TheBookWorm: Why is the OP asking this question?

I tell you that slavery and colonialism has done a number on the psyche of black people around the world. From Brazil to the United States to Nigeria, that the OP has to ask what has the black race done to "promote overall development for mankind."

Do Asians (i.e. Chinese, Koreans, Japanese), Europeans (i.e. Greeks, Germans, Italians) and Hispanics (i.e. Mexicans, Cubans, Bolivians) ask this question?

bolaino:
I don't know if other races ask such questions, but I see nothing wrong in asking what I'm asking, I believe after reading the posts so far u'll discover that the black man has contributed very very little to the overall growth of the world, and I hope that this thread angers a black man somewhere to start doing something. Pls my good sire just be honest, don't be sentimental,

BlackPeni5:
@Op black people have really contributed to the development of man kind in various way in foreign lands. The story back home is very different. Let me list a few of our problems.
1. The average black man values relationships better than output. Rather than invest time in delivering their work output, they prefer to play the loyal boy card (eye service).This actually works for them in d short run as they grow quickly in organisations, but in d long run since no one is doin the work, things r bound to fail.

2. Black people talk too much. If u quantify the time wasted by Africans discussing irrelevant topics in the work place, u'l realize how much man hours is lost to human development. U find people discussing family issues, holidays, cars to buy etc on official time which is very unproductive.

3. The average black man is very strong physically, but is mentally lazy. The mental potential is there but we are not ready to use it. We'll rather wait for the oyibo man to produce things for us to consume. While we forget that for every foreign item we buy, we help in keeping an oyibo man employed while making our people jobless.

4. We are very impatient. Nothing good comes easy. We all want miraculous results without working for them. Little wonder why people jump churches like buses looking for miracles. Even our football fans will not allow Keshi to do his job. Most times we are only concerned about the results and not the process of getting to the result. We cant develop if we continue to be impatient as there is no short cut to success.

5. Lack of passion and poor motivation is another issue. We are hardly passionate about the things we do. Where u do not love what it is u are doin, u cannot be the best. I'v seen cases where kids who are passionate about engineering end up becoming accountants just to have a better chance of landing a job. Parents and guardians are not really helping in this regard.

6. Poor self esteem. Most black people believe the oyibo man is intellectually superior to black people. This is the biggest lie in the world today. As long as they can keep us believing this, we will always rely on them for our development. However, they do not want us to develop because, if we do they will become irrelevant. Its time for us to start believing in ourselves and be the best in whatever we chose to do.

moninuola65:
@op,
you should have had open minded when you ask question because you want to learn.

"I'm not saying the black man is not intelligent, there are millions of very intelligent black men, But I honestly believe the black race has slowed down the pace of development in the world, call me what ever u want but these are my views, and they might change when maybe a black man develops a machine that moves faster than the speed of light,"

ok let me proof you wrong.
i. Black man is the mother of the humanity, you can't doubt that!
ii. Human immigration to whole world is from this Africa!
iii. Black power is the first machine that turn the world economy into what it is today!
iv. When world turn into turmoil it's the black that come to the rescue the world!
v. And today the world Economy depend largely on Black world resources and markets!
I may give you more later!

Standing5:
Black P3nis with some hard facts. Within the shores of Africa, Black race has contributed lots of proverbs, Herbal medcine, and wireless technologies.

You need to kill yourself for this ignorant article you wrote .

The white man created the material world that has enslaved everyone today.

deedeedee1:
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This is another ignorant black man

deedeedee1:
I don't get you

bolaino:
And I hope u're aware that most of the inventors u listed above were african americans, not indigenous africans,

You need to kill yourself for this ignorant article you wrote .

The white man created the material world that has enslaved everyone today.