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Obama, the African Colonial
American Thinker ^
| June 25, 2009
| L.E. Ikenga
Posted on 06/24/2009 10:54:57 PM PDT by neverdem
Had Americans been able to stop obsessing over the color of Barack Obama's skin and instead paid more attention to his cultural identity, maybe he would not be in the White House today. The key to understanding him lies with his identification with his father, and his adoption of a cultural and political mindset rooted in postcolonial Africa.
Like many educated intellectuals in postcolonial Africa, Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. was enraged at the transformation of his native land by its colonial conqueror. But instead of embracing the traditional values of his own tribal cultural past, he embraced an imported Western ideology, Marxism. I call such frustrated and angry modern Africans who embrace various foreign "isms", instead of looking homeward for repair of societies that are broken, African Colonials. They are Africans who serve foreign ideas.
The tropes of America's racial history as a way of understanding all things black are useless in understanding the man who got his dreams from his father, a Kenyan exemplar of the African Colonial.
Before I continue, I need to say this: I am a first generation born West African-American woman whose parents emigrated to the U.S. in the 1970's from the country now called Nigeria. I travel to Nigeria frequently. I see myself as both a proud American and as a proud Igbo (the tribe that we come from -- also sometimes spelled Ibo). Politically, I have always been conservative (though it took this past election for me to commit to this once and for all!); my conservative values come from my Igbo heritage and my place of birth. Of course, none of this qualifies me to say what I am about to -- but at the same time it does.
My friends, despite what CNN and
the rest are telling you, Barack Obama is nothing more than an old school African Colonial who is on his way to turning this country into one of the developing nations that you learn about on the
National Geographic Channel. Many conservative (East, West, South, North) African-Americans like myself -- those of us who know our history -- have seen this movie before. Here are two main reasons why many Americans allowed Obama to slip through the cracks despite all of his glaring inconsistencies:
First, Obama has been living on American soil for most of his adult life. Therefore, he has been able to masquerade as one who understands and believes in American democratic ideals. But he does not. Barack Obama is intrinsically undemocratic and as his presidency plays out, this will become more obvious. Second, and most importantly, too many Americans know very little about Africa. The one-size-fits-all understanding that many Americans (both black and white) continue to have of Africa might end up bringing dire consequences for this country.
Contrary to the way it continues to be portrayed in mainstream Western culture,
Africa is not a continent that can be solely defined by AIDS, ethnic rivalries, poverty and safaris. Africa, like any other continent, has an immense history defined by much diversity and complexity. Africa's long-standing relationship with Europe speaks especially to some of these complexities -- particularly the relationship that has existed between the two continents over the past two centuries. Europe's complete colonization of Africa during the nineteenth century, also known as the
Scramble for Africa, produced many unfortunate consequences, the African colonial being one of them.
The African colonial (AC) is a person who by means of their birth or lineage has a direct connection with Africa. However, unlike Africans like me, their worldviews have been largely shaped not by the indigenous beliefs of a specific African tribe but by the ideals of the European imperialism that overwhelmed and dominated Africa during the colonial period. AC's have no real regard for their specific African traditions or histories. AC's use aspects of their African culture as one would use pieces of costume jewelry: things of little or no value that can be thoughtlessly discarded when they become a negative distraction, or used on a whim to decorate oneself in order to seem exotic. (Hint: Obama's Muslim heritage).
On the other hand, AC's strive to be the best at the culture that they inherited from Europe. Throughout the West, they are tops in their professions as lawyers, doctors, engineers, Ivy League professors and business moguls; this is all well and good. It's when they decide to engage us as politicians that things become
messy and convoluted.
The African colonial politician (ACP) feigns repulsion towards the hegemonic paradigms of Western civilization. But at the same time, he is completely enamored of the trappings of its aristocracy or elite culture. The ACP blames and caricatures
whitey to no end for all that has gone wrong in the world. He convinces the masses that various forms of
African socialism are the best way for redressing the problems that European colonialism motivated in Africa. However, as opposed to really being a hard-core
African Leftist who actually believes in something, the ACP uses socialist themes as a way to disguise his true ambitions: a complete power grab whereby the "will of the people" becomes completely irrelevant.
