The biggest misconceptions about the history of slavery in regards to American history is that white Europeans arrived in a flourishing Africa, went far into the interior to find and chase down Africans, threw nets over them, and dragged them kicking and screaming back to the ship. That Africa was on it's way toward prosperity, development and moderization until colonization came and threw Africa off track, and that is the reason it has been unable to recover ever since. That America and Europe were built on slavery and colonization, and that whites still enjoy the wealth and spoils of colonization and slavery. It of course is extremely taboo to suggest that thisis a horrible distortion of history. These lies are constantly perpetuated and taught to us in order to instill "white guilt" and save the black man's self image.
The truth is that Africans and been killing and enslaving each other for eons before the first white man set foot on that continent through tribal warfare, which combined with geographical and climate factors, rarely allowed or encouragedAfrican societies to evolve and function on a higher level than tribal. Whites BOUGHT slaves from other Africans, or traded alcohol and guns, or many other assorted goods which Africans had not invented. The guns were then used by the African slave trader to hunt down and capture more Africans to be sold. Europeansat that time did notventure into the interior of Africa for fear of the unknown.It was completely unexploredterritory, plus there was no need to. African slave traders gladlybrought them to the coast where they were sold to Europeans.
It is self evident even to this day, that African and African American peoples lack the ability to cooperate with each other beyond what could today be called a tribal level. The only thing that seems to unite black people and make them circle the wagons, so to speak, is when they are attacked or critisized by whites. The national borders in Africa arecompletely artificial. Most Africans identify themselves more through their tribethan their nationality. These same characteristics manifest themselves in African Americans today. Gang members identify themselves by what neighborhood they represent. Their rappers make hand signs to communicate what city they're from, or what coast they come from. And it is no surprise that the geographic disconnect led to a "war" within rap music between east and west coast rappers, and ultimately to two of their main performers being gunned down. It's nothing but tribal warfare being played out. You can take the black man out of Africa, but you can't take the Africa out of the black man.
The truth is slavery in America was confined to the American South, and only a tiny minority of whites could dream of being able to afford a slave. The idea that all whites today are guilty of slavery, and still enjoy the wealth created by it is ludicrous. Cotton and tobacco weremarginal contributors to the Southern economy at the time, but by no means was all of America built on the slaves who worked in cotton and tobacco fields. Many hard working Europeans came here with nothing but hope, and it is THEY who built America intowhat it is.
The truth about the colonization of Africa was thatit was largely unprofitable to Europe, and that is why they abandoned it. Europetried to modernize and build an economic and political infrastructure in Africa in the hopes that one day African nations would be profitable trading partners. It never happened. Today, much of the infrastructure built in Africahas been in decline due to years of mismanagement, neglect, and corruption since Europeans left their colonies to govern themselves. The GNP of almost every African country has steadily declined since theend of colonization. Every African country whether it was colonized or not, today is a monumental failure of acountry. Every European country, or American country in which whites dominate the population,whether it was colonized at some point in history or not, is a relative success.
This is the truth, brothers. And it's time we all remembered it.Edited by: cutty
The truth is that Africans and been killing and enslaving each other for eons before the first white man set foot on that continent through tribal warfare, which combined with geographical and climate factors, rarely allowed or encouragedAfrican societies to evolve and function on a higher level than tribal. Whites BOUGHT slaves from other Africans, or traded alcohol and guns, or many other assorted goods which Africans had not invented. The guns were then used by the African slave trader to hunt down and capture more Africans to be sold. Europeansat that time did notventure into the interior of Africa for fear of the unknown.It was completely unexploredterritory, plus there was no need to. African slave traders gladlybrought them to the coast where they were sold to Europeans.
It is self evident even to this day, that African and African American peoples lack the ability to cooperate with each other beyond what could today be called a tribal level. The only thing that seems to unite black people and make them circle the wagons, so to speak, is when they are attacked or critisized by whites. The national borders in Africa arecompletely artificial. Most Africans identify themselves more through their tribethan their nationality. These same characteristics manifest themselves in African Americans today. Gang members identify themselves by what neighborhood they represent. Their rappers make hand signs to communicate what city they're from, or what coast they come from. And it is no surprise that the geographic disconnect led to a "war" within rap music between east and west coast rappers, and ultimately to two of their main performers being gunned down. It's nothing but tribal warfare being played out. You can take the black man out of Africa, but you can't take the Africa out of the black man.
The truth is slavery in America was confined to the American South, and only a tiny minority of whites could dream of being able to afford a slave. The idea that all whites today are guilty of slavery, and still enjoy the wealth created by it is ludicrous. Cotton and tobacco weremarginal contributors to the Southern economy at the time, but by no means was all of America built on the slaves who worked in cotton and tobacco fields. Many hard working Europeans came here with nothing but hope, and it is THEY who built America intowhat it is.
The truth about the colonization of Africa was thatit was largely unprofitable to Europe, and that is why they abandoned it. Europetried to modernize and build an economic and political infrastructure in Africa in the hopes that one day African nations would be profitable trading partners. It never happened. Today, much of the infrastructure built in Africahas been in decline due to years of mismanagement, neglect, and corruption since Europeans left their colonies to govern themselves. The GNP of almost every African country has steadily declined since theend of colonization. Every African country whether it was colonized or not, today is a monumental failure of acountry. Every European country, or American country in which whites dominate the population,whether it was colonized at some point in history or not, is a relative success.
This is the truth, brothers. And it's time we all remembered it.Edited by: cutty
