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Black Americans on YouTube are upset over having to leave Africa
The issue has gotten so bad that African women have responded on YouTube, saying they are sorry Black Americans have been mistreated.
The one word used in the “I’m sorry you were treated this way” video is colonialism. It seems that Africans have been mistreated for hundreds of years by colonialism, and now, some find it satisfying to treat Black Americans the same way.
I have spent time in Africa, but only in Northern Africa, where a different kind of injustice is happening.
As a retired American traveling the world slowly, I found videos on having to leave Africa over mistreatment by Africans disturbing yet understandable.
What I would like to say to Black Americans who have packed their bags and left America for other countries is this:
“We were born and raised in a country that did not see us as equals and who have allowed organized racism to be a part of the American culture.
We have endured and many of you have even thrived.
But here’s the deal.
People all over the globe know and understand the organized racism we have endured. They do NOT want to be the ones to break the cycle.
They may or maynot agree with how we have been…
