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X-CURSION MEDIA'S BLACK HISTORY WEB PAGE
Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix
African American & Native
writer-producer-director of audio theater
THIS BLACK HISTORY PAGE WILL GROW WITH MORE FACTS (we're still under
construction)
THE BLACK MAN ABOARD THE RMS TITANIC
Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche, the black man aboard the RMS Titanic, was
Haitian.
Picture of Joseph Laroche, his wife and two daughters (SEE BELOW).
Mr. Laroche's occupation was engineer; he was 25 years old and resided in
Paris, France.
Joseph Laroche had relatives in Haiti.
Laroche passed away on the RMS Titanic; his body was never recovered.
He traveled with his wife, who was a white woman, and member of aristocracy in
Europe.
(Juliette (wife), Simonne and Louise (daughters).
BRAD'S NOTE: When I first heard there was one black man aboard the
Titanic, my mind gave me a picture of a man that looked like Marcus Garvey
(I'M AWARE THAT MARCUS GARVEY WAS JAMAICAN AND NOT HAITIAN)
in features and skin color, but I was wrong. Joseph Laroche probably
looked
like Adam Clayton Powell or a lighter version of Cab Calloway. So, for him
being married
to a white woman and being a "high-yellow complexion" didn't draw much adverse
attention
GO TO www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/item.php/2408.html
 Joseph Laroche, his wife, and two daughters. Joseph Laroche
died when the RMS Titanic sank.
Mr. Laroche is the African-American man from
Haiti that was aboard the RMS Titanic in 1912.
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It's what you learn after you think you know everything that really counts
Here's a few examples of history, test your knowledge:
DID YOU KNOW…
Joseph LaRoche was a black man (Haitian) aboard the RMS
Titanic in 1912; he was a member of aristocracy who lived in France.
Abraham Lincoln said that IF he could save the Union without freeing the
slaves...he would have done it.
According to the British Encyclopedia, Christopher Columbus was a Spanish
Jew who wanted little to do with Italy before he died.
According to the Bible, both Moses and the Apostle Paul looked like the
Black Egyptians.
The Statue of Liberty
was originally designed as a black
woman; conceived by the Frenchman,
Édouard René de Laboulaye, chairman of the French
Anti-Slavery Society.
Black Africans visited Central and South America long BEFORE Christopher
Columbus.
(refer to Dr. Ivan Van Sertima's book,"They Came Before Columbus".
SEE the video LINK:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3924842503305971166
The term “The Real McCoy” refers to an
invention by a famous Black inventor--Elijah
McCoy.
Natives in the Americas, misnomered American Indians, were
taken back to Europe as slaves thanks to Christopher Columbus.
There were white people who also came over on slave ships
to North America
[You didn't know that, did you?]
Europe is not a continent. There is no ocean that separates Europe
from the Asian continent. Europe is part of Asia.
That's why White people are called "CaucASIANS"; note the word "Asian" is
in the word Caucasian. So, there
are only six continents...well, seven IF you count Rush Limbaugh as a continent.
:)
Gerald Massey, British Egyptologist, wrote
in his book: A BOOK OF BEGINNINGS, said:
"The Features and hair of Buddha belong to the black race..."
During the Jim Crow laws, in certain regions in
the South, Black people couldn't laugh in public.
They had to
laugh
in a barrel, and when they came up, they came up
straight-faced. I believe that's where the term,
"a barrel of
laughs"
originated. These laughing barrels may have
been regional, indigenous to certain areas of the deep South.
They
may not
have been universally throughout the South, but they did in fact exist.
Here are two references on
laughing barrels: There's a book entitled,"Mother Wit
From the Laughing Barrel" edited by Alan Dundes (you can
do a Google search, you can read the entire book on the web (the preface
has the info about laughing barrels).
Then there's a blog that refers to poet, Maya Angelou, talking about the
laughing barrels during slavery days at:
http://homeboyreportsii.blogspot.com/2008/01/laughing-barrel.html
Laughing Barrels are a horrible testimony to "white people"
pretending
or claiming to be "good Christians",
and practicing the hatred of Satan. Y'see, God Almighty, the
Creator, is loving
and anyone who is racist, prejudice,
and filled with hatred is of the Devil
(Satan). There will be
millions of "white
people"
and "black people" that will
not make it into the Kingdom of God BECAUSE the Kingdom
of God couldn't make it into
THEM. What is the
Kingdom of God? Thanks for asking, the Bible definition of the
Kingdom of God is in Romans
14:17.
