First of all “Whiteyâ€, your comment shows just how ignorant you are. No, Africans did not hop on a zebra we preferred camels. (If you didn’t know Egypt is in Africa and they held more weight). Next thing, you talk about our presence being insignificant, but you think about this; all the things that you have assess to today, you take for granted and those persons whom are responsible for their existence (i.e. the stop sign, the microwave, cures to millions of ailment, cosmetics etc). And if you don’t believe me, do some research. African-Americans have been a benefit to this country. And another thing, the only reason why we have such organizations and pageants as the Miss Black America Pageant is because we were, for years, exclude from such events as the “Miss America Pageant†and even when we were allowed to participate, the judging was unfair because we didn’t look like you all. Next, thing I, myself, am grateful for such organizations as Miss Black America Pageant, NAACP, Sigma Gamma Rho, Delta Sigma Theta, etc. because they gave us as black people, especially us women, a chance to be apart of something and not feel inferior. So you say what you want, but your statements and the statements of those who concurred are heinous and they prove how much you really know about history and black people in general. Furthermore, if you got to know something about us, as well as our history you could grow to respect us as a people and maybe you could learn to like us. If not, your loss because we are a group of friendly and intriguing people. Peace. No more thread will be posted