Peace, Brother Olayinka,
Malcolm X and, for that matter, The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, didn't have much to say about Arab culture. Rather their focus was a particular notion of Islam that addressed the needs of Black people "in the wilderness of North America." Not sure if you have attended an NOI mosque, but NOI theology draws heavily on African American Christianity. Culturally, the Nation of Islam was very much African American. And while its true that Arab anti-black racism is deplorable, Arab and African cultures have much more in common with each other they either has with, say, western Euro culture. Consequently, Chancellor Williams and Armah miss the many examples of Arab/African syncretism.
kzs
On Jul 27, 2012, at 6:09 PM, Olayinka Agbetuyi wrote:
In spite of the deliberate political, deodorized use of Arab culture and religion made by Malcolm X against white racism in the US, it has been known for ages that Arab racism against black Africans predate (and in fact has been suggested to have spurred European interest in African cheap labour) European racism. Images of (gelded) Africans in Arabic harems pointed the Europeans in which direction to search for cheap labour during the contest of European voyages of discoveries and cultivation of 'newfoundlands' (Ken has mentioned Ologuem's Bound to Violence; another classic representation is in Ayi Kwei Armah's Two Thousand Seasons.
Olayinka Agbetuyi
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I add to Ken's list the word abd ("slave") used in Sudan and elsewhere to disparage stereotypically African people.
I posted several graphic youtube videos of anti-black brutality in Libya during the recent western supported coup there. Still waiting for Bro. Abdul's take on whether these Libyan brutes are white. I asked:
What is your definition of whiteness in Libya, brother Abdul? Have a look at these videos and tell me if the brutalizers are "white." They all look brown skinned to me. None of them would pass for white in the USA (again, not claiming that US notions of whiteness are universal):
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6ongpYnyvQ2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0t2n5CDvMA3.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1aI4QtenBM&bpctr=1343017632&skipcontrinter=1 On Thursday, July 19, 2012 9:13:56 PM UTC-4, Abdul Karim Bangura wrote:
And where is the hypocritical Arab League? Indeed, Libyans are mostly Afrikan, not white Arabs, who are a tiny minority.
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The new world order is crystallizing to the old Warsaw Pact and NATO. Couldn't wait for the results.
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Russia and China veto U.N. Security Council resolution that would have imposed new sanctions on Syrian regime.
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