RACISM
and COLOR PREJUDICE is a SIN and God is against racism. But
there's so much racism
in the United States
of America...it isn't even funny.
EVERY
PERSON OF AFRICAN DESCENT SHOULD
KNOW ABOUT J. A. ROGERS
Every Black high school student and college student should
know about J.A. Rogers!
You can learn a lot just by looking at the pictures in his books on
Black History...what a great person!
Two photographs...a younger and older J.A. Rogers
Joel Augustus
Rogers, author, journalist, and historian was born
in Negril, Jamaica.
Although Rogers was the son of a minister and a
schoolteacher, his parents were not able to afford to give
Rogers, or his ten siblings,
more than a rudimentary education. Rogers immigrated to
the United States in 1906. Rogers lived most of his life in
Harlem, but also lived
in Chicago for some time. While Rogers was in Chicago
he worked as a Pullman porter. The job of
Pullman Porter allowed Rogers
to travel
and observe people. Through this travel Rogers was able
to increase his appetite for knowledge, utilizing various
libraries in the cities that he visited.
This appetite for knowledge would eventually be
expressed in Rogers' numerous self-published writings. -
Wikipedia
Africa's Gift To America,
World's Great Men of Color, Sex and Race Volumes 1,2,& 3, and
From Superman to Man (a novel)
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REFER TO THE BOOK: AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS by Joan Potter
& Constance Claytor.
The expression "The Real McCoy" referred to black inventor Elijah McCoy's invention
(1872). Page 239 - 240.
Dr. Mae Jemison, was the first African American woman astronaut to travel in
outer space. Pages 86 - 87.
Jean Baptist Pointe DuSable, Haitian, was the first settler of the city of
Chicago (1700's).
He was a fur trader and owned his own business: a trading post. Pages 72
-73.
Matthew Henson was the first man to reach the North Pole. He was part of Admiral
Peary's
expedition. He was honored by Congress in 1945. Page 79.
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed the first open heart surgery in 1893. Page
242.
Nat King Cole was the first African American man to host a network television
show (1956) Pages 44 - 45.
Black African INVENTORS were responsible for:
The third rail for trains.
The traffic signal, automatic shoe maker...and much much more.
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 "The
Five Negro Presidents", copyright 1965 by Joel Augustus Rogers (J.A. Rogers)
The picture above is President Warren Harding. The picture below is his paternal
Grand-Uncle, Oliver Harding (Abbott's Monthly, Sept. 1932). In the book,
"The Ohio Gang, The World Of Warren G. Harding", written by Charles L. Mee, Jr.,
the chapter entitled "The Little Nigger", President Harding is said to have
had
African (Black) ancestry (The Ohio Gang, Chapter VII, pages 44-45). For Warren
Harding himself said that,"The people have been calling his family and kin Negroes
for eighty years..." Read Warren Gamaliel Harding, President Of The United States,
written by Professor William Estabrook Chancellor for this quote
on page 35, also
refer to pages 25, 29, 39, 99-100, where it mentions Warren Harding's African
ancestry.
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Notice the pepper-corn woolly hair of the two Judean (Hebrew) captives on the
right, on this ancient engraving (Reader's Digest: Oreat People of the Bible and
How They Lived, 3rd printing, Copyright 1971, pages 236-237). Ancient artists
portrayed woolly-haired Africans like this. The ancient Hebrews were Africans.
Herodotus, the "Father of History", wrote,"They have black skins and woolly hair...the
Colohians, the Egyptians, and the Ethiopians...' Read Herodotus the Histories,
translation first published in 1954, reprinted in 1973 - 1976, Penguin books Inc.,
translated by Aubrey De Selincourt, page 167.
Tacitus, a Roman historian, wrote regarding the origin of the Hebrews "...Many,
again, say that they [the "Jews" a misnomer, should be Hebrews] were of Ethiopian
origin..." Refer to the Complete Works of Tacitus, copyright 1942, by Random House,
Inc., translated from the Latin by Alfred Church and William Brodrib~, book five,
pages 657-658. Tacitus wrote this around 70 A.D.
