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Originally posted by halfoldman
reply to post by Silver Shadow
True, poverty dehumanizes people. Politis (say, Nazi Germany) dehumanizes people. However, I quote here from Kieth B. Richburg's: "Out of America: A black man confronts Africa" (p. 134, Jonathan Ball, 1997):
"There was one last photograph...this one taken in a Nairobi slum ...shows a boy, maybe a teenager lying flat on his back, being held down by a mob, screaming with terror. One of his hands has been chopped off. An older man is standing over him, gleefully holding what looks like a giant meat cleaver. The older man with the weapon is smiling, preparing to drop down hard and chop off the other hand. The caption explains that the boy has been caught stealing...I became fixated first on the boy's screaming face, but then in the faces of the crowd...they are all laughing and smiling. And I ask myself, what on earth could these people be thinking?"
Truth be told, these scenes are common in townships across SA. Shaka wiped out 25 tribes, Mugabe is doing so now. If Africa is ever to succeed these issues should be addressed.
Originally posted by halfoldman
I know that black people are equal in intelligence to whites
Originally posted by WishForWings
It's not about the colour of your skin, it's about the education you receive.
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
reply to post by halfoldman
It's not about tolerance. They do not have the tools to get out of their present predicament. Countries like the US among others keep these places poor for a reason my friend.
Third world countries exist because the 1st world is too self absorbed in itself and has no need or want to help other developping nations.
Now we do send them food and aid every year, that's all well and nice but we do not provide them with any "real" support in order for them to move forward.
We simply allow the status quo to continue. Unfortunate but true.
~Keeper