BLOOD IN YOUR MOBILE PHONE

Anyone who knows me, knows that I don't watch very much television. When I finally found my now favorite channel LinkTV  (channel 375 on Dish) I was ecstatic.
Why?
Because I knew that LinkTV was the truth after watching for the first time. The first show that I ever watched was a documentary called blood in the mobile.
The conclusion of the matter is that the minerals in our cell phones, laptops, flat screens, and video game consoles.



The minerals Cobalt (needed to make the batteries) and Tungsten (make cell phones or game controllers Vibrate) are minerals that are harvested primarily from a place in Central Africa called, the Democratic Republic of Congo.

These minerals are usually pulled from mines by hand that are over 1 mile deep by boys as young as 8 years old. These boys
are usually paid pennies for their labors in life-threatening conditions, so that we can play Angry Birds or Fruit Ninja.. 
Even a selfish American should be able to relate to the fact that these 'boys' in Africa are paid pennies for the basic elements of things that are marketed to us for up to $600+.
Not to pick on Apple Inc., because we are talking every cell phone, since cell phones have been created, and even beepers before cell phones used to vibrate.
Now most people I reveal this fact to usually give me a look of indifference. This look comes from an outlook that because we have our own problems we can not empathize with other peoples problems. The unfortunate fact is our plights and problems are one & the same. They are actually BOTH instigated by the same entities.
People in Africa risk life and limb to extract minerals for a corporation. No organized labor practices means they get the minerals for far less than market value.  We how ever get products sold at top level prices (unless we sign our life away for 2 years).

This fact is also reminiscent of the drug trade as pointed out on the song Diamonds from Sierra Leone Remix ..
"Over here its a drug trade, we die from drugs over there they die from what we buy from drugs... The Diamonds!

The following is a pretty good depiction of how you force children, families, communities and villages to participate or do what you want them to do.

So why should we even care about little kids that risk their lives thousands of miles away?
1st reason is because they look like you. Part of the reason their country is in the condition that it is in is because of the skin color of the inhabitants.
However, anyone who knows me personally also knows, that I do not count you my brother because you melanin matches mine. It is a truth that the Portuguese purchased the majority of their slaves from this same general area of Africa. They purchased black slaves, from black slave owners. Further east in Africa the Arabic slave-owners bought and sold African slaves until the decline of Islam when Europe began to colonize the continent.

2nd reason you should care: If you don't care about what happens to young boys in their homeland as a result of your wants and needs, then it should be of No surprise to you why No One Cares about what happens when your sons are shot down in the streets, or go to jail forever or lose their life for ever behind the end product. Remember the same slew of corporations makes money back and forth off of both sides!
No one cares how many children are murdered in 'ChIraq,' for the same reason that No one cares how many children perish in an underground mine in Central Africa.

THE POINT: Where are our Heroes?
Where are our heroes? Most African Americans think about people from Africa as all being the same race, "BLACK!" I personally disagree with that conclusion but either way when was the last time (or 1st time) that YOU have EVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE WHAT YOU JUST READ???
From ANY Black Leader Anywhere??
If i may force you to 'keep it real' as my Generation used to say, even our current President of the United States is both Black and happens to be 1st generation born from an African immigrant. President Obama has Never denied that his father was from Africa, and participated in revolutionary campaigns against the imperialists (western European powers)... SURELY HE HAS HEARD OF THIS TREND, it has been going on since the 1980's when Cell Phones were first issued to the military. Since then over 5-MILLION people have died.
How about any of your other Black Leaders? Athletes??
How is it I can find all this information all over YouTube and in print via the 'mainstream media' but no one else can?
Cliff-Hanger: Check back soon to see who will be our Hero on this issue; There is One.

-Knowledge Is The Key-

Don't believe me click the links to find this story all over the Internet
CNN Story 2011
CNN Story 2012

A name-less black leader (because I do not know his name) did speak out to his congregation about the matter. I don't believe that he is the only local preacher to do so, the info is not difficult to find. He is not mentioned in this post because "These Are Our Heroes" is about people that our 'society' unanimously calls hero's. Therefore this preacher would not make that list. However i will give him credit and allow him to shine by posting his video, straight from youtube.com!
Enjoy

Cliff-Hanger: Check back soon to see who will be our Hero on this issue; There is One.

-Knowledge Is The Key-