From Al Jazeera 5-6-20: Out of pandemic anti-Blackness, a case for pan-Africanism
Virtual pan-Africanism can be a refuge. by Yannick Giovanni Marshall
"Chinese Jim Crow including "no blacks allowed" policies, evictions, forceful testing of Africans and African Americans and leaving Black people to starve on the streets of Guangzhou led several African leaders to come together and demand an end to racist mistreatment.
It was not much but it was enough to spur a Chinese whitewashing campaign, forcing officials to try to spin the reporting as sensationalising isolated incidents. Relationships will be mended and Chinese capital will soon overcome this minor threat to its access to African land and resources."
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"Time will not loosen the world's grip on anti-Blackness and so what is required now is a radical loss of patience. There is no point in taking the world by its shoulders and shaking them while screaming about the existence of Black humanity. They will not get it."
much more at link:
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/pandemic-anti-blackness-case-pan-africanism-200502160650489.html
I have an interest in "racial"/ethnic matters and the writer uses passion and many internal links in support of this opinion piece. I especially was drawn to the words "what is required now is a radical loss of patience", which we can apply to any number of societal/political problems. It's writing like
this that keeps me reading Al Jazeera every day.
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