Like it or not, we live on a world that is rapidly increasing its rate of demographic change. Ever since the Big Bang, there has been movement of sentient life forms (Observed by Charles Darwin) throughout the globe for various reasons, least of which was the mighty dollar … until today (This century).
Being a controversial subject, some would state that human movement has taken place for many centuries, but there has always been areas to easily and conveniently absorb that movement because of relatively small numbers … until today (This century).
The difference, today, is that global transportation enables anyone to move to the other side of the Earth in 24 hours, unlike in the past when cultures would take a generation to move across just one continent. The result being stagnation of cultures within their own respective continents.
Unfortunately, geologically and environmentally, especially on the African continent, some cultures were dealt a poor hand which impeded a useful civilized development. These people were black skinned. Equally, the Indian continent suffered similarly and these people were brown. Many indigenous peoples were also dark skinned, Australia is one example … America, another.
Today, geologically and especially environmentally, the Earth is experiencing rapid change, affecting, at least those cultures who were dealt the poor hand and, with the spread of electronic communication, they may observe the comfortable life of the white cultures who were dealt valuable aces and jokers.
Thus, we have a situation of envious black and brown races believing it is their time to move again, but in greater numbers … for the mighty dollar. They are, now, referred to as migrants; economic, illegal, and refugees. Black, brown (Coloured) and poor … and usually uninvited.
When I, firstly, thought about writing this post, I had a slightly different subject in mind. The upside down aspect of white Afrikaner people being killed in South Africa. People who, I believe, according to the U.N., may not be given refugee status to move with the black and brown races to a safer continent. Should we also be sympathetic to their plight … or is it a kind of karma.
Please comment.
Bernie, today the main reason for migration is not only necessarily the mighty dollar. Much of it is war driven, drought, persecution ( anti Sematism is increasing in Europe and might lead to emigration ) and in our case, the collapse of the state.
ReplyDeleteUnhappily the migration of Europeans to unknown farflung and less populous areas led to the suppression, with great cruelty, of the indigenous populations.Witness the Congo under Belgian rule.
It is my opinion that a darker skin has nothing to do with race. It's is simply a protection thing to protect these races who live in extremely hot and sunny places, like these people you mention, from skin cancer. And Africa has has its own great civilizations- the library in Timbuktu is a famous proof of this. Architecture, politics, literature, albeit oral.There were women rulers in one of the earlier centuries, while Europe was still keeping women in chastity belts and suffering under the inquisition.
Trouble started when Europe, especially England, started to force democracy upon civilisations not receptive to such a form of rule in preference to their own system of government. Witness Zimbabwe. Congo. Tanzania. Kenya. South Africa.
We should be against killings in any place and for any reason, white African farmers or gang warfare or for religious or ethnic reasons. Which is increasing worldwide.
Steph
Steph; where to begin. I’ve often felt that if I didn’t keep writing I’d even forget how to spell ‘dictionary’. That’s one reason for starting this Blog. Hopefully, I could maintain some contact with friends and acquaintances in far-off places. Conversation was good but debate could be better (I thought). Thus, the taboo subjects of politics and religion were unavoidable.
ReplyDeleteIt is with some slight embarrassment that I wrote with spontaneity and, thus, created a conclusion to a long introduction. The object of my post was to have a conversation about the certain hypocrisy of illegal immigration … and I lost myself in the introduction … placing it at the end. Enough has been said about immigration, generally, but I wanted to know, specifically, from non-Afrikaans why we seem to be unconcerned by their plight.
The subject of homo sapiens with black skin developing in Africa, and the lack of black skin throughout other Equatorial longitudes, with the exception of Australia, could be a subject for another post should someone express interest. One might discuss the possibility of the ancient African alien civilizations that you mention … or not.
Is South Africa, and its white population, with nowhere but the Antarctic to go, too far away from North America to be considered acceptable for refugee status, while those in the Middle East (for example) are permitted to illegally jump over many so-called ‘second-status’ countries to arrive in their chosen countries with the mighty dollar.
Incidental Note; May I mention my famous ancestor, Anna, the female chief of my clan (McCanna) not to mention the Vikings that should, then, be revealed.
P.S. Probably, it could have been written better, but the Subject was the apparent distinguishment between illegal immigrants and the white Afrikaans of South Africa,
ReplyDeleteCase in point; A white farmer who had his large farm stolen (if that’s the word) travelled to British Columbia and with his family, applied for refugee status, which was eventually refused by IRCC. Suspected reason; The ANC states that these things are not happening … and our arts teacher doesn’t wish to upset them !
It’s not really about colour.
I suppose he is a snowflake and it's open season on snowflakes. An art teacher should know that but, what's his name again?
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