Posted on 02/03/2007 4:04:09 PM PST by Rodney Kings Brain
I think the idea of "Black History " month is silly.....
but having said that, let's face it....we didn't learn very much about Black achievers when most of us were growing up...except maybe J. Robinson or GW.Carver......or a couple of others....
the fact is our societal image of blacks is a poor one...based on black athletes, black entertainers and black criminals....
today on Emerile Lagasse, he had a black chef on who creates and decorates cakes, and some of them go for thousands of dollars.....
now,what are the chances that she'll ever become the face of the black community?.....
No; the article showed a surveilence video shot of him, though. Saved & magnified a bit, it was also clear that he was black.
The mug shot came from the article linked in Post #20.
"but having said that, let's face it....we didn't learn very much about Black achievers when most of us were growing up...except maybe J. Robinson or GW.Carver......or a couple of others....
All I learned at school as a youngster is that they are the inventors of the traffic light, the paper bag, and lately of the self-adhesive stamp.
Oh forgot someone who was into agriculture. Can't remember of his name.
Sounds mentally unbalanced.
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