Posted on 08/05/2015 12:32:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Winston-Salem, N.C. — MY mind was absorbed by the biochemistry of gene editing when the text messages and Facebook posts distracted me.
So sorry about Cecil.
Did Cecil live near your place in Zimbabwe?
Cecil who? I wondered. When I turned on the news and discovered that the messages were about a lion killed by an American dentist, the village boy inside me instinctively cheered: One lion fewer to menace families like mine.
My excitement was doused when I realized that the lion killer was being painted as the villain. I faced the starkest cultural contradiction I’d experienced during my five years studying in the United States.
Did all those Americans signing petitions understand that lions actually kill people? That all the talk about Cecil being “beloved” or a “local favorite” was media hype? Did Jimmy Kimmel choke up because Cecil was murdered or because he confused him with Simba from “The Lion King”?
In my village in Zimbabwe, surrounded by wildlife conservation areas, no lion has ever been beloved, or granted an affectionate nickname. They are objects of terror.
When I was 9 years old, a solitary lion prowled villages near my home. After it killed a few chickens, some goats and finally a cow, we were warned to walk to school in groups and stop playing outside. My sisters no longer went alone to the river to collect water or wash dishes; my mother waited for my father and older brothers, armed with machetes, axes and spears, to escort her into the bush to collect firewood.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Africans are more sane than Americans.
The comments from the NYT site are unbelievable. Idiot, coddled Americans telling African people to “move to the cities if they don’t want to be near lions”.
Really? Just where is the liberal “compassion” for black people??? The average monthly salary is $150.00. Not to mention the people in outlying areas have most likely lived in the same location for generations. What about their right to live in peace??
Black lives only matter when it is convenient, it seems.
Liberal tree huggers are miserable, evil creatures.
RE: I am amazed the NY Slimes published this piece.
Two words : DIVERSITY and AFRICAN.
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Let's everyone move to cities! Maybe the lions can do our farming for us.
H/T to Pookie (http://www.therightreasons.net/index.php?/topic/68067-todays-toons-8615/) for this addition today...
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