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[ptseti]

Bro, if you want to understand FIFA, start with the history of who built the institutions that shaped the modern world in the first place.

FIFA was founded by European powers at the height of the colonial era. So when people act shocked by the double standards, selective morality, and political convenience that seem to surround the organization, I have to wonder what history they've been reading.

This is an institution that profits enormously from African, Latin American, Caribbean, and Asian talent, yet too often treats those same regions as junior partners in a game they help sustain.

They wrap themselves in the language of "unity," "inclusion," and "respect," but when principles collide with power and money, the slogans suddenly become negotiable.

At times, FIFA feels less like the guardian of football and more like a corporate empire wearing a smile for the cameras—celebrating the talent, monetizing the passion, and lecturing the world about values while struggling to live up to them itself.

If hypocrisy were an Olympic sport, FIFA would be asking where to put the trophy cabinet.

[zmam5575]

Interesting. I didn't know this about the role of the Polish in the Haitian revolution. Great info.

[troythecatfish]

Human zoos in the West were a feature of colonialism. They fed a fascination for exotic lands and a grotesque pseudo-science that focussed on the physiology of so-called 'savages.

Africans were exhibited in primitive settings for the enjoyment of spectators at trade fairs and travelling shows, helping legitimise the domination of 'lesser' beings by supposedly 'superior' Western civilisations.

One famous 'exhibit' was Saartjie Baartman, who was also known as Sarah Bartmann. She was a South African woman who attracted crowds due to a genetic condition (steatopygia), resulting in a highly protruded posterior. She was shipped to London in 1810 and spent most of her life on display. In 2002, her remains were repatriated and buried in South Africa. Another infamous exhibition was unveiled at the 1958 World Expo in Brussels, Belgium. It featured Congolese people in their mocked-up 'village' at the venue.

Awareness of the foul, dehumanising practice is slowly being raised. A Paris exhibition in 2011 called

"Inventing the Savage" showed how human zoos laid the foundations for racism against Africans. It was the brainchild of the former French footballer, Liliane Thuram, whose Caribbean family suffered under slavery. Though human zoos do not exist anymore, the effects of colonisation and exploitation of coloured people persist to this day. That's why we'll keep posting about them.

[globalriseofblackpeople]

The Earth, Math and Ether all at once! 👑🧠

Credit: In the NOW

[artcollectorninja]

[depsidase]

[shezgotgame]

GOOOOOOD THEY WASNT FINNA GO ANY GOTDAMN WAY 🤣🤣🤣

[bowlby4]

[ptseti]

WHITE PEOPLE IN BLACK SPACES

[zmam5575]

White supremacy = white fear

[moneeb0930]

[blackisdivine]

[porterdavis]

20/20

[zmam5575]

20/20 for me too.

19. I now realized that really enjoyed doing this as I learned so much more about where I was going than I do using digital maps. Just that visual reference in my head also made the drive more interesting mapping out landmarks on the way.

18. Just donated my large paper dictionary to Books for Africa.

7. I still do. No one will ever convince me to destroy my vinyl record collection, especially after playing them with my kids and seeing them have SOOOO much fun.

10. Sill have a VHS player and tapes I've been promising to digitize for years.

5. Will be required to complete my plans for 7. As such I've kept and reinstalled my PC CD ROM player from PC upgrades over the years. Its sitting in the desktop I purchased last year, and still works.

3. Learning that in high school has produced immeasurable benefits, still to this day.

MiSSING: Used a book to repair a car..."Chiltons"! OMG how many days did I spend in college in the parking lot of my apartment under my VW beetle with that damn book! Oil changes, starter motor replacements, brake pad replacements, fuel filter changes. My bug has the unique habit of having the accelerator cable break...like right in the middle of the street on a busy traffic day. So, I had to develop the habit of having one of more spare cables on hand, and the tools to quickly push the car to the side of the road, dive under it, and make the repair quickly.

Lol, while I can't, I wouldn't change it for the world. It developed within me a mindset that I could do just about anything, as long as I put my mind to it. A mindset that I benefit from to this day as I daily learn and push AI to its limits.

[ptseti]

Most African so-called leaders are house negroes who don’t care about their people, talk less of the continent. They see the world through the eyes of the Western imperialists.

[handsometruth5]

[zmam5575]

Reminds me of the concept expressed by the Black journalist who recently published a book saying that white people feel as if they have the right to grant freedom, and in this current day that is part of the larger problem with them.

[moneeb0930]

THERE IS NO "DEMON" IN TRADITIONAL SPIRITUALITY

One of the greatest misconceptions about African spirituality is the attempt to explain it through foreign spiritual frameworks.

In many traditional African cultures, there is no exact equivalent to the Christian concept of a demon a fallen being whose purpose is to oppose humanity and wage war against the Creator. African spirituality developed its own understanding of the unseen world long before the arrival of foreign religions.

The ancestors taught that existence is built upon relationships: the relationship between the living and the departed, between humanity and nature, between individuals and the community, and between the visible and invisible worlds.

When misfortune, confusion, or hardship appeared, the question was often not, "Which demon is responsible?" Instead, wisdom keepers would ask: What balance has been disturbed? What relationship has been neglected? What lesson is seeking attention?

This does not mean African spirituality denies the existence of harmful spiritual forces. Many traditions recognize disruptive energies, wandering spirits, spiritual pollution, and forces that bring disorder. However, these are generally not understood as demons in the way Abrahamic religions describe them.

It is rooted in the principle of harmony. A healthy life is one where the ancestors are honored, the community is respected, nature is protected, and one's conduct remains aligned with truth and responsibility.

The unseen world is not viewed as a battlefield between absolute good and absolute evil. Rather, it is understood as a living spiritual ecosystem where every action creates consequences and every imbalance seeks correction.

Our ancestors taught that protection comes not from fear, but from alignment. When a tree remains connected to its roots, it draws strength from the earth. In the same way, a person who remains connected to wisdom, integrity, community, and ancestral memory.

[sunbookie]

Turn A Few Pages...👑🧠📚🔑⚙️⛓️‍💥🤔☀️✨🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[zmam5575]

Actually a good read.

Very enlightening.

[itsmythang]

Trump said something outside a press gaggle that I don’t think enough people caught.

A reporter called him out on the corruption. He gave three responses.

I have the right to do it.

He’s not stealing that much. A billion or two billion dollars. Not that much money. Classic Trump.

People don’t care.

That’s the permission structure. Our collective apathy is what they’re using to justify everything happening in Washington right now.

Please stand up and prove him wrong.

VIA: Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci

[zmam5575]

People care.

Some do, many do. However many who do think that the only thing they can do about it is vote.