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ISSUES IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY...

                          

Our main mission is to promote
 TRUTH, JUSTICE, FAIRNESS, AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY...
including: multi-cultural awareness, cultural diversity,
spiritual topics, and the true facts of history.
 

Our purpose is teaching,  raising awareness, exposing facts, and exhibiting educational issues, books, research, pictures, events and leaders from history in order to enhance awareness of the issues of cultural diversity and true history. 

                 

   
 
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ???

Imagine walking down the street on a hot summer day in a new pair of shoes, having left the Beauty Shop where you left your African-American girlfriend who was getting her hair done.  Then you stop on the corner at the traffic light to wait for the green light. Several big semi-trucks stop on a dime because they have the red light.

As you stand there you notice some children eating ice cream and their mother is talking on her cell phone.

You had left the shop to just take a walk to see the sights of the city, but you need to find a bathroom first. You go into one of the office buildings and use the toilet. You get on an elevator and ride up to the third floor. While you are in that building, you enjoy the cool air from the air conditioner...and you stop to sharpen your pencil so that you can finish writing a letter that you started earlier.

Then you start back out on your walk again...and this time you notice a small jazz band playing in the park. So--before sitting down, you go into the near-by "Health Food Store" and purchase an herbal health drink."--Then you walk over to the park and sit down and listen to the soothing jazz for a while and sip on your herbal drink.

*Question:
WHAT DO ALL OF THESE SITUATIONS AND PRODUCTS HAVE IN COMMON?

*ANSWER? ---

Find out by reading books by M. Miller

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HOW COULD AMERICA'S FOUNDERS write so much about
 "freedom...equality, abolishing tyranny"  ...etc.
-- and hold slaves...that they did not treat well ?????
 
IT IS AN ISSUE THAT MANY PEOPLE DEBATE ABOUT EVEN TODAY.
 
HOW CAN SLAVE-OWNERS CLAIM TO BE "FREEDOM FIGHTERS" ???
 
 
 
Listen to Nina Simone sing about the conditions:
 
 
 
 
SLAVERY WAS A HORRIBLE INSTITUTION...not a kind favor to Blacks.
 
  
The FOUNDERS even put a clause in the CONSTITUTION
...proclaiming Black slaves as 3/5 of human. It has been
reported by researchers that Washington and Jefferson had
children by Black slave women -- and still did not seek to fight
against this horrible institution, which put their own
children in bondage.
 
 
BLACK SLAVES BUILT THE WHITE HOUSE....
 
   
 
LEARN MORE ABOUT BLACK HISTORY...
 
 
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FROM SLAVE SHIPS TO OWNERSHIP  

THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE DID NOT HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT... somebody financed the whole deal and kept paying for the oppression and discrimination against the slaves.
 
WHO HELPED FINANCE THE BIGGEST AND WORST HOLOCAUST
IN THE RECENT HISTORY OF THE WORLD ??
 
* Major insurance companies
* Banks and political groups
* Millionaire capitalist investors who had business interests...
 
PROFITS WERE EARNED ON THE BACKS (blood, sweat and tears)
of kidnapped Black slaves.
 
READ ABOUT SOME OF THESE COMPANIES:
 
 
 
 
 
 
DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY
OF RACISM IN THE U.S.A.?
 
Click here to learn more:
 
 
 
That should CURE you of any deceptions you may have about WHITE RACISM,
-- THE PATRIOT ACT....why we are in Iraq...Hurricane Katrina victims, etc.
  
 
There is much debate about the origins of civilization, the first humans, and the real "God." 
 
Some religious people want to minimize the origins of Creation to Adam & Eve...

but science tells us otherwise...

http://www.howcomyoucom.com/Universe

 Interesting --- Africa was very prominent in the original civilization of the world....

Visit this website for more insight:

http://www.howcomyoucom.com/outofafrica.htm

 

 FOUL LEGACY --  SINS OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS...

 
 
While many right-wing pundents and "Tea Party" activists
are promoting the supposed "wisdom of our founding fathers"--
remember -- some of those "fathers" were slave-owners.
 



 
FOUNDING FATHERS WHO OWNED SLAVES:
 
* George Washington
* Thomas Jefferson
* Ben Franklin
* James Madison   ..........and others 
 (only a few did not own slaves)
 
 
 
Although many have tried to rationalize and excuse these true events
of American History -- frankly there is no good excuse for the horrible
institution of slavey that tarnishes the history of the U.S.A.

 

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HEALTH ISSUES

A.I.D.S. and the Black Community

It is estimated that more than one million people are living with HIV in

 the USA and that more than half a million have died after developing AIDS.

Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino communities have been

disproportionately affected by HIV and AIDS in America.

In 2009 the highest percentage of new HIV diagnoses were among those aged 40-44 years.

 

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EFFECTS OF SLAVERY & RACISM

RACE AND SELF ESTEEM

 

 

 

 

 




True Events from History

A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ANY OF THESE EVENTS?---

The First Black Senator and Representatives in U.S. Gov't--41st and 42nd Congresses (1870's)

Sen. Hiram R. Revels---- Mississippi

...born February 25, 1811 --- first Black US Senator, took oath of office February 26, 1870 ...

