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The Race Thing

The Race Thing My ignorance was total, xenophobia in Africa; no, not white people against black but black on black. One sided I thought, mostly reading western history that xenophobia was white against coloured people. No I’m not shocked if surprised and I do not applaud but somehow make me finally understand that Africa has many races and many faces and are as different as the Portuguese from The Swede, we get that we get that and when we do xenophobia in Africa too. No, this knowledge is no getting a white person off the hook because white anti racism is built on fantasy that we are so much better than them. We who invented fascism a fever we now see seeps into Israel too and make the people there think they are superb. and have contempt for the rest.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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