"Are you not as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel?
saith the Lord..." Amos 9:7.
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The ancient Kemetians (called Egyptians by the Greeks) were black Africans. Evidence
that they had woolly hair is in the Cairo Museum in Egypt as well as their numerous
ancient artwork.
Israel borders Egypt, and Egypt is inseparably part of the African continent.
Research the history the Bible give us: Joseph, Viceroy of Egypt, married an Egyptian
woman (Genesis 41:44-50). Abraham had a child by an Egyptian woman; her name was
Hagar, and the child was Ishmael (Genesis 21:8-13). The daughters of Jethro said
that Moses looked like an & 127gyptian (Exodus 2:16-22). The Hebrews were
in Egypt . Northeast Africa) for over 400 years. What country dzd Joseph, Mary,
and the child Jesus flee to? Egypt! The ancient Egyptians were black Africans.
At least, according to the testimony of Herodotus, the Greek historian, and "Father
of HistOry''. Herodotus visited Egypt 400 years before the birth of Jesus Christ,
and his eyewitness testimony was that the Egyptians were black-skinned with woolly
hair ("The History of Herodotus, Book II, Section 104").
Sir Godfrey Higgins in his book, Anacalypsis, refers to Buddha as both a black
and Negro god.
Anacalypsis Volume I, Chapter 4, Book 1, page 52
Book 5, Chapter 1, and page 161.
"The Features and hair of Buddha belong to the black race..."
Gerald Massey, British Egyptologist, wrote in his book: A BOOK OF BEGINNINGS
BRAD'S NOTE: Many people here in the United States of America think
Buddha looked like a sumo wrestler OR Odd-Job from the James Bond movie,
GOLDFINGER.
However, many ancient statues show Buddha with pronounced thick lips, flat nose,
and woolly (or kinky) hair...just like me! :)
COUNT VOLNEY'S POWERFUL HISTORICAL STATEMENT
Did you every hear this quote when you were in high school OR college?
You're gonna love this quote!
This statement by Count Volney was so deep, that I had to go to the Library of Congress when I was stationed
in the U.S. Army in the
Washington, D.C. area, to find and see for myself
his statement. I finally got my hands on Volney's book and of course it was
written in French.
One of the librarians spoke French and interpreted Volney's statement. Joel August Rogers,
Jamaican American researcher and historian
provided
the information and I had to follow through. Here's Volney's statement; you better buckle
your mental seat belt:
Count Volney, French historian, in his book entitled, "OEUVRES" (WORKS) - 1821 - said:
"...de penser que cette race d'hommes noirs, aujourd'hue notre esclave et l'objet
de nos me'pris,
est celle-la' meme a' laquelle nous devons nos arts, nos sciences, et jusqu'a' l'usage de la parole."
(SEE ENGLISH TRANSLATION BELOW).
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
"To think that to a race of black men who are today our slaves
and
the object of our contempt, is the same one to whom we owe our arts,
sciences,
and
the very use of speech."
"Black history is deeper than most people thought. I marvel and I am humbled
by the richness of
Black African History. I can't pretend to know it all; I want to remain
humble and teachable.
I am an eternal student of African History. As soon as you think you've
learned it all, the Creator just
places you in another classroom and you have more learning and growing to
do. To be bored and complacent
is an insult against the Almighty Creator of all things. But Black History
goes beyond black people picking cotton
and whining about their civil and human rights. It's not enough just to
know Sports History, black people need
to know their role in world history--KNOW THYSELF. "Know thyself" is
a phrase which originates with
black African scholars and NOT from white Europeans from Greece or Rome.
Hey!--every month is black history
month to me. As they used to say back in the 1960's,"Can ya
dig it?" Almighty God the creator didn't
put me here to be a wiseguy or a "smart-ass", but to embrace Truth and
to stay in balance. May God the Creator
help the human family to desire Truth. -
Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix
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POSITIVE BLACK IMAGES:
Herodotus (484 (?) - 425 B.C.) said: It is in fact manifest that the
Colchidians are Egyptian by race...I had conjectured as much myself from
two pointers, firstly because they have black skins and wooly hair...the Egyptians
and Ethiopians have practised circumcision since time immemorial....."
