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Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by londoner: 10:55am On Dec 10, 2014
OP, I agree Africans should have stood with you, just like you stood with us over the Chibok girls, but to be honest, I doubt very much that it was widely reported in Africa, well at least Nigeria.

People die every day at the hands of those in authority in Nigeria and most times it does not spark protests. Also, when there is a protest in Nigeria (apart from Chibok girls), it also does not make front line news around the world and people do not protest.

Lets just say, Nigerians are used to police and military brutality.......they have become immune to it. Also, many may have a different view about what happened.

We should have stood with you, but I'm sure there were some Naijas in the London protest.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by iamord(m): 10:57am On Dec 10, 2014
You see one thing I hate is people being double standard and hypocritical. And the black people are one of the people with high levels of this character. We always cry slavery!! They kill our people in their countries!! They hate us !! If I may ask what has happened to the case of the aluu boys .. Boys that suffered a more painful death than all the nationals in other countries.. they were even killed by their own blood people. What of the common man dying in prison for a crime he did not commit, what of that man or woman kidnapped, that pregnant mother and young man being prepared for rituals? That girl being raped?? But when our people are killed outside we scream untop of our lungs . Same goes to the black hoods. the rate of blacks killing themselves supersedes that rate of white killing blacks. We are yet to understand ourselves as a people. First remove the worm that is eating the tree from inside before you tackle the outside . We are a very uncaring race. The only thing that brings out that care and concern is material wealth and possessions. We are evolving negatively!!!

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Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by londoner: 10:58am On Dec 10, 2014
Well, it seems some did protest in Nigeria.I was unaware of that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4hBkDpkPcE


Thumbs up Naija.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by iamord(m): 11:02am On Dec 10, 2014
moderatorr:
Story for the Gods, police has been shooting us here, how many of you people there has protested?
Police just shot 3 unijos students during a peaceful protest yesterday, how many of you guys have protested?
We go come leave our problem come dey kii our sef for una own.
When your government refused to sell us helicopters how many of you protested?
your last paragraph did not make sense in my opinion. Its shows the same olld thing I keep saying. Blacks don't care!

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Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by onoja12: 11:07am On Dec 10, 2014
This is were I laugh my friend Africans became wealth from slave tradethat is story does history you read where written by the white and they are all lies,the truth is that Africans have always been wealthy,we had and still do have everything the white man every wanted,that is why they came here in the first place, they didn't make us rich, we where born rich, our kings had more gold than any white man ever dreamt of, so my brother like I said don't allow the white men lie to you with what they write in there books then force you to read there books

gentleoyink:


I agree with you on the fight against the white mans imposition. I would also like to say that if you go through history, you will see some Africans who became wealthy slave merchants. So it is the fault of the whites and the Africans. We as Africans owe them for the little we played in support of slavery.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by DonaldGenes(m): 11:11am On Dec 10, 2014
moderatorr:
Story for the Gods, police has been shooting us here, how many of you people there has protested?
Police just shot 3 unijos students during a peaceful protest yesterday, how many of you guys have protested?
We go come leave our problem come dey kii our sef for una own.
When your government refused to sell us helicopters how many of you protested?

Love this guy.... Nice response
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by londoner: 11:21am On Dec 10, 2014
OP, I also have to point out that although many countries recorded protests, it may also be jumping on the bandwagon to some extent. Did those countries protest over Trayvon, or Eric? Some of those countries are also well known for their racism against black people.

I'm sure people were uncomfortable with what happened, but not everytime it happens. Even with the Chibok girls , it took a while before the rest of the world took to the streets. It also really took off when celebrities joined in.

As you can see, the girls are still missing and there are no more protests or news reports about it, not even in Nigeria.

Human beings are peculiar that way.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by DonaldGenes(m): 11:45am On Dec 10, 2014
Karma is bitccch

Great Lesson; Sad part is the social meltdown of our moral values as a people ,, From the cop ,,, to the kid ,,, Its was bad meets badder ,,,
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by iamord(m): 12:16pm On Dec 10, 2014
onoja12:
This is were I laugh my friend Africans became wealth from slave tradethat is story does history you read where written by the white and they are all lies,the truth is that Africans have always been wealthy,we had and still do have everything the white man every wanted,that is why they came here in the first place, they didn't make us rich, we where born rich, our kings had more gold than any white man ever dreamt of, so my brother like I said don't allow the white men lie to you with what they write in there books then force you to read there books