Rep. Benjamin S. Turner--- Alabama

Rep. Josiah T. Walls-- Florida

Rep.  Joseph H. Rainey --- So. Carolina

Rep. Robert Brown Elliott--- So. Carolina

Rep. Robert C. DeLarge--- So. Carolina

Rep.  Jefferson F. Long--- Georgia

PICTURES SPEAK A THOUSAND WORDS....    

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  Willie Lynch was a British slave owner in the West Indies who came to the United States to tell American slave owners how to keep their slaves under control. It is believed that the term "lynching" is derived from Lynch's name.

While the G.W. Bush Admin. in Washington, D. C. openly spoke of "liberating Iraq"--- and bringing freedom to those people....simultaneously racist cartoons and jokes became more and more popular in the United States....such as this one:

 


    ....FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE HISTORICAL EVENTS, GET A COPY OF THE BOOK: 

Middletown Roots

 

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PROPHECY -- END OF THE WORLD?

THE TRUTH ABOUT END TIMES PROPHECY AND 2012

 

 

 




GENOCIDE and DE-POPULATION

Plans to wipe out PEOPLE OF COLOR

 

Efforts to DE-POPULATE the planet of people of color -- and actions to get rid of masses of Black people have occurred ....some out of widespread neglect --- some out of ignorance -- and some planned.

THE FOLLOWING LINKS TO YOUTUBE VIDEOS FOR  MORE INFO ON PLANS, PROGRAMS AND ACTIONS  REGARDING GENOCIDE AND DE-POPULATION:

PRISONERS USED FOR EXPERIMENTS:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDIfMIILRoU

 

THE TUSKEGEE SYPHILLIS EXPERIMENT:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TqrHiO5GwU

 

The FBI's War against BLACK LIBERTY:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbMsOGWN_ts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeoH8Lh1aFM

 

The Gov't War against ENVIRONMENTALISTS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbJFZSITS1I

 

CONSPIRACY to wipe out poor & Black people in New Orleans:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul4iTFQOtJs

 

 Privatizing America's Prisons:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyvXp7FApPk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F9TgZ1QXzA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xt6gPZO8XRw

 

  Genocide against Blacks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJt1z78wG9w

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGX7uKXDMT4

 

 

THE MODERN CONDITION OF BLACK PEOPLE AND THEIR LEADERS:


 

 

DID YOU KNOW THAT MORE THAN HALF OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE FEEDING THEIR STUDENTS?

        

...ONE OF THE WORST ATTACKS IN AMERICA
UPON BLACK PEOPLE..
...Tulsa, OK--1921:

Early in the Twentieth Century, the Black community in Tulsa --the "Greenwood District"-- became a nationally-renowned successful entrepreneurial center. Frequently referred to as "The Black Wall Street of America," the Greenwood District attracted pioneers from all over America who sought new opportunities and fresh challenges.

Legal segregation forced blacks to do business among themselves. The Greenwood District prospered as dollars circulated within the black community. But fear and jealousy swelled in the greater Tulsa community. The alleged assault of a white woman by a black man triggered unprecedented civil unrest.

The worst riot in American history, the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 destroyed people, property, hopes, and dreams. Hundreds of people died or were injured. Property damage ran into the millions. The Greenwood District burned to the ground.



LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS HORRIBLE INCIDENT...

http://www.blackwallstreet.freeservers.com

But ever courageous, the Greenwood District pioneers
rebuilt the community from the ashes, bigger and
better than ever. By 1942, some 242 businesses called
the Greenwood District home.

Having experienced a decline in the 1960's, 1970's,
and early 1980's, the Greenwood District is now
poised for yet another renaissance.
BLACK WALL STREET
speaks to the triumph of the human spirit.


 




ORIGINS OF DEMOCRACY

Black people created the concepts !

Although most Americans think that the (Caucasian) FOUNDING FATHERS (Jefferson, Washington, Benjamin Franklin, etc. )  created the concepts of "democracy" -- that is not entirely accurate.

Those ideas originated a long time ago....among the ancient Africans.

AFRICA WAS THE ORIGINAL CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION

THE ANCIENT MOORS CREATED MANY OF THESE CONCEPTS OF GOVERNMENT AND LAWS.  AND MOST OF THEIR IDEAS WERE ROOTED IN THOSE THAT ORIGINATED LONG AGO IN ANCIENT EGYPT.

Some of the modern-day right wing politicians and pundents are preaching that the philosophies and beliefs of ancient Africans are the root cause of most of our major problems.  They have mis-interpreted the ancient symbols, such as the ANKH and the "eye on top of the pyramid"  -- in order to further there false claims.

  

 Once you understand how the European explorers and conquerors went around the world pillaging and copying all the great aspects of BLACK AFRICAN CULTURE....you will understand that they also stole the great concepts, scientific ideas, religions, and philosophies.

Some of the RIGHT WING PUNDENTS  (Pat Robertson,  Ron Paul, Glenn Beck, etc. ) falsely claim that the Blacks, Liberals, and others are trying to create a cruel "NEW WORLD ORDER'




Native Americans and Africans

BLACK INDIANS

 

 History of Africans among the Native American Indians

 

BEFORE CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ARRIVED in the Americas, there were descendants of Africans already there.   The OLMECS are one group.   BLACK INDIANS:  the Washutaw Indians were on the shores when Columbus arrived.
 
