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| Siemowit |
 Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:10 am Post subject: Negroes never invented anything |
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It seems that negroes have never invented anything. I've been looking everywhere for the information about their inventions and I couldn't find anything.
North Africans, Arabs, Europeans, Asians, Indians even Native Americans had their own inventions.
Meanwhile negroes invented nothing. |
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| Pendragon |
| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:13 am Post subject: |
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| There's a much more interesting, and subtle, discussion here. While you're allowed to make your claim, I do question your motives. |
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| Robbie |
| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:19 am Post subject: |
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Following a single google search
America's Hi-Tech "Invisible Man"
Frederick Jones contributed to the invention of the air conditioner unit and the automatic refrigeration system for long-haul trucks.
Sarah Boone contributed to the invention of the ironing board.
Jan Matzeliger contributed to the invention of the shoe-lasting machine (for attaching soles on shoes in Lynn, Mass. His invention revolutionized the shoe industry.
Alexander Miles contributed to the invention of major improvements to the elevator.
Dr. Charles Drew contributed to the invention of a way to store blood and then created the first blood bank.
M.A. Cherry contributed to the invention of the tricycle.
Ernest E. Just was the first biologist to receive the Springarn Medal. He received distinction in his field
through his research on egg fertilization and the functioning of cells.
Harold D. West was the first person to synthesize the amino acid threonine in the laboratory.
Dr. William Hinton devised a test to determine syphilis.
Andrew Bryan was the first African American pastor, ordained in 1788.
Constance B. Motley was the first African American female appointed as a Federal Judge in 1966.
Barbara Watson Federal was the first African American and first female to serve as Asst. Secretary of State.
She held her post in 1974.
Bernice Gaines Hughes was the first African American female to obtain the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Alonzo Pietro (known as "il Negro") was one of Columbus' navigators on his first voyage to America in 1492.
Granville T Woods
* Steam Boiler Furnace
* Electric Railway
* Automatic Air Brake
* Telephone Transmitter
* Electromechanical Brake
* Railway Telegrapy
* Induction Telegraph System
* Overhead Conducting System for Electrified Railway
* Tunnel Construction for Electric Railway
* Galvanic Battery
It seems not only have you not looked everywhere, I doubt you looked ANYWHERE if you are going to claim a fallacy like that, once again, i too question your motives.
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| free radical |
| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:29 am Post subject: Re: Negroes never invented anything |
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| Siemowit wrote: |
Meanwhile negroes invented nothing. |
Meanwhile,the dog barks, but the caravan passes. |
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| kojax |
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Africans have not historically had the same access to education as a lot of other ethnicities, so the fact they should have invented anything at all is incredibly impressive.
It will be interesting to see what happens as more and more black kids are making it into college. Oh.... and they invented Jazz, too. Probably the single one greatest musical invention ever. |
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| Ophiolite |
| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:25 am Post subject: Re: Negroes never invented anything |
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| Siemowit wrote: |
| It seems that negroes have never invented anything. |
What have you invented, Semiwit?
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| CShark |
| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:33 am Post subject: Re: Negroes never invented anything |
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| Ophiolite wrote: |
| Siemowit wrote: |
| It seems that negroes have never invented anything. |
What have you invented, Semiwit? |
Semiwit! HA! Good one!! |
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition |
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I didn't notice he tweaked that, how sly he can be, and cruel.
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| Ophiolite |
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| I didn't notice he tweaked that, how sly he can be, and cruel. |
I have never considered condemnation of the stilted mindset that indulges in stereotypical racism to be cruel. Nor do I think mockery is inappropriate in such circumstances.
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| kojax |
| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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I still have to say what I always say about stereo-types. They're not always wrong, bad, or illogical. There's a stereo-typical belief of insurance adjusters that any given person with 4 traffic tickets on their record is more likely to get into an accident than a similar person with no tickets. I wouldn't overturn them on that.
Similarly, health insurance adjusters will discriminate against you on the basis of age and gender. One could probably find a statistical correlation with race as well, but that is a societal taboo.
It's all about what you're trying to accomplish. If you're trying to motivate people to do smart things for their health, then it's better to just factor in things like smoking. If you're just trying to determine your honest costs, you might as well factor in everything.
I similarly see little problem with the store keeper who eyeballs the Hispanic kid who walks into his/her store dressed like a hoodlum. If he/she is trying to motivate that kid to be an upstanding citizen, he/she is failing. If he/she is merely looking after his/her own profitability, he/she is probably doing about the smartest thing he/she can do, because that kid is statistically more likely to rob them. |
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| CShark |
| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:55 am Post subject: |
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| kojax wrote: |
I still have to say what I always say about stereo-types. They're not always wrong, bad, or illogical. There's a stereo-typical belief of insurance adjusters that any given person with 4 traffic tickets on their record is more likely to get into an accident than a similar person with no tickets. I wouldn't overturn them on that.
Similarly, health insurance adjusters will discriminate against you on the basis of age and gender. One could probably find a statistical correlation with race as well, but that is a societal taboo.
It's all about what you're trying to accomplish. If you're trying to motivate people to do smart things for their health, then it's better to just factor in things like smoking. If you're just trying to determine your honest costs, you might as well factor in everything.
I similarly see little problem with the store keeper who eyeballs the Hispanic kid who walks into his/her store dressed like a hoodlum. If he/she is trying to motivate that kid to be an upstanding citizen, he/she is failing. If he/she is merely looking after his/her own profitability, he/she is probably doing about the smartest thing he/she can do, because that kid is statistically more likely to rob them. |
Granted. But in this case, making such a sweeping generalization that one particular race 'has never invented anything', is simply absurd. |
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| Demons are real, ask God |
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| It seems that negroes have never invented anything. I've been looking everywhere for the information about their inventions and I couldn't find anything. |
Which begs the question:
Did you look with your eyes shut?
Or do you just have half a brain?
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition |
| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Ophiolite wrote: |
| 425 Chaotic Requisition wrote: |
| I didn't notice he tweaked that, how sly he can be, and cruel. |
I have never considered condemnation of the stilted mindset that indulges in stereotypical racism to be cruel. Nor do I think mockery is inappropriate in such circumstances. |
Nor do I. I'm just saying that even though sometimes you can seem cruel, it is akin to the situation you approach, and thus your response.
PS I had to spend about 5 minutes decoding your sentences, its harder than enigma! I've still got gaps in your meaning so I'm going to stop digging my hole.
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| sunshinewarrior |
| Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:53 am Post subject: |
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition wrote: |
| PS I had to spend about 5 minutes decoding your sentences, its harder than enigma! I've still got gaps in your meaning so I'm going to stop digging my hole. |
I blame Baroness Thatcher - she made it possible for us to drop the idea that ornate sentences were also worth using in school.
Nowadays only Public School youngsters use language like that and us oldsters feel isolated, and are made to feel elitist for using the sonorous syllables of our youth. |
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