"Why doesn't Obama openly admonish leaders of Western Europe whenever he visits their countries? Is it because they govern better? Who has the right to make this judgement and by what criteria?...
To use Jean Bricmont's analogy from his book Humanitarian Imperialism, the US and Western Europe behave like a mafia godfather who, as he grows old, decides to defend law and order and begins to attack his lesser colleagues in crime, preaching brotherly love and the sanctity of human life - all the while holding onto his ill-gotten wealth and the income it generates.
Who would fail to denounce such flagrant hypocrisy? In any case, is the US such a model country in governance to give Obama the moral authority to lecture Africans?
In the US, a black person is killed by the highly militarised police force every 28 hours... But these are not the only state abuses in the US....
This is not an argument of two wrongs making a right. Rather it is to show that Obama's choice to lecture Africa is a product of the social contempt he and his countrymen and women have for black people...
Steven Biko, a hero of the anti-apartheid struggle, said that the greatest weapon in the hands of an oppressor is never his guns and armies, but the mind of the oppressed."
Mmmmmm.
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