As much as I disagree with a lot of Kemi Badenoch's politics, I know she's right about the ' Hypocritically Toxic AfriKKKa Problem'. No Pontification - Nada de sermones

 

As for me personally, I don't believe in mutual masturbation and making forever excuses.

When we look at Africa, I mean, the last time I really observed Africa was over a decade ago. And when I look at it now, we're supposed to believe that the theory of evolution applies universally? Africa has almost made a case for the opposite. It appears to have devolved. I know what I'm talking about.

When I watch Africa on television, anywhere, I'll use Nigeria as an example. Sometimes I find myself sinking into my seat because it's almost embarrassing. I don't quite know how to say this without revealing too much personal information, but it just looks backwards.

Nigeria in the 1990s, or even the mid-to-late 1980s, when I was a child, seemed twenty times more advanced than what we're seeing today. So I wonder why that is.

I'll tell you why.

Because we have spent our lifetimes blaming the West, blaming the CIA, the IMF, traitors and all sorts of adversaries. Hear my word: adversaries. These are expected adversaries. This is what adversaries do, particularly in situations where they themselves have been conditioned to believe, rightly or wrongly, that resources on this planet are finite. I use the word brainwashed, and whether that's the right word is another matter. But the mentality is there.

We can keep criticising the white man, the green man, the blue man, the yellow man, the apple man. But what we fail to realise is that the same things inflicted upon us can also be inflicted upon others, individually or collectively.

One way or another, we've had opportunities to change this situation for centuries. We can trace some of these historical dynamics back to the religious and political developments of the fourth century, including the and the subsequent relationship between Christianity, European expansion and the justification of colonial exploitation. The narrative of bringing civilisation to the so-called savages was often little more than a corrupt, indirect means of exploitation.

We've had opportunities. There are no more secrets. The stories are known. We have the internet. We have access to information that previous generations could only dream of.

Yet, when you look at Nigeria, when you look at Africa, you sometimes get the impression that Africans, even as we speak today, have no idea what's going on. And I'm talking about educated Africans, never mind those in rural communities. Some seem to have very little understanding of racial politics, or even race itself.

I mean, we're still seeing reports of black children being beheaded. Not one, not two. We see these things on the internet. Africans are still killing one another in the most horrific ways.

Here in the West, we talk about the sanctity of Black lives. Black lives matter. Well, look at what's happening in some parts of Africa. And yet, some of the same people will come here, criticise the societies they've moved into, or expect to be welcomed without any consideration of the standards and values that sustain those societies.

I disagree with that approach. We live here now. We cannot simply abandon our standards. There are standards of governance, accountability, public safety and civic responsibility that must be upheld. And, as much as I disagree with a lot of Kemi Badenoch's politics, I think she's right about certain things. There are practices and attitudes in parts of the world that cannot simply be excused in the name of political correctness. We cannot allow those practices to be imported and normalised here.

Why aren't some of these societies changing?

People spend their entire lives blaming the white man, while simultaneously selling their own children into slavery, robbing their own people, defrauding the very institutions that are supposed to provide for future generations, concealing the wealth and mineral resources that belong to their populations, and sending soldiers to execute their own children for protesting and demanding a fairer life.

Look at Lekki. The events were broadcast across international television networks, including CNN. People saw what happened.

And yet, the blame continues. West, West, West. The West is blamed for everything under the sun.

If a Negro Sambo puts his own dick inside a fucking rotor blade, he'll somehow find a way to blame the white man for slavery 400 years ago.

Yes, we have legitimate historical grievances. Yes, slavery caused enormous damage and created deep dysfunction that continues to affect societies today. Nobody should deny that.

But look at the institutions in the West. Many of them are being maintained, supported, developed and revitalised by the very same people of colour and indigenous communities who are often told that they cannot succeed in these environments.

I remember a man who was a manager at Tesco, or some other major retail organisation in the UK. He had apparently held a senior position for years. My point is simple: he couldn't have been completely incompetent to have reached that level. Whether he was a checkout assistant who worked his way up or a senior member of management, he must have demonstrated some degree of competence.

But he went back to Nigeria, became a governor, and allegedly stole hundreds of millions.

So why didn't he steal from Tesco? Why did he wait until he got to Nigeria, where poverty is so severe that children are dying every day, people are lying dead in the streets, and institutions that should protect the population are failing?

Why?

And this brings me to my conclusion.

Every time we talk about what the white man did to us, without equally examining what we have done and continue to do to ourselves, what we're really saying is that our own culture and institutions were not strong enough to withstand the pressures imposed upon them.

And if that's the case, then we have to confront an uncomfortable possibility: some of the cultural attitudes and practices we continue to defend may actually be liabilities in the twenty-first century.

We need to examine them, challenge them and, where necessary, discard them. We need to build something better. Just as doctors and pharmacists work in laboratories to identify problems, test solutions and improve outcomes, we must be prepared to examine our own societies with the same intellectual honesty.

Because the black cultural practices and attitudes I'm criticising are not working. They're not working.

If you think they are, just go on YouTube and look at what's happening. Look at the evidence. Look at the outcomes.

We can blame the white man all we want, but then we must also ask ourselves a very uncomfortable question: how is it that their institutions and culture have developed systems that allow societies to function, maintain standards and hold people accountable?

You try to rob England as a foreigner. The moment you arrive, there are systems, procedures and institutions designed to protect the country and its people.

But when a white man goes to Africa, in some places, we welcome him with open arms. We give him our beds, our trust and sometimes even access to our bank accounts.

That's the contradiction.

And until we're prepared to confront it honestly, we'll keep having the same conversations, making the same excuses and wondering why nothing changes.

That's the culture I'm talking about. And that is the problem.

I better stop here.