(Quote from "Egypt Revisited" by Prof. Ivan Van Sertima on page 16 (ISBN
#: 0-88738-799-3 - Copyrighted 1989 - Second printing: 1991
- 2nd edition).
Three black African girls compared to the statue of an Egyptian girl
My high school graduation picture...bushy afro and all.
(the statuette pre-dates the prophet Moses)
Totemic Coiffures (hairstyles). Hair-dos of pre-pubescent Senegalese girls
(prior to World War II) compared to an 18th Dynasty Egyptian girl
statuette (lower left of the picture), more than 3,500 years earlier. This
picture and information came from black historian Chiekh Anta Diop's
book,"The African Origin of Civilization Myth or Reality" (translated from the
French by Mercer Cook) page 41. Hey, there's some powerful
images in this book. IF only black people really understood the power of
their history. Ask some of these church-going African Americans
"Where is Egypt in relationship to Israel?" Many...many...many really
don't understand the geographical relationship between Egypt (Kemet)
and Israel. Joseph and Mary took the baby Jesus and fled into EGYPT.
Moses looked like an Egyptian, read Exodus 2:15 - 21.
The Apostle Paul looked like an Egyptian, read Acts 21:37 - 40. The Roman
officer referred to Paul as an Egyptian. Millions of black people
here in the United States of America are missing the African connection in the
Bible. Why aren't they making the connection? Get connected!
Hey if you want Black History information--IT'S OUT THERE WAITING
FOR YOU!!!
Millions of black people are only worried about food, their hair,
partying, and sexual intercourse...
They're too stupid to want to know their own history!
IF they ever read a book on Black History, this planet would
sprout legs and "moonwalk" to another galaxy! Black
people need to know their HISTORY!!!
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BLACK EGYPT and HER NEGRO PHARAOHS
WAS WRITTEN BY REV. STERLING M. MEANS IN 1945 A.D.
COMMENTARY FROM Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix:
WHY WON'T MORE AFRICAN (BLACK) MINISTERS SHARE MORE ON THE POWERFUL AFRICAN CONNECTIONS
IN THE BIBLE?
REFER TO NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, "POWERFUL AFRICAN CONNECTIONS IN THE BIBLE" BY BRAD
PHOENIX, BLACK STARLINER
NEWSPAPER.
Rev. Means published "Black Egypt and Her Negro Pharaohs" in "Ethiopia and the
Missing Link in African History" in 1945. Black Classic Press has reprinted
Rev. S.M. Means' work--yet another great African historical testimony. Black Classic
Press has restored many great books by African authors; we appreciate
their mission
and desire continued success for them.
Not many African (Black) ministers have come out openly and testified that the
ancient Egyptians were Black people. "...I will say frankly that the ancient
Egyptians
were not a Caucasian, nor Semitic Race, but they were full blooded Negroes, and
belonged to the same race of Negroes that you find in America
and Africa today. The ancient Egyptians were black with woolly hair and thick
lips..." (quote from Rev. Means - SEE PAGE 54)
"...The Egyptians descended from the Ethiopians..." (SEE PAGE 54) Moses was born
in Egypt, and Egypt is inseparably part of the African continent; therefore, Moses
was an African. Joseph, the son of Jacob, was the viceroy of Egypt, second in
authority under the Pharaoh (king). If it can be shown that the ancient Egyptians
were Black people, then that would mean that the ancient Hebrews were Africans
(Black) people also. Herodotus, "the Father of History", visited
Egypt and Ethiopia
about 400 years before Jesus Christ was born; he recorded as an eyewitness, that
the Egyptians and Ethipians were black-skinned with
woolly hair. (REFER TO THE
HISTORY OF HERODOTUS (SECTION ON COLCHIANS) Tacitus, a Roman Historian, recorded
that many in his times
said that the Hebrews had an Ethiopian origin. God Almighty says that the children
of Israel are like the Cushites (Ethiopians) to Him. (SEE AMOS 9:6,7). Deuteronomy
33:4 & 5th verses says that Moses was called a King of Israel. Moses was
born in Africa (Egypt), so the first king of Israel was African!
