Calls to Help Motherland Go Unheeded

Washington Post ^ | Wednesday, August 6, 2003 | Courtland Milloy

[SoftballMominVA]

Vera Oye Yaa-Anna, a native of Liberia now living in Washington, was disappointed. Her efforts to generate support for her war-torn African homeland had not been as successful as she had hoped -- especially among African Americans.

"I've been calling around for three weeks asking for help, and the response has been zero," Yaa-Anna said during a recent telephone conversation. Vera Oye Yaa-Anna, a native of Liberia now living in Washington, was disappointed. Her efforts to generate support for her war-torn African homeland had not been as successful as she had hoped -- especially among African Americans.

"I've been calling around for three weeks asking for help, and the response has been zero," Yaa-Anna said during a recent telephone conversation. "The big shots, the same people who go around talking about 'the Motherland this' and 'the Motherland that,' don't return my calls. I say, now that your Mother needs you, where are you?"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22052-2003Aug5.html

[SoftballMominVA]

Where are the bigshots? Oh they're here all right, making sure that every imagined slight goes punished rather than worrying about millions of their brothers dieing.

[50sDad]

Don't forget the Bigshot Rhyming Reverends who are busy ignoring the slavery of Christians in the Sudan.

[chachacha]

Where are all the poverty pimps? Surely they care?

[FITZ]

I'm sure Jesse Jackson is gathering up some of his guys as troops ---they'll be headed over to Liberia any day now.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

they'll be headed over to Liberia any day now.

Well, first there is the little matter of heavy cash contributions to be extorted from big binness. By then, the conflict should be over.

[Trueblackman]

Well I have been speaking out on Liberia and at least Bush has not turned his back on Liberia like Bill Clinton did on Rwanda and stood by and allowed for the needless deaths of 800,000 people. Bush or any other Republican could never get away with that.

[mtbopfuyn]

Her efforts to generate support for her war-torn African homeland had not been as successful as she had hoped -- especially among African Americans.

Well, duh. No big surprise there. Bush is helping but I bet she's a Bush hater.

[MissAmericanPie]

The only response I have seen from the Rev J, was during his visit to the Middle East to hug Mooollamar Kadaffy, whomever the head of the Sudan at that time, and other Middle East leaders who are most involved in slave ownership, several years back when he was dissin the USofA.

[SteveH]

Reparations first; then Motherland (mebbe).

[dfrussell]

Yo! Vera! Why don't you go home and fight yourself?