Barack Obama is all of the above. The only difference is that he is here playing (colonial) African politics as usual.
In his 1995 memoir,
Dreams From My Father -- an
eloquent piece of political propaganda -- Obama styles himself as a misunderstood intellectual who is deeply affected by the sufferings of black people, especially in America and Africa. In the book, Obama clearly sees himself as an African, not as a black American. And to prove this, he goes on a quest to understand his Kenyan roots. He is extremely thoughtful of his deceased father's legacy; this provides the main clue for understanding Barack Obama.
Barack Obama Sr. was an
African colonial to the core; in his case, the apple did not fall far from the tree. All of the telltale signs of Obama's African colonialist attitudes are on full display in the book -- from his feigned antipathy towards Europeans to his view of African tribal associations as distracting elements that get in the way of "progress". (On p. 308 of
Dreams From My Father, Obama says that African tribes should be viewed as an "ancient loyalties".)
Like imperialists of Old World Europe, the ACP sees their constituents not as free thinking individuals who best know how to go about achieving and creating their own means for success. Instead, the ACP sees his constituents as a flock of ignorant sheep that need to be led -- oftentimes to their own slaughter.
Like the European imperialist who spawned him, the ACP is a destroyer of all forms of democracy.
Here are a few examples of what the British did in order to create (in 1914) what is now called Nigeria and what Obama is doing to you:
- Convince the people that "clinging" to any aspect of their cultural (tribal) identity or history is bad and regresses the process of "unity". British Imperialists deeply feared people who were loyal to anything other than the state. "Tribalism" made the imperialists have to work harder to get people to just fall in line. Imperialists pitted tribes against each other in order to create chaos that they then blamed on ethnic rivalry. Today many "educated" Nigerians, having believed that their traditions were irrelevant, remain completely ignorant of their ancestry and the history of their own tribes.
- Confiscate the wealth and resources of the area that you govern by any means necessary in order to redistribute wealth. The British used this tactic to present themselves as empathetic and benevolent leaders who wanted everyone to have a "fair shake". Imperialists are not interested in equality for all. They are interested in controlling all.
- Convince the masses that your upper-crust university education naturally puts you on an intellectual plane from which to understand everything even when you understand nothing. Imperialists were able to convince the people that their elite university educations allowed them to understand what Africa needed. Many of today's Nigerians-having followed that lead-hold all sorts of degrees and certificates-but what good are they if you can't find a job?
- Lie to the people and tell them that progress is being made even though things are clearly becoming worse. One thing that the British forgot to mention to their Nigerian constituents was that one day, the resources that were being used to engineer "progress" (which the British had confiscated from the Africans to begin with!) would eventually run out. After WWII, Western Europe could no longer afford to hold on to their African colonies. So all of the counterfeit countries that the Europeans created were then left high-and-dry to fend for themselves. This was the main reason behind the African independence movements of the1950 and 60's. What will a post-Obama America look like?
- Use every available media outlet to perpetuate the belief that you and your followers are the enlightened ones-and that those who refuse to support you are just barbaric, uncivilized, ignorant curmudgeons. This speaks for itself.
America, don't be fooled. The
Igbos were once made up of a confederacy of clans that ascribed to various forms of democratic government. They took their eyes off the ball and before they knew it, the British were upon them. Also, understand this: the African colonial who is given too much political power can only become one thing:
a despot.
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To: Fred Nerks; Brown Deer; David; Seizethecarp; MileHi
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To: Fred Nerks; Brown Deer; David; MileHi; LucyT
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To: Fred Nerks
To: nclaurel
Old article, interesting Trump was on this in 2011. And a lot of info on this thread.
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little jeremiah
(When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations)
To: Fred Nerks
there was this Social Security Number: 575-44-4342 on another form of his.
