Blacks" have not contributed to the world or society.

First I would just like to state that the only reason I "reposted" my original argument in round 2 was because of a technical error by this website. I had tried to post a new rebuttal but the website for some reason only posted my original assertion. I contacted customer support, but have not heard anything from them. I apologize either way for this error, though I did try to post my rebuttal on the comments section. Second, I would like voters to see that my opponent did not utilize my "error" by pre-empting any statements that I would likely make or correct any errors he has made. I think this should qualify as a draw for round 2 and should not be held against either of us. My opponent, in round 1 has agreed to my definition of what "significant" is. But according to that definition, he has not provided any instances of SIGNIFICANT contributions made to the world by the black race. On the other hand what he has posted, I will refute: PLOTINUS: "Here is a significant black philosopher, Plotinus[1]. He was the creator of the intellectual school of neoplatonism. More information can be found under the article "African philosophers"[2]. " If anyone was to look up PLOTINUS on Google, they will see that he WAS NOT BLACK. He was born of ROMAN parents, in Egypt. Because he was born in Egypt, did not make him BLACK. All you must do is do a Google image search, and you will see this is clear. My opponent has made a grave error in his zeal to find a significant contribution made by the black community. The pictures of the man make this clear that he was of middle eastern descent, not African descent(. http://www.nndb.com...). His facial characteristics are clearly ROMAN. Or in other words, he has WHITE features. This should automatically disqualify him for a vote. NEXT: My opponent has come up with a few other people who have made contributions, but has failed to follow the criteria set in my opening statement in round 1. For those who don't remember here it is again. " I am willing to accept that since the creation of the USA, there may have been some significant black figures, but my response would be that they would not have been able to do any of the things they did were it not for white people(or another race other than their own). So id like to focus more on individuals who have contributed to the good of mankind within their own cultural structures. " One may argue that all inventions and contributions were built off of other inventions and contributions, but my argument is that those "build offs" came from within the same culture. Romans built off other Romans. Europeans built off of other Europeans. But black Americans built off of white Americans. So my question is have they contributed anything significant, that wasn't being done anywhere else in the world, that has also drastically improved or bettered the world and mankind. The answer is an unequivocal NO. RICE CULTIVATION: " What about inventions? " Rice cultivation, Rap and Jazz music" This is my opponents rebuttal. RICE: "The commonly accepted view is that rice was first domesticated in the region of the Yangtze River valley in China" So we see, rice cultivation was not an African invention, rice cultivation already existed in china, thousands of years before Africans were utilizing the technique. So what is my opponent trying to say? Where is the contribution? RAP: Realistically, Rap, believe it or not was pretty much invented by Bob Dylan. He created the 'talking' song. Don't believe me? Try listening to his 'Subterranean Homesick Blues,' or his "Talking World War III Blues. ' The origin of Rap and jazz music is another "building" from anothers contribution. And it is moot since he is using something that occurred within the united states. Finally, my opponent uses black slavery as a significant contribution. (even though it doesn't count since it doesn't follow the structure of the debate, but even if it did. .. ) Have you ever heard the saying, necessity is the mother of all inventions? Well, since we had slaves to do the manual work, there was no necessity for white slave owners to invent something that would make it easier to cultivate crops. Were they not to have slaves, there would have been a necessity and would have had incentive to come up with a solution faster. I mean honestly, if slavery is a contribution, than we need to celebrate horses and oxen in the same way, because as far as labor go, they have contributed since the beginning of time. Maybe from now on we should start celebrating Horse history month in February, if that is the only key contribution that blacks have made. So I think my point has been made decisively, despite my error in round 2. Obviously my opponent has nothing to contribute to this debate, otherwise he would have saw his opportunity to improve his argument without a direct rebuttal from me in round 2.