- Jun 8, 2004
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militant said:Allow me to butt in My brother.
And what about Black on Black oppression? Like the Ibos cry about in Nigeria? What about the oppression of Africans in Sudan by arabs? i dont know where you are going to with this oppression thing.
That was almost forty years ago. What you have is white supremacy machine.
That was just ten years ago. And remember the difference is there customs and traditions were never taken away from them.
It was a stupid thread by a troll. I BELIEVED SHE GOT MUCH MORE RESPONSES THAN SHE DESERVED FOR SUCH A STUPID THREAD.
Valid point. The history is different. But there was oppression. In the case of Africa, Europeans USED EXISTING african traditions as institutions on which they built their suremacy. Hence the PERSISTENCE of African traditions. On the other hand, in America, the Europeans thought it was necessary to REMOVE existing traditions to institute supremacy. Supremacy still exists in Africa. Thats why Kenya grows more tea for England than they grow food for themselves.
Tell me about that. Murdered African heads of states, People on a richest continent reduced to a dollar a day, Making fun of a continent on American National TV daily, how bad could oppression get?
Comparing intensity of oppression is questionable. As I have given you reasons above. (living on a dollar a day on the richest continent, growing more tea for Queen Mother than food for own country). The way oppression was instigated was different. Even apartheid cannot be compared to American racism. (1) Black South Africans are a majority of population (2) Apartheid did not result in loss of african tradition and customs.
Well, alright, then, your last sentence proves my point...
My only disagreement with you is when you say that Segregation was 40 years ago, and Apartheid was just 10... Brother, the toll of such things live in the minds of people for generations... They are called the vicious cycle in the world of psychology... My mother and father didn't leave segregation behind when they migrated north out of the south... Hell, they didn't leave slavery in the south, though they were both at least 40 to 50 years removed from it! We are 140 years removed from it, and we still suffer it's impact...
When I speak of intensity and context, I am speaking of African American women living under a system that made their rapings a rite of passage for white boys, and their abuse a rite of passage for African men... Brothers may not like my saying that, and I've gotten into some serious throwdowns with catz up in here, but my reading of history tells me that AFRICA WOMEN in the United States have lived a seriously UNSECURED existence in this monster...
They were at the mercy of White boys and African men, and THAT is where they have developed their aggressive streak... I don't blame them for that... They were intelligent to do that... Most of us wouldn't be here if they hadn't DONE THAT! THey don't need to be apologizing for having DONE THAT! Anyone chastises them for whom they are, and what they've become, needs to study THEIR history, and stop comparing them to others... Besides, Continental African Women and African Caribbean Women are just as aggressive, because of their own struggles, so the comparison is rife with ignorance... I'm out...
Peace!
Isaiah