Comment Typical American view. (Score 1) 148
African-Americans don't see Africa as a continent.
You ask your average politically-progressive black student in an American college about their "heritage" and they'll tell you about slavery and the ideal moral land that is Africa, where community and group efforts rule the day.
Ask a non-black American student, and they're even worse: Africa's a third-world country where people poke at the ground to hopefully find a scrap of plant to eat while their children stand around with distended bellies waving off flies. (And for only 15 cents a day you can feed these starving children)
I was an African Studies minor in college, learned a little bit of Swahili and met with quite a few African students and teachers. The reality is quite different: You've got many developing nations who are trying very hard to get a leg up, and some are doing quite well. (Mostly East Africa, such as Kenya and Tanzania) Some nations are led by millitary despots who are milking their nations dry and pocketing all the foreign aid. Others are Islamic states.
I'm saying all this to hopefully show those of you who click down this far part of what Africa's really like. It's a lot like Europe, only bigger and poorer. Hopefully the poorer part will change.
You ask your average politically-progressive black student in an American college about their "heritage" and they'll tell you about slavery and the ideal moral land that is Africa, where community and group efforts rule the day.
Ask a non-black American student, and they're even worse: Africa's a third-world country where people poke at the ground to hopefully find a scrap of plant to eat while their children stand around with distended bellies waving off flies. (And for only 15 cents a day you can feed these starving children)
I was an African Studies minor in college, learned a little bit of Swahili and met with quite a few African students and teachers. The reality is quite different: You've got many developing nations who are trying very hard to get a leg up, and some are doing quite well. (Mostly East Africa, such as Kenya and Tanzania) Some nations are led by millitary despots who are milking their nations dry and pocketing all the foreign aid. Others are Islamic states.
I'm saying all this to hopefully show those of you who click down this far part of what Africa's really like. It's a lot like Europe, only bigger and poorer. Hopefully the poorer part will change.