Runaway African slaves often found new homes in American Indian villages. Even though classified as "slaves" in White society,  many African Americans became part of an INDIAN family group, and many intermarried with Native Americans - thus many later became classified as Black Indians.  This is a unique history between African (black) slaves and Native American Indians which developed in many U. S. communities. 
 
 
 
"Despite every European effort to keep one dark people from assisting the other, the two races began to blend on a vast scale. Black Indians were apparent everywhere if one bothered to look. Thomas Jefferson, for example, found among the Mattaponies of his Virginia, "more negro than Indian blood in them." Another eyewitness reported Virginia's Gingaskin reservation had become "largely African." Peter Kalm, whose famous diary described a visit to the British colonies in 1750, took note of many Africans living with Indians, with marriage and children the normal result."
 
~ QUOTE FROM: William Loren Katz's BLACK INDIANS: A HIDDEN HERITAGE  ( New York: Atheneum, 1986 )
 
When more than 60,000 Native Americans were removed from their homes during the 1830s by U.S. Federal troops from the southeastern states of the United States - they were forced Westward to Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. This was called the "Trail of Tears."
 
In some cases,  Blacks and Indians joined together in acts of rebellion to massacre White plantation owners and White soldiers. Many of these Native American tribes had previously embraced and either helped or kept numerous African Americans as slaves. African Americans and Native Americans created a mixed cultural blend depending upon the specific tribal group.
 
WELL-KNOWN BLACK INDIANS:
 
   * Tina Turner
   * Rosa Parks
   * Eartha Kitt
  * L.L. Cool J.
   * Debbie Allen
   * Felicia Rashad
* James Earl Jones
   * The Jacksons... ( Janet, Michael, etc.)
 
 
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People who changed history...

HISTORY CHANGERS

CURRENT EVENTS:

Watching The ClockFree Report # 2---PEOPLE  WHO  CHANGED HISTORY:


     The leaders, achievers and  civil rights fighters of the  past changed the hearts and minds of a lot of  evil-minded racists.  For example: Jesse Owens dashed Hitler's  dream  of the superiority of the White race in 1936 when he won the Olympics  race. People like:  Dr. George Washington Carver, Jackie Robinson,  Phillis  Wheatley,  Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Muhammad  Ali, Mary McCleod  Bethune, and Maggie Walker also lead the way  toward dispelling racial  prejudice.

 
WHO WAS JIM CROW ?
 
 Jim Crow was the name of the racial caste system which operated primarily, but not exclusively in southern and border states, between 1877 and the mid-1960s. Jim Crow was more than a series of rigid anti-Black laws. It was a way of life. Under Jim Crow, African Americans were relegated to the status of second class citizens. Jim Crow represented the legitimization of anti-Black racism.
 
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GEORGE W. BUSH is no better than Trent Lott ! After verbally chastising Mr. Lott--- GW Bush does something even worse....he is asking the Supreme Court to out-law Affirmative Action.  He is a recipient of such preferential treatment himself.    And recently the fact that Mr. Trent Lott has a Black daughter (by his maid) has been exposed.  

 "That which is most needed is a loving heart."

~Buddha

      

 "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

~QUOTE  by  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ---

(Civil Rights Leader & Minister)

 




BLACK INVENTORS

SIGNIFICANT INVENTIONS FROM BLACK PEOPLE

ENTREPRENEURS CAN AND HAVE CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY:

Since ancient civilizations in Africa --and up until modern times, Black people (aka: Negroes, African-Americans, Nubians, etc.) have contributed to the development of civilization via the creation and invention of millions of products, machines, and gadgets that have made life a lot easier.

Dr. Carter Woodson began the celebration of "Negro History Week" in 1925 for the purpose of honoring and acknowledging the true builders of the U.S.A.

The following is a list of some of those inventions and contributions:

*Dr. PATRICIA BATH (1949–) invented a method of eye surgery that helped blind to see.

* LEE BARRAGE.................... the typewriter

* Sarah Boone…………. Ironing Board (1892)

* Otis Boykin (1920–1982)…. invented the electronic control devices for guided missiles, IBM computers, and the pacemaker.

* JOHN BURR............................ the lawn mower

* GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER… 300 products from peanuts, 118 products from the sweet potato and 75 from the pecan.

* J. Cooper …… Elevator device ………. 1895

* Dr. MARK DEAN--- the computer PC monitor

* Robert Flemming Jr. ….Guitar ….. 1886

* Lonnie G. Johnson (1949–)… invented the world-famous watergun, the Supersoaker.

* LEWIS LATIMER (1848–1928)… important part of the light bulb — the carbon filament.

* J.L. Love ...….pencil sharpener (1897)

* W. A. LOVE.......... the printing press

* ALICE PARKER................ the heating furnace

* ALEXANDER MILLS.............. the elevator

* GARRET A. MORGAN................ the traffic signal & gas mask

* Norbert Rillieux …. Sugar refining process …. 1846

* Henry Sampson …..Cellular Phone …… 1971

* RICHARD SPIKES.......................automatic gear shift

* Paul E Williams ….....Helicopter

* Granville T. Woods (1856–1910).... invented a train-to-station communication system.

