a good deed of the week

[hankhank at ccwf.cc.utexas.edu]

On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, Henry M wrote:

> Does anyone who has been on the net for a while believe this any more 
> than any other chain letter? Am I an evil product of my generation 
> for suggesting that it is a hoax?

I just visited the page, and one of its links, the Afrocentric Guide
introduces itself as follows:

>                                  [AFROCENTRIC GUIDE]
> 
>           Welcome to the NETLiNkS! Afrocentric Guide, a celebration of
>           Afrocentricity on the World Wide Web. Here we provide a
>           comprehensive guide of African American & Canadian web links and
>           resources. 

            (stuff deleted)

>           All Users Please Read!
> 
>           There has been some confusion over the past three weeks over the
>           development of the NETLiNkS! Afrocetric Guide. Spam mail is
>           currently circulating the Internet which has made many users to
>           believe that this site is part of a contest going on for three
>           African-American males located in Washington D.C. trying to win
>           scholarships for college. For the record, LER Infosystems and
>           the developers of this is site have nothing to do with or any
>           association with any contest or individuals from Washington D.C.
>           The truth to this rumour is that the actually developers
>           involved in a contest are the individuals involved with the
>           Stamp on Black History website. Please direct all your comments
>           to the correct site and not to the NETLiNkS! Afrocentric Guide.

So there might be some truth to it.

Heikki