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Originally posted by Rudey
How come African-Americans are not as informed or active in regards to the Sudanese ethnic cleansing?
I don't understand this.
-Rudey
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Being informed and acting on a situation are two different things.
I don't want to say the African-Americans are not informed or acted, because that's saying all African Americans. How about some African Americans aren't informed or active. One reason could be, the results of slavery. Although knowing we are of African descent, probably more identify with being American from a certain state than identifying with a particular region in African. Many AA's can't pinpoint just where in African our families are from. That history has been lost to many African Americans as a result of the slave trade. Many whites can break down their family genealogy 15 generations, most AA's can't, so that could contribute to the what you feel to be the lack of action being taken by AA's.
Also there are so many issues going in my homeland, that I do embrace, my passion is making a difference in the lives of the countless numbers of homeless and AIDs stricken children living in the country, but that also doesn't mean I'm not aware or active in other issues that affect my people as a whole.
I guess my question, would be, why has America be so slow to step in and take action to liberate as we have done with so many other countries?