“Somewhere in the annals of European literature someone wrote that ‘ignorance is bliss;’ but in the ancient record of African philosophy is the belief that ‘ignorance is sinful.’ Most of us have been conditioned to live our lives in a sinful state of blissful ignorance while thinking we were actually being saved. If we equated […]
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Anecdote Of The Week: The Do We Recognize Our Blessings Edition
“It was a beautiful day along Lake Michigan. A wonderful day for sailing. Numerous boats were out on the lake. People were taking in the sun. A sailor went out in his boat. He was experienced, his boat was in excellent condition, and he wanted to avoid the congestion from boats closer to shore. Unfortunately, […]
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“The physical effects of watching trauma on television- the rise in blood pressure and heart rate- are the same as if an individual has actually experienced the traumatic event directly. Moreover, it has been documented that television can create false memories that are just as powerful as normal memories. When recalled, television-created memories have the […]
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James Mabary, who was born a slave, invented the cutter used to trim the soles of bots and shoes. Tweet
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“Imagine enslaving tens of millions of men, women, and children and working them from sun up to sun down, from birth until death. Imagine not having to pay these people for their labor and being allowed, by law, to rape and breed them in order to increase their numbers for you personal benefit. Imagine these […]
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Ingenious, practical, and innovative; Izhar Gafni has created a bike made entirely out of recycled materials. The main recycled material used in this bike, which costs approximately $9 to $12 to manufacture, is cardboard. You would think that a cardboard bike would be impossible to ride. However, according to Fast Company (where I first spotted […]
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“The founders of the United States were men of vision, who used the land of others and the labor and knowledge of others to make their vision a reality. They have sustained their position of power and authority over Africans in America by destroying the Africans’ ability to visualize while encouraging them to dream. There […]
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Lewis Howard Latimer invented the electric lamp and the carbon filament for the lightbulb. Tweet
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“Be cautious of the type of music that is listened to in you home. Rhythmic beats are the very best way to deliver self-destructive thoughts into the mind and neutralize the creative spirit within us.” -Anthony Browder Tweet
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Do our votes really count? I wonder how real elections really are. I read the following information in a book recently: “On election night, when the three major television networks announce the next president, the winner they announce is not chosen by the voters of the United States. He is the selection of the three […]
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