bayooooooo:

It has, even well informed citizens from TT have condemned GEJ's comment

[size=23pt]The writer is still a slave. Period.[/size]

Eko Ile:

This is just sad........

Beaf:

I wonder why you left out the link to your long quote?
The link would have shown that the only positive comment toward the author (out of a total of 4 comments) was from a Nigerian called Rotimi Orims (I guess that might have been you).
You also "forgot" to tell us the the author is a certain[b] Kayode Ogundamisi![/b] Damn!

Here is another rather colourful comment from someone I guess is from Trinidad and Tobago:



http://kayodeogundamisi..co.uk/2012/08/nigerian-presidents-call-for-black.html

GEJ addressing the audience at Emancipation Hall:

[img]http://4.bp..com/-ygNt-wPZ7yw/UBwztACgL_I/AAAAAAAABIY/QknvbKM67vY/s1600/PIC-6-EMANCIPATION-VILLAGE.jpg[/img]

bayooooooo:

Good you found an alternative link. I did not pull out the article from Kayode's Blog. It was not written by him but by Morgan Job who wrote essentially a review with a passing comment on GEJ's visit. This is a simple trick for you: google newspapers in Trinidad and Tobago and search opinion pages. All is yours.

Posted by Kayode Ogundamisi Blog Contact by Email: odamisi2000@yahoo.com at 13:27

Beaf:

You are funny! First you "forgot" to provide a link, then you claim that I found "an alternative link (sic)!" Lol!
In the meantime, Kayode Ogundamisi takes full credit for the post:



http://kayodeogundamisi..co.uk/2012/08/nigerian-presidents-call-for-black.html

Beaf:

I wouldn't be surprised if this desperartion hasn't driven some of you to post opinion columns all over the Caribbean press. Saddening stuff![/b]

Beaf:

I wonder why you left out the link to your long quote?
The link would have shown that the only positive comment toward the author (out of a total of 4 comments) was from a Nigerian called Rotimi Orims (I guess that might have been you).
You also "forgot" to tell us the the author is a certain[b] Kayode Ogundamisi![/b] Damn!

Here is another rather colourful comment from someone I guess is from Trinidad and Tobago:



http://kayodeogundamisi..co.uk/2012/08/nigerian-presidents-call-for-black.html

"The Emancipation struggle is necessary so that one day the Black Man will also be at the top and can dictate to the rest of the world." Goodluck Ebele Jonathan addressing 'black emancipation day in Trinidad and Tobago.

President Goodluck Jonathan's visit to Trinidad and Tobago, a review. For the record, this review was written by Morgan Job a citizen of Tand T. Read and tell
us what you make out of it.

oyb: abg when will gej go to yankee to make a speech

we need a viral video and some snl mockery

Beaf:

I wonder why you left out the link to your long quote?
The link would have shown that the only positive comment toward the author (out of a total of 4 comments) was from a Nigerian called Rotimi Orims (I guess that might have been you).
You also "forgot" to tell us the the author is a certain[b] Kayode Ogundamisi![/b] Damn!

Here is another rather colourful comment from someone I guess is from Trinidad and Tobago:



http://kayodeogundamisi..co.uk/2012/08/nigerian-presidents-call-for-black.html

GEJ addressing the audience at Emancipation Hall:

[img]http://4.bp..com/-ygNt-wPZ7yw/UBwztACgL_I/AAAAAAAABIY/QknvbKM67vY/s1600/PIC-6-EMANCIPATION-VILLAGE.jpg[/img]

kingoflag:

Ahhhh, Yankee ke?! GEJ will have Mexicans Fighting Blacks, Crips Fighting Bloods, White fighting Asians and Indians fighting everyone.

No o, abeg keep your 3rd world Professor amongst your clan. We got enough problems here.

ifihearam:

Is america free from debt??

bayooooooo:

It has, even well informed citizens from TT have condemned GEJ's comment

Kobojunkie: If you see nothing wrong with the original statement, then there is absolutely nothing wrong with the statement below. . . .

[size=14pt]" Continued struggle is necessary so that the Hausa man will always be at the top and dictate to the all of Nigeria"...[/size]

kingoflag:


Look as the guy look sef. Nothing Presidential about him at all.

oyb: nah, he will just become the subject of viral videos and snl skits

like almajehinad and 'no homo-sexuals in iran'

What egregious stupidity, in 2012 this Brer 'Nanse leaves a country he can't fix with black bombast or race talk of any kind, especially because the Hausa Caliphate was a great slave trading Empire, one of many in that Sudan region (Kanem-Bornu was another), that never abolished slavery, a Nigeria where thousands of Black men succumb to a quotidian slaughter against each other, and thusly, thousands are murdered annually in an endemic pogrom on account of tribal hatred, and King Clown comes to tell children Black children must be ambitious to lord it over white children, or brown children!

cap28:

It would be interesting to know the racial identity of the person who wrote that article castigating GEJ.

One thing that is coming across loud and clear from the author of that article is a fear of black advancement in a country which is split along racial lines. It is obveious that the indian trinis are afraid of the african trinis wresting political and economic control from them. This scenario is common all over the carribean where the black african descendants are relegated to a position of political and economic powerlessness whereas the minority groups are allowed to control the economic and political power - this is even the case in a country like Jamaica where blacks make up over 90% of the population. Despite their overwhelming majority the chinese, indians, syrian and european descendants control the economy and political postions with the backing and support of america and europe. This is why GEJ's statement is being received with a lot of anger - indians may not be a minority in trinidad but they are conscious of the fact that their position could become tenuous if a major black african nation were to lend a helping hand to its black african population and why shouldnt we ? Didnt the british and americans lend a helping hand to their european brothers and sisters in aparthied south africa? didnt they supply them with military aid and technology in order to enable the white south africans consolidate their grip on the wealth of south africa? Nigerians are politically illiterate that is why they can not even understand the significance of GEJ's statement.