---AND THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE OF THESE FANTASTIC INVENTIONS AND CREATIONS.

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SHINING MOMENTS IN BLACK HISTORY

BLACK ACHIEVEMENTS & CONTRIBUTIONS...

     DID YOU KNOW?--

Dr. Carter Woodson was up from slavery and went to college to become a PH.D. He wrote numerous books about the accomplishments and contributions of Black people to the civilization of the world. He is most famous for starting "Black History Month" observances in 1926, which originally was known as--"Negro History Week."
Thousands of technological inventions were patented by Black people ...including: the indoor toilet, traffic signal, roller blades, ironing board, the engine oiling mechanism, gas mask, air brakes, cell phone, medicines, light bulb, and many others.

BLACK AMERICANS WERE KIDNAPPED FROM THE LAND CALLED AFRICA:

In ancient Africa---Black people had their own civilizations, schools, temples, sciences, and many so-called modern conveniences hundreds of years before 1492 when Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas.

And European explorers were not the first to find the Americas. Africans had been to the Americas and traded with the so-called Indians long before the Europeans thought of it. In fact, at one time in history, Africa was the "New York" of the world, where all new inventions, products, and concepts were found. Timbuktu was once the mecca for education.
Many run-away Black slaves lived with the Native American Indians. The so-called Indians were not racially prejudiced against the African-American slaves and gave them places to hide. Many Indians married Black people who had escaped from the cruel plantations.
Garrett A. Morgan invented the first traffic signal and sold it to General Electric, which revolutionized the way we monitor our roads, streets and highways.
AND WHAT WOULD AMERICA BE WITHOUT HER BLACK MUSIC? ...*Jazz, *Blues, *Rock & Roll----and so on.... all originated in Black culture.

BLACK PEOPLE HAVE FOUGHT AND DIED FOR THE USA:

 You probably heard that some of the passengers resisted the hi-jackers---but DID you know that the pilot of the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania (Sept. 11, 2001)---- was a Black man (an African-American)........1st Captain Leroy Homer was a true hero! As a pilot,he refused to let his plane be used as a terrorist weapon! This act saved the U.S. Capitol,which was in full session! Both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives were in session! Not only did Captain Leroy Homer foil the assault on Capitol Hill, no one on Pennsylvania ground was injured! Now that is a heroic and outstanding act!...we also have an African American Hero= 1st Captain Leroy Homer

The first man to die in the American Revolution of 1776 when the colonies were fighting against the British was a Black man----Crispus Attucks.

FIGHTING FOR EQUALITY:

Rosa Parks has become known as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" --because she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus--which lead to the famous Montgomery Bus Boycott.
The special examples of Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X (& leaders of the Civil Rights Movement) live on as part of this nation's rich cultural heritage for all Americans.
Thurgood Marshall won 29 of the 32 cases that he argued for "equality" before the Supreme Court.
Sojourner Truth was an ex-slave who helped other slaves escape from the cruel southern plantations via the Underground Railroad. She was also a fighter for the equal rights of women.
All of these events have helped all Americans to enjoy more democracy, higher levels of justice, and the right to protest against injustices. Every year we celebrate and observe "Black History Month" and the birthday of Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.
 

On Religion & Spirituality:

Our world is filled with religious controversy--- i.e.--War in the Middle East (Jews vs. Muslims) ...Catholic Priest pedofiles... racial segregation... the Ku Klux Klan (and burning crosses) before the Supreme Court.... oppression & abuse of women... Taliban atrocities.... all in the name of God---etc.

Humanity is now in such a sorry state debating, fighting and killing  over all of these different  "religions" --but yet simultaneously all claiming to believe in the same God.

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It is incumbent upon all the peoples of the world to reconcile their
differences, and, with perfect unity and peace, abide beneath the shadow of
the Tree of God's care and loving-kindness.
 
(Baha'u'llah:  Proclamationof Baha'u'llah, Page: 121)

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ BOOKS ON THESE SUBJECTS,  YOU WILL LOVE THESE TITLES:

* Middletown Roots

* Ebony & Ivory

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RACISTS IN MEXICO...

Stamps with racists images being sold...

 

Headline News:  

 Watching The ClockFree Report # 1

MEXICO NEEDS TO STOP IT:

  

One of the racist stamps being sold by the Mexican Gov't

We join Rev. Al Sharpton and others in rejecting the  OUTRAGEOUS, ridiculous, degrading comments from the President of Mexico regarding Black Americans--- and Mexico's racist postage stamps that they are selling. This is just another example of the SICK, racist cartoons, illustrations, and presentations that have become more and more popular among the IGNORANT of this planet !

Learn more about why the stamps that the Mexicans are promoting are so offensive!

READ: “Middletown Roots” by M. Miller .

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“He who would be no slave must consent to have no slave.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. “

- Abraham Lincoln

 



HISTORICAL ACHIEVERS

History

    High-tech's 'Invisible Man'


   "Black kids might  embrace technology with more enthusiasm if they knew
 someone  like Dr. Mark  Dean was already leading the way
."