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Anthony T. Browder Books by Mr. Browder: The last two books co-written with his daughter (BELOW).
 
I coordinated with several folks to have Anthony T. Browder, a cultural
historian, author, and lecturer,
speak on Kemetian (Egyptian) and Black American History at the following
venues here on Long Island:
The First Baptist Church in Bay Shore, NY
Brentwood High School via Suffolk Community College (Brentwood Campus)
Hope Baptist Church (Pastor Barbara Lemon), Central Islip, NY
Holy Trinity Baptist Church in Amityville, NY
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
I befriended Mr. Browder when I attended one of his lectures in Washington,
DC. He founded the Institute of Karmic Guidance in 1981.:
For information on publications, speaking engagements, tapes and study tours,
please contact:
THE INSTITUTE OF KARMIC GUIDANCE P.O. Box 73025, Washington,
D.C. 20056
Phone: (301) 853-2465
- Fax: (301) 853-7916
Web Site: www.karmic-ikg.com
Video LINK to one of Mr. Browder's lectures:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2105133471719576215
THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE by Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix
Over the years, I've shared my Black History information packets with folks
both black & white,
and some of them have told me:
"Brad, I think the information you gave me on Black History polarizes people".
My response: No it doesn't,
IT INFORMS AND EMPOWERS! Too long have black people been put down.
Too long have there been lies
about Black History from people who desperately cling to a "superiority
complex". Accurate historical information
is what every human being should strive for, and not cultural lies and
urban myths. You shall know the TRUTH, and the
truth shall set you free. Truth sets folks free...IT DOESN'T POLARIZE!
Those who feel threatened by Truth always
cry,"Foul!" because they are
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE INFORMATION. The nature of Truth is to liberate,
NOT divide. It's
the nature of lies to polarize, torment, and stir up confusion. We shouldn't just blindly accept all that
we read and hear, but try to be sincerely discerning and hunger and thirst after TRUTH in humility (humility means balance
spiritually, emotionally, and physically). When a person is arrogant, depressed, jealous, envious, bored, irritable, racist, etc.
they are
out of balance. African History is very deep and full of pleasant surprises. We shouldn't have to beg Black people to
study
African History,
they should be hungering and thirsting to know it!
There are white people who are racist wolves in sheep's clothing.
Thousands of black people watched the so-called reality
TV show: "Dog the Bounty Hunter". "Dog"...Mr.
Chapman, appeared sincere. He was soft and tender
with some criminals
that he and his bosomy wife, son, and friends captured. He
called them "brother" and came across with empathy and sympathy
that was touching at times. But when the National Inquire
released a recording of "Dog" yelling at his son for dating a
black woman, he used the word "nigger" six times.
When "Dog" was caught, what did he do? He apologized just
like Imus did. "Dog" even called the Reverend Al Sharpton
to smooth things over with the black community.
"Dog" said that he wasn't attacking his son's black girlfriend's race,
but her character. Well, Mr. Chapman or
"Dog",
if you were attacking her character, then you wouldn't use the word "nigger"
six times. You hypocrite! You gargoyle!
You're so-called show should be taken off the television permanently along
with your phony fake emotions of empathy.
Like TV wrestlers in the WWA, "Dog" is an actor! His
program is as sincere as a plastic Santa Claus, and I don't trust him.
Over the years, I've heard white people say,"Don't blame me for slavery.
Don't make me feel guilty over something that happened
over 100 years ago. I had nothing to do with
slavery." You benefit from slavery.
You're like a carrier of a disease...the
disease of white supremacy and racism. Y'see, a lot of white
people think they are going to heaven, when in reality they
are going to hell. They say they are good decent people.
But like the Bible says that you shall know them by their FRUIT
(their actions and words). They claim to have the
love of God and Jesus in their hearts, BUT...
They don't want any black people living in their neighborhoods.
They don't want their white daughters to date or marry
a black man. IF a black person came to their church, they
would be talking about it for years, even though there's
a sign on most churches that says: ALL WELCOME.
These same white churches won't go into black and hispanic
communities because of racism and fear, but they'll take up offerings to
send missionaries to Africa and South America.
