Civilizations, Blacks, Whites and Bias.

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There's something I've been thinking about for awhile via discussions have had over the years about civilizations in europe and africa and there's something I've wanted to get off my chest. I hope some of you gain some knowledge from this topic, and whenever this discussion comes up, you are able to use said knowledge against the person you are having a debate with.

African civilizations - Ethiopia, Nubia, Kush, Zimbabwe, Ghana Empires and of course Egypt are ALL african civilizations. However why is it white nationalists claim that egyptians are not african. mostly because 1/3 of their history were ran by northern invaders and so they tend to remember the most recent and ignore the the prior.

Civilizations didn't spring up in WEST africa until far later than everyone else because nobody lived there (at least large enough tribes) until 400BC - They moved into the area around that time, and by then Egypt was already 3,000 years old and Rome was starting to begin. The west africans (original bantu/igbo people) of today are those that fled cruel treatment and consistant invasion and slavery in egypt, they migrated though the rainforest to present day west africa. It took a very long time to populate that area because most people died during that migration, this is why west africans obtained their features so quickly, its literally evolution on steroids. In order to form a civilization you need a dense population, which of course west africa did not have, while Rome and Egypt had already been very densely populated. At that time there were very few west africans in such a large area, and unlike other areas surrounding the cradle of civilization, west africa's trading routes were cut off by the sub sahara, so technology from the east going west (like it did north) was almost impossible.

What I find annoying about the cac argument is that egyptians can not be claimed by west africans because they are different people, yet they, usually people of germanic or nordic tribe are quick to claim Roman and Greek civilization, again, people who are much different looking them. Why? because they are on the same continent, so how come they are able to use Roman and Greek and we can't use Egypt who is on the same continent? They try to point out feature differences yet the short olive greek is nothing like the tall Swede. Funny how when it comes to black people, its down to tribal, but when its white people, its now continent.

Truth be told, Nubians were writing and had a civilization waaaaay before germanic, briton and precious nordic/Scandinavian tribes, in fact, before the Romans, 1AD, Germanic and Nordic tribes couldn't read or write and lived in huts. That is 3,000 years before the Nubians. While they were learning to write around that time (1AD) west africans were barely settling into their west african countries, and they didn't adopt the east african writing system because of the huge gap called the sahara desert and the huge rainforest that cut them off from their ancestors. East africans COULD have been what the Romans were to northern europe, to west africans however the terrain and environment was much different. not too mention going into the thick rainforest meant chances are.....you weren't coming out..a rainforest that is the size of all of europe. did I forget to mention with large predators and extreme heat/lack of water?

I find it annoying when germanic/anglo/nordic people tell me. WE HAD CIVILAZTION, YEA SPARTANS ROMANS GREEKS. when they arent even italian or greek. they're probably irish or some shyt. Its interesting how someone can boast about a civilization that isn't even from his lineage, but when I do the same with Egypt, Im met with :stopitslime:. They completely don't see how absurd it is and bias it is. Like how are you of english descent talking about Greeks and how you invented democracy, when during greek reign, the anglo saxon was living in caves, couldn't read or write and were sexing neanderthals? how are you telling me about blonde hair blue eye scandinavians when they barely got out of huts and villiages in the 1800s?

How does a discussion go from me saying "you're not italian dude" and them saying YES BUT ITALIANS ARE WHITE (despite italians looking nothing like anglos), to me saying "yea well egypt is african" and them saying EGYPTIANS ARENT BLACK (because they dont look like west africans). and them completely ignoring how bias that shyt really is. :mindblown:
 

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interesting points...defo a double standard. honestly while greek...italians and other southern euros are techincally "caucasioniod" i still see them differently than anglos. to me they're more like a creole/mixed race of whites.
it's like even tho black brazilians are technically considered to be "negroid"....i consider them to be a "creole" race of black people as well. just my thoughts...
 

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Now. As for when west africa DID get civilization like the Mali Empire, Ghanian Empire, Songhai Empire. Cacs like to say that it was because of islamic expansion or had to do with the ASSISTANCE from northern berbers/islamic trade. which is some what true, trading and obtaining technology is exactly the reason, however, how else did the Greeks get theres? the arabs? was it not from egypt? did they not trade and obtain technology from another region and incorporate it? Same with Brits and Spanish after Roman and Moors invasion? Do we say that they were unable and too incompetent to build a civilization or empire without outside entity, when its them? so why do they do it when it comes to west african civilizations like the Ghanian empire? of course empires are built after importing technology and begin to trade with surrounding tribes, I can't even think of one that didnt. China's Ming Dynasty didn't become powerful without the silk road.