      You may not have heard  of Dr.  Mark Dean. And you aren't alone. But almost everything  in your life has been  affected by his work. See, Dr. Mark Dean  is a  Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is in the National Hall  of Inventors. He has  more than 30 patents pending. He is a vice  president with IBM. Oh, yeah. And he is also  the architect of the modern-day personal  computer. Dr.  Dean holds three of the original nine patents on the  computer  that all PCs are based upon. And, Dr. Mark Dean   is  an African American.

     So how is it that we can  celebrate the 20th anniversary  of the IBM personal  computer without hearing  much about him?  It certainly isn't  IBM's doing.  The mass media again are under  the spotlight. Given all of the pressure   they are under about  negative  portrayals of African Americans on   television and  in print, you would think it  would be a
 slam dunk to highlight   someone  like Dr. Dean. Somehow, though,  we have managed to  miss the shot.

       History is cruel when it comes to  telling the  stories of AfricanAmericans.  Dr. Dean isn't the  first Black inventor to be  overlooked....
 Consider John  Stanard, inventor of the refrigerator; George  Sampson, creator of the clothes drier; Alexander  Miles and his elevator; Lewis Latimer and the electric lamp. All  of these inventors share two things: One,--they  changed the landscape of our  society; and,  two--society  relegated them to the  footnotes of history. 

      Hopefully, Dr. Mark Dean won't  go away quietly  as  they  did.  He certainly shouldn't. Dr. Dean helped start a Digital Revolution  that created  people like Microsoft's Bill Gates and Dell Computer's  Michael Dell. Millions of  jobs in information technology can   be  traced back directly to Dr.  Dean.
      More important, stories like Dr. Mark Dean's should serve  as  inspiration for African-American children. Already victims  of the "Digital  Divide"  and  failing school systems, young,  Black kids might embrace technology  with more enthusiasm if they  knew someone like Dr. Dean was already leading   the  way.
       Although technically Dr. Dean can't be credited with creating  the computer-- that is left to Alan Turing, a pioneering 20th-century  English   mathematician, widely considered to be the father of  modern computer science --  Dr. Dean rightly deserves to take  a bow for the machine we use today. The  computer really wasn't  practical for home or small business  use  until he came  along,  leading a team that developed the interior architecture (ISA systems  bus)  that enables multiple devices, such as modems and printers,  to be connected to  personal computers. In other words, because  of Dr. Dean, the PC became a part of  our daily lives.
           We  cannot afford to let Dr. Mark Dean become a footnote in  history.  He is well worth his own history book.
 

~by Tyrone Taborn  can be  reached attyrone.taborn@ccgmag.com
 Reprinted from November 2001,US Black Engineer & IT magazine

Should we honor Christopher Columbus ?

Columbus Day, October 12, is celebrated as a holiday in the United States and several Latin American nations, but Chavez said it should be remembered as the "Day of Indian Resistance."---

Source: CNN

Venezuelan president says 1492 voyage led to genocide

Sunday, October 12, 2003

Chavez: Spanish conquistadors like Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro were
"worse than Hitler."

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has urged
Latin Americans not to celebrate Columbus Day, saying the explorer's
expedition to the Americas in 1492 triggered a 150-year "genocide" of
native Indians by foreign conquerors who behaved "worse than Hitler."

"Christopher Columbus was the spearhead of the biggest invasion and
genocide ever seen in the history of humanity," the populist president said
at a meeting of representatives of Indian peoples from across the continent
Saturday.

"We Venezuelans, we Latin Americans, have no reason to honor Columbus," he said.

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Middle East History

Significance of Iraq

Significance of Iraq---throughout history...

1. The garden of Eden was in Iraq.

2. Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq, was the cradle of civilization!

3. Noah built the ark in Iraq.

4. The Tower of Babel was in Iraq.

5. Abraham was from Ur, which is in Southern Iraq!

6. Isaac's wife Rebekah is from Nahor, which is in Iraq.

7. Jacob met Rachel in Iraq.

8. Jonah preached in Nineveh - which is in Iraq.

9. Assyria, which is in Iraq, conquered the ten tribes of Israel.

10. Amos cried out in Iraq!

11. Babylon, which is in Iraq, destroyed Jerusalem.

12. Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq!

13. The three Hebrew children were in the fire in Iraq (Jesus had been in
Iraq also as the fourth person in the fiery furnace!)

14. Belshazzar, the King of Babylon saw the "writing on the wall" in Iraq.

15. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive into Iraq.

16. Ezekiel preached in Iraq.

17. The wise men were from Iraq.

18. Peter preached in Iraq.

19. The "Empire of Man" described in Revelation is called Babylon,which was
a city in Iraq!

And you have probably seen this one. Israel is the nation most often
mentioned in the Bible. But do you know which nation is second? It is Iraq!

However, that is not the name that is used in the Bible. The names used in
the Bible are Babylon, Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia.

The word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

The name Iraq, means country with deep roots. Indeed Iraq is a country with
deep roots and is a very significant country in the Bible. No other nation,
except Israel, has more history and prophecy associated it than Iraq.

And also... This is something to think about! Since America is typically
represented by an eagle. Saddam should have read up on his Muslim
passages...