At the end of the day the black man is on his own - remember how the arabs slaughtered black africans in Libya while the western press stood by and watched? If we dont look out for each other nobody will.

a word is enough for the wise.

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He said "for those of us who are Christians" the story of God's people, the Israelites, who were enslaved and the great leader Moses led them to the promised land. "The independence celebration today is not to take all the people of Nigeria to the promised land, but to take the ijaw man to the promised land,"

D-Explorer:

Dude, don't derail the thread. Trinidad and Tobago in her entirety has less than 2% whites and over 88% blacks (not particularly Africans). GEJ never said Africans or an African man will also be at the top and can dictate to the rest of the world, he clearly stated BLACK. So dude what's your grievance about? That he was wrong for mentioning black in a country largely occupied by black people? Or is charcoal your rep for blacks? GEJ was referring to the skin color and not the tribes. GEJ was never wrong and that statement is totally mind empowering. Lest i forget, i saw your rudeness, am just observing my 30mins of tolerance. I hope that's clear enough. Cheers

antitpiah:

You must think Americans are as self deprecating and contemptuous of foreigners as you are. I am even impressed you can afford to watch SNL.


The joke is on you

Beaf: I'm really shocked that the usual crew have wheeled out their biggest demons to throw flak at GEJ's well recieved statement.
Some people are really funny sha.

cap28:

It would be interesting to know the racial identity of the person who wrote that article castigating GEJ.

One thing that is coming across loud and clear from the author of that article is a fear of black advancement in a country which is split along racial lines. It is obveious that the indian trinis are afraid of the african trinis wresting political and economic control from them. This scenario is common all over the carribean where the black african descendants are relegated to a position of political and economic powerlessness whereas the minority groups are allowed to control the economic and political power - this is even the case in a country like Jamaica where blacks make up over 90% of the population. Despite their overwhelming majority the chinese, indians, syrian and european descendants control the economy and political postions with the backing and support of america and europe. This is why GEJ's statement is being received with a lot of anger - indians may not be a minority in trinidad but they are conscious of the fact that their position could become tenuous if a major black african nation were to lend a helping hand to its black african population and why shouldnt we ? Didnt the british and americans lend a helping hand to their european brothers and sisters in aparthied south africa? didnt they supply them with military aid and technology in order to enable the white south africans consolidate their grip on the wealth of south africa? Nigerians are politically illiterate that is why they can not even understand the significance of GEJ's statement.

At the end of the day the black man is on his own - remember how the arabs slaughtered black africans in Libya while the western press stood by and watched? If we dont look out for each other nobody will.

a word is enough for the wise.

Beaf: I'm really shocked that the usual crew have wheeled out their biggest demons to throw flak at GEJ's well recieved statement.
Some people are really funny sha.

oyb: fixed for naija

Dotman01: He said "for those of us who are
Christians" the story of God's
people, the Israelites, who were
enslaved and the great leader
Moses led them to the promised
land. "The independence celebration today is not to
take all the people of Nigeria
to the promised land, but to
take the ijaw man to the
promised land,"

bayooooooo:

Your response is a perfect example of what is called a mixed message. You have made some valid points but the rest appears to be fantasy. There is racism in the world even as I type this comment. No one is denying that. Two, there is nothing wrong in providing aid to black people the world over if we can and have the means to do so. That's the right thing to do.

If there is raw racism now as was prevalent in about half a century ago, Obama would not even be elected US President. The global outlook is changing. The orientation is gearing towards building a skillful, multiracial, multi-talented population mix. In some states in US, the white can no longer go it alone in the political process and demographic predictions suggest a sustain trend in the future. In years to come, blacks, Hispanics may be making waves in the heartland of whites while we keep reminding ourselves of slavery, colonialism and apartheid. Take the Olympics for instance, blacks are making waves in Team USA but why can't we simply do the same stuff? Are they now more blacks that we are? Can we create a good environment for ourselves?

Now tell me how is GEJ's statement helpful to the cause of blacks in TT? Would it soften the resistance of other groups? Would it make others more receptive to the political process dominated by blacks? How exactly does it help the cause of blacks in TT? Guy, empty rhetorics that can not achieve anything is day dreaming. If you want the type of change, I suspect you desire looking at your Pan Africanist orientation, the aid is channeled through indirect means to help the cause of blacks without manifestly insulting the sensibilities of others.

Now, back home in Nigeria where everybody is 100% black, what have we be able to achieve for ourselves? Was he not the same GEJ that was narrating his life history to a mere US Ambassador and the same person talking of world domination? Let the truth be told: as crude as the comment was, the world would have taken it seriously if it was from a Nigerian president who is transforming and improving the economic well being of Nigerians. But since it was from a joker, the world derisively laugh while the 40 man laptop crew continues to shout GEJ GEJ GEJ GEJ!

ekt_bear: So to be clear, when I made my initial posts, I had the wrong idea about T&Ts demographics. Given those demographics, GEJs comments were ill-advised.

It would be like a Yoruba man from Benin Republic coming to Nigeria and advocating only for Yoruba, not for Nigerians as a whole.