What If There Were
No Black People
What If There Were
No Black People
"I thought this was an interesting way of telling part of the story. Hope it's of use to you. Some of the info I knew of and the others .... learning never stops. So, pass it on..."
This a story of a young man who woke up one morning and asked his mother,
Mom, what if there were no "Black" people in the world? Well his
mother thought about that for a moment, and then said Son, follow me
around today and lets just see what it would be like if there were no
Black people in the world. Mom said, Now go get dressed and we will get
started. He ran to his room to put on his clothes and shoes. His mother
took ane look at him and said, Son, where are your shoes, and those
clothes are all wrinkled son, I must iron them. But when she reached for
the ironing board it was no longer there. You see Sarah Boone, a black
woman, invented the ironing board and Jan E. Matzelinger, a black woman,
invented the shoe lassing machine. Oh well, she said please go and do
something to your hair. He ran in his room to comb his hair, but the comb
was not there. You see Walter Sammons, a black man, invented the comb.
He decided to just brush his hair, but the brush was gone. You see Lydia
O. Newman, a black female, invented the brush. Well this was a sight, no
shoes, wrinkled clothes, hair a mess, even Mom's hair, without the hair
care inventions of Madam C.J. Walker, a black woman, well you get the
picture.
Mom told her son, lets do our chores around the house and then take
a trip to the grocery store. His job was to sweep the floor. He swept
and swept and swept. When he reached for the dust pan, it was not there.
You see, Lloyd P. Ray, a black man, invented the dust pan. So he swept
his pile of dirt over in the corner and left it there. He then decided to
mop the floor, but the mop was gone. You see, Thomas W. Stewart, a black
man, invented the mop. He yelled to his Mom, Mom I'm not having any luck.
Well son, she said let me finish washing these clothes and we prepare a
list for the grocery store. When the wash was finished, she went to place
the clothes in dryer but it was not there. You see, George T. Samon, a
black man, invented the clothes dryer. Mom asked her son to go and get a
pencil and some paper to prepare their list for the market. So he ran for
the paper and pencil but noticed the pencil lead was broken. Well he was
out of luck because John Love, a black man, invented the pencil
sharpener.
Mom reached for a pen, but it was not there because William Purvis, a
black man, invented the fountain pen. As a matter of fact, Lee Burridge,
a black man, invented the type writing machine, and W.A. Lovette, a black
man, invented the advanced printing press.
He and his mother decided to head out to the market. Well when he
opened the door he noticed the grass was as high as he was tall. You see,
the lawn mower was invented by John Burr, a black man. They made their
way over to the car, and found that it just wouldn't go. You see, Richard
Spikes, a black man, invented the automatic gear shift and Joseph Gammel,
a black man invented the supercharge system for internal combustion
a black man invented the supercharge system for internal combustion
engines. They noticed that the few cars that were moving were running
into each other and having wrecks because there were no traffic signals.
You see, Garrett A. Morgan, a black man invented the traffic light.
Well, it was getting late, so they walked to the market, got their
groceries and returned home. Just when they were about to put away the
milk, eggs and butter, they noticed the refrigerator was gone. You see
John Standard, a black man, invented the refrigerator. So they just left
the food on the counter. By this time, He noticed he was getting mighty
cold. Mom went to turn up the heat, and what do you know. Alice Parker,
a black woman, invented the air conditioner. It was almost time for his
father to arrive home. He usually takes the bus. But there was no bus,
because it's precursor was the electric trolley, invented by another
black man, Elbert R. Robinson. He usually takes the elevator from his office on
the 20th floor, but there was no elevator because Alexander Miles, a
black man, invented the elevator. He also usually dropped off the office
mail at a nearby mailbox, but it was no longer there because Phillip
Downing, a black man, invented the letter drop mailbox and William Barry,
a black man, invented the post marking and canceling machine.
He and his mother sat at the kitchen table with their heads in their
hands. When the father arrived he asked, why are you sitting in the dark?
Why? Because Lewis Howard Latimer, a black man, invented filament within
the lightbulb. He quickly learned what it would be like if there was no
black people in the world. Not to mention if he were ever sick and needed
blood. Charles Drew, a black scientist, found a way to preserve and store
blood which led to his starting the world's first blood bank. And if a
family member had to have heart surgery.
This would not have been possible without Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, a
black doctor, who performed the first open-heart surgery.
So if you ever wondered, like this young man, where would we be without
us? Well it's pretty plain to see. We would still be in the DARK!!
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