The following verse is from the Koran, (Qur'an)--the Islamic Bible)
Koran (9:11) -
For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The
wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while
some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced; for the wrath of
the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah; and there was peace.

(Note the verse number!) Hmmmmmmm?! God Bless you all Amen !

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COMMENTS FROM WRITERS

Quotes from authors

 

What writers are saying on these issues:

Quote #1---

RE:  History of Black People

"All of the so-called different races, such as Indians, Aborigines,  Mayans,  Native Americans and Oriental people are closely related.  At one time in history  in ancient days, the African continent  and the Americas were joined in places.  This may explain why there  are similar pyramids in both continents--and why many  so-called  Indians have dark skin."

 ~ From the book: Black Jade---  by  James Brunson

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Background to Enslavement

The institution of slavery is as old as humanity.

The modern slave trade began a half century before Columbus crossed the
Atlantic. In 1441 the Portuguese mariner Antam Goncalvez made the first
European landing on the west coast of Africa near Cape Bojador, just south
of the Sahara. Originally in search of skins and oils, Goncalvez discovered
a commodity that he believed would greatly please his sovereign. He seized
ten Africans and transported them to Lisbon as a gift to Prince Henry the
Navigator. The treasure so pleased Henry that he immediately bequested the
gift to Pope Eugene IV. In turn, the Pope conferred upon Henry the title to
all lands to be discovered to the east of Cape Blanco, a point on the West
Coast some 300 miles above Senegal. Thus began a new era in human history.

 Benjamin Quarles. The Negro in the Making of America. (New York: Collier
Books, 1987) p. 19

Source: http://users.rcn.com/wovoka/Evngl-01.htm


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Quote #2---

RE: SLAVERY & REPARATIONS

African-Americans have been on the lowest rung of the economic ladder
since the day they were dragged here in chains. Every other immigrant group
has been able to advance from the bottom to the higher levels of our
society.

In the vast breadth of human history, it was only yesterday. Until we
 realize that, and accept that we do have a responsibility to correct
an immoral act that still has repercussions today, we will never remove
the single greatest stain on the soul of our country....

White Frights....

The article below, taken from the British Guardian, is excerpted from
Michael Moore's new best-selling book (currently #1 on NY Times list),

Stupid White Men


by Michael Moore
 Guardian Saturday March 30, 2002

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* Quote # 3----

DID EXTRATERRESTRIALS (aliens) ACTUALLY CREATE LIFE ON EARTH ?   Did many of our problems start thousands of years ago?  This book also addresses controversial issues of where all of these problems actually originated.....

 

Ebony & Ivory...and Middletown Roots...

Society willingly promotes the ideas of the existence of "genies" with magic lamps, the Holy Ghost, invisible Angels, the tooth fairy, and an invisible Heaven and past lives.  But most of us refuse to face the strong possibility *(even in face of facts and documentation)... that alien beings came to Earth and helped create civilization.

I think "WE" refers to the celestial beings from other planets who came here millions of years ago.

One of the most interesting things that I have found is this:
No matter who said it---there seems to be a common thread in all the literature, stories, etc.--that human life started or originated from "aliens" who came to the Earth thousands and millions of years ago. 

IT IS CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE---This flies in the face of all theories about "EVOLUTION"--as Darwin described it.  It also may confront many religious beliefs that life came from a mysterious spiritual miracle on Earth in the "Garden of Eden."

PROOFS:

Beliefs about "extraterrestrial" life are documented in scientific research and many books on the subject including: "CHARIOTS OF THE GODS" by E.Von Daniken, and "NOT OF THIS WORLD" --by Peter Kolosimo.  Another interesting book titled:  "The 12th Planet"---also asserts that beings came to the Earth thousands of years ago and mated with humans.

There are many books on this subject. Also, there is also a book written by Elijah Muhammad (leader of the Nation of Islam) about this topic.  Elijah Muhammad taught about life on Mars and other planets for more than 30 years.  He claimed that 'great black gods' had great scientific knowledge and they created civilizations on Earth millions of years ago.  Some scientific facts and historians have documented that these stories may be based in reality. A book on this subject is: EZEKIEL'S CHILDREN.

In addition to many reports of sitings of UFOs---the U.S. Government possesses reports on the famous "Roswell Incident" in which there was supposedly a crash of a flying saucer in 1947, and debris from that crash was found.  And many other reports of life on other planets have been made public in magazines and newspapers by American scientists.

"Wonders of the world"--such as: the Egyptian Pyramids... Stonehenge... Mayan pyramids... stories of flying carpets...Moses parting the seas... the lost city of Atlantis...Jesus feeding multitudes of people with a few loaves of bread and some fish... (etc.)--and other "miracles"  may have been built or caused by these celestial beings who were highly advanced in the sciences.

Perhaps the Bible and other scriptures contain true accounts of HISTORICAL INFLUENCES of aliens from other planets.  The knowledge of the ROOTS OF HUMAN LIFE ON EARTH puts everything that we know into its proper perspective.

If we were to find out for sure that (for example) Jesus actually was a descendant of people from Mars or Saturn---would that in any manner detract from the wonderful work that he performed while he was on Earth?

Or if any other great prophet (e.g. Muhammad, Buddha, Moses, etc.) were found to be descendants of celestial beings from another planet---does this diminish their works?