The only people that were cut off due to environmental reasons from the cradle of civilization and the transfer and sharing of technologic advancements, were the native americans, aborigines and west/south africans. no coincidence they lacked behind then. once they were connected however, like west africa during the islamic expansion, they too began to build their civilizations. (it also helps their population had now become dense too)
 

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everybody knows the vikings were ass backwards and primitive as fukk. their "Clans" almost ran europe into the ground during the dark ages. not untill they travel south and got some enlightenment from the brits(who got theres from the ROMANS/Egyptians) did most of northern europe become "civilized".
 

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To add on to this.. I hate when i hear, "they had slaves in Africa too " or "Africans sold their people into slavery". People don't even know the difference between the two different types of slavery. In Africa, slavery was more towards being an indentured servant.

However in America, black people had to deal with rape, torture, mutilation, experimentation etc. The psycological attributes of slavery in America were; stripped of culture, stripped of traditional faith system, light skin vs dark skin, man vs woman, young vs old, hate EVERYTHING from where you are from etc. Slavery was abolished in 1865 but that slave mentality still lives on in 2013. I mean.. imagine being an African warrior strong enough to make it on the boat ride to America and then you get raped.. Yall can't even compare the two... but yet you'll still hear.. "They had slaves in Africa too".

People simply won't listen, if it makes them uncomfortable.. they prefer comforting lies.
 

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Great thread Tommy

should've been in HL, but we'll :eat: here too
 

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interesting points...defo a double standard. honestly while greek...italians and other southern euros are techincally "caucasioniod" i still see them differently than anglos. to me they're more like a creole/mixed race of whites.
it's like even tho black brazilians are technically considered to be "negroid"....i consider them to be a "creole" race of black people as well. just my thoughts...

Italians and Ethiopians would be a better comparison since black Brazilians were forced from their homeland. but point taken :ehh:
 

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Reminds me of a book i read on the topic.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0393317552/ref=redir_mdp_mobile"]Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies:Amazon:Books[/ame]


It talks about how different societies developed at different rates basically due to geography. Europeans lived on land where it was easy to grow food, and raise farm animals that could sustain large societies and not only that, the land runs horizontal accross the globe therefore thre could be a lot of trading of knowledge and resources. The plants/animals that flourish in Eastern Europe also flourish in Western Europe so there was a lot of sharing and innovations. On the other hand african societies didn't have the fertile land or easily domesticatable animals needed to support large societies. Also the land runs vertical accross the globe so the things that could be figured out and developed in northern Africa wouldn't work in southern or middle Africa, therefore the cultures were pretty much isolated and couldn't benefit from massive groupthink.

The America's were in a similar predicament. Not only were they isolated from the rest of the world but the climate and terrain separated them from each other so the societies developed slowly in isolation from each other.

Basically the societies that spent all their time trying to find food, didn't have the time to innovate and push society forward because they were too busy trying not to starve. The societies that were able to work together and grow enough food to maintain large populations were able to develop new innovations that allowed them to travel and conquer the world.
 

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shyt always bugged me too.

It used to really bother me until I really learned what an "opinion" was. Now I just :manny: and chalk it up to cacs gon cac.

They can say whatever they want, doesn't mean I have to buy it. :youngsabo:
 

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Reminds me of a book i read on the topic.

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies:Amazon:Books


It talks about how different societies developed at different rates basically due to geography. Europeans lived on land where it was easy to grow food, and raise farm animals that could sustain large societies and not only that, the land runs horizontal accross the globe therefore thre could be a lot of trading of knowledge and resources. The plants/animals that flourish in Eastern Europe also flourish in Western Europe so there was a lot of sharing and innovations. On the other hand african societies didn't have the fertile land or easily domesticatable animals needed to support large societies. Also the land runs vertical accross the globe so the things that could be figured out and developed in northern Africa wouldn't work in southern or middle Africa, therefore the cultures were pretty much isolated and couldn't benefit from massive groupthink.

The America's were in a similar predicament. Not only were they isolated from the rest of the world but the climate and terrain separated them from each other so the societies developed slowly in isolation from each other.

Basically the societies that spent all their time trying to find food, didn't have the time to innovate and push society forward because they were too busy trying not to starve. The societies that were able to work together and grow enough food to maintain large populations were able to develop new innovations that allowed them to travel and conquer the world.

its a video on it too

 
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