We Want What is Ours !
It is all good intentions to have Africa owned by the majority and “giving back the land to its rightful owners.” It was harsh and inhumane to rob all the natives in the first place, one might feel.
Fast-forward to twenty-sixteen, a time where everyone is “woke” and aware of their human rights. A time where people are not only aware but, are actively claiming back what belongs to them with force. “It is about time!”
But, are we ready for this claim-everything-back process?
This question is posed with significant and hard-to-ignore factors and realities. One of them being that westernization is a foreign object to us. Even with the decades of infiltration into our extremely cultured soil, westernization has prevailed and subsequently succeeded to live on unaltered.
So, how are we going to erode of this culture that stole from us when it is an intricate part of who we have all come to being?
European & American culture is still monopolizing our African continent. From the food we eat, to the clothes we wear- it is all westernization-influenced. To the very commodity of exchange that we are claiming belongs to the people of Africa, it was all created in the name of foreign culture. We are in complete bondage to the western culture.
So, again, are we ready to claim back everything?
Our economic system has to be strong enough to withstand and overcome foreign exchange rate declines; food, water, and power shortages; as well as the crumbling and distortions of infrastructure- are we sharp enough to handle all these issues? Probably.
Our biggest problem is greed. Sure, there are smart, educated, daring, and prompt people who are level headed enough to respond to unforeseen twists and turns in the economy. But, what of this greed? Black people did not grow up in the comfort of money and the luxury to spend it. What will happen when all this money falls into the very hands of the people who have been robbed of their riches for centuries. The hunger to fulfill this void trailing back to our forefathers who never got the better end of the stick. How far will people go, and how deep will they dig into the reserves of this new money bank well within reach, to fill this void up?
This is not an intent to demoralize the potential of a black man. It is to point out the need for preparation. There is an evident need for a much more strategist approach to claiming back what is rightfully ours. There needs to be moderation in the way that we deal with these treasures once pieces of it are given back to us. There needs to be futuristic projections on how this “takeover” will play out- a fallback systems for when things get ugly. By ugly I refer not to violence, but to poverty and an unfruitful economy that might fall flat on its face due to the lack of an operational, sustainable growth and success plan put in place.
I hope we are ready.