the difference between us is the mentality, the abundance and scarcity mentality the blacks have the abundance mentality while the white shave the scarcity. the moment the age of kingdoms stated falling the ripple effects began to take form. Above all Africas greatest problem will be the mental slavery. the religions , politicizing of issues and old systems of doing things won't make us come out anytime soon.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by onoja12: 3:56pm On Dec 10, 2014
when we say mental slavery that was and is been done by the whites ,can you imagine the white have sold the idea to the black community for many years tell them they are poor and hungry and while the white have everything when the reverse is the case,watch bbc,cnn and the likes you would notice that there is a delibrate attempt to make Africa look like a hungry stricken place,infact like beggers,while everyday all the first class seat are full of white people coming here to exploit people,so the issue first of all is mental slavary brought in by the white like you said,and the first thing is for Africa to understand that neither christainity or islam is African,they are religions designed to make the white look supirior to blacks,then we need to look at education,the educational system practised around the world is design to make the Africans look inferior,that is why they dont accept African certificate not that there education is better,i travelled to some countries and under studied there educational system and i kept asking myself how in the name of God would america accept a certificate from this country and refuse to accept that of Nigeria.so we need leader and we need African leaders and when ever we have one the whites kill them off immedately

iamord:
the difference between us is the mentality, the abundance and scarcity mentality the blacks have the abundance mentality while the white shave the scarcity. the moment the age of kingdoms stated falling the ripple effects began to take form. Above all Africas greatest problem will be the mental slavery. the religions , politicizing of issues and old systems of doing things won't make us come out anytime soon.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by delishpot: 4:14pm On Dec 10, 2014
For the thieves out there, change your ways now cos you may be next. Chose life. Chose to be crime free. Your life counts.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by McSterling(m): 4:18pm On Dec 10, 2014
Ngwakwe:



I have watched the video severally, the shoplifting happened the same day according to the Ferguson Police and Michael Brown was the culprit.

However, the question is; Was the shooting related to the said shoplifting? the answer is definitely "No"
From what I read, someone dialed 911 after the shoplifting. The police guy was dispatched to the area after being given MB's description. So, that's how he accosted MB and his friend. In order words, the shoplifting created occasion for the shooting. Maybe if there was no shoplifting, there won't have been a shooting.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by khia: 11:13pm On Dec 22, 2014
abbakacici:
Black American hate Africans more white, furthermore 90% percent of charity in African are run by white Americans not black. most of them are even fighting the median to stop calling them African-American but Black--American. also during Bush era American help American with more than 30 billion in aid/charity through USAID while Obama reduce it.


You complain if we call ourselves African Americans stating that we aren't Africans, now you complain that we hate Africans and don't want to be called African Americans but Black Americans, boy are some of you fickle.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by khia: 12:01am On Dec 23, 2014
Ilekeh:
#BlackLivesMatter

No Justice........No peace!

No racist.....Police!

Say NO to ethnic cleansing.

I stand in solidarity with my African American brothers and sisters.

Black on black crimes should not justify extrajudicial injustice.

Africans are considered AA/Blacks in America so this concerns us as much as them.

Injustice against Native Americans and Blacks must end, else it will continue on to another minority group (Hispanics, Asians etc).


Hispanics has always been discriminated and murdered by the police just like black Americans, the difference is the hispanics don't do anything about it, while black Americans protests and make it known all over the world what is going on here.

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Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by khia: 12:21am On Dec 23, 2014
onoja12:
This discussion must surely have my impute, there are two sides to this coin, before I begin with the two sides, I want to make it clear that you cant kill a white kids for shop lifting,hell the white kid who took a gun to school and kill many people was not shot by the white police,so therefor if you are black and you are supporting what the police did, please remember that when it is done to you and your love once don't expect black people to rally around you.
Now to my two sides, first the leading black activist in America I believe is farkan, I have listen to some of farkans taps, He doesn't like the real Africa but rather want to create an American African ,what do I mean by this, I would tell you, he praises the Caribbean, praises the Arabs Africans like Libya and Egypt but speak about the black nation of Africa as if he were referring to people he was better than, for the record Nigeria is better than everywhere in the Caribbean, I can tell you for a fact.so does people who say the blacks in America don't care about the black in Africa, I put it to you that you are %100 right, in fact it is easier for you to get white people to come to Africa for a visit than a black American. so bad is it that during the black president in America, Africa has never had it this bad in terms of policy which must equally be stated that all Africans stood behind him and when I say Africans I mean all black Africans during and after his campaign but like a typical black American what did he do, he got to office and forget he was black, he started trying to white.

