On 28 Dec 2003 11:18:54 -0800,

"Randy Jabsco" <RandyJabsco@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<bsks95$7qh$0@pita.alt.net>...

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa070899.htm
Editor's Note: African American Inventor Henry Sampson did not invent the
cell phone. Sampson is a brilliant and accomplished inventor who invented a
Gamma-Electrical Cell and not a phone cell. Sampson's patent (US 3,591,860)
can be viewed online or in person at the United States Patent and Trademark
Office.

I stand corrected on that one. Many sources got this wrong.

V.S. Herrell's points got me thinking:

hmmmm.... I wonder how much more history negroes invented.... let's find
out...

Recently, it has become popular to spread yet even more misinformation, this
time regarding black inventions. While history has proven that blacks have
failed to contribute anything significant to the building of civilization,
campaigns are spreading across America attempting to credit black
"inventors" with certain inventions. One such campaign is promoted by IBM
who offers a poster of "Famous Black Inventions." Included on this poster
are pictures of blacks and their supposed inventions - including the traffic
light.

While the black Garrett A. Morgan did submit and receive a patent for a
traffic signal in 1923, he did not invent the traffic light. The first
"traffic light" was created in London in 1868, used to control the traffic
of pedestrians and buggies. It was illuminated by gas using green and red
colors, and was manually operated by policemen who turned a lever to reveal
the appropriate color to the appropriate lane of traffic. Railroads were
already using a lighting system as well. It was a police officer, William
Potts, who first improved on the gas-light invention, which required a
police officer to operate. William Potts recognized the need for something
better when he observed that police officers were spending much of their
time directing traffic after the invention of the automobile. He created an
electric lighting system using red, amber, and green to control automobile
traffic in Detroit. It was first used in 1920 and was the herald of the
modern traffic light. William Potts was not black. Garrett A. Morgan's
traffic light of 1923 did not contribute significantly to the traffic light
of today, but resembled train switching lights already in use.

Patents include improvements made to existing inventions. For
example, Alexander Miles did not invent the elevator, but he DID
contribute to important safety improvements to the existing design,
reducing deaths an injuries associated with elevators, that I am sure
we are all grateful for.

When reading these lists of so-called inventions, which are especially
prevalent on the Internet, it becomes painfully obvious the lies contained
within those lists. These lists are especially popular on college campuses.
Afrocentrism is the term used to describe the attempts to cover-up the truth
of history by spreading lies which claim that the blacks of Africa actually
created civilization. This ridiculous theory is being taught in many schools
and even universities. Many college graduates think they are being
intelligent when they state that without H. A. Jackson, we wouldn't have a
kitchen table, which he "invented" on October 6, 1896. This is how
ridiculous these lists have become. I am sure that the kitchen table was
invented centuries ago, although I don't believe the blacks in Africa were
furnishing their mud huts with kitchen tables. H.A. Jackson may have
submitted an idea for a patent which was a special modification of the
kitchen table, but he certainly did not invent it, and neither did his
patent have any significance on the civilization of the world. This is also
true for W. R. Davis, Jr., who is credited with inventing the library
table - in 1878!

I have been unable to see the specs for this "library table". I'd
like to see the design and see what its innovation is.

Like most all the "inventions" that have been attributed to blacks,
it's probably something that a moderately competent DIY'er could knock
together in a weekend, and still have time for a few cleansing frosty
lagers.

It is
obviously an improvement on some concept, since I'm sure tables were
in libraries as long as they existed. I'm sure he didn't just patent
a table! There must be something special about it.

Damned if I ever seen a negro in a library anyway.

Probably he invented a pull-out section to put his watermelon on while
he read the comics.

Perhaps some misinformed examples, chosen for that purpose. I think
there is a need to show that blacks can and have been innovative in
the past, present and will continue to be so in the future,

Even if it isn't true?

But you seem to already have your "mind" made up, even though the
debunkers have already shown your preconceived notion to be wrong, and
your "need" to be based on fantasy and wishful thinking.

if only to
counter arguments to the contrary,

Why?

whic are most certainly untrue.

Are you sure?

There are many who would rewrite history to show that blacks are not
innovative.

No need to rewrite anything. Just look at them and the way they live.

Granville Woods, having difficulty finding employment in his field of
expertise due to his race,

Yes, that dammed racist Affirmative Action nonsense has affected a lot
of people's lives.

started his own company, Woods Electrical
Company, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He sold several of his inventions to
companies such as General Electric, Westinghouse, and American Bell
Telephone Company. He also invented an overhead electrical conducting
system, the principle of which is still used in railroads today.

So, was this Granville Woods really black, then? No white ancestry at
all?

I thought they all built a tower and got their ***** all mixed up by God

got ***** because of their building a tower to heaven.

