount of inventions in the US despite constituting about 12 percent of the US population.A lot of the inventions are disputed hence u will notice that very few are from the later part of the 20th century which can be easily verified.I used to cite some of these until I found out they were the subject of dispute.
So if not for AA,the US will not have good living standards.Are u also responsible for the good living standards of White people in the Western World in general
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Sista (f)
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Drusilla, I posted what you just posted over in the black and whit thread already for Donzman, 4play and Masaje to see. Masaje believes that black people have a low IQ.
The thing is, they don't believe in their self so the could never believe that AA people contributed to any of those inventions. The invention they like to throw out is the computer. I even showed how the computer is the involvement of many inventions all rolled into one and I showed some of the AA's who contributed to the making of the computer. I also showed and gave the name of the AA who designed the computer. They didn't even have anything to say about that. Delf747 is the one and so is Masaje , they think black people in America didn't do anything but be slaves. I showed how slaves didn't own their self so some of what they invented was claimed by their owners and being invented by the slave owner. They thought I was trying to throw out a feel sorry for AA people story. Any way, no one believed it.
It is probably do to the web sites some white people have put up, have you seen those websites where they say "Black inventions a myth" It is unbelievable. I think some of our C/A brothers and sisters believe everything white people say, they don't think from a critical analysis. During physical slavery, why would white people come up with the idea to invent anything when they were not the ones who were doing the work? In order to invent something you have to have the need first and for black people who were slaves, they had the need to make their jobs easier, especially sense they were not getting paid to do the jobs.
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Drusilla (f)
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Jayz and Puff Daddy, are Negro's who just picked themselves up from the Ghetto and became quarter of a billionaires.
What's not to admire in that?
I don't think even Nelly's 60 million, once again just picking himself up from the Ghetto, is nothing to sneeze at.
I think it is admirable. Blackmen are usually at the bottom but they are coming up and they are doing it their way. Plenty of them are coming too.
Ain't you supposed to vote for the under dog?
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Sista (f)
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@DonzmanYeah, I'm supposed to believe a black American invented the airplane? You shouldn't believe anything, you should use your critical thinking and go find out for your self. The airplane is made up from many inventions. It has a motor but how many other inventions have motors and which type of motor was invented first? It has wheels. When did the first wheels take place? What year was slavery happening then? think for your self. Early inventions that have motors. RefrigeratorsAutomobilesWashing machinesAirplanesAs you can see, some of these inventions have some of the same components. I am sure there are more. But what year were these inventions made? Why was the need of these inventions thought of? Ask your self those questions Ask your self the same thing about the computer. Go and find out for your self and then say what you believe.
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4 Play (m)
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By the way why are we here discussing whether AA are better than CA which is logically unsustainable since they are in essence the same people living in different locations.
The point of my posts was to rebut the assumption i saw reflected in Drusilla's post that somehow AA are people better than their CA cousins,they are just as messed up and spend more time bickering among each other.
Fancy a Jewish American,starting a thread on a Jewish forum about how much jewish Americans are richer and more powerful than Isreali Jews and listing all alleged science acheivements
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Sista (f)
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In case you have missed, Drusilla and I have on many occasions said more than once all African people need Gods mercy. No one African group is better than the other. If we all put together what we know we could build an empire but united we stand and divided we fall, right now we are divided. I in no way do I think that AA's are better than C/A's nor do I think C/A's are better than AA people. I have always stood by the belief and the know, that we are all the same yet in different locations.
You need to think and make you comments within in the context we are speaking and nothing else.
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NINETOFIVE (m)
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By the way why are we here discussing whether AA are better than CA which is logically unsustainable since they are in essence the same people living in different locations.
The point of my posts was to rebut the assumption i saw reflected in Drusilla's post that somehow AA are people better than their CA cousins,they are just as messed up and spend more time bickering among each other.
Fancy a Jewish American,starting a thread on a Jewish forum about how much jewish Americans are richer and more powerful than Isreali Jews and listing all alleged science acheivements
You see this is why I said that black people are all stupid tribalists, the only black people I hate are the Hausa's [ since they have the gut to kill there own brothers because of some inported useless religious believes, after all we 've all been through and are still going through], and I have no apologies for that. |
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4 Play (m)
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@Sista
So what precisely is this thread about?
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Drusilla (f)
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@Drusilla
I used to cite some of these until I found out they were the subject of dispute. 4play, I dispute your name is 4play. Are you now going to say that your name is disputed, therefore you won't cite it? Just because something is disputed that doesn't mean both parties are wrong. So if not for AA,the US will not have good living standards.Are u also responsible for the good living standards of White people in the Western World in general Do you think whites are stupid? Slaves worked free for 246 years. First the western world made it's living off slavery. Then our inventions were taken from us. Making them richer. Whites have made a lot of money off us. |
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4 Play (m)
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@Drusilla
Can u cite the inventions in the latter part of the 20th century which will be easier to verify?Am not saying there are not any,but that they are miniscule compared to what is acheivable has been acheived in the Western world?