They claim to be good decent people, but they secretly believe just like the
neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan does.
They're hypocrites, and unless they repent and have God change them, they'll
die and go to hell where they belong.
George Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney, David Duke, Newt Gingrich, Ronald Reagan,
Arnold Swartzennegger, George Wallace,
Strom Thurman, are all going to be in HEAVEN,
right? They're heaven has to be a HELL for
people of color.
Their heaven will be just like the United States of America.
The white man will be in charge. People of color will
do manual labor and be 3rd class citizens in Heaven. God is
Caucasian. Angels are Caucasions. The United
States
of Heaven...under a sovereign Caucasian God. A
person has to decide not to be a racist...not to be color prejudice.
Almighty God can really put love into a person so that they won't be a
racist as well. Y'see, human beings look on the
outward appearance of a person, but God Almighty knows what a person thinks
in their hearts (soul / spirit).
Oh, by the way, black people can be racist too.
Oppressed people can be racist. Poverty-stricken people
can be racist.
Filthy rich people can be racist. So-called average people can
be racist. Hey, all the groups I just
mentioned...can anyone in
these groups STEAL? Sure they can and have.
People in abject poverty steal. Filthy rich people can
steal...and they do.
Anyone can be a racist. And anyone can steal and lie.
"Oh, black people are not in positions of power, so they can't
be racist"...THAT'S NOT TRUE!
Actually TRUTH doesn't hurt in itself...it's the reaction of people
(regardless of
their color or appearance) to Truth that can hurt.
It's true there were black people that helped white slavers
capture black people in Africa and put them in slavery. But it's
also true that white people in the U.S.A. helped
black people transport black slaves to freedom in the "Underground
Railroad". The Bible is very clear:
How can you HATE a human being that you can see, and claim to love Almighty
God the Creator, who you cannot see?
You're just like "Dog" the Bounty Hunter, a closet racist.
I hope you repent of your racism and hate...or you will go
to HELL throughout all eternity.
-- Bradley Thunderbird Phoenix, African
American and Native
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THE NEXT ARTICLE WILL
BE: WHY JESUS CHRIST IS NOT WHITE
(CAUCASIAN)
by B. T. Firebird
Stop frowning...it's time to be exposed to
information you've never heard before on this subject.
You're gonna love it! Actually you're
not gonna love it. This is the mentality
among a lot of folks today:
"I don't care what color Jesus is, as long as He's white." "Talk of
Jesus's color tends to divide us."
"If Jesus Christ were non-white, it wouldn't bother me." Yeah,
right! OK, let's test what you know.
"The guy who helped Jesus carry the cross and the Ethiopian eunuch were black,
but everyone else was white."
That's not historically accurate! It's not true. The
role of black people in the Bible is much greater than you think.
Both Moses and the Apostle Paul were referred to as Egyptians IN THE BIBLE.
I can give you the scriptures right
now, but IF you have a good concordance,
stop being lazy and look it up yourself! Your brain glossed right over
it.
Do you know why? Because you're "programmed"
to believe that anyone of any importance in the Bible had to be WHITE
(Caucasian).
I'VE GOT NEW INFORMATION FOR YA....
THIS SUBJECT SHOULD MAKE A LOT OF
FOLKS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE! You love being
comfortable.
Set your brain on "automatic pilot". All the people in the Bible
were white. Angels are white. God is white...you feel safe.
Folks normally get uncomfortable growing up...it's called growing pains.
YOU'RE NO LONGER SAFE ANYMORE!
You're gonna be blown right out of the water...with TRUTH...in love.
:)
You're NOT gonna love my article, but it
will challenge your thinking...take you out of your COMFORT ZONE.
This might sound strange, but I don't want to come across as a smart ass,
wise guy, obnoxious, callous, or anything negative,
I THINK YOU NEED TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
and get information to open up your understanding on topics.
The Bible says as a person thinks...so is he. The more information
you have on a topic....I would never endorse books on
New Age, witchcraft, or the occult because that mess will
destroy you spiritually. I would encourage you to read the
Bible for yourself and pray and ask God Almighty, the Creator, to
open up your understanding. It's a good starting
point.
