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Originally posted by Rudey
What was it that made the African American community act out about Apartheid but not slavery and ethnic cleansing? That is an explicit question that I am really interested in understanding.
-Rudey
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As far as apartheid and the African American reaction, what I witnessed was "right place, right time" issues... Several African Americans started to realize something about themselves at that time and when they discovered they were "black" (in so many words--'cuz there are a lot other descriptions I could use), AND they found out what was going on in the South Africa and what the government was sanctioning, there was an outcry among the educated... That is one viewpoint I could give you.
Who knows? It could have been the decline of communism at the time. And while there was "pull out" of the communist regimes from the Soviet Union in Africa, then an increased interests of capitalism from western European countries--leading eventually United States--the atrocities that were going on in this "alleged democratic government" in South Africa was a quandry for many fortune 500 companies investing there... So when divesture was demanded, especially by South Africans that lived in other countries, i.e. in England and France, the voices got heard??? Maybe that is how the US African Americans got involved? I dunno?
As far as Sudanese Ethnic Cleansing and piss poor outcry from African Americans is because some folks just are tired of fighting other folks battles.
Basically, the African Intelligenesia just do not give a hoot about them "thin assed" black folks waay ova dere...
You could say, "capitalism at its best!" and go from there...
Then there are many an American that are a shade or two darker in complexion and it is well known that their ancestors did come from the Continent of African 200-500 years ago, that are really not called "African" in the truest of sense because they have lost their DAYUM mind... They could care less about another, much less you and me put together...
Some of "us" call the culturally ignorant, "negroes"... I am not talking about the illiterate--I am talking skrait out IG-NANT!!!
They make much money, only to put it on their "hoopt-dees" big "twanky twos" spinner rims... Negros, I tell yah... Racist white folks use derogotory expletives when describing these individuals...
And somehow, we all get lumped together into one group--just like at the bottom of the slave ship--the Intelligenesia, The sellouts, the IG-NANT--all of their anscentors from various African countries--narrowed down to a few changes in amino acid sequences--that are really not that much different than most of the "brightest" Europeans... But, well...
It makes you wonder, hmmmm???
Anyhow, you need to read about Nkrumah and Jomo Kenyatta and what they did when they found out what MLK was doing during the start of Civil Rights... Then you will discover why many African Americans--the ones who do know--are reticent about speaking out against these atrocities when you realize what the Untied States did to folks like that... Look at what Kwame Ture had to do as well as W.E.B. DuBois... And why Marcus Garvey did what he did so long ago--WEB fought tooth and nail with Marcus until WEB visited Ghana--in the early 1900's... Hmmmm???