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Racial war in the United States – Part 2

By Patrick Dele Cole
02 August 2016   |   3:51 am
The blacks are now fighting back through protest movements such as “Black Lives matter” and have even gone the extra mile of protecting themselves against police ...
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Continued from yesterday

The blacks are now fighting back through protest movements such as “Black Lives matter” and have even gone the extra mile of protecting themselves against police such that they have begun killing policemen. This later move has caused uproar as State after State, Governors and even President Obama have come out to condemn blacks, who in protecting themselves, kill law enforcement officers. The action of blacks was predicated on well documented cases of police killing black people even after they had surrendered, or after being stopped for minor offences like a broken rear light or that a black man is seen at a “place” he should not be, that is, in expensive and rich neighbourhood, etc.

Every black household spends time teaching their children especially teenagers how to behave when stopped or approach by the police: the blacks call it “the talk.” Be respectful, put up your hands immediately even before being asked, etc. because the chances of being shot are extremely high; and there is little chance that an officer who shoots a black man is likely to be punished: the law, as now interpreted, states that the police is not guilty if he believes that in the presence of a black man he, the policeman, merely believes his own life is threatened.

Paradoxically, the U.S. and other Western countries believe that they are setting up pluralistic, non-discrimatory societies. The RIO Olympic will again showcase black prowess in athletics, basketball, football and rugby.

In music and other entertainment, black people would perform as usual – but again here, the artists are black but the money from their performance and other aspects of the industry is white. It is indeed interesting that in the last few weeks we saw in the European league football games a new definition of migration: because the game was really the All Africa Games played in Europe whether it is the semi finals between Germany and Italy or between Germany and France or the finals between France and Spain. It was no more than Africans playing in Europe. Most of the teams had Africans who represent individual countries in Europe. Welcome to the realities of the new immigration.

White men have been killing black men for over 400 years without cause or consequence. In the last few years the killings have reduced; so has discrimination. But there is a long way to go. Racism is with us despite the valiant efforts and progress over the years. Most black people believe it is endemic and only political correctness has reduced it. They buttress this view by showing that the criminal justice system is skewed against them hence the preponderance of black people in prison.

Finally, the U.S. Prison Administration has a bureau of statistics. I wonder whether there is any such bureau in the Ministry of Internal Affairs which controls our prison system. How many Nigerians are in gaol, for what crimes and for how long? What is the ethnic composition of our prisoners – how many Ibo, Yoruba, Efik, Urhobo, Hausa, etc. We are still awaiting the release of the report of the young graduates who died trying to gain employment into our Immigration Service.

Concluded

Dr.Patrick Dele Cole is former Ambassador to Brazil

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