Life Without Black People

A very humorous and revealing story is told about a group of white

people who were fed up with African Americans, so they joined

together and wished themselves away.

They passed through a deep dark tunnel and emerged in sort of a

twilight zone where there is an America without black peop le.

At first these white people breathed a sigh of relief.

At last, they said, No more crime, drugs, violence and welfare.

All of the blacks have gone! Then suddenly, reality set in. The

"NEW AMERICA" is not America at all-only a barren land.

1. There are very few crops that have flourished because the nation

was built on a slave-supported system.

2. There are no cities with tall skyscrapers because Alexander

Mils, a black man, invented the elevator, and without it, one finds

great difficulty reaching higher floors.

3. There are few if any cars because Richard Spikes, a black man,

invented the automatic gearshift, Joseph Gambol, also black,

invented the Super Charge System for Internal Combustion Engines,

and Garrett A. Morgan, a black man, invented the traffic signals.

4. Furthermore, one could not use the rapid transit system because

its procurer was the electric trolley, which was invented by

another black man, Albert R. Robinson.

5. Even if there were streets on which cars and a rapid transit

system could operate, they were cluttered with paper because an

African American, Charles Brooks, invented the street sweeper.

6. There were few if any newspapers, magazines and books because

John Love invented the pencil sharpener, William Purveys invented

the fountain pen, and Lee Barrage invented the Type Writing Machine

and W. A. Love invented the Advanced Printing Press. They were all,

you guessed it, Black.

7. Even if Americans could write their letters, articles and books,

they would not have been transported by mail because William Barry

invented the Postmarking and Canceling Machine, William Purveys

invented the Hand Stamp and Philip Downing invented the Letter Drop.

8. The lawns were brown and wilted because Joseph Smith invented

the Lawn Sprinkler and John Burr the Lawn Mower.

9. When they entered their homes, they found them to be poorly

ventilated and poorly heated. You see, Frederick Jones invented the

Air Conditioner and Alice Parker the Heating Furnace. Their homes

were also dim. But of course, Lewis Lattimer later invented the

Electric Lamp, Michael Harvey invented the lantern and Granville T.

Woods invented the Automatic Cut off Switch.

Their homes were also filthy because Thomas W. Steward invented the

Mop & Lloyd P. Ray the Dust Pan.

10. Their children met them at the door-barefooted, shabby, motley

and unkempt. But what could one expect?Jan E. Matzelinger invented

the Shoe Lasting Machine, Walter Sammons! invented the Comb, Sarah

Boone invented the Ironing Board and George T. Samon invented the

Clothes Dryer.

11. Finally, they were resigned to at least have dinner amidst all

of this turmoil. But here again, the food had spoiled because

another Black Man, John Standard invented the refrigerator.

Now, isn't that something? What would this country be like without

the contributions of Blacks, as African-Americans?

Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "by the time we leave for work,

Americans have depended on the inventions from the minds of Blacks."

Black history includes more than just slavery, Frederick Douglass,

Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Marcus Garvey & W.E.B.

Dubois.

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