Racism

Racist!

It is an easy insult

Black people questioning our oppression by White people are racist

We should not speak about our oppression

We are not supposed to accuse anyone

Or we will be labeled racist

By the racists themselves

The march against Trump’s Muslim ban in New Orleans, on January 29, concluded at the towering Robert E. Lee monument. Below the Confederate general, the circle bearing his name gives way to wide, oak-lined St. Charles Avenue, the central boulevard of white, elite culture.

There are numerous efforts taking place internationally aimed at strengthening economic and political links with African nation-states.

Cuba’s efforts to roll-back racism offer valuable lessons for South Africa, where racism, because of the legacy of colonialism, slavery and apartheid, is deeply ingrained within institutions, social relations and everyday behaviour.

In 1885, European countries held the Berlin Conference in the city of Berlin, Germany. The goal of the conference was to divide Africa amongst themselves wherein its mineral riches would be shipped to Europe for industrial development.

This is the third and last part of a three-series article that began with “I can no longer remain silent about racism in the World Bank.”

My first experience with racial discrimination was when I was five years old in first grade in December 2006. I remember the day, the hour and what I was doing when it happened.

Pretoria Girls High School was shaken to its core two weeks ago when Black girls attending this apartheid-era elite school challenged fundamental tenets of white supremacy.

When it comes to racial discrimination in the World Bank, Phyllis Muhammad, former Staff Counselor, has seen it all. She noted recently that: The level of racial injustice that we are seeing under Kim “would not have persisted during Wolfensohn’s time.

Where is your voice, Mr. President?

Mr. President

Let your voice matter

Where Black Lives Matter

My President

Where is our voice?

Africa, Mother Africa

The Womb of Diaspora Africa

Mother Africa, the womb of Pan-Africa