Baba Michael Afolayan posed a question:
But (and this is only but), at what point are we going to interact freely across the racial landscape without suspicions of racism?
TF:
That world won't come! Philosophers of the 19th century were bothered by that question, and some lived to see the First World War. Any study of the world grounded in "love" is misguided.
And to a believer like you, as innocent as I am, you have, prima facie, sentenced me to hellfire. The world beyond us is based on hierarchies, a divide you cannot bridge. And the world that we see is organized by cleavages. Today, the fear of kidnappers is far more frightening than that of Satan. I was speaking with Peter Obi last Monday, an hour later, hate messages followed. I am not even allowed to have a political view.
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:8-10
From: 'Michael Afolayan' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Date: Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 10:13 AM
To: usa <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - In The US, racism is in the water
Wow, thanks for sharing the link of Christopher Rhodes' article, Gloria. It problematizes the issue of water and its racist undertone in the US and invokes the multi-talented Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's song, Water No Get Enemy. The mosaic nature of racism is what I am hearing you proposing here, Gloria, and it scares me - whether in the water, as in America, or in the unwanted interrogation, as seen in the Buckingham Palace's palaver. But (and this is only but), at what point are we going to interact freely across the racial landscape without suspicions of racism? My late Mom would say, "You don't know how to sweep the floor in the house of the witch. If you don't do it well, she would say it's because you are trying to get back at her since she killed your siblings; and if you swept it well, she would say it's because you were afraid she might kill you if you didn't." Oh well, it begs the question of the classic, Sound of Music, "How do you solve a problem like Maria?"
Here is Fela on water . . .
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Thanks for your intervention.
MOA
On Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 08:58:42 AM EST, 'Emeagwali, Gloria (History)' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Michael Afolayan
In the UK, racism is in the "where are
you from" rhetorical question, body language,
and penitentiary rates.
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/12/1/
in-america-racism-is-in-the-water
Professor Gloria Emeagwali
Prof. of History/African Studies, CCSU
africahistory.net; vimeo.com/ gloriaemeagwali
Recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Research
Excellence Award, Univ. of Texas at Austin;
2019 Distinguished Africanist Award
New York African Studies Association
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