Posted on 10/09/2007 8:58:51 AM PDT by Stoat
A very convenient perspective to have,considering the fact that breathtaking volumes of aid monies ebb and flow as a result of the regular maintenance of White Guilt.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Silly, don’t you know it’s Bush’s fault?
Prior to colonization, with the exception of Egypt, Africa was the land that time forgot.
***I’m not okay with this DNA business, because I think we are touching something that is not good for our country,”***
Yeah, like STDs
Well he is partially right
It is the White Liberals who are to blame with the majority rule blather and boycotts etc
So, STFU, and leave
Well that is a pretty bizarre thing for a politician from one country to say about peasants in another country.
So basically this “philosopher” joins the throng of the idiot left who thinks any speech you make where the target of the speech are people of color, that it’s automatically a racist statement.
In light of yesterday’s date, it’s gotta be Christopher Columbus’s fault......
Traditional (i.e., Third World) rural cultures tend to view time as cyclical (seasons revolving) rather than linear (calendar moving ever-forward), a fact which anthropologists and political scientists know full well. It is an impediment to adapting to a First World business model and economy. These critics know all of this, but they are counting on their followers and audiences not knowing it. In other words, they are pandering.
I agree. It’s reductive and patronizing.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
“Africa won’t be an investment magnet anytime soon. Corrupt governments and lawlessness have contributed to the continent’s unsavory reputation. That’s not racism; that’s Africa.”
Saw a show on Hero’s. It was about 3 guys in the State Dept security force that rescued scores of Americans during the civil war in Monrovia in 1987. I’ve seen other shows on this that pointed to the child soldiers and rampant violence. This one had video these guys took as they drove thru checkpoints in attempts to reach Americans.
(graphic content warning)
They saw these folks cutting the hearts out of enemy soldiers while they were alive. Cutting their private parts off and putting them in their victims mouths. Peoples heads were posted on barrels and poles. They were using some guys intestines as rope to stop traffic. They raped women to death. It went on and on and on.
These folks were decedents of American slaves that chose to go back to Africa. They had everything America could give them for more than 100 years.
Racism had nothing to do with this. The corrupt governments in place was the cause. An example - Bush gave Africa 15 billion dollars for AIDs programs. Where the heck does this kinda money go in an area where the average income is maybe $3000 per year at most.
What was it like before colonization?
Was it developed industrially?
Was it developed politically?
Was it developed economically?
Was it developed technologically?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
“Apparently, these offended simpletons believe that prior to colonialization, Africa was some sort of magnificent, golden empire where the rivers flowed with milk and honey, and the one and only thing that caused Africa’s corruption and decline was the Evil White Man.
A very convenient perspective to have,considering the fact that breathtaking volumes of aid monies ebb and flow as a result of the regular maintenance of White Guilt.”
Amen. In the African country of Nigeria the Brits were offically ousted in 1960, yet as of today they are still
wrestling with their own elected but corrupt rulers... The country has a government and judicial system based on USA and UK systems.
They have oil and foreign aid. But the country is a mess becuase
the rulers use the aid and the tax money to enrich their personal bank acounts while the trash and the sewers overflow... much the same throughout the continent.
Atlas shrugged in the camp of saints.
“The irony is its a continent rich in both natural and human resources. But there’s been little progress in developing Africa since the end of colonial rule.”
And how is that the fault of colonization? I don’t think thats what you’re saying but this situation is insane. Africa is a continent which has sucked money and resources out of the rest of the world. It does no good. Those in power steal the food and kill anyone who argues.
Welfare doesn’t work. The UN sure doesn’t work. And while the world ignores Africa millions and millions die.
ping
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