Tag Archives: Black people

Are The Ethiopians Actually Hungry?

Have you ever had Ethiopian food? Neither have they. What’s the fastest animal in the world? An Ethiopian Chicken. How do you start and Ethiopian Rave? Tape a piece of bread to the ceiling. How many Ethiopians can you fit … read more »

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Exiling the ‘illegal African immigrant’

by Herman Grech The media is largely responsible for fuelling racist and xenophobic sentiments. Yes, I’m the first to admit it. Some news organisations have been responsible for driving racist stereotypes of African migrants, often without realising it. Some years … read more »

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Video: Islamic Slavery in Sudan Alive and Well

Where is the Left’s moral indignation about the Isamic-Arab racism against, and enslavement of, African blacks?

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Liberating the black African from his victim mentality

We must emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because none but ourselves can free our minds As we aspire to change the social circumstances of black Africans, I think it is important that we understand those things that keep arresting our … read more »

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Rethinking racism in South Africa

Xhanti Payi for Daily Maverick The other day I went to view homes with the intention to buy one. There are few things I can imagine people value as much as they do their homes. Well, maybe their cars, if … read more »

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Effects of colonialism on Africa’s past and present

Address at AZAPO commemoration of Africa Liberation Day, Pimville Community Hall Soweto, 26 May 2012 Motsoko Pheko Programme Director, Comrades, Brothers and Sisters, The effects of colonialism past and present are visible all over Africa. It is not an overstatement … read more »

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Should Black People Tolerate This?

Each year, roughly 7,000 blacks are murdered. Ninety-four percent of the time, the murderer is another black person. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, between 1976 and 2011, there were 279,384 black murder victims. Using the 94 percent figure … read more »

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The president’s penis

Over the past eighteen months there have been enough “Kaffir” slips of the tongue, from different echelons of White society to prove that racism is alive and well and living on the tips of the tongues of most White South … read more »

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Asia in my life

The links between Asia and Africa and South America have always been present but in our times they have been made invisible by the fact that Europe is still the central mediator of Afro-Asian-Latino discourse. We live under what Satya … read more »

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‘Why do you hate black people?’

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille was asked in the provincial legislature why she hated black people so much, Beeld reported on Friday. Speaker Richard Majola banned ANC MPL Patrick McKenzie from asking Zille on Thursday: “Premier, why do you hate … read more »

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Still the Least Racist Country in the World

Dennis Prager In light of the tragic killing of black teenager Trayvon Martin — and the manufactured hysteria surrounding it — one thing needs to be stated as clearly and as often as possible: The United States is the least … read more »

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Black people can’t be racist

Bongs Having recently moved back to South Africa from Niger I am perplexed by all the Racism in this country. We left during apartheid. I came back because there is not much economic wise positive in Niger. What bugs me … read more »

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Presidential Proclamation — National African American History Month, 2012

WASHINGTON, February 1, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The story of African Americans is a story of resilience and perseverance. It traces a people who refused to accept the circumstances under which they arrived on these shores, and it chronicles … read more »

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The history of Africans in Britain

They came before the SS Empire Windrush Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe ‘Conventional wisdom’ tends to limit understanding of the presence of people of African descent in Britain to the post-Second World War era. But Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe shows that African-descent peoples have lived … read more »

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Libya’s NTC denies abuse of black Africans

Geneva – Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) pledged on Monday to treat foreigners accused of fighting for ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi well, and denied that anti-Gaddafi fighters had committed systematic abuse of Africans. Throughout the uprising against Gaddafi’s 42-year rule, … read more »

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Black life is cheap in Libya

They are killing black people in Libya. They are killing them in the street, they are killing them in hospitals, they are killing them in transit camps, they are killing them in their houses. They are not killing any old … read more »

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Empty Slogans and Ghana’s Diplomatic Imperatives (Part II)

Condemning Ghana for recognizing the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) at this stage in the Libyan political situation is hollow. There is no denying the fact that the NATO aggression against Gaddafi and his government is reprehensible. Despite protests, the … read more »

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Empty Slogans and Ghana’s Diplomatic Imperatives

My recent three-piece article on Ghana’s diplomatic manouevres toward Israel and the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) attracted diverse responses from readers. I have received e-mails with different messages, some expressing alarm, others commending my being open-minded, and some simply … read more »

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US worried about African migrants in Libya

Washington – The United States is “deeply concerned” at the plight of black African migrants and refugees in Libya, citing reports of racism, wrongful arrest and violence, a State Department official said on Monday. “Nobody should be detained or harassed … read more »

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Libyan rebels round up black Africans

ipoli – Rebel forces and armed civilians are rounding up thousands of black Libyans and migrants from sub-Sahara Africa, accusing them of fighting for ousted strongman Muammar Gaddafi and holding them in makeshift jails across the capital. Virtually all of … read more »

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Unwed Black Women and Interracial Marriage

In an article by Ralph Pritchard Banks, the Wall Street Journal weighs in on a long-known fact in the African-American community: the issue of unwed single black women. Nearly 70 percent of black women are unmarried, and Banks contends that … read more »

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Why Many African Women Abroad are Single

Since the year 2004, I have been receiving phone calls from friends asking if I know “decent” unattached persons to whom their friends or they themselves could be introduced. Surprisingly, as many as 23 phone calls about such enquiries were … read more »

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Uprising Revives Entrenched Racism Towards Black Africans

Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi’s use of African mercenaries to quell the uprising against his autocratic regime has revived a deep-rooted racism between Arabs and black Africans. Though most will deny its existence, in Libya discrimination is common not only against … read more »

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South Africa: Black ‘brutality’ blasted

Controversial Afrikaans singer Steve Hofmeyr has ruffled feathers by saying that black people feel “entitled” to “brutality”. Hofmeyr was reacting to the news of the murder of a family on a Free State farm. Attie and Wilna Potgieter, as well … read more »

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South Africa may crown first black Idols winner

Lloyd Cele seen to have strong chance of winning Pop Idol-based show with disproportionately white audience. One is 28, a pastor and entertains millions by singing Just the Way You Are. The other is 30, a music teacher and enchants … read more »

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