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With recent spike of protests in the USA and the gloabal proliferatio with which it has boomed, I simply decided to go educate myself more or racism. I have been reading comments here but trust me, most of us are not vast on the topic and it's very dangerous to talk about what you dont know very well openly.
In my opinion, black race is the most complicated race in the world. I think this is because, over there you have African Americans or European Africans and African immigrants. Here, you have Africans. African immigrants pally more with whites than African Americans. African Americans tend to be racist towards Africans, following slavery and racism of the whites based on the belief that Africans were lazy, hence failed to develop their continent (reasons vary, though), something hugely underrated. Here in Africa, tribalism is our own racism. so you see?

However, in my research, I stumbled on a novel titled "Fire Next Time", by James Baldwin and I felt cold after reading the book, exactly a perfect book to read at this time of US uprising. a lot of media outlets had recommended the book for all Americans at this time. That is the book Obama is currently rereading.

On why blacks in Americans hate other blacks, James Baldwin, who used himself as a narrator in the novel said, "White people who had robbed black people of their liberty and who profited by this theft every hour that they lived, had no moral ground on which to stand. they had the judges, the juries, the shortguns, the law, in a word, the power. Negroes in this country and Negroes do not, strictly or legally speaking, exist in any other, are taught really to despise themsleves from the moment their eyes open on the world. This world is white and they are all black. white people hold the power, which means they are superior to blacks (intrisincally, that is so: God decreed it it so) and the world has innumerable ways of making the difference known and felt and feared. Long before this difference and even longer before he understands, it had begun to react it, he has begun to be controlled by it. Black people mainly look down or look up but do not look at each other, not at you, and white people mainly, look away. and the universe is simply a sounding drum. [b][/b]"
I criticized this though, what happens to blacks unlearning themslves?

on why black use this opportunity to loot shops and turn voilent, the renouned novelist said, "for the horrors of American Negroes, there has been almost no language... why is it that they (whites) achieved their original dominance by stealth and cunning and blood shed and in opposition to the will of heaven and not, as they claim, by heaven's will? And if this is so, then sword they have used so long against others can now, without mercy be used against them."

Later the narrator in the book visited a moslem cleric and they discussed about racism. the moslem cleric was of the opinion that racism will never end, the only solution is to create a seperate black nation out of the US. James argued that, that will never happen, unless US ceases to be world power, like England who surrendered their tight single empire, after they lost world power status.

your argument and opininions are highly welcomed.

SweetyMarvel00:
"Black people mainly look down or look up but do not look at each other"

This part fully captures the mentality of a black man...
A balck man either looks up to/down on you cos of your status and never look within or at each other based on values; here lies our problem

I fail to understand the part when you said God created the white man to be superior to the black man.

And when you say "God", which one are you referring to, the God of the Bible? If so, please do you care to elaborate with Bible references.

Thank you

OgiPrincess:
I fail to understand the part when you said God created the white man to be superior to the black man.

And when you say "God", which one are you referring to, the God of the Bible? If so, please do you care to elaborate with Bible references.

Thank you

That's the assumptions of the whites sir, that is why James had to put it in parentheses. Not that it is true. Just like majority of Africans believe that "dirty no dey kill Africa man"

SweetyMarvel00:
That's the assumptions of the whites sir, that is why James had to put it in parentheses. Not that it is true. Just like majority of Africans believe that "dirty no dey kill Africa man"

Oh okay. Thank you