Second side of the coin, now as much as we should normally pay our black brothers back in there own coin by turning our backs on them, I don't think we can afford to do that, because what is going on is targeted at all black race, to which we are part of, we all have suffered from been black, the cowards amongst us try to be white so they can be accepted by the white but does who are strong stand and face the stereotyping head on.so at some point we have to join in but as for Nigeria not right now till after election


Farakahn is not my leader neither is he the leader of Black America, he's the leader of The Nation Of Islam and that is it.
His views are his views which the nation of Islam supports, so I ask you this, what is a typical black American?
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by onoja12: 12:33am On Dec 23, 2014
I am only aware of blacks and they are all of African decent,so rather it should be you telling me what is a typical black american


khia:


Farakahn is not my leader neither is he the leader of Black America, he's the leader of The Nation Of Islam and that is it.
His views are his views which the nation of Islam supports, so I ask you this, what is a typical black American?

Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by khia: 12:46am On Dec 23, 2014
gatiano:
Minister Louis Farrakhan is the bravest, the strongest black man alive. i have not seen any black leader who will face the entire power of the western world and call them devils to their face. i have not seen, except his father Elijah Muhammad and his mentor Malcom X.










Most black Americans don't care about Farakanh, after all he was instrumental in Malcom X's death. He despised Malcom because of his popularity, love and respect from blacks all over the world.
Farakahn was jealous of Malcolm, and this came from the mouth of Malcolm's wife.

Elijah Muhammad was not his father.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by khia: 12:51am On Dec 23, 2014
onoja12:
I am only aware of blacks and they are all of African decent,so rather it should be you telling me what is a typical black american




You are the one who stated that Obama acted like a typical black American so you explain to me what you meant by it.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by khia: 1:13am On Dec 23, 2014
gentleoyink:


I agree with you on the fight against the white mans imposition. I would also like to say that if you go through history, you will see some Africans who became wealthy slave merchants. So it is the fault of the whites and the Africans. We as Africans owe them for the little we played in support of slavery.



This is the truth.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by khia: 1:26am On Dec 23, 2014
onoja12:
This is were I laugh my friend Africans became wealth from slave tradethat is story does history you read where written by the white and they are all lies,the truth is that Africans have always been wealthy,we had and still do have everything the white man every wanted,that is why they came here in the first place, they didn't make us rich, we where born rich, our kings had more gold than any white man ever dreamt of, so my brother like I said don't allow the white men lie to you with what they write in there books then force you to read there books



There was a documentary done in Ghana about this very subject that you are denying, and there were Ghanians who stated that their ancestors gained wealth through the slave trade so that debunks your theory.

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Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by gatiano(m): 1:35am On Dec 23, 2014
They all care about him, including the whites, i did not say they all love him. Spiritual father. and he does not have any hand in the killing of malcome x death, neither was any from the noi. the fbi murdered malcome.


khia:











Most black Americans don't care about Farakanh, after all he was instrumental in Malcom X's death. He despised Malcom because of his popularity, love and respect from blacks all over the world.
Farakahn was jealous of Malcolm, and this came from the mouth of Malcolm's wife.

Elijah Muhammad was not his father.




Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by gatiano(m): 1:37am On Dec 23, 2014
have you seen any bold leader as louis farrakhan? show me except for malcome x and elijah muhammad. show me one and still standing.
khia:











Most black Americans don't care about Farakanh, after all he was instrumental in Malcom X's death. He despised Malcom because of his popularity, love and respect from blacks all over the world.
Farakahn was jealous of Malcolm, and this came from the mouth of Malcolm's wife.

Elijah Muhammad was not his father.




Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by khia: 1:40am On Dec 23, 2014
McSterling:
From what I read, someone dialed 911 after the shoplifting. The police guy was dispatched to the area after being given MB's description. So, that's how he accosted MB and his friend. In order words, the shoplifting created occasion for the shooting. Maybe if there was no shoplifting, there won't have been a shooting.


This is a lie, that cop didn't know anthing about that incident at the store when he murdered Michael.
Even the sheriff admitted that Wilson didn't know anything about Michael stealing a couple of cigars prior to murdering him.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by khia: 1:47am On Dec 23, 2014
gatiano:
They all care about him, including the whites, i did not say they all love him. Spiritual father. and he does not have any hand in the killing of malcome x death, neither was any from the noi. the fbi murdered malcome.