To: Fred Nerks
Http://www.alhamraaschool.com/
The name of the school “Al-Hamraa” was inspired from Al-Hambra Palace Located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. Built in the 14th century, It is one of the most popular buildings in Andalusia exhibiting Muslim art.
Exploring this palace will show that it is not just a palace but an Islamic building integrated into its surroundings. Reflecting this, Al Hamraa School was built in the heart of Jeddah in 1995. Since then, Al- Hamraa school has established and promoted a rich, cultured enviornment in the city of Jeddah.
To: Fred Nerks; LucyT
To: neverdem
0bama is a lot of thing I am just not sure African colonel is one of them. Kenyan homosexual comes to mind
To: okie 54
It’s not colonel, it’s Obama, The African COLONIAL.
To: Brown Deer
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Adbulaziz AlSaud, handing over the award...that's Omar Al-Ahmadi, Goeldner's son in law, on his left.
To: Brown Deer; matt1234
Summary of Barack Obama Senior’s Immigration Files (vanity & reference)
me ^ | 4/30/2011 | me
Posted on....AM by matt1234
I have created a summary (posted below) of Barack Obama Senior’s immigration files, which were recently released. The summary is tabular, hopefully allowing a more systematic analysis. I have highlighted in yellow the more interesting portions. This summary is useful as an introductory research tool or a concise summation for semi-interested readers. Details are excluded except where particularly interesting or unobvious.
When posting comments about a particular document, please include the page # (first column of table). I welcome questions, too.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2712867/posts
The source docs are here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/54015762/Barack-Hussein-Obama-Sr-Immigration-File.
To: Fred Nerks
Omar Al-Ahmadi is Cecil’s grandson, and the son of Deborah “Layla” Goeldner Al-Ahmadi. Layla is a first cousin of Stanley Ann Dunham 0bama Soetoro.
Check out the “likes” on that photo I posted. One of them is from his aunt, Leslie Moran Goeldner.
https://www.facebook.com/leslie.goeldner
To: Fred Nerks
I'm not sure how Abdullah Al-Ahmadi is related to the Red Prince, but he's not one of his nine sons.
To: Brown Deer
That's typical of me, generations slip by my notice. I thought he looked a little young to be the husband of Layla, but then they dress like wanna-be angels, they don't work, they stay out of the sun and for all we know, probably take milk-baths to keep their skin soft, dry themselves in silk velvet before they douse themselves in perfume - they're not called the
perfumed Saudi princes for nothing.
Meanwhile thanks to your facebook link, I see the Goeldner clan replenishes itself with gusto. Pity, but the photographs of Virginia, her husband and daughter, with the Saudi progeny lined up in their conservative finery, all black for the females, white (denoting purity) for the males, have been removed from the web.
Oh well, we get the idea anyway. While Virginia was in Hawaii on holiday, and Madelyn was telling her that the reason she and Stanley Armour were looking after the African-American boy, was that his mother had died in 1970.
It wasn't considered significant at the time Virginia dropped this little gem, to mention that her daughter had converted to islam, had married an arab and had a Saudi brood of her own, and Virginia's husband Cecil had set up a computerized banking system in Riyadh.
PS. Considering that Virginia must have known Stanley Ann Dunham was still alive, one has to wonder, did she ask Madelyn who this 'dead' mother was?
To: Brown Deer
DECREE OF DIVORCE, 20TH DAY OF MARCH, 1964
SEE BELOW: MEMO SIGNED AND DATED APRIL 28, 1964
August 28, 1964. After alien stated he was married he said they were separated and that they may get a divorce. The wife in the Philippines from whom he is separated...
The Kenyan is separated from a woman in the Philippines and they MAY get a divorce...meanwhile, In Hawaii, Stanley Ann Dunham is granted a Decree Of Divorce AND CUSTODY MARCH 3, 1964.
To: LucyT
If the child on the left is the younger, the child on the right is several months older. Are ALL the images in the composite the same child?
There are six images of little Obama in the composite, and two from Mark Ndesandjo which identify the child as 'David'...
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