Never close your mind to investigation of history, facts, and the truth of all things.

NOTE:  Read more on this topic in books by MELVIA MILLER


LOVE, PEACE, HAPPINESS & SOUL--

Melvia

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* Quote # 4---

QUOTES FROM ANOTHER AUTHOR ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY:

"RACIAL HEALING": (Confronting the Fear between Blacks and Whites)

 ---written by Harlon L. Dalton

.....(published by Anchor Books.)

"America's sorry racial state of affairs is also like a deep abiding wound. If left untreated, it will continue to ooze and fester. The truth is---unless we periodically clean out the wound, clear it of accumulated debris, allow it to breathe, and apply sterile dressings---we will never be able to heal and move on. And even then, we must remain attentive to the ever present possibility of infection."

....*(Quoted from author's INTRODUCTION)

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"The Race Game' is a strange game indeed. It is often played reflexively, its players scarcely aware that they are engaged in active competition. In this respect, it resembles lots of other social games, including sibling rivalry and "let's impress the boss." Many players do not think of themselves as being part of a team or as gaining or losing...based on how other team members do.

Given the objectives of the 'Race Game'---to NOT notice race is to miss one of the central ways in which POWER, POSITION, AND MATERIAL WELL-BEING are distributed in our society."

.... *(Quoted from the author's work...pages 69 -70)

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READERS' COMMENTS --"Insurance Crisis"

Insurance Injustices

Reader's COMMENT # 1:


"On your website, you indicate----

"Many people in the USA have experienced subtle forms of terrorism from insurance companies that refuse to pay claims and sit in a position of a"dictatorship" ---and ruin the lives of thousands of innocent injured people.

We have laws in this country that require us to purchase insurance in order to drive a vehicle. But the law does not protect us when an insurance company refused to honor legitimate claims or when insurance companies act in illegal ways."

Please correct and change "many"  & "thousands" to "millions".  You can quote me if you like."

Submitted by: Mr. P. Cohen, President FBIC

www.badfaithinsurance.org

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 INSURANCE NEWS STORIES:

The Connecticut State Supreme Court has upheld the case of     ---Oswald Carrol  v. Allstate Insurance  (Hartford, CT; Feb. 2003)--- and awarded Carrol (an African-american)  huge damages for racial discrimination. The Justices said the jury reasonably  have found that the  Allstate  investigation "...was hasty, incomplete and ill-reasoned,  tainted by racial bias  and that it caused Carrol severe emotional  distress. "

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THE SINS OF STATE FARM INSURANCE CO.

A history of discrimination:

In 1992, 814 female agents sued  State Farm for discrimination and won hundreds of millions in  damages, which at  the time, was the largest judgment ever in a  discrimination case. 814 women who were denied jobs as State Farm agents won  a  record-breaking $157 million settlement (UPI, 4/29/92)

"The US Equal  Opportunity Commission in 1980 found that State  Farm refused to recruit blacks,  Hispanics and women as vigorously  as whites and males and had restricted female  and minority employees  to lower-paying jobs within the company" (Houston  Chronicle,  6/23/89).  Black and  Hispanic women won $12 million  in a similar suit in Texas.

Most  recently, State Farm joined several large insurers in a 1997 lawsuit  attempting to restrict zip code data in Texas, which consumer  advocates believe  would show current redlining practices (Journal  of Commerce, 8/15/97). 

 And finally, State Farm is currently  facing a redlining lawsuit by a class of  African-American plaintiffs  in Louisiana.

State Farm now faces another lawsuit for its acts of racial discrimination in Federal Court in Las Vegas, NV--- a case involving a white male driver who hit a Black woman pedestrian in a crosswalk.  State Farm launched an attack against this injured Black woman after a white driver struck and injured her.

QUOTED FROM THE JUSTICES- Campbell v. State Farm, (Utah):

 

"For over two decades, State Farm set monthly caps and  individually rewarded those insurance adjusters who paid less than  the market value for claims," wrote the four judges of the 4-1  majority ruling.

 

"Agents changed the contents of files, lied to  customers, and committed other dishonest and fraudulent acts in order to meet financial goals." 

                  From Judge Bohling- 

" State Farm has sold as its product, peace of mind, using an advertising slogan which promises that consumers can count on it to act "Like a good neighbor." 
But as the trial proceeded, it became a matter of plain evidence that State Farm's corporate policies involve betraying the trust that it invites its policyholders to place in it....."

 "The jury could easily find from the evidence that State Farm's claims-handling practices are predicated on exploiting the trust placed in it by its policyholders...."

"And it certainly appears to the Court that State Farm pursues an official policy established to encourage such wrongful denial of benefits where State Farm believes it can successfully be accomplished." 

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State Farm & RICO – Racketeer Influenced & Corrupt Organizations Act 

Merritt v. State Farm Insurance --:544 S.E.2d 180  Georgia

Court of Appeals allowed the plaintiff to  proceed with RICO claims against State Farm.  Merritt sued State Farm Insurance Co.  for fraud, misrepresentation, false swearing, and violations of the  Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).

