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Discussion: Your thoughts on Africa?
Member Since: 5/4/2011
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Originally posted by LovingLovato
Yet the president doesn't agree, whose not white btw  , although he did not directly call it that. |
Oh, the president supposedly doesn't agree; I guess anyone else with a thought should sit down, then.  His opinion on the matter isn't any more valuable than anyone else's knowledgeable opinion. 
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Member Since: 6/1/2011
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Originally posted by evo
Oh, the president supposedly doesn't agree; I guess anyone else with a thought should sit down, then. His opinion on the matter isn't any more valuable than anyone else's knowledgeable opinion. |
 I'm also still waiting for the receipts of Obama saying that.
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Member Since: 10/16/2005
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Originally posted by HandsOn
Provide me with a link to President Obama even addressing the issue of "reverse discrimination"... which is probably more accurately know as "not racism."
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That person you are responding to is from South Africa, so when she is talking about the president, she means the president of South Africa... Not Obama. 
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Member Since: 6/1/2011
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Originally posted by vuelve88
That person you are responding to is from South Africa, so when she is talking about the president, she means the president of South Africa... Not Obama. |
 The "whose not white, btw" is what got me. Well, I won't and can't speak on what's going on in South Africa, but I still stand by my statements that "reverse discrimination" is a fairy tale.
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Member Since: 10/20/2009
Posts: 20,682
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Originally posted by I. AX
Where?
If cape town  |
Well we stayed in Stellenbosch at the university there. Went to Cape Town a couple of times to see Table Mountain and some other things. Both were beautiful and I loved every second of it except for when the students in Stellenbosch were rude to us for no reason, only because we were American 
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Member Since: 6/15/2011
Posts: 6,134
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Originally posted by Eaten By Lions
Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can’t help but cry. I mean I’d love to be skinny like that but not with all those flies and death and stuff.
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Lawd.
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I would love to visit one day.
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Member Since: 2/16/2012
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Originally posted by I. AX
I know they did but my point is look at most countries that got their independence early on, they haven't developed much.
The white man stayed behind and built SA to become the biggest economy in Africa.
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True. But we can't say. Africa had many systems of culture and society. Y'all need to watch Lost Kingdoms of Africa. It is so incredible. Slavery kinda destroyed Africa, especially black africa. Those who got their independence first had no infrastructure and due to the people being purposefully uneducated by the colonists, they had no way to build their country.
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Member Since: 4/20/2012
Posts: 5,555
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Originally posted by Twenty Foreplay
I've also read journals stating that the HIV AIDS virus was a deliberate attempt by the WHO (World Health Organisation) in the 70s to impede spiraling population growth in third world states, or more specifically, in Africa.
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to be honest. while I hear what they're saying, I honestly think that it would have been a lot cheaper and effective to use other anti-natalist policies, and encourage education, family planning, etc. because when you really think about it, they've spent a lot of money in aid, research, and many other things related to the virus... and this is before you consider the fact that the disease has also spread to other regions, including developed nations. I think that the ape->human theory is the more logical one for AIDS. But that's only my opinion of course.
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Member Since: 2/16/2012
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Originally posted by Hooligan
I'm so jealous of some of you. Even though I am African-American, I have never been out of the state, let alone Africa. I wish I could muster up the courage to get on a plane and go because I've seen gorgeous pictures as well as your descriptions which make me want to go that much more.
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I haven't either, but I'm west indian and the culture that we have is so amazing. Get on cruises to the caribbean and see...it is amazing, and the motherland...... 
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Member Since: 10/16/2005
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Originally posted by HandsOn
The "whose not white, btw" is what got me. Well, I won't and can't speak on what's going on in South Africa, but I still stand by my statements that "reverse discrimination" is a fairy tale. |
Lol. It's okay. I also had to double check to make sure she wasn't talking about Obama.
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Member Since: 10/1/2011
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My family is originally from Somalia but I have extended family all over the continent. It's very beautiful.
I'm going to visit it next summer, God willing. I can't wait! 
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Member Since: 3/6/2011
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Originally posted by Chrome
My family is originally from Somalia but I have extended family all over the continent. It's very beautiful.
I'm going to visit it next summer, God willing. I can't wait! |
OMG, am Somali too 
And just like you my relatives are literally almost everywhere in the world.
We are more WW than the likes of Rihanna
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Member Since: 2/15/2010
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It's because there's always news about starvation and hunger and diseases in Africa. Africa is hardly in the positive spotlights, so people portray it as how the industry does.
There are some beautiful African countries, Morocco, Ethiopia, Egypt, etc.
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Member Since: 8/3/2010
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Originally posted by Golden
It's because there's always news about starvation and hunger and diseases in Africa. Africa is hardly in the positive spotlights, so people portray it as how the industry does.
There are some beautiful African countries, Morocco, Ethiopia, Egypt, etc. |
This really
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Member Since: 4/12/2011
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My family is from Congo. I've lived there until I was about six years old.
Then we moved to Belgium.
I went back on vacation though , and my parents too.
It is a beautiful country.
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