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America is so racist that a Coloured man from South Africa can move there and make millions of dollars telling jokes and berating America for being racist. https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1266523344624631809
Before you come with kak, I'm not defending police brutality.
To me, there is a clear systemic issue with police abusing their power in the US.
Making it a racial issue ignores the fact that the US is only of the most successful examples of a multi-ethnic meritocratic society.
To me, there is a clear systemic issue with police abusing their power in the US.
Making it a racial issue ignores the fact that the US is only of the most successful examples of a multi-ethnic meritocratic society.
I don't tell this story often,but I was red-pilled by a Nigerian man who moved to Texas and became a successful CA.
We met through my wife's uncle, he's part of the same company.
We went away to a game farm for a weekend, & his views on race, Obama & politics changed me forever.
We met through my wife's uncle, he's part of the same company.
We went away to a game farm for a weekend, & his views on race, Obama & politics changed me forever.
Naive as I was,I asked him if he was happy to be led by Obama.
I assumed he'd be a fan, considering I hadn't yet met an African who wasn't swept up in the same Obama euphoria which I was too.
This gentlemen didn't swear the whole weekend, except to say, "Obama is a fucking liar."
I assumed he'd be a fan, considering I hadn't yet met an African who wasn't swept up in the same Obama euphoria which I was too.
This gentlemen didn't swear the whole weekend, except to say, "Obama is a fucking liar."
He told me that when he arrived in the US to study,he worked part-time in a cafe where he encountered a mentality he believes holds African Americans back.
He asked a black co-worker what he was studying,guy replied,"Why should I study,the white man won't give me a good job?"
He asked a black co-worker what he was studying,guy replied,"Why should I study,the white man won't give me a good job?"
For him this was anathema to the way he viewed the US as an immigrant.
He went there believing he'd have better opportunities than in Nigeria, & he embraced the country for all it offered.
Through his hard work he gained the kind of success most of us dream of.
Inspiring dude.
He went there believing he'd have better opportunities than in Nigeria, & he embraced the country for all it offered.
Through his hard work he gained the kind of success most of us dream of.
Inspiring dude.
He might have encountered some racist individuals along the way,he didn't say,but he never stopped praising the US for the freedom & opportunities which abound for people who really go after their goals.
His sons are now going to good colleges to build on the foundation he laid.
His sons are now going to good colleges to build on the foundation he laid.
This parochial view South Africans hold of the US (& much of Europe) as hotbeds of racism is total bullshit.
Look at how African immigrants are treated in SA, then tell me honestly how you can claim the moral high ground over countries you've likely never been to.
Look at how African immigrants are treated in SA, then tell me honestly how you can claim the moral high ground over countries you've likely never been to.
Globalisation means the world has gotten smaller.
In wealthy countries like the US,you encounter people from all over the world.
Sure there is some tension between groups at times, but much less so than in countries that decry the US, which is why so many want to live there!
In wealthy countries like the US,you encounter people from all over the world.
Sure there is some tension between groups at times, but much less so than in countries that decry the US, which is why so many want to live there!
