So great is our obsession with the slavery which took place centuries ago, that it is easy to forget that in Africa today the practice is still popular and widespread
I imagine those on the left don’t want to do anything to dispel the saintly status they have bestowed upon blacks, whereas those on the right would no doubt be called racist (pretty much meaningless these days) for drawing attention to such matters.
I would add that another reason the race grifters don’t bring up slavery in Africa is simply because there is no money, sorry I mean ‘reparations’, in it for them.
This article reinforces my concern that some, fairly large, sections of western society are gripped by a form of madness. Presented with real life situations they choose to ignore them or believe exactly the opposite. My view is that it is a form of "survivor guilt" with people looking for a way to self flagellate in penance for having built a relatively stable successful society.
Hello Simon, interesting article though I was vaguely aware that slavery is still fairly common in Africa and parts of the Middle East but am too surprised that this is not discussed - particularly by those woke people who bang on about the Atlantic Slave trade and BLM.
PS - on a different matter entirely I suspect that lack of vitamin D may be linked to many issues facing black people in northern climates like the UK, particular0ly mental health and its link to violent crime.
Thanks for getting back to me, I am quite thrilled - I must tell my wife.
Anyway, yes, I saw something this morning on You Tube that you posted about black women being at more risk during pregnancy - I first though about the vitamin D issue during Covid when apparently more black people were badly affected and have done a bit of Googling on vitamin D and severe mental health problems and black people - which was prompted by your posts highlighting the ethnic link with crime. Yes i now play guess the ethnicity when I hear in the news about certain crimes and usually I can now guess pretty accurately much of the time.
Anyway, I have been watching your posts now for a few years and really enjoy your delivery - which I think is evidence based, common sense and pretty objective and does get me thinking about things.
This article shows the vacuity of the author, he attempts to compare a slave trade that existed on an industrial level and lasted 400 years which depleted Africa of its manpower, and laid to waste African kingdoms to the slave trade existing in Mauretania which is being enacted against blacks. Such a foolish comparison. But its most certainly in his nature to lie. Then the other stuff about the pygmies is just nonsensical. Bantus and pygmies used to trade extensively and even intermarried at times. Pygmies would often catch game for the Bantus, and the Bantus would give them some of their crops in exchange. The friendly nature of their interactions was characterized by the fact that the Pygmies would often build settlements by Bantu villages. Meanwhile, Europeans would catch Pygmies and parade them in zoos across Europe and in the US. This actually happened in the 20th century.
I doubt that you actually understand the effect of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on the social and economic development of Africa. If you do you would not right this cynical and tendentious article comparing modern slavery which exists in pockets in Africa to a slave trade that killed an uncountable amount. We have estimates of the death toll of those that crossed the Atlantic Ocean, but not of those that were marched to the coast, or died in confinement. What Europeans have done is truly abominable, to be crying about "villainy" rather than making amends make you like the spoilt child that cries every time he's told off not because he is sorry but because he's angry that stern words are being said to him. It's the height of narcissism.
You are very right Simon.
I imagine those on the left don’t want to do anything to dispel the saintly status they have bestowed upon blacks, whereas those on the right would no doubt be called racist (pretty much meaningless these days) for drawing attention to such matters.
I would add that another reason the race grifters don’t bring up slavery in Africa is simply because there is no money, sorry I mean ‘reparations’, in it for them.
This article reinforces my concern that some, fairly large, sections of western society are gripped by a form of madness. Presented with real life situations they choose to ignore them or believe exactly the opposite. My view is that it is a form of "survivor guilt" with people looking for a way to self flagellate in penance for having built a relatively stable successful society.
Hello Simon, interesting article though I was vaguely aware that slavery is still fairly common in Africa and parts of the Middle East but am too surprised that this is not discussed - particularly by those woke people who bang on about the Atlantic Slave trade and BLM.
PS - on a different matter entirely I suspect that lack of vitamin D may be linked to many issues facing black people in northern climates like the UK, particular0ly mental health and its link to violent crime.
Simon
Thanks for getting back to me, I am quite thrilled - I must tell my wife.
Anyway, yes, I saw something this morning on You Tube that you posted about black women being at more risk during pregnancy - I first though about the vitamin D issue during Covid when apparently more black people were badly affected and have done a bit of Googling on vitamin D and severe mental health problems and black people - which was prompted by your posts highlighting the ethnic link with crime. Yes i now play guess the ethnicity when I hear in the news about certain crimes and usually I can now guess pretty accurately much of the time.
Anyway, I have been watching your posts now for a few years and really enjoy your delivery - which I think is evidence based, common sense and pretty objective and does get me thinking about things.
Best regards
Teesside man
Correct me if i'm wrong Simon but didn't the Bantu hunt and eat the pygmies until it was outlawed in the 60's or 70's ?
This article shows the vacuity of the author, he attempts to compare a slave trade that existed on an industrial level and lasted 400 years which depleted Africa of its manpower, and laid to waste African kingdoms to the slave trade existing in Mauretania which is being enacted against blacks. Such a foolish comparison. But its most certainly in his nature to lie. Then the other stuff about the pygmies is just nonsensical. Bantus and pygmies used to trade extensively and even intermarried at times. Pygmies would often catch game for the Bantus, and the Bantus would give them some of their crops in exchange. The friendly nature of their interactions was characterized by the fact that the Pygmies would often build settlements by Bantu villages. Meanwhile, Europeans would catch Pygmies and parade them in zoos across Europe and in the US. This actually happened in the 20th century.
I doubt that you actually understand the effect of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on the social and economic development of Africa. If you do you would not right this cynical and tendentious article comparing modern slavery which exists in pockets in Africa to a slave trade that killed an uncountable amount. We have estimates of the death toll of those that crossed the Atlantic Ocean, but not of those that were marched to the coast, or died in confinement. What Europeans have done is truly abominable, to be crying about "villainy" rather than making amends make you like the spoilt child that cries every time he's told off not because he is sorry but because he's angry that stern words are being said to him. It's the height of narcissism.