LIFE WITHOUT BLACK PEOPLE
A very humorous and revealing story is told about a group of
white people who were fed up with African Americans, so they
joined together and wishedthemselves away.
They passed through a deep dark tunnel and emerged in sort of
a twilight zone where there is an America without black people.
At first these white people breathed a sigh of relief.
At last, they said, No more crime, drugs, violence and welfare.
All of the blacks have gone! Then suddenly, reality set in. The
"NEW AMERICA" is not Americaat all-only a barren land.
1. There are very few crops that have flourished because
the nation was built on a slave-supported system.
2. There are no cities with tall skyscrapers because Alexander Mils,
a black man, invented the elevator, and without it, one finds great
difficulty reaching higher floors.
3. There are few if any cars because Richard Spikes, a black man,
invented the automatic gearshift, Joseph Gambol, also black, invented
the Super Charge System for Internal Combustion Engines, and Garrett
A. Morgan, a black man, invented the traffic signals.
4. Furthermore, one could not use the rapid transit system because
its procurer was the electric trolley, which was invented by another black man, Albert R. Robinson.
5. Even if there were streets on which cars and a rapid transit system
could operate, they were cluttered with paper because an African
American, CharlesBrooks, invented the street sweeper.
6. There were few if any newspapers, magazines and books because
John Love invented the pencil sharpener, William Purveys invented
the fountain pen, and LeeBarrage invented the TypeWriting Machine
and W.A. Love invented the AdvancedPrinting Press.
They were all, you guessed it, Black.
7. Even if Americans could write their letters, articles and books, they
would not have been transported by mail because William Barry invented
the Postmarking and Canceling Machine, William Purveys invented the
Hand Stamp and Philip Downing invented the Letter Drop.
8. The lawns were brown and wilted because Joseph Smith invented the
Lawn Sprinkler and John Burr the Lawn Mower.
9. When they entered their homes, they found them to be poorly ventilated
and poorly heated. You see, Frederick Jones invented
the Air Conditioner and AliceParker the HeatingFurnace. Their homes were
also dim. But of course, LewisLattimer later invented the Electric
Lamp, Michael Harvey invented the lantern and Granville T. Woods invented
the Automatic Cut off Switch. Their homes were also filthy because Thomas W.
Steward invented the Mop &Lloyd P. Ray the DustPan.
10. Their children met them at the door-barefooted,shabby, motley and
unkempt. But what could one expect? Jan E.
Matzelinger invented the Shoe Lasting Machine, Walter Sammons! invented the Comb, Sarah
Boone invented the Ironing Board and George T. Samon invented the Clothes Dryer.
Finally, they were resigned to at least have dinner amidst all of this
turmoil. But here again, the food had spoiled because another Black Man,
John Standard invented the refrigerator.
Now, isn't that something? What would this country
be like without the contributions of Blacks, as African-Americans?
Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "by the time we leave
for work, Americans have depended on the inventions from the minds of
Blacks."
Black history includes more than just slavery,
Frederick Douglass,
Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Marcus
Garvey & W.E.B. Dubois.
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