Ayo:
Maybe you are unaware of the McCarthyism operandi. Why should anyone be branded as anti-American because they he or she exercises his or her civil liberty to disagree?
Read my mail in context of the issue. There are American Jews who will go to the mat on anything concerning Israel. You don't hear their fellow Jews, or anyone for that matter, asking them to go back to Israel.
Since I do not know, I should ask you whether you know of any innate thing that makes some Africans to feel inferior? I believe Africans have a proud and enabling culture. If you ask me, Africans are among the most productive populations in America. In fact, when I see a positive story about an African, I copy and send to officials in my district.
So why do we go to abnormal lengths to demonstrate a sense of belonging? Well, I acknowledge the right of anyone to feel as they please. But please, they should not demonize others who feel otherwise. My point is not born of arrogance. Maybe I should have expressed it in another way.
Note: I am sure there are Kings who made Gaddafi their King among Kings. But that is not germane in this case.
Thanks
MsJoe
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From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [mailto:usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ayo Obe
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 1:09 AM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Cheap Gibberish /// To Disagree on Policies is Not Anti-America
Ms Joe,
The language you have used about Africans reproduced below is rather like the tone adopted by Muammar Gadaffi in arrogating to himself the title King of Kings of Africa. Please check the contempt you have revealed for Africans at the door of the room where you sit down to make your internet warrior's contributions.
As for me, I continue to pray that there should be an end to people believing that they or others are either superior or INferior simply because of the colour of their skin, or their racial or ethnic background.
Ayo
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On 25 Oct 2011, at 01:23, MsJoe21St@aol.com wrote:
> Here comes clueless Africans who are perhaps constipated by salad and new food items they discovered in American stores and excited beyond their wildest imaginations. I am sure they sang at the sight and sound of flushing toilets and hold the memory constant. From their narrow orbits where they experience America and NATO countries as economic refugees and socialize in their tribal orbits, they want everyone to simply swallow public information they see on TV. In an increasingly global society, propelled by instant technology, where geography is no longer a constraint on ripple effects, these people might as well dwell in caves.
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