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April 20, 2005
is Dafur another Rwanda?
Tonight at Maxwell the African initiative hosted a discussion about genocide, Rwanda, and the illusion of the phrase "never again". I was dismayed to discover that there is a very real possibility of another ethnic cleansing occurring without the U.S. intervening. I was also saddened by the film that was shown, by the apparent lack of regard for Rwandan citizens, and also by the information that the U.S. is again stalling their intervention by coining phrases like "humanitarian crisis“ instead of genocide. Do we need to see another 800,000 human beings die? While discussing the injustices that have been perpetuated against Africans throughout history, an interesting item was revealed...
THIS university is in possession of all Kenyan cultural artifacts, and further, said artifacts were NOT donated, but stolen. I wonder how the university responds to this indictment? By the way, they have already claimed that it was a gift...there's a big surprise.
Posted by dvaldesd at April 20, 2005 11:19 PM
Comments
Glad you shared this information. African Americans in the U.S. are still not out of the genocidial woods. (At least I don't think so.) In place of fast food sodium, now there's an extreme amount of sodium in prepackaged foods. Been to make grocery lately?
Since we are constantly on the go, we don't have much time to prepare real home cooked meals. (I know that I don't, but I try to supplement by eating raw fruit and vegetables). Anyhow, the "experts" say that hypertension is found mostly in African Americans. Are we being targeted? After all we live in homes where there is either a single mom who works, or a two income household. Targets?
Posted by: digitalpenny at April 25, 2005 10:58 PM
You may be right about that. Why is it that eating "right" cost so much more than we can afford. You might be on to something...
Posted by: denise at April 26, 2005 01:08 PM