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Reader's Comment #2:

THE ENTIRE HEALTH CARE & INSURANCE MESS  IS OUT OF CONTROL:

     Nearly everyday we see stories in the news about the problems at hospitals and clinics.  Doctors are quitting.  There is a shortage of nurses.  More people are dying at the hands of hospitals.  Doctors are over-worked. 

 Auto insurance companies arbitrarily refuse to pay claims.   Politicians are trying to give major insurance companies more privileges to continue screwing the consumers.

If this present system (health care and insurance) was really about  "care"---and not  a big commercial  business,  we would not have all this  going on.  I think that insurance  and clinics need to go to a  more "non-profit" service type set up ---on the  order of public  schools.  
     Our nation has gone to  pot over money.  GREED.  This mess is not  about CARE...it is  about MONEY.  The schools are messed up too.  The INS is  dysfunctional.   And the insurance companies are promoting "caps" for the lawsuits regarding malpractice---while they act to the detriment of consumers.  Insurance companies are part of the problem in the health care industry.


  
          RESEARCH SHOWS:

That the states who have put "caps" on Jury Awards for these types of "mal-practice cases"  have seen NO DECREASE in Insurance costs or  lower premiums for the Doctors.

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Reader's COMMENT # 3:

 

NEWS FROM LAS VEGAS "Social Justice Newsletter"---

DOCTORS PLANNING TO LEAVE NEVADA BECAUSE OF GREEDY INSURANCE COMPANIES !

Thousands of doctors, attorneys and citizens piled into a conference with the State Insurance Commissioner on Mon. Mar. 4, 2002 to show their opposition to the rising insurance costs. The meeting rooms were packed....not even standing room left.  Many people stood outside.

And now the problem has reached a crisis in Nevada because the Insurance companies are charging outrageous rates for Mal-practice Insurance.  This crisis presents terrible consequences for the general public, because without medical care, the quality of life will be severely diminished.

Even now the Commissioner stated that she "could not force the insurance companies to operate at a loss."

  AT A LOSS ?!!!  The Insurance Industry has more money than God!!!  Maybe some governmental agency or the Senate should investigate how much money the insurance executives earn,  what they spend on those high rise glass buildings, and how much they spend in Court trying to evade payment of injury claims!!!

 The health care system is suffering at the hands of these greedy dictators!! 

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READER'S COMMENT #4

Most Americans are concerned about the horrible actions of dictators from the Middle East and the terrorists.  But what about the DICTATORS IN AMERICA?

 Insurance companies were major culprits in the slave trade....and are the defendants in "reparations" lawsuits now...              

 

WIDESPREAD  CORRUPTION:

If you have had trouble collecting a claim from a major insurance company, you are not alone.  Millions of people have been cheated out of money due to them because of injuries and other damages. 

'Bad Faith' insurance practices are widespread and make huge profits for the insurance companies.   The Insurance company adjusters and their reps who practice "bad faith" will use any excuse, lie or other deceptive actions in order to evade payment.  Most states have laws that prohibit insurance companies from evading payment,  but who enforces these laws?

 And many of them get away with it because our politicians, government officials, Judges, Governors, Senators,  state insurance commissions, etc.---permit it.

Some of their illegal 'bad faith' actions include:

a) Using IME doctors to write bogus medical reports. 

In this scenario....they will pay a doctor to say that the claimants injuries are from " old injuries" and then seek to go over every medical ailment that the claimant ever had and put on a 3-ring circus performance in Court over past ailments--that may not even be similar to the injuries being claimed. 

b) Paying 'experts' to lie in court hearings and during litigation.

Insurance companies will find crooked experts, doctors and psychologists and pay them to testify ( and tell lies) in Court.

c) Slandering anyone who makes a claim against the insurance company.

  The purpose of this type of activity is to make the claimant look bad before the jury.

d) Fraud, deception, and other crooked acts.

Some major insurance companies have been known to fabricate medical records, change what doctors wrote,  bribe doctors to change the diagnosis...and a lot worse !! 

 




RECOMMENDED FILMS, VIDEOS & BOOKS

Good Resources:

RECOMMENDED FILMS & VIDEOS:

"Amistad"---(Steven Spielberg)

"A Woman Called Moses"  (Harriet Tubman)

"Bamboozled"  (Spike Lee production)

"Black History: Lost, Stolen, Strayed"--(Bill Cosby)

"Eyes on the Prize"--(Tony Brown Prod.)

"Freedom Song"  (Danny Glover)

"Ghosts of Mississippi"  (Whoopie Goldberg)

"Long Walk Home"  (Whoopie Goldberg)

"ROOTS"  ---(Alex Haley)

"Rosewood"  (prod. by J. Singleton)

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RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

* African American Inventors---by P. & J. McKissack

* African Americans and the Revolutionary War ---by Judith Harper

* Autobiograhy of Malcolm X---by Alex Haley

* Before the Mayflower ------by Lerone Bennett

*Chariots of the Gods----by E. Van Daniken

*Ebony & Ivory" ----by Melvia F. Miller

*Light from Ancient Africa---by Dr. Naim Akbar

* Mis-Education of the Negro------by Dr. Carter Woodson

* Not of this World---by Peter Kolosimo

* The Secret Forces of the Pyramids---by Warren Smith

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