"Blacks Don't Read" Hoax
I received a very troubling email today. The title of the essay, Blacks Don't Read, was provocative enough to make even the most illiterate of us pay attention. I read the article and googled the name "Dee Lee" and this is what I found:
Regarding the article that is circulating on the Internet, "Blacks Don’t Read", I did not author nor did I read the article in question on the radio. Dr Arthur Lewin of the Black and Hispanics Studies Department at Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York edited this article many years ago and sent it out to a few friends. It has now been around the world. You can reach him at arthur.lewin@baruch.cuny.edu
Another Dee Lee supposedly read the article on a Philadelphia radio station during his radio show. Someone along the way found my name and picture on the Internet and added it to the e-mail.
This article has been circulating on the Internet for over eight years and over the years many things have been added to the gossip chain, my picture is one of them.
My life work has been to educate people of all racial groups about money and helping them be good stewards of their resources.
“A lie can make it halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” —Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Dee Lee, CFP
Harvard Financial Educators
Please don't waste your time with this hoax. Know the difference between disinformation and misinformation and why it is in so many interests that we, human beings, lose focus on coming together despite differences, for real issues and real solutions.
I'm sure that there is more to this story...hit me up if you have a tip. In the meantime, be weary of "information" that gets your blood boiling. We--human beings--need to stay calm for the real deal...
Regarding the article that is circulating on the Internet, "Blacks Don’t Read", I did not author nor did I read the article in question on the radio. Dr Arthur Lewin of the Black and Hispanics Studies Department at Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York edited this article many years ago and sent it out to a few friends. It has now been around the world. You can reach him at arthur.lewin@baruch.cuny.edu
Another Dee Lee supposedly read the article on a Philadelphia radio station during his radio show. Someone along the way found my name and picture on the Internet and added it to the e-mail.
This article has been circulating on the Internet for over eight years and over the years many things have been added to the gossip chain, my picture is one of them.
My life work has been to educate people of all racial groups about money and helping them be good stewards of their resources.
“A lie can make it halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.” —Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Dee Lee, CFP
Harvard Financial Educators
Please don't waste your time with this hoax. Know the difference between disinformation and misinformation and why it is in so many interests that we, human beings, lose focus on coming together despite differences, for real issues and real solutions.
I'm sure that there is more to this story...hit me up if you have a tip. In the meantime, be weary of "information" that gets your blood boiling. We--human beings--need to stay calm for the real deal...
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