I feel the opposite way. I don't think misconceptions, fears, and ignorance about other groups just go away if you ignore it. No, these aren't new issues. Go back and read books, magazines and watch documentaries from the 1960s & 70s. Africans across the globe are just now interacting with each other with more frequency and in ways that never happened before .
People are who they are....those who are here to debate,learn and teach will do that. Those who are here for shenanigans are going to do the only thing they know how to do.
These types of discussions need to take place though. Ideally they supplement whatever previous base of knowledge people have about the slave trade or of the history of Blacks in the Americas.. The danger is when people with no previous education/information of topics enter discussions like this because they can't put any of it in context. Intermediate level discussion here, not for beginners.
Also, under ideal conditions these discussions don't sow seeds of division....gives you a better understanding of history . Learn from history or make the same mistakes.
Nah. This sudden influx of anti-worldwide blk sentiments isn't coincidence. I wouldn't be surprised if all these types weren't on the alt-right payroll. Timing for these thinkpieces is far too suspect and shyt whites have been saying for years in fringe revisionist forums. Now they feel emboldened and need these types of stories to validate their claims.
"See it wasn't the whites, this is just more blk on blk crime!"
"When are blks gonna stop blaming whitey for everything!"
"You sold urselves into slavery!" "Savages!" "Can't govern themselves!"
I'm sure Africans weren't blameless in their role in the slave trade. This is less about caping for Africans and more about being unwilling to pretend like this isn't agenda. This isn't a nuanced discussion of cultural differences between two groups of black people. This is some 19th century racist anthropologist white fanfiction probably sanctioned by alt-right dollars.
Exorcise whatever demons are left over from the slave trade but shyt like this makes some blks hate themselves more than whites who have done all of us a MILLION times worse. The dire poverty, disease, and exploitation that swept over the African continent after the slave trade has resulted in more than enough karma to repay the dead chiefs who sold us. Not to mention the neo-colonial actions of early African-American repatriates. Well, we will leave Liberia alone for now. Hell we are the ancestors of slaves and we benefit through geopolitics off the continued exploitation of Africans every time we upgrade our damn cell phones. The African karmic cypher is complete.
Talk and discuss, but please don't waste your time trying to convince me of the likelihood of recent influx of blk anti-blk sentiments is not tied to the current political climate. We can't afford to be this short sighted and divided while whites are prepping to stand in violent support of white Afrikkaners as soon as Africans move to take back land that belongs to them. Meanwhile, we will still be grumbling about holding nuts b/c some internet psuedo-intellectuals told us to hold grudges against other blk people for shyt that happened centuries ago.
- The Washington Post
Frankly, I'm tired of making these connections for people. How can something be so obvious to me, yet fly over the heads of others? I can literally see this shyt unfolding. There has even been an influx of alt-right sympathizers on this site in the last year. Bet my student loan debt that these Yvettes, Tariqs, and Tommy Sotomayors are all funded by racist dollars to sow division. All this shyt is connected.
I might post some parts of Barrac00n later on in the thread.
