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| They steadfastly refuse to see that TOGETHER EACH ACHIEVES MORE (TEAM) They do not understand that they are no better than each other of what they own as a matter of fact, most of those Buppies are but one or two paychecks away from poverty. All of which is under the control of our pens in our offices and our rooms. Yes, we will continue to contain them as long as they refuse to read, continue to buy anything they want, and keep thinking they are "helping" their communities by paying dues to organizations which do little other than hold lavish conventions in our hotels. By the way, don't worry about any of them reading this letter, remember, 'THEY DON'T READ!!!!” This is a perfect example of a “factoid”—a lie that’s been told so often that people begin to think it’s the truth. The actual fact is, while much of this is true, it’s a truth that only applies to a small minority of the Black community—that small part of the Black community that this society chooses to focus upon as representative of our people. And further, you can take this very same essay and apply it to any group of people in America. This essay states, for example, that “The best way to hide something from Black people is to put it in a book.” That statement is just as true for all of America—if that weren’t so, Bush wouldn’t even be in office, because it takes an ignorant people to allow an ignorant man to rise to the top of their society. The rest of the world recognizes that, and the fact that America doesn’t is an indictment on this nation. And, as an aside, who’s more selfish and greedy than this current administration? The fact is, if someone doesn’t step up to the plate very soon and get America’s attention, ignorance, self-service and greed is going to destroy this nation. Because as we speak, the American people are standing by and twiddling their collective thumbs while Bush is allowing our shipping ports to be sold to the very same people that he claimed, before he saw the color of their money, was the enemy. And in response to that insanity, you have so-called intellectuals (with advanced Harvard degrees) saying, “What’s wrong with that?” Now, that’s ignorant. There’s not a Crip in the world—even if he’s never opened up a book in his life— that’s gonna to let the Bloods open up a crack house on his block. That is the epitome of ignorance, stupidity, and reckless greed. So I thought I’d drop this little tidbit of racist stupidity on you for two reasons. First, since Black people are generally blessed with common sense, I wanted to give you a snapshot of true ignorance at work. And secondly, I want you to read this, think about it, and recognize that we’re not dealing with intellectual giants here. That’s part of our problem in the Black community-- we’ve been under thumb for so long that we assume that the White power structure, is all, be all, and knows all. That’s not at all true. We’re being led by idiots, and with our common sense alone, we could rise to the very top of this society—and with the barest minimum of formal education and effort, we could have a tremendous impact on this nation. After all, the above cited essay comes from the very same type of idiotic mentality that once said that Black people couldn’t compete in Big League Baseball. Now, how stupid was that? Eric L. Wattree |