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Reminds me of when I investigated a case of SUD.


The thing is one gets used to it. I hated blood, but now I'm indifferent to blood, carcass, cadaver, or whatever stuff I see in line of duty

Carlyboi:
Wow!and I’m sure at least 70%-80% of blacks and Africans around the world don’t knot bout this racism segregation extermination and genocide of the Argentines against US once upon a Time!

Yea many don't. It was this same all white national team in contrast to neighboring countries that piqued my curiosity, hence my little research

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ARGENTINA’S BLACK POPULATION HAS BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY ERASED & REMOVED IN WHITEWASHING EFFORT

By ZamaMdoda July 19, 2018 6.8K Picks

We’d like to think that it is common knowledge that anti-blackness is a global phenomenon but unfortunately, the targeted white-washing of known history has prevented that. History has been white-washed so severely that often, the extent of racism across the world is masked. The country that has been most ‘successful’ in white-washing its population, history and culture is Argentina.

https://twitter.com/lawyermoney/status/1020046192124792832

Argentina is considered the whitest country in South America, which is odd considering that, like Brazil, they were colonized and subjected to Spanish colonists shipping in African slaves from the West Coast of the African continent. Currently, Argentina’s population of European ethnicity constituted 97% of the population – this is a disturbing figure taking into account that “[b]y the late 1700s nearly 50 percent of the population in the interior of the country was black, and between 30 and 40 percent of the population of Buenos Aires was black or mulatto,” reported The Root. When asked about Afro-Argentines, most Argentineans believed that Argentina never took part in the slave trade or that the Afro-Argentines left Argentina “naturally”. Both of these theories are wrong.

“Former Argentine President Carlos Menem who once declared: ‘In Argentina blacks do not exist, that is a Brazilian problem.’” – The Root
What actually happened to Black Argentineans is so disturbing and inhumane, it would be shocking that it wasn’t being taught in classrooms if the world wasn’t so inherently racist. It is widely reported that president of Argentina from 1868 to 1874, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, undertook a ‘covert genocide’ that wiped out the Afro-Argentinean population to the point that by 1875, there were so little Black people left in Argentina that the government didn’t even bother registering African-descendants in the national census.

“On a broader scale, the ‘elimination’ of blacks from the country’s history and consciousness reflected the long-cherished desire of successive Argentine governments to imagine the country as an ‘all-white’ extension of Western Europe in Latin America.” – The Root
During his term, Sarmiento instituted highly oppressive and deadly policies to eradicate Black people. He segregated the Black community from European descendants, placing them in squalor with no descent infrastructure and healthcare. This became a death sentence when cholera and yellow-fever outbreaks ravaged this community with no adequate measures to prevent or treat the illnesses. Sarmiento’s genocide also constituted, “the forced recruitment of Afro-Argentines into the military, mass imprisonment for minor or fabricated crimes, and mass executions.” Sarmiento also enlisted Afro-Argentinean men in the army to fight the Paraguayan War of 1864. Allegedly, Sarmiento knew that Argentina wouldn’t fare well in the war, sending thousands of Afro-Argentine men to their deaths. The war impacted the gender balance so severely that Afro-Argentine women were “forced” to have children with white or mixed Argentinean men.

Tellingly, Sarmiento wrote in his diary in 1848: “In the United States… 4 million are black, and within 20 years will be 8 [million]…. What is [to be] done with such blacks, hated by the white race? Slavery is a parasite that the vegetation of English colonization has left attached to leafy tree of freedom,” – International Business Times
The endeavor was pushed by Argentinean leaders and intellectuals, who wanted to erase the Afro-Argentine presence from all parts of Argentinean life, including culture. The Tango is Argentina’s most prized cultural export but according to early art relating to the dance, it has African origins through the influence of Black Argentineans. The Tango has deep roots in the former African kingdom of Kongo and is currently considered one of the world’s most beautiful dance forms. Legendary white Tango dancer Carlos Gardel actually had Black composer and poet, Gabino Ezieza as his tutor, which shows an Argentinean dedication to not associating the Tango with any form of blackness.



