Posted on 09/23/2004 7:14:30 AM PDT by AdrianSpidle
Teresa Heinz grew up the daughter of a rich dentist in the slave-holding Portuguese territory of Mozambique. Slavery was universally practiced in Mozambique until 1970. I spent some time there in Lorenzo Marques and Beira back in the 60s and have a pretty good idea of the life of the colonial Portuguese and their viciously exploited slaves. Furthermore, the Portuguese Mozambicans “leased out” their black slaves to neighboring countries for large projects.
The blacks there were considered Kaffirs which meant not quite human to them. I'll never forget viewing several hundred blacks shoveling urea from the deck of my ship the SS African Mercury at the dock in Lorenzo Marques. The burning sun beat down on a urea dust hazed scene of these poor souls singing there hearts out while they shoveled in unison to the haunting and powerfully primitive beat that emanated from their throats.
I must confess that the seafood was wonderful - lobster tails and shrimp in particular - and the service was superb for us white folks. I also spent a week hanging out in a European Country Club in Mombassa, Kenya. It was fabulous. Everything was pristine and in perfect repair. The huge swimming pool was decorated by bevies of mostly blonde and bikinied Colonial girls. I spent a lot of time with one such lovely and she even taught me the song “English Country Garden.” I left Mombassa for Dar es Salaam in a state of serious nostalgia. Feeling nostalgia for just yesterday was a new experience for me.
My brief taste of the Colonial life - in Lorenzo Marques, Mombassa, Dar es Salaam, Karachi and Bombay vividly etched in my mind the meaning of European Colonialism. It was exceedingly comfortable and even delightful as long as you ignored the downtrodden and exploited humanity that made it all possible.
The European colonists had an obnoxious sense of entitlement that precluded any concern whatsoever for their inferiors and they treated the blacks like cattle, even worse than cattle for those that worked outside their homes and restaurants.
Teresa’s friends and family believed they were the elect of God, deserving of obeisance and total obedience from their slaves. Sound familiar? Her personality is the same, only her justifications are different.
http://pep.typepad.com/public_enquiry_project/2004/09/how_did_teresa_.html
So, did Teresa's family own slaves? That could be a good talking point.
Personally, I think she is heavily dosed on some meds probably Valium... She is not at all lady like and her say anything rich vain attitude could well backfire with visiting dignitaries..... In other words Terrreezahhh is no First Lady.
Did her family own slaves?
"Rumour has it that Teresa Heinz who allegedly had Black Slaves while growing up in South Africa under Aparthied rule."
http://michiganimc.org/newswire/display_any/6062
Quick, someone call Dan Rather and M. Mapes over at CBS....nah, wrong political party....
So she thinks we'll be her slaves? Another reason to re-elect the President.
We ought not have to rely on rumors of her owning slaves. The press should be investigating this. We do not want a slaveholder in the White House.
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