UNFORGIVENESS IS WORSE THAN THE
ADDICTIONS TO CRACK, CRYSTAL METH,
OR ALCOHOL
After all, if Jesus is NOT a white man, maybe some people might not want
to go to heaven and be with a "colored" Christ.
They may be highly un-comfortable with a brown-skin Jesus Christ.
They are comfortable with a blond-haired blue-eyed Jesus Christ who is
European looking. The Europeanized paintings of
Jesus always show Him lily white not even with a sun-tan. How the
heck can you be in the heat of the Middle East and not
even get a sun-tan? Caucasians get sun-tans on the beach here
in the USA. Well the Middle East is hotter over there.
You go over to the Middle East with milky white skin and that Middle East sun
will tear you up!
Jesus Christ is white??? You stand out in that Middle East sun
and you won't be white either. Hello?! Anybody home?!
Ohhhh, you're comfortable now with your beautiful church
building with it's expensive stained-glass windows and padded
seats with the soft Corinthian leather that smells Downey fresh, your
church's drive-through 1-hour service, BUT hearing that
Jesus Christ might NOT be Caucasian is not a comforting thought for
many folks who still harbor prejudice
INSIDE THEIR HEARTS. Racism in the BODY OF
CHRIST...are you serious? Deadly serious!
God condemns racism.
And what is this stupidness about? Here's the picture:
In one town, there's an Hispanic (Latino) Christian Church,
a Black
Baptist church, an A.M.E. Methodist church building, and several lily white churches. IF a Black
person entered the lily white
church, some of the members would
be talking about it for the next 40 years! "Did you know a
colored fellow came in our
church?" "Hey we had a black
come to our church." Heyyyy!--you have a sign outside your church
that reads: ALL
WELCOME. Take the sign down if
you don't mean it! Stop being a hypocrite and a racist!
Take the sign down. The Body
of Christ is one. We MUST
fellowship and work together and forget about our skin color and our
linguistic differences. In
other countries, they speak
their native tongues, but here in the USA, we should all be able to speak
English and fellowship with
one another...but we don't!
The Creator of ALL THINGS is not happy with us either.
We've erected these artificial cultural
fences around our
fellowships and denominations. It's sad. We'll be
spending eternity with one another, but we can't stand
each other here
ON EARTH! Racism and prejudice has to driven out of the
Body of Christ. NOW!
There was an argument put forth that Black people can't be racist because
they're not in positions of power. That's NOT true!
Any human being can be prejudiced or racist...and God the Creator HATES
racism. Want a Bible formula for racism?
RACISM = hatred, strife, FEAR, and unforgiveness.
Hatred and strife are the tip of the iceberg; fear and unforgiveness
are the great
percentage that's beneath the water's surface. Unforgiveness
accounts for a lot of the ills of our society.
Let's get back to the real historical Jesus, and not some European fantasy image
of a white Jesus.
I'll be honest with ya, IF Jesus was in the USA during the 1950's, early
1960's, they would have told Him to get in the
back of
the bus right along with Rosa Parks. Jesus would have
experienced the Jim Crow Laws of the deep South.
He already experienced the Jim Crow laws of the white-ruled Roman empire.
Get ready for a rude awakening when you stand before the throne of Jesus
Christ on the Day of Judgment!
Santa Claus may be white, leprechauns may be
white, hobbits may be white, the Keebler elves may be white,
but Jesus
Christ is NOT a white man.
You're racism and color prejudice is
going to poison your brain,
soul, and spirit all your life
UNLESS you pray and ask God Almighty to
remove the cancer of that racism
out of your pysche and soul. Almighty God is
eager, ready to bend over backwards to get the poison of
Satan's
racism and hatred out of your soul right now.
RIGHT NOW! Here's how you do it: Go
into the privacy of
your own bedroom. Shut the door because you don't want to be
disturbed. You can pray a prayer like this:
"Lord God, I'm racist. I have hatred in me. Hatred
toward family members. Hatred toward people that are
of a different skin color. I apologize for disrespecting other human
beings. Please remove this racism and hatred out of my soul.
Pour your love into me, Lord. Your written word says you are LOVE.