“The Kikongo word for sun is ntangu”, Thompson writes, and the movements of the ntangu through the sky inspired dance forms on Earth that were eventually Creolized with Spanish and Italian influences in Buenos Aires as tango, which means, literally, “‘moving in time to a beat.’ ” – The Root
Across the world, movements have erupted to fight back against the systematic erasure of black humanity so seeing a country actually succeed in removing blackness from its identity is chilling. It seems every day, black people are finding just how much we are hated just for being ourselves and on top of that, we have to deal with living a world that would let something like this happen with little to no international outrage. The amnesia that Argentineans enjoy has led to comments like “Argentina has no black people, so we can’t be racist” but I think we have to contend with another country on earth that might rival America as a hostile place for black bodies

Carlyboi:
That Argentine is shitty abeg it’s hightime they start naturalising players especially black players the team has dearth of quality players I don’t know if anyone has observed that it’s only this Argentine folks that don’t have any naturally dark people/players among them check from Brazil to Peru to Colombia Ecuador Venezuela Uruguay Chile to Paraguay I don’t know any Argentine player from past to present as darks a Fernandinho or willian or ze Roberto or Carrillo or Jackson Martinez and Yerry Mina or Antonio Valencia or Carrillo of Peru...Add Neymar C.Ronaldo and mbappe to this Argentine team they still won’t be shiiiit

Married Women Fall From 3 Storey Building While Fighting In Onitsha.

According to an eyewitness:

“This sad incident happened yesterday at Awada in Onitsha . The 2 women are living together in a flat because their husbands share a flat in one compound.

Even though their husbands are friends, The wives never got along and was always quarreling but nothing prepared us for what we saw this morning….


When their husband left for shop this morning, another round of fight began and this time it was different. we heard screaming and then a huge thud and then wailing and crying ensured

I rushed to the verandah and discovered to my dismay that the women fell from their 3rd floor flat and both of them shattered many bones in their bodies. Both couldnt stand but i suspect that the other may have broken her spinal cord because she couldnt move a limb and her head was severely bashed and she was bleeding heavily. They have been rushed to Toronto hospital to ascertain the level of their injuries while we called up their husbands.

It's a momentary setback. He will come around

Life doesn't move in a straight line. it pulsates

Green snakes are non venomous so they are completely harmless. Nothing to worry about.

Good thing they are not shooting at them (villagers)

Any criminologist here?

He was a fine officer

Rest on comrade.

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Uniformed men's wedding are ALWAYS everly cute sha!
Just like our own MrOfficer on honeymoon right now.

Happy married life beautiful couple.

Honey gini? I dey in front of my system for office like this

SEONaijaExpert:
Why is this guy looking like Mrofficer that just got married

I wonder o

lalasticlala:
Congratulations

Oga lala please send me your address. I want to send your delicacy

E still dey fridge

Rocktation


Farano please help me move this to fp

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vibbb:
Congratulations, may God bless u wth wisdom to sustain ur home.

Amen. Thank you

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More pictures

I'm back again fellow landers. The wedding/sword crossing parade was a huge success and I return all the glory to God in heaven. I even smuggled lalasticlala special delicacy all the way from yonder (cos its a sacred animal here) but he didn't turn up


You can check the wedding invitation to all Nairalanders here

https://www.nairaland.com/5142307/fellow-nairalanders-all-specially-invited

I will be posting the picture story on here as they come.

LESSONS I LEARNT

1. Always start preparations early. For others planning to get married soon, Make sure you make early preparations. I for example started looking for an event hall as early as January. Not only did it save me the fire brigade rush, I also got the hall at a better price ( it was an off season period so no events. The prices are therefore cheaper, just like buying clothes in rainy season)

2. You cannot do everything on your own. Delegate and outsource as much as you can. This will help reduce the stress level cos trust me, planning a wedding is no jokes.

3. Plan according to your budget. Even before we fixed a date, I did a lot of window shopping and enquiries. This helped me to know the cost of things out there. It helped me in planning my budget. Improper planning is nothing but a disaster waiting to happen.