We all do not care about him especially the whites.
Farakahn dosen't care about black Americans unless they are Muslims.
Like I said, he was instrumental in killing Malcom, I didn't say he pulled the trigger.
The FBI my foot.
Do you know at the time of Malcom's death he had made a pilgrimage to Mecca and had started seeing that white men can be his brothers, he started to change his views and the Nation of Islam couldn't have that.
Malcom became bigger than the NOI and they hated him for it.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by Duru1(m): 1:54am On Dec 23, 2014
khia:



This is a lie, that cop didn't know anthing about that incident at the store when he murdered Michael.
Even the sheriff admitted that Wilson didn't know anything about Michael stealing a couple of cigars prior to murdering him.

You need to read more about the case than you have done already.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by khia: 1:55am On Dec 23, 2014
gatiano:
have you seen any bold leader as louis farrakhan? show me except for malcome x and elijah muhammad. show me one and still standing.


The hell with being bold, anyone can run his mouth, what has he done?
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by Duru1(m): 1:56am On Dec 23, 2014
khia:



You complain if we call ourselves African Americans stating that we aren't Africans, now you complain that we hate Africans and don't want to be called African Americans but Black Americans, boy are some of you fickle.

Real African does not protest the death of a petty criminal such as Michael Brown.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by gatiano(m): 2:00am On Dec 23, 2014
have you ever listened to farrakhan? he not only care about black americans, he cares about all blacks on the planet. now he won't allow any person to just mix with the muslims, not even the arabs. look at the shootings going on now, farrakhan had already said it would happen as far back as 2013, and this is just a tip of the iceberg. also to all other black people of the earth. boko haram is now a means to an end for the europeans to enter nigeria. and several other places. i know you didn't say he pulled the trigger. if he had any part in it and with the ways and the audacity with which he speaks against injustice, don't you think this american justice department filled with ku klux kan members would have fish something out if he had anything to do with it? if they couldn't, then we may as well say he is instrumental in the death of tupac shakur too. The world are on set when farrakhan speaks (people that know of him).


khia:



We all do not care about him especially the whites.
Farakahn dosen't care about black Americans unless they are Muslims.
Like I said, he was instrumental in killing Malcom, I didn't say he pulled the trigger.
The FBI my foot.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by khia: 2:04am On Dec 23, 2014
Duru1:


You need to read more about the case than you have done already.


You need to read and look at the video of the sheriff admitting that Wilson didn't know of the prior incident.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by gatiano(m): 2:05am On Dec 23, 2014
I can evidently see the touch of GOD in the lives of the members and not just members of the noi. it is evident. well most people are lazy. NOI is not for lazy people or dumb, blind and deaf kind of personality. He calls the devil out for who he really is. can you look the devil in the face and say i know you, you are the devil, in the midst of the devils? only Jesus did that.
khia:



The hell with being bold, anyone can run his mouth, what has he done?
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by khia: 2:17am On Dec 23, 2014
gatiano:
have you ever listened to farrakhan? he not only care about black americans, he cares about all blacks on the planet. now he won't allow any person to just mix with the muslims, not even the arabs. look at the shootings going on now, farrakhan had already said it would happen as far back as 2013, and this is just a tip of the iceberg. also to all other black people of the earth. boko haram is now a means to an end for the europeans to enter nigeria. and several other places. i know you didn't say he pulled the trigger. if he had any part in it and with the ways and the audacity with which he speaks against injustice, don't you think this american justice department filled with ku klux kan members would have fish something out if he had anything to do with it? if they couldn't, then we may as well say he is instrumental in the death of tupac shakur too. The world are on set when farrakhan speaks (people that know of him).




Oviously you don't know him. I can't believe that stupid remark you just made, why on earth would the ku klux klan or any whites at that time in America care about WHO KILLED MALCOM X? To them the killers were heroes. Farakahn didn't predict anything, he only stated what has been going on for centuries in America.
Again what has he done for black non-muslims Americans.
The million man march is all that he could come up with, but what has he done lately?
I repeat he is not my leader and neither is Al Sharpton.
Re: Why Aren't Africans Giving Solidarity For Michael Brown? by khia: 2:27am On Dec 23, 2014
gatiano:
I can evidently see the touch of GOD in the lives of the members and not just members of the noi. it is evident. well most people are lazy. NOI is not for lazy people or dumb, blind and deaf kind of personality. He calls the devil out for who he really is. can you look the devil in the face and say i know you, you are the devil, in the midst of the devils? only Jesus did that.


You can't be serious, so you really think Farakahn is the only one who speaks out against evil and injustice to the oppressors, you are definitely BRAINWASHED.

Once again I ask you what has he done besides making speaches? Do you see the touch of God in Farakahn?

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