Larry T. Johnson
Ms. Diane Lee
LSTD3333
Friday, March 12, 2010 .
We have developed the blood bank, created the automatic traffic signal and invented the gas mask that saved the lives of countless American men in World War I. However, under the World War I slogan “Making the World Safe for Democracy” black men were not allowed to join the Marines, Coast Guard or Air Force. We have created over three hundred different products derived from peanuts, one hundred from the use of sweet potatoes, and seventy-five from pecans. We have conceptualized the multiplex railway telegraph, which allowed messages to be sent from moving trains to railway stations. We have assisted in leading Thomas A. Edison’s research team in the development of the electric light bulb. We constructed a device that allowed machines to be lubricated while they are in operations. We have been some of the most noble kings and queens in history (Michael, P2). We have survived slavery, mass genocides, civil wars, theorized and actual government plots. From slave cuffs to presidential cuffs, the strength and abilities presented by black individuals around the world is astounding. Despite all odd, statistics and stereo types here in the United States and around the globe African Americans continue to prove as a people, no matter the circumstance they have the ability to overcome any issue. Its just a theory but, in order to protect the male African American populations should black men around the world be placed on the endangered species list?
Although it is clear that African Americans have great success, as with any culture there are great failures. In the United States African American Males make up 13.5 present of the population (AP, P49). On the other hand forty-three percent all murder victims in 2007 where African Americans. Within the subset of African American
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