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Drusilla (f)
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The point of my posts was to rebut the assumption i saw reflected in Drusilla's post that somehow AA are people better than their CA cousins,they are just as messed up and spend more time bickering among each other. 4play, I thought we already decided that it was your imagination because you did not get my sarcasm, Davidlyn's post seemed to assume the slaves who have to get their right to vote, approved every 25 years (no other american is subject to this), have had a wonderful life here and we have no excuses, no need to have mercy for us. Fancy a Jewish American,starting a thread on a Jewish forum about how much jewish Americans are richer and more powerful than Isreali Jews and listing all alleged science acheivements I haven't seen it on a forum but I read it in a book once, where a Jew that lived in Israel admitted that the Jews coming back from Europe were smarter. Sorry. I can not remember the book. |
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Sista (f)
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@4playSo what precisely is this thread about? Your interpretation on what this thread is about is out of context. You formed your idea that it must be about AA's accomplishing more the C/A. The accomplishments of AA's would not have been brought up, had you not talked about AA's not having more than one billionaire that being Oprah Winfrey. You implied that we should have by now accomplished more. You in essence started the comparison between AA and C/A when you brought that up. You went off of the topic which is American Akata how the name is being accepted as something positive rather than a negative by Drusilla. We did the same with Nigga to you know. We AA's take it all in stride. We still do very well for our self.
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Drusilla (f)
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Modern African American Inventors – Dr. Patricia Bath Dr. Mark Dean Kenneth Dunkley Dr. Philip Emeagwali Dr. Betty Harris Dr. Shirley Jackson Lonnie G. Johnson Valerie Thomas John Thompson James E. West http://www.black-inventor.com/ |
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4 Play (m)
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So your post is all about sarcasm ?If it is, u should make sure it is obvious that is your intent
About the Jewish thing,most Jews in America are Ashkenazi(European Jews) as are most Jews in Isreal, so they do not have a debate about how much they are smarter than the other anymore than Sub-Saharan Africans living in Africa should be debating Sub-Saharan Africans living in America about who is smarter
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4 Play (m)
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@Sista
Lets not pretend here,go and read from the beginning of the thread and u will see what it is about.
Imagine if a White started a thread in an American forum about how rich and powerful white people are
If its not about what I say it is then explain to me what it is about.Don't tell me what I said just tell me what u think this thread is about cos u have not done so
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Drusilla (f)
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4play,
I did not mention any debate between Jews. I mentioned the author of a book who was a Jew who had lived in Israel comment about the other type of Jews coming to where he lived. He said they were smarter. That's quite a statement to not value any false values so much, that you honestly admit your brother is smarter than you.
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4 Play (m)
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Can anyone pls tell me what this thread is about?
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Drusilla (f)
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4play,
Right now this thread is about the fact that you do not respect African Americans enough to even begin to understand that the light bulb, telephone, car came at the same time for us as it did the whiteman. And an African American had a hand in building them.
We ain't living on the grace of the whiteman or a western country.
Your view of the whiteman, is not our view of the whiteman. We may have lived on slave quarters but they were houses for the last 4 centuries.
The whiteman ain't nothing to look up to like he is some god who gave us his technology.
No we invented a lot of shit, without which you would not think this western world is such a good life.
It may not have been anything to us at the time but please don't write African Americans off as people who don't deserve every crunion they get now.
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4 Play (m)
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@Drusilla
If u look at Black people in general in the Wetern world,they have higher levels of achievements than Blacks in the Carribeans and Sub-Saharan Africa whether AA or CA.
There is no proof that any achievements, be it by AA or CA in the Western world is be replicated outside of the West.Any acheivements is down to location in the West and the opportinities it affords not because of any qualities unique to AA.
Even then the acheivements are still pathetic in the light of what other racial groups have acheived in the US
How can they be uniquely smarter than sub-saharan Africans when they are actually the same people
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Drusilla (f)
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4play,
Again. I have not mentioned any AA being smarter than CA's. I mentioned your trying to minimize the achievements of AA, for a imaginary insult.
Jeez!
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4 Play (m)
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But the achievements are too minimal to deserve a thread started just to tell us about them.
It will be just like me starting a thread to tell Nairalanders what the Igbo people have acheived
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Drusilla (f)
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4play, Then go and argue with the Smithsonian Muesem who has put up a webpage about Black Inventions. And the many other such sites. But hey, maybe you are better than the Smithsonian Muesem. Maybe you have better taste in knowing what is worthy of a webpage.  |
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4 Play (m)
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the acheivements are too minimal still from a people who make up 12 percent of the populace .
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Drusilla (f)
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4play,
What are the stats that show African Americans have not invented enough for being 12 percent of the population?
Thanking you ahead of time for getting those numbers to me.
Or pulling shyte out of your ass.
Whichever it turns out to be.
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