I LOVE IT! Anyone remember Dennis Hopper's little chat with
Christopher Walken re: Sicilian genetics in True Romance? (If you
turn the volume waaay up you can hear Walken's response to the
question: "Am I lying?")
jm
On 6 Feb 2001, at 10:08, Terry Donaghe wrote:
> Ya know, explaining the fact that we are all Africans would probably be a
> great way for a black dude to get shot by a racist cop while "resisting
> arrest" or "assaulting an officer."
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-extropians@extropy.org
> > [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]On Behalf Of Brian D Williams
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 7:52 AM
> > To: extropians@extropy.org
> > Subject: We are all Africans (was Re: PDAs are searchable by cops)
> >
> >
> >
> > From: "Terry Donaghe" <Terry@Donaghe.com>
> >
> > >Most all of my black friends (or African Americans if you prefer)
> > >live with being pulled over quite often. I think it even gets to
> > >the point where they feel that it's just something you have to
> > >deal with and they expect it. One such friend was astonished when
> > >I told him I'd only ever been pulled over once. He get's pulled
> > >over quite a lot, as does his parents, friends, etc. And these are
> > >all middle to upper class people. They just happen to have the
> > >wrong skin color.
> >
> > This sad phenomenon is do to the tremendous lag time between the
> > discovery of a scientific fact and it's eventual incorporation into
> > human culture.
> >
> > The fact is that every piece of scientific evidence has proven that
> > we are all one species, and that we originated in the Rift valley
> > area of what is now modern day Kenya.
> >
> > Every Homo-sapien's on the planet is of African origin.
> >
> > We are all literally Africans.
> >
> > I prefer the term American-African myself, where you are is more
> > important than where you came from.
> >
> > Don't let my pale skin fool you, and don't let your's fool you.
> > We are all originally from Africa.
> >
> > Proud descendant of a member of the first diaspora.
> >
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > Member:
> > Extropy Institute, www.extropy.org
> > Adler Planetarium www.adlerplanetarium.org
> > Life Extension Foundation, www.lef.org
> > National Rifle Association, www.nra.org, 1.800.672.3888
> > Ameritech Data Center Chicago, IL, Local 134 I.B.E.W
> >
> >
>
John Marlow
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