WHITE LIBERTY GOOD BLACK LIBERTY BAD?
Here's a quote from American-born African writer James Baldwin: "When any White man in the world says, 'give me liberty or give me death', the entire White world applauds. When a Black man says exactly the same thing, he is judged a criminal and treated like one."
Baldwin was speaking on The Dick Cavett show in 1969. And it highlights the hypocrisy underlying Western society that many of us know and feel.
Africans growing up in the United States and other imperialist countries are educated on the brave struggles of Western 'freedom fighters', from George Washington to Joan of Arc. However, when it comes to the question of the emancipation of African people who have been subjected to hundreds of years of oppression, all of a sudden, fighting for freedom is unacceptable.
Baldwin gives two examples: The treatment of Nat Turner, who led the famous US slave rebellion in the 19th century, and the backlash against human rights activist Malcolm X around a hundred years later.
Baldwin also talks about Israel in this video but later made clear he's anti-Zionist, saying: "I don't believe they have the right, after 3,000 years, to reclaim the land with Western bombs and guns on the biblical injunction."
-
1:04:15
AfricanStream
2 hours agoNIGERIAN JOURNALIST EXPOSES UK NGO'S HIT-JOB ATTEMPT ON AFRICA'S BIGGEST REFINERY
4 -
36:39
Popcorn In Bed
22 hours agoUNFORGIVEN (1992) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION
10.1K10 -
15:58
ScammerRevolts
16 hours agoI Got Pictures Of A Girl Scammer, She Tried To DELETE Them!
8.34K3 -
2:13:25
We Like Shooting
11 hours agoWe Like Shooting 572 (Gun Podcast)
11.6K2 -
12:20
JoBlo Horror Originals
1 day agoAVP: Requiem Is The Worst Alien Movie In Existence
15.1K5 -
18:16
Degenerate Jay
15 hours agoActivision - One Of The Most Evil Companies In Gaming
18.2K5 -
9:12
Sideserf Cake Studio
1 day agoCAN YOU SPOT THE CAKE?
9.7K -
2:45:34
Fresh and Fit
11 hours agoWhy The Democrats Are Falling Apart!
82K138 -
5:49:38
The Charlie Kirk Show
15 hours agoThe Return Of Joe Biden: The DNC, Night 1
304K513 -
5:20:22
The Quartering
15 hours agoMob STORMS The DNC! LIVE DNC Coverage, Updated Polls & Harley Folds & Bad News For Disney
166K194