Some of the definitions of "Black" as defined by the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary are;
1. having the darkest color there is, like night without light.
2. bad, without hope
These are just a few of the meanings of the word black. Not that all the meanings of the word black are bad or negative but the world seems to prefer to see everything black as bad.
Take for instance a caucasian would NEVER be judged or held to the same standards as a Black fellow.
It is the intention of a great number of individuals to keep the black race in subjugation to other races.
According to history slavery was initially color blind but after a few years, it became a position carved out in society with the intention that it be filled by the black race.
The black race has therefore been kept down in more ways than one
1. Economically
2. Psychologically
3. Spiritually
4. Historically
5. Socially
The economics of the world had been so designed to make sure that the black man cannot rise out of the bondages of poverty. So that black people are prone to celebrate one of their own, if that one is seen to have broken through the barriers that have been put in place to put them down. It is made to look like the BLACK race does nothing but BEG for handouts. The Black race are seen as a group of individuals who contribute nothing to society.
This lack of contribution to society by the black race is the main focus of this piece which I predict would be a few weeks long considering the various aspects that have to be dealt with.
The history of black people has been systematically destroyed and a new one put in its place that denigrates the achievements of the black race.
Lets talk about education for instance, the black race are seen as uneducated, illiterates, in fact as SAVAGES.
Firstly,most people do not know that the first UNIVERSITY in the WORLD was in AFRICA and the it is that educational system that has been mimic even till this very day. And the very people whose educational system is mimicked are looked down upon as savages.
Secondly, lets take the history of paper into consideration,paper has a long history, stretching back to ancient Egypt in the third millennium BC but paper in its present form has its history set in China in the first millennium BC. It is not hard to see that the very first place the earliest form of paper was ancient Egypt which of course is in Africa.
Third, the Negroes of America whom have been stereotyped as a general representation of ALL things BLACK race are considered lazy, apathetic, always looking for a handout. People forget that it is the sweat and blood of these black folks that thrust America into greatness. A nation where the main business of the day was SLAVERY.
Slaves were more expensive than cotton and all the other products that America had for export in those days and slavery was a very lucrative business.
Slaves were more expensive than cotton and all the other products that America had for export in those days and slavery was a very lucrative business.
These slaves were forced to work from very tender ages on the cotton fields of America and were denied the basic rights and access to simple education but still from amongst them arose great inventors.
These black inventors contributed and still are contributing immensely to making the world a better place.
When you drive everyday, you must encounter the "STOP" sign, see the brake lights or tail lights
A few of the African-American or "BLACK" inventors include;
Elijah McCoy (1843–1929) who invented an oil-dripping cup for trains. His invention was so good that other inventors tried to copy McCoy's oil-dripping cup. But none of the other cups worked as well as his, so customers started asking for "the real McCoy." That's where the expression "Is that the real McCoy?" comes from.
Lewis Latimer (1848–1928)worked in the laboratories of both Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell. He invented an important part of the light bulb — the carbon filament.
Jan Ernst Matzeliger (1852–1889) invented a shoe making machine that increased shoe making speed by 900%!
Granville T. Woods (1856–1910) invented a train-to-station communication system.
George Washington Carver (1860–1943) Carver was born a slave. He didn't go to college until he was 30. He developed peanut butter and 400 plant products!
Garrett Morgan (1877–1963) invented the gas mask. Morgan also invented the first traffic signal.
Otis Boykin (1920–1982) invented the electronic control devices for guided missiles, IBM computers, and the pacemaker. Boykin invented 28 different electronic devices.
Henry Blair (1807 - 1860), the only inventor to be identified in the Patent Office records as "a colored man." Blair was born in Montgomery County, Maryland around 1807. He received a patent on October 14, 1834 for a seed planter and a patent in 1836 for a cotton planter. He was the second black inventor to receive a patent. The first was person to do so was Thomas Jennings in 1821 for a dry cleaning process.
Because he could not write, he signed his patents with an "x".
There are many more and would be a great many more "BLACK" inventors and geniuses so please stop equating black with wanting "a handout" or stupidity, ignorance and laziness. Let's get along, give the blacks some respect. They also bring and have a lot more to bring to the TABLE.