I've recently seen some videos of "A day without white people" and "A world without black people".
Here are my thoughts...
If black people were to disappear right now, the world might look different, but it would still function (at least for a while).
If white people were to disappear right now, the world would probably descend into chaos much, much faster.
However, it's the roles of black and white people throughout history that has made the world what it is - better for some, worse for others. White people may well be more academically minded and may well have invented more things. But the white people only enjoy the current society because it is built on the shoulders of black people. More precisely, modern civilisation is built by the hands of black people.
If it wasn't for the slave trade, for the forced labour of black people by whites, then the world would be very different. Cheap labour for the whites to prosper: if equality was there from the start, the "American Dream" would be impossible. I'm not saying the slave trade was right, just that it's history and we can't change that.
But underpaid labour still exists: sweatshops still exist; white people taking advantage of less developed countries which are primarily black. In Western countries like America, the inequality is negligible, brought to the fore because of people who seem annoyed to have to work hard to reach their 'dreams' (or even to survive).
But the real inequality is how the West treats the Third World. I have seen first hand how a group of white people (Americans, and supposed 'Christians' too) wanted to take over an orphanage organisation in Southern Africa and the way they did it was essentially by saying, "We'll give you the money you need to survive if we are in charge and you do things our way, otherwise we'll give you nothing." Notice that it's only the money to survive, not to thrive.
And that's the problem. The West (white majority) use the less developed countries to their own ends, allowing them to 'survive' but nothing more. The next time you go to the supermarket, look at where your food comes from. If it's from a less developed country, it's probably produced by something akin to slave labour.
For true equality to exist throughout the world right now, everyone living in a developed country would have to give something up. Not just rich people, but everyone. A black community in USA is far better off than the slums in India.
The world is what it is. It's not perfect, and it never will be. We all need to help make it a better place, but the only way to really make a difference is by sacrifice. No one should exploit anyone else for personal gain. The current tend (including Black Lives Matter) is an attempt to exploit the wealthy for their own ends. We need to turn our focus onto ourselves: what can I do to make the world a better place? What can I do to make the life of someone worse off than me just a little bit better?
Stop ranting at the rich. Stop ranting at the whites. Lead by example.
Here are my thoughts...
If black people were to disappear right now, the world might look different, but it would still function (at least for a while).
If white people were to disappear right now, the world would probably descend into chaos much, much faster.
However, it's the roles of black and white people throughout history that has made the world what it is - better for some, worse for others. White people may well be more academically minded and may well have invented more things. But the white people only enjoy the current society because it is built on the shoulders of black people. More precisely, modern civilisation is built by the hands of black people.
If it wasn't for the slave trade, for the forced labour of black people by whites, then the world would be very different. Cheap labour for the whites to prosper: if equality was there from the start, the "American Dream" would be impossible. I'm not saying the slave trade was right, just that it's history and we can't change that.
But underpaid labour still exists: sweatshops still exist; white people taking advantage of less developed countries which are primarily black. In Western countries like America, the inequality is negligible, brought to the fore because of people who seem annoyed to have to work hard to reach their 'dreams' (or even to survive).
But the real inequality is how the West treats the Third World. I have seen first hand how a group of white people (Americans, and supposed 'Christians' too) wanted to take over an orphanage organisation in Southern Africa and the way they did it was essentially by saying, "We'll give you the money you need to survive if we are in charge and you do things our way, otherwise we'll give you nothing." Notice that it's only the money to survive, not to thrive.
And that's the problem. The West (white majority) use the less developed countries to their own ends, allowing them to 'survive' but nothing more. The next time you go to the supermarket, look at where your food comes from. If it's from a less developed country, it's probably produced by something akin to slave labour.
For true equality to exist throughout the world right now, everyone living in a developed country would have to give something up. Not just rich people, but everyone. A black community in USA is far better off than the slums in India.
The world is what it is. It's not perfect, and it never will be. We all need to help make it a better place, but the only way to really make a difference is by sacrifice. No one should exploit anyone else for personal gain. The current tend (including Black Lives Matter) is an attempt to exploit the wealthy for their own ends. We need to turn our focus onto ourselves: what can I do to make the world a better place? What can I do to make the life of someone worse off than me just a little bit better?
Stop ranting at the rich. Stop ranting at the whites. Lead by example.
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