One of the better books to describe the reality of Africa past and present was written by Keith Richburg shortly after the Rwandan genocide of 1994 during the civil war that resulted in the deaths of upwards of one million Tutsis . Keith Richburg was criticized for his on-scene reporting of seeing countless bodies floating down the river and saying he was thankful that his black ancestors had been sold to black slave traders who had been sold to European slavers instead of Arab ones since he could have been one of the floating bodies below.
His book "Out of America" is still controversial today even though he continues to write for the Washington Post from a position on the Washington Post editorial board instead of the correspondent he was in the 90's. His current travels back to Africa and Asia bring rare insights into the realities of politics and culture there vs. the nonsense peddled by DEI "experts" who have never seen the real world and spew nonsense that does nothing but create social divisions that has been the hallmark of the racist Democrat Party since its founding.
This is exactly what I have thought all along. While slavery was terrible and their ancestors might have suffered terribly, instead of hating America, etc. they should be honoring these ancestors for what they suffered and being thankful of them. For without those folks these folks would still be beating bush somewhere in Africa and in many places living with no running water etc., etc., etc. Those who have made it should be trying to make life better for those who are struggling. I know there are many who already do. It is done quietly and behind the scenes.
You make excellent points in this article Michael, but sadly the people on the left don't care about reality, only their own personal "truths". They don't understand that truth is TRUTH, not whatever they choose it to be.
Great article. The left will never allow the question to be answered nor even asked and the word fair is defined by each of us there is no group definition. So not a word society should be using without defining it which the left will never do.
Thank you Michael, what a GREAT piece. Hope some of folks who support the idiocy that passes for current thinking in our nation stop and think hard on the excellent point of compared to what.
One of the better books to describe the reality of Africa past and present was written by Keith Richburg shortly after the Rwandan genocide of 1994 during the civil war that resulted in the deaths of upwards of one million Tutsis . Keith Richburg was criticized for his on-scene reporting of seeing countless bodies floating down the river and saying he was thankful that his black ancestors had been sold to black slave traders who had been sold to European slavers instead of Arab ones since he could have been one of the floating bodies below.
His book "Out of America" is still controversial today even though he continues to write for the Washington Post from a position on the Washington Post editorial board instead of the correspondent he was in the 90's. His current travels back to Africa and Asia bring rare insights into the realities of politics and culture there vs. the nonsense peddled by DEI "experts" who have never seen the real world and spew nonsense that does nothing but create social divisions that has been the hallmark of the racist Democrat Party since its founding.
This is exactly what I have thought all along. While slavery was terrible and their ancestors might have suffered terribly, instead of hating America, etc. they should be honoring these ancestors for what they suffered and being thankful of them. For without those folks these folks would still be beating bush somewhere in Africa and in many places living with no running water etc., etc., etc. Those who have made it should be trying to make life better for those who are struggling. I know there are many who already do. It is done quietly and behind the scenes.
You make excellent points in this article Michael, but sadly the people on the left don't care about reality, only their own personal "truths". They don't understand that truth is TRUTH, not whatever they choose it to be.
Great article. The left will never allow the question to be answered nor even asked and the word fair is defined by each of us there is no group definition. So not a word society should be using without defining it which the left will never do.
Thank you Michael, what a GREAT piece. Hope some of folks who support the idiocy that passes for current thinking in our nation stop and think hard on the excellent point of compared to what.
America almost got far enough for those facts. Ah but then, critical race theory.
Another quiz. Who said, "Thank God Granddad got on that boat?"