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"Randy Jabsco" <RandyJabsco@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Not true. Humans originated just north of Africa in the

That

fact was known for about 4000 years until the time that niggers

to

re-write history. One of the more ridiculous concepts of their

re-write

of

history is their ridiculous claim that they built the pyramids and

ruled

Egypt.

Nope. Africa.

http://www.africawithin.com/hpi/hp1.htm

It is generally conceded in most scholarly circles, that mankind

originated

in Africa.

http://www.informnauka.ru/eng/2003/2003-10-13-03_388_e.htm
L. A. Zhivotovsky, Professor, Doctor of Biology,

Moscow

Common ancestors have been discovered for the entire population of

billions inhabiting all five continents of the Earth: these are two

thousand

primeval hunters-gatherers who used to live in Africa more than

years ago.


It's widely accepted in scholarly circles, and for bonus points, the

oldest

fossils of humanity's ancestors have all come from Africa.

If you have someone with legitimate credentials who says otherwise -

i.e.,

not some right-wing rant site with unverifiable sources - feel free to

post

'em.


Bo Raxo

Yes, the oldest remains of man have been found in africa, but these
remains didnt resemble modern blacks or whites. When man walked out of
africa he had very little in common with modern man other than he
walked and could use some tools.

Why place so much importance on man coming out of africa ? Wherever
man first appeared on the face of the earth the fact remains that we
all share a common ancestor who was not black nor white......and this
ancestor shared a common ancestor as we do with simians, and so on...
We share a common ancestor with every living thing on the planet, we
all came form a primordial pool of ooze.

The diversity in people around the planet has come about because of
environmental factors, climate, and while there may be some
differences in whites,blacks, asians, others, we are all human beings.

Black people saying whites came from blacks is preposturous, we both
came from a more primitive creature who was neither black or white.

Beserker Rage wrote:

I know it's something you'll never accept, that everyone on earth is

related

to each other, because that would hamper your taste for hatred and
self-loathing, but no matter how much you kick up a fuss and call

names it isn't going to change the FACTS. We can only hope that as

truth is presented to enough people that people like you will die out

society will finally understand someday that there is only one race on

this

earth and no longer will 'hatred' based soley on the color of

skin

exist.

Indeed, every living thing on earth shares genes with other living

That doesn't mean I have to love everything or everyone. I will still

mosquitoes, buy wood and cotton products, still eat plants and animals,

What you are forgetting is that humans are animals although smart ones.
Throughout history we have always had the interests of our genes and our
closest genetic relatives come first. The instincts to survive and
propagate our own genes are instincts that are vital to our survival.

it hatred if you will, but nature is cruel. We dominate those that are
weaker, are less genetically fit than us. We did it to the

You can even go outside and see the dandelions try to compete with your
lawn.

No, that's not what we've learned. What we've learned, through tracing
Mitochondrial DNA, is that all humans in existence today can be traced
back to a single female ancestor who was living in Africa in 150,000
years ago. Not a nebulous 'we are all related' but a real tracable
relationship throughout all of current humanity.

You want to talk about facts, go to the FBI and US Department of

websites and look at the disproportionate crime committed by blacks.

Yes I agree that it is disproportionate. Now let's look at the REASON
for that, 70 years ago that wasn't the case. Only in recent history has
the black society IN AMERICA been torn apart.

Look at England or other
countries who have a minority black population and there is not the same
problem. Hmmm, I wonder why?

The only difference between a while man and a black man is that in a
more recent history the family lived for a long period of time in an
environment that changed pigment levels and some other physiological
changes. Now that we are a more global community and we don't live in
single areas quite so long in our family's history, we are going to find
that people start drifting towards a more neutral skin color and facial
makeup.

some more websites and look at the disease rates, illegitimacy, welfare,

intelligence test scores, etc, etc.

Again, these things can be directly tied back to the destruction of the
black family units, something that White America did at first and then
the 70s-current black leadership has taken upon themselves to finish.

Look at any nation that is dominated by
blacks, now and throughout history.

I suggest looking at all of history, not just the history taught in our
'predominately white schools' that treat 'world history' like toilet
paper, giving the whole subject about 2 weeks of lip service.

Like the Moors for example? Or the Cathars?

There are several
successful black societies in the past that you aren't told about and
since you WANT to believe some 'superiority' in your race you aren't
willing to go look for. I know better than to think I can educate you,
it's something you are going to have to do for yourself.

We are NOT equal

No, some of us are more equal than others. I dare say that race has
little to do with that. I know black people who can think rings around
you (and me as well) and white people who can't spell cat without using
a k.

The same can be said the other way round. The color of your skin
is no indication of your 'genetic capability'.

and all attempts to make us so are artificial and doomed to failure,

self-destruction of ourselves.

Right, as opposed to the thought that people are limited in some way by
who their parents are, so they shouldn't even strive for better things
for themselves? Yeah, that's the way to go...