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A Closer Look
To God and black
nthebeginningtheworld
was dark and without
form. God stepped into
blackness and out of bldck
ness God created the heavens
andtheearth. Ifwegoblackto
the beginning, we would find
ourselvesin Africa. We would
be surrounded by a cloud of
African witnessingtestifyingto
the greatness of black people.
The significance of African
Americans seeing their history
before the shores of Americais
thatit allows them toseethem
selves as God saw them and as
God sees them.
‘When God createdtheuniverse
God started with us. God took
his son Jesus and hid him in
Egypt Matthew2:l3-15). It was
out of Egypt, which is in Africa,
that God brings salvation. Both
Moses and Jesus came from Af
rica. Adam and Eve were in the
garden in Africa. The earliest
history of civilization isin Africa,
and Martin Bernalsetstherecord
straightinhisbooks Black Athena
Saying less means much more
I’'m actually sick and tired of
attending cultural, education
and social events whereby fea
tured speakers make presenta
tionsfor4o minutestoan hour.
I consider this type of behavior
as ludicrous, absurd and it
shows a lack of respect for au
diences. I don’t think audi
ences should be miserably pun
ished and held hostage for the
inequities of speech presenters.
In many instances, these fea
tured public speakers haven’t
been educated or tutoredin the
February is
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By The Rev. Dr. M
Ralph C. Watkins -
Volumeslandll. Thefirst great
kingdoms of humankind are re
corded in Africa, and John Hope
Franklin makes this clear in his
book From Slavery to Freedom.
Wewerekingsand queens, Lord
and Savior. I wonder if the
membersof Curtis Baptist know
that their Jesusisblack, just like
me! We are going to have some
surprised folk when we get to
heaven and see Jesus. Some of
our Confederate flag-waving
friends might turn around and
go to hell.
The history of Africa is the
foundation of human history.
Africansin America were duped
out of their past by the oppres
sors who stole them and sold
them;theslaveterroristsknewif
GUEST COMMENTARY
by Edward Maner
proper manner of speech eti
quette. Individuals who have
been properlytrainedin speech
communication know that
speech presentations aren’t to
exceed 20 minutes at the most.
If a speech is prepared prop
erly, all vital and important
points of a topic could be ar
ticulated within a 20 minute
period. What’s most disturb
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Black History is
African History Part II
theymaintainedanidentitybased
on their past that they would
have been even more dangerous
to their slave system than they
already were. Our ancestors
fought the system, as you know;
Herbert Aptheker records our
struggle in his book Slave Re
volts. Wefought, but they fought
back, by lying to us about us and
eventuallymakingusashamedto
claim Africawhichmeant that we
weredivorced fromourgreatness
whilesimultaneouslybeingbrain
washed by the slave history we
were taught. American liedtous
about us, while intentionally re
writing their-story and calling it
his-story, put it in a book, taught
the lie as truth in schools and we
see results before our very eyes.
When a lie has masqueraded as
truth for generations, itishard to
distinguishbetween thetruthand
fiction. When wereview our edu
cational history, theplotisappar
ent.
What did we learn in school
about African history? Howmuch
ing is the fact that many edu
cated people are aware of this
professional standard for speech
making, but these individuals
still insist upon boring their
audiences withirrelevant rheto
ric. It’s totally disgusting and
horrifying for me to subject
myself to such ineptness.
A study that was conducted
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do we know about Africa? How
much of our educationdealt with
Africa? How many countriesare
there in Africa? Where did our
people originate from in Africa?
What makes us African?
Does it make a difference to
know who your peopleare? Isit
important to know your family
roots? Is it important to know
from whence you’ve come? Isit
important to know that you are
from alineageofroyalty? If none
of this is important, then why is
it that some folk worked so hard
to make sure that we didn’t
know? Why do we learn Euro
pean history but we didn’t get
African history? Whydidn’tthey
teachit? Whydon’ttheyteachit?
Do we know? Do we care? Ifwe
don’t care why should anyone
else care?
Dr. Walkins is a piofessor of
sociology at Augusta State Uni
versity and can be reached at
(706) 737-1735 or e-mail at
rwatkins@aug.edu.
by a Harvard University pro
fessor, revealed that speakers
whomakepresentationsbeyond
a 30 minute period do them
selves and their audiences an
injustice. Also, the study indi
cated that audiences are only
going toretain 15 to 20 percent
of whatisbeingsaid, ifa speech
is 30 minutes or longer. On the
other hand, if a speech is pre-
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threatstochildren’s emotional
health and development. They
urgently need support and as
sistance. The Act to Leave No
Child Behind would give these
children and families the help
and hope every child deserves.
Itwould expand fundingforser
vices and supports for children
and families from the time they
first come to the attention of the
child welfaresystemuntil children
are safely returned to their fami
lies, adopted, or placed perma
nently with relatives. The Act
would change the child welfare to
helpfind permanent familiesmore
quickly for all children who need
them, and would offer ongoing
help torelatives who agreeto care
permanentlyforchildrenwhohave
been living with them in foster
care. It also would provide more
preventive services for families in
crisis, more family reunification
and adoption promotion services,
and more help for families strug
sented 15 to 20 minutes, audi
encesaremore likely toretain 90
to 95 percent of what’s being
said. Asapresentation becomes
longer, audiences usually start
to tune speakers out. Their
minds tend to drift and focus
upon other facets of their lives.
In many instances, audiences
becomerestlessand weary, there
fore individuals begin to shift
their bodiesin their seats. Some
individuals walk out on speak
ers, toacquire mental and physi
calrelief. Othersmay start talk
ing, hoping for speakers to get
the message that it’s time for
them to end presentations.
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glingwithalcohol or drugabuse
problems, domestic violence, or
children’smental health needs.
These kinds of changes will.
help thousands of families of
every race but especially in the
Black community, and help
thousands more children like
Darryl and Alec find the loving,
safehomesallchildrenneedand *
havearight to. What morebasic
but more crucial need could a
child have? Now is the time to
do everything we can to fill it.
Speak up for our children now.
If you don’t, who will? CDF
cannot save children without
your help.
TolearnmoreabouttheMove
ment and the Act to Leave No
Child Behind and what you can
do, call 1-800-CDF-1200 or visit
www.childrensdefense.org.
Marian Wright Edelman is
president of the Children’s De
fense Fund (CDF), which coor
dinates the Black Community
Crusade for Children (BCCC).
CDF'’s mission is to Leave No
Child Behind®.
Excellent and astute public
speakersareabletoread their
audiences. They’recapable of
analyzingandfeelingthepulse
ofthe people they’re speaking
to. When these speakers see
their audiences getting rest
less, they know it’s time for
them to wrap things up. For
those inept public speakers
who don’t have their speech
acts together? Isuggest these
individuals enroll in a Speech
101. I’mconvinced this type of
class would truly help them to
say less, allowing their audi
ences to receive more. I truly
hope America is feeling me.
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