Lord, I don't understand how you're going to do it,
but let your love replace the bitterness, fear, jealousy, hatred, and
unforgiveness in my soul. Thank you Lord for doing it
right now as I pray. AMEN."
God is LOVE and LOVING (2 Corinthians 13:11, 1 John 4:7,8)
2 Timothy 1:7 says God has given us LOVE and
a SOUND MIND, NOT racism. Hatred for
Arab human beings, hatred of Jewish human beings, hatred for Asian human
beings, hatred for Communists, hatred for liberals, hatred
forconservatives, hatred for Democrats, hatred for Mafia wiseguys,
hatred for police officers, hatred for corrupt politicians, hatred for
lying U.S. Presidents who send our troops into unjustified
wars to make war profits for their corporate vampire buddies....
The hatred and racism MUST stop NOW!
Wait a minute! Wait a minute!!
Just because you ask God to fill you with His love DOES NOT
mean that you
can't agitate for JUSTICE and for morality!
You don't stop fighting the corruption of city hall just because
you're
not supposed to HATE politically corrupt politicians.
You don't stop fighting against police brutality just because
you're not supposed to hate bad cops. Continue to
agitate for justice and challenge political corruption.
That's
our duty as God's servants AND citizens of the
USA. We don't stop fighting for human rights!
We don't stop
fighting for true justice not the "justice" and so-called
"democracy" that comes from the White House. The president
of the United States of America is a Christian, he goes
to prayer breakfasts a lot and he quotes the Bible.
YEAH, RIGHT! Politicians are not gods!
Watch them. Make them accountable for how our taxes are
spent!
We're the richest country in the world with homeless people, poverty, high
unemployment, and a lousy healthcare system.
Why can't we be like Canada's health care system?
Fight for justice! Here in America, we have the insurance
gangsters,
the banking gangsters, the medical gangsters, and the politician gangsters who
make a "killing" on American invasions and
starting "New Vietnams". Did you ever wonder why the U.S. sent
troops to Vietnam? I asked a vet of Vietnam who is
opposed to the war in Iraq (so am I), why was the U.S. involved in
Vietnam? He gave me a surprising answer. I
never
thought he would say this. I couldn't believe my ears.
I said I would do some research on his answer, but it shocked
me.
He said: "We were in Vietnam for their oil."
I went off on a tangent, but that's OK. Here's the
bottom line:
A man says,"I hate my mother-in-law, can
I still get into heaven?"
Sounds like a joke, right?
It's no joke..."NO!"
Almighty God, the Creator, is opposed to racism, fear,
hatred, unforgiveness, slavery
(which is still going on today)!
Article / editorial by B.T. Firebird
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When I e-mailed Dave Siegel, he got back to me with some good information
about the role of African Americans in RADIO. Thanks, Mr. Siegel!
:)
Dear Bradley,
If you are still interested in the role that African Americans played
in RADIO you might want to check the following on the GOOGLE WEB SITE:
CANADA LEE (black actor)
NEW WORLD A COMING
DESTINATION FREEDOM
STORY OF RUBY VALENTINE (soap opera)
BEAULAH
AMOS AND ANDY
AUNT JEMINA
JUBILLEE
GOLDEN GATE QUARTET
SOUTHERNAIRES
SHOWBOAT
Specific programs with black themes;
THEATER GUILD (Green Pastures)
COLUMBIA WORKSHOP (Drums Of Conscience) and (St. Louis Blues)
NOTE: AFRICAN AMERICAN actors, comedians and musical entertainers appeared
as regulars on certain programs as follows;
DUFFY'S TAVERN (Eddie Greene)
GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (Lillian Randolph)
JUDY CANOVA (Ruby Dandrich)
DANNY KAYE (Butterfly McQueen)
JUNGLE JIM and MANDRAKE, THE MAGICIAN (Juano Hernadez)
BILLIE BURKE SHOW: (Lillian Randolph)
JACK BENNY (Eddie Anderson)
EDDIE CANTOR (Thelma Carpenter)
I could provide you with many many additional examples and in 1995
the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE produced a 12 part series that aired on PBS
called BLACK RADIO: Telling It Like It Was
(that I provided audio for).
Dave Siegel, Writer & Researcher
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