A black co-worker just said this about Africans in Africa. It blew my mind.
Backstory:
We were bullshitting talking about what we're going to get our wives for Mother's Day. He told me to get her some diamonds. I laughed and said it wasn't even an option. He said diamonds are forever. I answered that I didn't want anything to do with blood diamonds. He asked 'why not?' and I said I didn't want it on my conscience that some kids probably lost their hands over it. He asked why I cared and I said because we're all humans and we should care about our people... to which he dropped:
"Those aren't our people. They sold us into slavery."
My jaw dropped and I was just trying to process what he had just said. He then said "It's true."
I'm actually still trying to process it. I mean, is this a thing?
I always thought the slave trading whites and the African chiefs (who agreed to trade/sell slaves) were the ones who were to blame. Was I just being naive in thinking it was that simple?
Anyone want to chime in?
Backstory:
We were bullshitting talking about what we're going to get our wives for Mother's Day. He told me to get her some diamonds. I laughed and said it wasn't even an option. He said diamonds are forever. I answered that I didn't want anything to do with blood diamonds. He asked 'why not?' and I said I didn't want it on my conscience that some kids probably lost their hands over it. He asked why I cared and I said because we're all humans and we should care about our people... to which he dropped:
"Those aren't our people. They sold us into slavery."
My jaw dropped and I was just trying to process what he had just said. He then said "It's true."
I'm actually still trying to process it. I mean, is this a thing?
I always thought the slave trading whites and the African chiefs (who agreed to trade/sell slaves) were the ones who were to blame. Was I just being naive in thinking it was that simple?
Anyone want to chime in?