Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from rly-zc01.mx.aol.com (rly-zc01.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.1]) by air-zc04.mail.aol.com (v75_b4.3) with ESMTP; Tue, 19 Sep 2000 08:53:54 -0400 Received: from mail.future3.com (smtp.future3.com [38.156.93.2]) by rly-zc01.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Tue, 19 Sep 2000 08:53:30 -0400 Received: by MAIL with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id <S7R7PT25>; Tue, 19 Sep 2000 08:53:45 -0400 Message-ID: <90353B06ACFED311BED500A0C93EEEE330CCC6@MAIL> From: Eric Harding <[log in to unmask]> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: FW: What Blacks Need to Do!! Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 08:53:44 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > -----Original Message----- > From: Nikki Thompson > Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 8:46 AM > To: Lisa Clarke; Tori Shannon; Tory Chappell; Tony Edwards; Levi Baker; > Eric Harding; Usman Amir; 'Victoria Thomas'; 'Marvin Thompson Jr.'; > 'Damian Drafton'; 'Charles Johnson' > Subject: What Blacks Need to Do!! > > What Blacks Need to Do in 2000....By Tavis Smiley > > 1. Register to vote, or shut up! > > 2. Take all that money out of those stocking caps, tin cans, bed > mattresses, floorboards and invest your money in something. For > starters,invest in the food you eat and clothes you wear. > > 3. Learn another language, Ebonics does not count. > > 4. STOP USING THE "N" WORD IN THE YEAR 2000,especially since Merriam > Webster has announced it isn't changing the definition. > > 5. Buy something each week from a black vendor. > > 6. Stop blaming white folk for 98% of your problems, while giving them > 100% of your money. > > 7. Subscribe to Ebony, Jet, Black Enterprise and Essence. Then subscribe > to one of the three weeklies: Time, Newsweek, or US > News World Report. After we read about what's going on in our world > know what's going on in theirs. It is after all, your world. > > 8. STOP WALKING PAST EACH OTHER AND NOT SPEAKING. > > 9. Be on time for something - anything!! > > 10. Get an annual checkup; herbs do not cure everything! > > 11. In all thy ways acknowledge Him (GOD) and He > shall direct thy path. (And prioritize this as # 1) > > 12. Stop being jealous of one another, learn to look past the material > things and see the person for who they are. > > 13. Say a prayer for someone besides yourself. > > 14. Get involved in at least one charitable or voluntary community > service. > > 15. Hug your child/spouse/parent today. > > 16. LOVE ONE ANOTHER > > 17. Learn to Let Go and Let God > > 18. Stop talking about it, and be about it > > 19. Let GOD order your steps instead of the world > > 20. P.U.S.H.!! Pray Until Something Happens! > > 21. In all that you do get understanding.