The Arrogance and Ignorance of the British

Damn Thieves! 

The Arrogance and Ignorance of the British will come back to haunt them, it is not if but when. WE will not forget, and We must never forget who and what they are. I am not talking individuals because some of the nicest people I have met are British. What I am talking about is the colonial institutions of the British that are silently supported by the British individuals, even the nice ones because I do not see them protesting in the streets for social justice. 


So long as the British have the upper hand and controls the wealth then the people they used, abused, and stole from must never forget it, never let bygones be bygones, and never take the chip off our shoulders. So long as people like this man still exist and the colonial institutions still blood sucking colonies how can we forget, how can we not have a chip on our shoulders and how can we let bygones be bygones. So long as injustice like this exist, we must never hold hands and sing Kumbaya with the British. 


What did invasion, conquering, subjugating, genocidal murder, slavery, and colonization mean for Europeans and their descendants? 

For Europeans and their descendants, Slavery was to wealth, what the Big Bang was to the Universe. I look at slavery as a Big Bang of wealth creation. An instant explosion of Wealth that ripples through space and time, creating compounded wealth that transcends generations. The benefits of which is still being felt to this very day by Europeans and their descendants. 

What did invasion, conquering, subjugating, genocidal murder, slavery, and colonization mean for Africans and their descendants? 

For Africans and their descendants, Slavery was to Poverty and suffering, what the Big Bang was to the Universe. I look at slavery as a Big Bang that created great human suffering and poverty. An instant explosion of human Suffering that ripples through space and time, creating compounded suffering and hardship that transcends generations. The negative effects of which is still being felt to this very day by the descendants of the conquered and enslaved people. 

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