4. Another important lesson which I learnt the hard way was in the pre wedding photo shoot. If I had known I would have taken them even before we started preparations. I was stressed out when we took our pre wedding shorts and it can easily be seen in my tired eyes and lean frame. However if you are on the plus side and you wish to loose flesh, you can consider taking your shorts when the stress set in.

5. Lastly umunnem, you should Know that there is no best nor worst wedding. You can only do your best within your limits. Don't worry if you get sleepless nights and panic attacks (I had plenty). It's only normal to worry as humans that we are. Also don't expect everything to go according to plan. People will disappoint you. Things will go wrong but don't let it get to you.

nifemi25:
This is the very first time a nairalander is inviting us to his wedding.. How i wish it will hold here in lagos. I for go do atenu there... Well i wish you happy married life. May god bless your union.. My wife where are thou, come make we do our wedding too.

Thanks boss. Your wife will attend my wedding, reason you need to come

Evablizin:
Cute couple,may God bless your home.Congrats.

Amen! Thanks

No problem

opparadise:
I wouldn't make it and my CO wouldn't assent to my pass anytime sooner as I just returned from one. Happy Pairing. Happy early-nine-months course.

opparadise:
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What do you mean by that? You mean Nairaland members are special kind of hungry people?
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Oya, face your wedding with just you and your family.

Haba mana! Lol I don't mean it that way mbok. That's our what we interpret RSVP to mean as kids.


See eh, make I no find you that day o

My wedding comes up on the 27th of April, 2019 and everybody here is invited:

Rice and stew will be very plenty. Lalasticlala I have made special provision for your specialty


Omemnka still dey here sef? He is invited too

Seek ye first the kingdom of God and every other thing shall be added unto you (Mathew 6:33). And that's including beautiful loyal women.

Solomon knows this. Be wise. Be like Solomon

So this early Saturday morning you don jump enter Facebook dey ask some random lady still recovering from last night's stress which course she dey study? Continue

gidjah:
what if d deal is not below 50k?

I don't get

3RNEST:
Go to NounCourseware

It's no longer there

Please guys help me with gst 103 pdf file. It's urgent

Somzee:
Really?
Someone my husband did business worth over a million naira with since last year has refused to pay, same thing he has been doing to people which we got to know later, it was discovered that is what he does to unsuspecting individuals, we spent over 200k pursing this with SARS, but theirs no profitable outcome,

Aww...thats double tragedy. Sorry for your loss.

What is the suspects modus operandi? Does he defraud with his bank account? Do you know where he lives? You have his phone number? If you provide details I might advice you on what to do

bayo2018:
Good day pls I need help to get someone who scammed me of 180,00 I sent some packages to the lady through someone delivering it to her and she said she have sent my money she even send me the pics of the debit alert(which I'm not sure off)and since yesterday I haven't seen any money in my account.she resides in ABUJA any help will be appreciated I have her pics with me(got it online through her no).But the mistake that happen is that the lady that deliver the package to her let her go even before me confirming the alert or her debit(seems she showed the lady the debit alert)

Do you have her phone number? If yes then you are good to go. With her phone number she can be tracked. Go to a police station and make a report. They will place a pay no debit on her account through bankers order. That is the first step. To the tracking part, it might cost you like 50k, this is because the tracking is done by a private company and they don't come cheap. Some police detectives don't know of this, that is why some make a crappy investigation. Those saying police don't work are jokers. I personally has busted several syndicates through tracking. I will be heading to uyo on Monday cos the location of the latest car thief that I'm tracking reads uyo. All the best

MissRaine69:
Hard drugs do cause seizures and this is due to acute drug intoxication. Medical intervention is needed always. If the individual also abuses alcohol
that person will experience what is called withdrawal symptoms and seizures after abruptly stopping the alcohol seizures do occur and this could lead to death. Based on the tone of your post I can safetly conclude that no medical assistance is provided hence the death in custody you described.
Addiction is a lot more complex than you think unfortunately. So saying things like “say no to drug abuse” shows no insight.

Quite educating, thanks. Nobody died in the cell though. The guy that croaked on top of his gf did so in a shanty.