{"id":8332,"date":"2001-02-06T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2001-02-06T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/?p=8332"},"modified":"2021-07-05T01:55:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T01:55:43","slug":"lte-sell-outs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/2001\/02\/06\/lte-sell-outs\/","title":{"rendered":"LTE: Sell Outs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 16:35:04 -0800<br>From: &#8220;sq33003@attglobal.net&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20030707200420\/mailto:sq33003@attglobal.net\">sq33003@attglobal.net<\/a><br>Subject: SELL OUTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HI, I WAS LISTENING TO TAVIS SMILEY DISCUSSING THE SWEARING IN OF THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL BY JUSTICE THOMAS. AND I FELT INSPIRED. FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20030707200420\/mailto:JAYDOLPH@YAHOO.COM\">JAYDOLPH@YAHOO.COM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SELL OUTS (DOING GODS\u2019S WORK)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ENTERING THE FIRST YEARS OF THE NEW MILLENIUM, I WOULD BE REMENSE IF I DIDN\u2019T MAKE THIS POINT DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH. AS WE EMBARK ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH ALL THE BLACK RADIO PLAYING DR.MARTIN LUTHER KINGS HISTORICAL SPEECH \u201cI HAVE A DREAM.\u201d EVERY SCHOOL BILLBOARD HAS PICTURES OF GREAT BLACK HISTORY MAKER AND HEROES. LET ME SAY, THEY ARE WELL EARNED. MOST OF THOSE BILLBOARDS ARE ABSENT OF ONE GREAT AMERICAN. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CLEARENCE THOMAS ONLY THE SECOND BLACK SUPREME COURT JUSTICE IN AMERICAN HISTORY. OFTEN CALLED A \u201cSELL OUT\u201d BY OUR SO CALLED BLACK LEADERS. I DON\u2019T BELIEVE MY RACE HAS ANY TRUE LEADER. JUST A BUNCH OF WANNABEES, BUT THAT WOULD BE AN ENTIRE DIFFERENT STORY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SINCE BLACK AMERICA IS SO BENT ON CALLING JUSTICE THOMAS A \u201cSELL OUT \u201c, LET ME PUT THIS OUT FOR THE MIND TO PONDER. IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE IN GOD. AND BELIEVE HE WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS YOU MUST AGREE WITH THIS. (WELL MAYBE)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IN AFRICA THE WHITE SLAVETRADERS BOUGHT A SELECT FEW BLACK TRIBE MEMBERS TO SHOW THEM THE WAY TO INTRAP POTENTIAL SLAVES.( TODAY THEY WOULD BE KNOWN AS SCOUTS) THEIR MISSION WAS TO CATCH NATIVE AFRICANS FOR THEY COULD BRING THEM BACK TO AMERICA, TO BE SOLD AS SLAVES. (EVERYONE TO INCLUDE THE SLAVETRADERS BELIEVE IT WAS FOR MONEY.) THOSE FEW SCOUTS THAT HELP TRAP BLACKS INTO SLAVERY WERE KNOWN AND PRESENTLY KNOWN AS \u201cSELL OUTS\u201d OF THERE OWN RACE . IF YOU BELIEVE IN GOD YOU MUST AGREE THAT THEY WERE DOING GODS WORK. WITHOUT THOSE SCOUTS SLAVERY IN AMERICA OF THE BLACK RACE WOULD HAVE NEVER OCCURRED. THEY WERE MESSENGERS FROM GOD ALTHOUGH POPULAR OPINON WOULD NOT AGREE. I SUBMIT TO YOU THIS. IT WAS GODS WILL TO HAVE THE BLACK MAN COME TO AMERICA, IN SUCH LARGE NUMBERS. WITHOUT THESE FEW \u201cSELL OUT\u201d,AMERICA WOULD NOT HAVE THE LARGE PROPORTION OF BLACKS IT HAS.( CURRENTLY ABOUT 14% OF THE POPULATION.) THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A HARRIET TUBMAN OR MARCUS GARVEY OR DARE I SAY A DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING. ALL OF WHO I BELIEVE WERE MESSENGERS FROM GOD. YES BLACK PEOPLE HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO AMERICA BECOME THE STRONGEST NATION IN THE WORLD,WITH NO CLOSE CHALLENGERS. THIS WAS GODS WILL. THE \u201cSELL OUTS\u201d THAT SOLD THEIR TRIBESMEN INTO SLAVERY ARE MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS. DOING GOD\u2019S WORK. ALTHOUGH, I HAVE NEVER HEARED ONE BLACK PERSON EVER ADDRESS THIS . THEY DID NOT GO WITH POPULAR OPINON OF WHAT\u2019S RIGHT OR WRONG. CLEARLY THEY WERE IN THE MINORITY WITH THAT \u201cSELL OUT \u201c THINKING. I POSE THIS QUESTION TO THE CHRISTIANS, REVERENDS,AND ANYBODY WHO BELIEVES IN GOD. WHEN JESUS WAS ON EARTH WASN\u2019T HE IN THE MINORITY? CLARENCE THOMAS, IS HE STILL A SELL OUT? I DON\u2019T KNOW.DOES IT MATTER ? A MAN GOOD SHOULD OUTWEIGH THE BAD. RIGHT? I DO KNOW, HE IS ONLY THE SECOND BLACK SUPREME COURT JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. MAKING ANOTHER DOOR EASIER FOR ANOTHER BLACK TO ENTER. MAYBE GOD SENDS US WHAT WE NEED NOT WHAT WE WANT. NO, I AM NOT A FAN OF JUSTICE THOMAS OR AGREE WITH HIS VIEW ON HARDLY ANYTHING. I AM INCLINE TO JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON, AND CALL HIM A \u201cSELL OUT\u201d. I MUST LOOK PAST WHAT SOCIETY, OUR COMMUNITY AND THE MEDIA TELLS US, AND SEE THE GOOD HE IS DOING FOR THE WORLD.NOT JUST THIS NATION. JUST AS THOSE SLAVES THAT ACTED AS SCOUTS FOR THE SLAVETRADERS.HE IS DOING SOMETHING TO ADVANCE HIS RACE WEATHER IN IS INTENTIONAL OR NOT, AS IN THE CASE OF THE SLAVE SCOUTS. DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHY? I SUBMIT THAT AMERICA WOULD NOT BE THE GREAT NATION IT IS. NOR WOULD BLACKS AMERICA BE THE FORCE IT IS WITHOUT THESE SOME \u201cSELL OUTS\u201d.<br>ARTHUR BENDOLPH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 16:35:04 -0800From: &#8220;sq33003@attglobal.net&#8221;&nbsp;sq33003@attglobal.netSubject: SELL OUTS HI, I WAS LISTENING TO TAVIS SMILEY DISCUSSING THE SWEARING IN OF THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL BY JUSTICE THOMAS. AND I FELT INSPIRED. 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