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Originally posted by docklands
reply to post by Skyfloating
Bettering themselves by ANYONE's standard. Is being a successful crack-dealer with a S55 AMG with 28" Chrome wheels by ARC considered success?
You be the judge.
Trust me, I got teared up when I see the interview of Justice Clarence Thomas, or when I see "IN PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS". I cried! Why can't more of them stand UP. and STOP asking for help.
They have a brain, 2 feet, 2 legs just like you and I do. To give them ANY ADVANTAGE IS TO INSULT THEM.
Competition is the name of our world, in nature and in civilization.
Imagine this, during a BBall game, would you wanted to be given advantage because you are somehow "less capable"?
No, it's insulting to me when I people offer me any advantage, i want to be treated EQUALLY in EVERY MEANING OF THAT WORD.
Originally posted by icybreeze
reply to post by N.B.A.Y.S.O.H
you know all joking aside, chris rock was probably right.
Originally posted by ProfTom
You said you wanted to re-start you theory as it pertains only to Africa.
I responded by telling you how much aid in money and manpower goes to help africa and africans.
And you tell me this is bad because we are just giving them money???
I say your conspiracy has no merit because we ARE trying to teach the africans to educate themselves.
Originally posted by ProfTom
I don't think you know what your talking about anymore.
The "White Man" is not responsible for the condition of "black men".
Originally posted by ProfTom
reply to post by Skyfloating
I responded by telling you how much aid in money and manpower goes to help africa and africans.
I say your conspiracy has no merit because we ARE trying to teach the africans to educate themselves.
I don't think you know what your talking about anymore.
Originally posted by Skyfloating
I am a whitey with some question-marks in my mind on the subject of black people. There are some questions I would like to explore in this thread and learn about myself. Through listening to a lot of uplifting music by blacks in the last decade (reggae, gospel, soul, jazz, hip hop, blues, ethno) it seems to me that in some areas blacks are more spiritually mature than whites. But there seems to be an uncurrent or a subtle consensus in the world that being black is associated with poverty, crime and non-education. Why is this? Is it a conspiracy?
Originally posted by Skyfloating
There is evidence of a high culture of black people in ancient times (olmec statues, african kings, ancient egyptian blacks). Why has this history been supressed?
Was africa relatively peaceful and prosperous (in their way and culturally) before colonization began?
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Is there a conspiracy by whites to start wars so that weapons can be sold (an insider told me this is the case)?
Why, after whites have exploited and enslaved africa financially and physically are now the Chinese allowed to do the same?
Why is there hardly any improvement in Africas welfare although the problems and their solutions have been obvious since a long time?
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Have black leaders such as Malcom X, M.L. King and maybe even some music artists been assasinated by whites?
Is there a conspiracy regarding jewellery trade?
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Has the hatred of some white people fueled deliberate attempts at subversion of black culture?
Originally posted by blaqmyst
One last thing. This is for the Jews on this thread. King David had a son name Solomon. Solomon wrote songs in the bible and in the songs, he stated I am BLACK. Well, if Solomon was black then David was as well. Whites have ofcourse stolen that too. There were no white people ever mention in the bible or the family line of Abraham. The only whites who were mention were the cursed leopards. Don't believe it, read it yourself. The bible is free and you can pick one up anywhere.
Originally posted by ProfTom
Do you have any idea how much money and resources - ie. teachers, doctors, medicines this country sends to Africa every year?
Originally posted by Astyanax
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Let's look a little more closely at American overseas aid, shall we?
All the 'facts, stats and truth' quoted below are taken from a single source: Tarnoff, C. and Nowels, N: Foreign Aid: An Introductory Overview of U.S. Programs and Policy. The document was produced in 2004 for the US State Department by the Congressional Research Service of the US Library of Congress (I am using 2004 figures because they are the latest ones that are widely available, not because they particularly support my arguments). Let's start by asking:
Q: What proportion of America's resources is devoted to foreign aid, and has that proportion being rising or falling?
A: A laughably tiny amount, and it's been falling for decades.
By nearly all measures, the amount of foreign aid provided by the United States declined for several decades but has grown in the past few years. After hitting an alltime low in the mid1990s, total foreign assistance (but excluding Iraq reconstruction) for FY2003/2004, in real terms, has been larger than any two-year period since the mid-1980s. The 0.2% of U.S. gross national product represented by foreign aid obligations in the past two years, however, is among the smallest amounts in the last half-century (my emphasis). The United States is the largest international economic aid donor in dollar terms but is the smallest contributor among the major donor governments when calculated as a percent of gross national income.
0.2 percent. Two thousandths of America's gross national income.
[snip]
Here is a chart that shows just how small a piece of the American national pie is offered to those in need of assistance in other parts of the world:
And here, from the same source, is a chart that illustrates the decline in American international assistance since the Second World War.
For its size, the US is the stingiest international lender:
Even when it led in dollar amounts of aid flows to developing countries, the United States was often among the last when aid transfers by developed country donors were calculated by percent of gross national product.
21 billion dollars is still, I admit, a lot of money. But let's ask another question.
Q: How much of this 'aid' can actually be regarded as charity?
A: On the most charitable viewing of the statistics, about half. In reality, much, much less.
There are five major categories of foreign assistance: bilateral development aid, economic assistance supporting U.S. political and security goals, humanitarian aid, multilateral economic contributions, and military aid...
In 2004, the United States is providing some form of foreign assistance to about 150 countries. Israel and Egypt continue... as the largest recipients, although Iraq... is the biggest recipient in FY2004. The importance of Latin America counter-narcotics efforts is also evident, with Bolivia, Peru, and... Colombia among the top U.S. aid recipients. The... use of foreign aid to support the war on terrorism is clearly seen in the country-aid allocations for FY2004. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, Jordan, and Indonesia are key partners in the war on terrorism...
In FY2004, Congress appropriated $5.4 billion, 26% of total assistance, for five major programs whose primary purpose is to meet special U.S. economic, political, or security interests...
Congress appropriated $4.8 billion for military assistance in FY2004, 23% of total U.S. foreign aid.
In other words, about half this 'aid' is actually spent in reinforcing US military and economic might and in providing military hardware and training to 'friendly' governments (who may not be at all friendly towards their own people). It has nothing to do with charity.
Here's another instructive graphic from the source: