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Racism driving some Black families to leave the United States
TheGrio ^ | Feb 23, 2024 | TheGrio Staff

Posted on 02/24/2024 5:42:19 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

In a trend some refer to as “Blaxit,” Black Americans are taking advantage of Africa’s significantly reduced cost of living and perceived lack of racism and racial discrimination.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the racial reckoning following George Floyd’s murder pushed many Black Americans to go abroad in search of acceptance.

In a trend some refer to as “Blaxit,” Black Americans are taking advantage of Africa’s significantly reduced cost of living and what they described as the lack of racism and discrimination they faced in the United States, The New York Times reported.

Ashley Cleveland, 39, moved from Atlanta to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 2020. Currently based in South Africa, she has a firm that assists foreigners in investing in and expanding their businesses.

Cleveland expressed appreciation that race is “an abstract concept” in much of Africa.

“Seeing Black African people on the money, on the billboards,” she said, “you immediately eliminate your Blackness.” Cleveland welcomed the change for her children, ages 9 and 2 when they left the U.S., noting that her elder daughter was “no longer bullied” for her deep brown skin tone.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: backtoafrica; blacks; blaxit; byebyebye; expat; lol; ohthedrama; racism
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don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out

Yes racism exists, but I believe most racism against black is either self inflicted (e.g. scott adams) or professional victims where everything is just racist.

That said I know in the 90's blacks would make sure they left Arab Alabama before sundown for their safety, not sure if that's still the case.

1 posted on 02/24/2024 5:42:19 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

What about all those Anti-White TV ads where blacks pretend to be white


2 posted on 02/24/2024 5:44:43 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

“Arab Alabama”?


3 posted on 02/24/2024 5:45:16 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

She apparently hasn’t been hit with tribal or ethnic hatred/racism yet like they have in ‘frica.

One wonders if this story is even real.


4 posted on 02/24/2024 5:46:01 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Live long and prosper.


5 posted on 02/24/2024 5:47:08 AM PST by saturn
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To: Rurudyne

https://www.bing.com/search?q=arab+alabama&qs=LS&pq=arab+ala&sc=10-8&cvid=F2B1A42323A94EAB9577C80038FCD81E&FORM=QBRE&sp=1&ghc=1&lq=0


6 posted on 02/24/2024 5:49:10 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Name one azhos. Name just one family. They aren’t going anywhere. You’re a bunch of lyin’ bass turds just like YOUR “first President” is. If what you say is true, what the hell is Latrine Jean-Pierre doing here working for the WHITE House? Put a sock in it maggots.


7 posted on 02/24/2024 5:51:28 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (John Oliver is a racist liberal biatch.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

One person does not a movement make.


8 posted on 02/24/2024 5:51:40 AM PST by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Yeah they’re going to get a taste of what real racism is when as americans they move to continental africa.


9 posted on 02/24/2024 5:51:55 AM PST by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Assuming they're not fleeing any kind of criminal charges or debts I have no problem with this at all. One of the many wonderful things about this country is that you don't need an exit visa to leave.

I wonder if these people,having left,would renounce their US citizenship upon arrival in Nigeria...Zimbabwe...etc.

10 posted on 02/24/2024 5:52:44 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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“Blaxit”! ROTFL! That’s the best YOU asszits can come up with? Pack your crap and get the hell out of my country, maggots.


11 posted on 02/24/2024 5:53:30 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (John Oliver is a racist liberal biatch.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Well said.


12 posted on 02/24/2024 5:54:20 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (John Oliver is a racist liberal biatch.)
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... significantly reduced cost of living and perceived lack of racism and racial discrimination.

Grass is always greener....

13 posted on 02/24/2024 5:54:27 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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This story’s premise is outrageous in it’s false narrative that just because Africa is “Black/Brown/Tan” there is no racism or tribalism.

Sure Rwanda and Nigeria, and Somalia, and Sudan, and Eritrea, and Ethiopia, and Mali, and South Africa...and...and...and..... 🥱


14 posted on 02/24/2024 5:54:29 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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...Africa’s significantly reduced cost of living and perceived lack of racism and racial discrimination.

Just wait until they run into Africa's TRIBALISM...........

15 posted on 02/24/2024 5:55:34 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Oh ... I thought you meant Arabs in Alabama.


16 posted on 02/24/2024 5:55:53 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Sounds more like free advertising for her company


17 posted on 02/24/2024 5:56:05 AM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Institutionalized Racism is done to White Males. These people are stupid, as they are given AA on so many levels. If they think discrimination against White Men is actually discrimination against them with free education, unqualified jobs, get out of jail free cards, then don’t let the door hit them where the Good Lord split them.


18 posted on 02/24/2024 5:58:18 AM PST by Jumper
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

It’s the NY Times. They make stuff up like this every day. They are nothing but a propaganda arm of the Globalists.

They are goading us into doing or saying something stupid, like eff bee eye agents at a Trump rally.

Don’t fall for it.


19 posted on 02/24/2024 5:58:25 AM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

In Africa racialism is often replaced with tribalism. See Hutus and Tutsis. Newly arrived American Blacks don’t belong to any tribe.


20 posted on 02/24/2024 5:58:50 AM PST by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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