Could Liberia be our Isreal?

[Apollo Creed]

- AA's are already established there
- Similar culturally
- It's a smaller nation so its easier to make moves
- No language barriers

A As are not established there. Majority of the descents of the AAs that Came (Americo Liberians) fled the nation when President Tolbert was assassinated as the CIA used the angle of the Indigenous people rising up and taking their nation back from the Elites who oppressed them.

 

[31Flavors]

Because of the history there, there's likely to be more tension between modern day AA's and the indigenous population there.
You could end up creating a Israeli/Palestinian effect there....especially if AA's are going there with significantly more wealth, education and resources and creating a "wealth gap" between the two people.There's bound to be a strong amount of resentment and the past is bound to be brought up.

I agree with the lack of a language barrier though, that's an important point.

The indigenous population there LOVES AA's (and foreigners in general)

I know one might say it could be a different situation if AA's show up and start making moves as opposed to visiting but the AA worship in Liberia is very real from what I hear. As long as people there acknowledge/include the indigenous population, I dont think there will be an issue

 

[JBoy]

So the AA's that colonized Liberia were basically on that



status, and pushed Americanized White Supremacist Mores on the previously existing groups?

well it was a colonial state, colonists are generally shyt heads all around towards Indigenous peoples and view the lands they are settling as their playground

 

[31Flavors]

And what is their overview of the status quo in Liberia?

There are typical underdeveloped country issues there but it's nowhere near as violent as other African nations, the people are extremely friendly and the American influence on the culture there is transparent.

 

[Apollo Creed]

All wrong except for the last one.

All/majority Liberians speak english, majority of the people who dont are much older and their generations are dying out.

 

[Apollo Creed]

There are typical underdeveloped country issues there but it's nowhere near as violent as other African nations, the people are extremely friendly and the American influence on the culture there is transparent.

Thing is Liberia is not Under developed, the nation was literally destroyed lol. Liberia at one point had a greater GDP than Japan. Liberia in the 60s was doing the stuff Ghana just started doing today. Once again Liberia was a casualty of the Cold War. Charles Taylor the man blamed for Destroying the nation was on CIA payroll for christ sakes lol.

 

[Apollo Creed]

The indigenous population there LOVES AA's (and foreigners in general)

I know one might say it could be a different situation if AA's show up and start making moves as opposed to visiting but the AA worship in Liberia is very real from what I hear. As long as people there acknowledge/include the indigenous population, I dont think there will be an issue

Liberians are pretty similar to AAs you see in Coastal Regions of the US ie. Mississippi and the Carolinas.

 

[MrTibbs]

The indigenous population there LOVES AA's (and foreigners in general)

I know one might say it could be a different situation if AA's show up and start making moves as opposed to visiting but the AA worship in Liberia is very real from what I hear. As long as people there acknowledge/include the indigenous population, I dont think there will be an issue

I don't see that happening. AA's are going to come there with significantly more positives (i.e. money, education, skills etc) than what the average Liberian has. AA's will probably be much more likely to stay to themselves (ie. marrying one another, socializing amongst one another, living amongst one another...so on and so fourth) and essentially isolating the wealth and growth within them, much like the elites do in South America

I don't see the two groups naturally cohabiting with one another in a communal setting.

 

[Starman]

Read up on Liberias history. Many of the AAs that went to Liberia were c00ns, and used the same White supremacist Ideals to oppress the Indigenous people. That said, President Tolbert was a good dude from what I know, and the CIA got him out the paint for Obvious reasons, after that the nation became the mess we know it to be today, due to the West wanting to keep it destabilized in order to suck out resources.

There is potential in West African Nations like Liberia as long as AAs aren't trying to go back to Africa and form Elite Classes there being that they won't want to accept the cultures of those nations.

I disagree that americo liberians were c00ns only because they were or at least saw themselves as different people. Both Black, but different. Were the Japanese c00ns for riding on China in WW2? Were the Germans c00ns for riding on the Belgians or French?

well it was a colonial state, colonists are generally shyt heads all around towards Indigenous peoples and view the lands they are settling as their playground

This right here. That's just what it is. You're never going to have your own if you're afraid of displacing people. Is Israel afraid? Were whites afraid to displace Native Americans? To me, it just looks like the way of the world.

 

[Apollo Creed]

William R. Tolbert, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Read the section about his Presidency, if you read between the lines it pretty much explains why the US got him out the paint. Liberia had plans on becoming more independent being that it already had a booming Economy, and did not want to be Americas stepchild anymore.

 

[EndDomination]

I was actually wondering this same thing a few days ago.
I do want to go to a few African countries and invest (namely Nigeria, Ghana and Liberia).
The issue is the massive infrastructure problems, civil unrest, and incredible poverty.
The potential it has is outstanding though, a solar panel project could help kick start a cleaner industrialization of the rural areas of the country, wifi drones could allow much high access to World-Standard education for the people living there, advancements and innovation with agriculture and fishing could bring a potential boom to their economy, and the establishment of better-equipped hospitals could allow a glut of doctors to come out of the country.

 

[EndDomination]

People see cannibalism, Ebola, AIDS, etc and they have the same outlandish, cartoonish views on Liberia and by extension Sub-Saharan Africa as a White supremacist would.

It certainly has its problems, but solutions are rather simple and just require funding and good organization.

 

[Apollo Creed]

I disagree that americo liberians were c00ns only because they were or at least saw themselves as different people. Both Black, but different. Were the Japanese c00ns for riding on China in WW2? Were the Germans c00ns for riding on the Belgians or French?



This right here. That's just what it is. You're never going to have your own if you're afraid of displacing people. Is Israel afraid? Were whites afraid to displace Native Americans? To me, it just looks like the way of the world.

they were c00ns because they just escaped Slavery only to come and Oppress another people who share the same ancestors. None of your examples can even compare as none of those groups were in a situation like the Trans Atlantic slave trade.

Literally within the same 100 years of Liberia being Created, indigenous people were still being captured as Slaves and being sent to the Western world. Its not like Slavery had been over for 300 yrs prior.

My Moms elementary school was literally next to a Slave Port for Christ Sakes lol if that aint c00ning I dont know what to tell you.

 

[Cat piss martini]

israel is our israel........them gypsies have
no blood right to that land.

 

[BlackBall]

Ebola is no longer an issue there, you ignorant ass mothafukka

oh yeah its been eradicated 100% right. head on over breh and report back to us