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Originally posted by abaici
I'm sorry. If we remove the idealized goggles of this monolithic "Africa" that exists only in our imagination. We would see that we are a lot better off in America. Sad, but true (and when I say true, i mean the truth according to abaici).
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Soror, everyone doesn't have on IDEALized goggles. Some of us have actually been there and liked it. And you know I've been to one of the poorest countries in Africa. Girl, I'm not so sure we are better off here in America. Knowing how we developed is why I WOULD go. Also, Ethiopia is one of the only (if not THE only) African countries that was not colonized. While the Italians occupied a part of the country during war, they never had the political power to colonize. The country is rich in history that we never learn.
Despite the fact that financially we may be more fortunate, the quality of life is simply better over there (my over there includes Ethiopia, Kenya, and Ghana, lol, not the entire continent). It's funny. My friends and I discuss what all we had to go without and what it was like and still how
none of us wanted to come home. My one friend is going back to Ghana in August and I'm trying to go with her. I don't think she's going to come back.
We don't know how to explain it, either, why the quality of life is better. I mean, things are just different there. Healthcare is 100,000 times better here, and even still, I'd rather live there. I felt a lot better over there mentally and emotionally. I was just happier. And I was over there working! Just imagine if I were just there to live.
[HIJACK]: Do y'all think this is why I can't find a man over here? Am I supposed to move over there and find my husband? FeeFee, did you predict this? [/HIJACK]
Soror abaici, you should come over there with me. See all them fine African menses. Teach the beautiful African babypeople. And then come back here and compare. You'd be surprised what you think after you actually experience it.
LOL, there's a dude here who did the Peace Corps in Togo and would tell you the EXACT opposite of what I just did. It's all in your experience, what you like, and what you are willing to live with and/or without.
Why am I rambling at dang near midnight????? G'nite, y'all!
