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Russia and China did not subjugate blacks

Bloemfontein

MANY would rightfully argue that the US is a land of bravery and freedom, but only in so far as it concerns white people from Europe, Africa and Asia.

For black people, though, the reality is different. This is based on how black people came to live in the US – packed like sardines and shipped as cargo to serve whites as slaves.

To this day, they are killed by white police officers and called monkeys in Europe during football games. In South Africa, whites came to colonise and reduce black Africans to sub-humanity.

The reality of how black people view the Russia/Nato or US conflict in Ukraine should consider the humanity of black people, as well as how the experiences and relations of black people to other races define themselves.

Russia and China did not colonise Africa and have not demonstrated an attitude of superiority like the minority whites continue to do.

It looks like we made a mistake in 1994, by choosing peace and reconciliation. It justified the sustenance of racism and inequality.

I would rather we know no devils and choose no sides, save the side of Holiness.

After all, nobody cared when the earth made us the scum of humanity. KHOTSO KD MOLEKO |

METRO

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2023-06-01T07:00:00.0000000Z

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