Wednesday 3 February 2010

Haiti and the White People

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Haiti And The Blacks!

By Loose Canon (a Black man)
Botswana News Paper Southern Africa
1-29-10


I hope black people will learn a lesson from the earthquake that hit Haiti.
If they don't learn anything from it, then I throw up my hands in despair and give up.

Let's start with a few basic facts.
Until the earthquake, I never knew there was a place called Haiti. I was taught geography at school but I cannot remember a time when the mistress told us about Haiti. It must have been one of those insignificant countries that we had no reason to know about.

I was fairly good at geography because I knew which country was on which continent. I also knew many capital cities. But as for Haiti I was clueless.

Now the whole world, including myself, knows about Haiti. I heard news of the earthquake on the radio. I wondered where Haiti was and what sort of people lived there.

Finally, when I switched on the television, I was informed that Haiti is an island out in the Caribbean. Television pictures revealed a place populated by black people.

From the non-stop television coverage of the earthquake, I got to learn about the history of Haiti. It was not a good history lesson. It would seem throughout its existence Haiti has suffered a series of natural calamities. In the process it has sunk even deeper into poverty and deprivation.

Like all places populated by black people, Haiti is poor. As I watched the television images, I felt very sorry for that forsaken place. Then I was hit by a thunderbolt.

I wondered what if there were no white people. You see, when the earthquake hit Haiti somebody had to come to its assistance. There had to be a rescue effort. The Haitians who survived of course did their fair bit by digging out their families from the collapsed ramshackle buildings.

But such was the scale of the devastation and the loss of human life that a bigger effort was needed. For that sort of work, you need heavy lifting gear and other sophisticated rescue equipment. I have been following the story of the earthquake keenly. I can attest to the fact that the first people to arrive with sniffer dogs were white crews from all over the world.

The aero planes that set off carrying water and food were from white countries. Not only that, the teams of volunteer doctors that I saw on television comprised white people from across the world. As the sniffer dogs went into action, the organized rescue teams that carried the stretchers were made up of white people.

It was announced that a mobile hospital was on the way. It was coming from a white country. For all intents and purposes in the aftermath of the earthquake, Haiti was literally swarming with white people. They had all arrived to save the poor blacks. And the locals were so happy to see them. Granted there were teams from the Orient such as the Chinese and Japanese. They too had quickly left their homes and families to go and assist the stricken people of Haiti.
It is obvious to everyone that this was a devastating earthquake and the work to repair Haiti and return it to a modicum of normalcy will take many years. Somebody had to commit funds to this effort. Most of the countries that have committed funds to aid the recovery are white. In fact, it would seem the whites are running the show in Haiti.

What is my point?

My point is that ever since Haiti was hit by the earthquake I have not seen any of my folks from Africa. Unless the television cameras deliberately ignored them, I never saw a rescue team from my motherland. Nor did I see any sniffer dogs from down here.

Heck, I never saw a single traditional doctor busy divining where to find people buried under the rubble.

Haiti is a land of black people. I would have expected the place to be swarming with black people helping their own. They were nowhere to be seen. I never saw any ships from black countries pulling into the harbour.

As the air traffic circled above the small airport, none of the planes was reported as coming from Africa. The blacks were nowhere to be found. They issued tepid statements of condolence to the people of Haiti and a few of the African countries donated small amounts of cash.

Granted that was better than nothing. But I must say I was disappointed. I was sad because the blacks did not behave as I had expected. You see, for far too long black countries have been insolent to the point of being abusive. They have a tendency of insulting the white man and telling him to keep out of their countries. In fact, black people have the temerity to tell white people they can perfectly survive on their own.

So I had expected the black countries to be consistent and behave true to form. Why didn't black countries tell white countries to stay away from Haiti because we were quite capable of leading the rescue effort? We should have insulted them as we often do at international forums.

There, our countries insult white countries and accuse them of imperialism and neo colonialism. I was extremely disappointed when our countries failed to accuse white people of practicing imperialism and neo colonialism by coming to rescue the blacks of Haiti.

We should have told them we have better sniffer dogs that have been taught only to rescue black people. We should have told their ships to stay away and their planes not to overfly Haiti because we were up to the job with our own ships and aeroplanes.

We should have brought in our traditional food instead of the strange rations the Haitians are not accustomed to.

I am so disappointed by the black leaders that I hope never to hear them again bleating about how bad white people are. The earthquake in Haiti was the most opportune time to show the whites, once and for all, that we don't need them.

From now onwards, I want black leaders to shut up and never accuse, ever, white people of being bad. I am sick and tired of big words such as imperialism and neo colonialism which are unable to rescue victims of the earthquake.









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3 comments:

LorMarie said...

"They have a tendency of insulting the white man and telling him to keep out of their countries."

Of course, we all know that the most evil individual on the planet is the white man. Who cares that he has helped the African man more than he (African man) has helped himself these days. The white man is even responsible for what blacks do to each other.

"So I had expected the black countries to be consistent and behave true to form. Why didn't black countries tell white countries to stay away from Haiti because we were quite capable of leading the rescue effort? We should have insulted them as we often do at international forums."

He's absolutely right...almost hard to believe that he's black. I don't meet too many blacks willing to admit these truths. At least not out in the open. This statement needs to be passed on.

I need to mention that this should teach all (not just blacks) that we are not one huge race with no variations. Example, a Jamaican woman I know said that she would not get involved with Hatian relief because in her mind, they are evil people. Black Americans, for the most part, didn't give one thought about Haiti before the earthquake. You'd cringe at some of the biased comments some black Americans make about Hatians and black Africans. So why is anyone surprised that black African nations didn't send aid? I'd like to give them the benefit of the doubt. Maybe African relief workers weren't profiled like nonblack aid workers were? Then reality sets in. Would the every single media outlet really avoid profiling African aid workers? The truth is, black Africa can't help anyone because they need help themselves. Karma is a...

Hopefully, I'm wrong.

Anonymous said...

Interesting..

Why doesn't Mr. Lamprecht or Rense link to the original source, such as this article, which also posted it.

Strange.. why would he avoid posting the original source.. wierd...

Surely, stating the original newspapers name, and providing a direct link to it would be honourable?

Anonymous said...

The only reason that these black countries didn't help is because they didn't have the money to. The reason they had the money to is because they're poor, is because we (the whites) were so cruel to them throughout history. We took away all of their rights, and took all of their natural resources.
I'm sure these leaders would have helped if they could. You can't say the whole race isn't caring, because they couldn't help.
Not all white countries are bad either. I'm sure some of the black leaders could have helped, but chose not to. So what? There were white countries that chose not to help as well.