- MIGHTY WHITEY STRIKES AGAIN: COVERT RACISM IN ACTION -

The river gates have opened and money is flowing in torrents from "the west" again. Yeeeeey! Celebration! The helpless Africans have been rescued, yet again, by their beloved super hero... none other than Captain Mighty Whitey himself... Supreme educator of Africans on constitutional matters, expert builder of all roads in Africa, the moon, Space and beyond; designer of global democracy and sole writer of international standards applicable to others.

Mighty Whitey is so mighty, it is widely rumoured, that even God himself chose to have his only beloved son in Mighy whitey's own image. Some suspect that Mughty whitey is behind such blasphemous rumours but no one dares speak lest we unleash the wrath of the heavens on ourselves!

Hail Mighty whitey! Hail! Hail! Long Live mighty whitey!

So...hehehe... Britain (yes! Britain) wants to educate Kenyans about the new constitution.... Is it just me or does anyone see the irony here?

This is none other than the same Britain that deviously engineered Pre and Post Independence Governance Systems to guarantee the continuity of the Elite/Peasant structures that virtually condemned generations of indigenous Africans to decades of economic bondage, poverty, suffering and loss of dignity within the global arena...

The same Britain that set the stage for grand corruption by coercing our transitional Gov of Kenya to buy back it's own stolen land (with interest) as part of the conditions for independence?

I think it would be an understatement to term Britain's actions as the epitome of utterly presumtious audacity of an uprecedented scale.

So... hehehe... The west has money to fund neo-colonialist activities and covert racism but no money to compensate the victims of Britain's colonial crimes against humanity?

In my view, their attempt to get involved in Kenya's constitution is not only ridiculous but an insult to all Africans and should be treated with the contempt and disdain it so rightly deserves.

Look at the news wording over the last few weeks... the EU/US is "assisting" / "helping" (why not partnering? or working with?); Country so and so is *giving* loans (why not disbursing?... West unleashes a package of "goodies" ... goodies???? these "goodies" attract a premium - heloooo! etc...

At the core of it all the is the positioning of the west as benevolent givers of charity to Africa even though the loan will be repayed with interest!); Funders of education / infrastructure builders when in reality all the west did was finance a TINY FRACTION of it without being asked - making sure the money of course went to their citizens pockets or to put it more candidly "technical assistance con jobs"); ...

Read the news and ask yourself...

1. What is the pattern? What is the unspoken message to the world about Africans?

Who is playing the the master/boss role? Who is playing the servant/subordinate role? Who is playing the Richman/Beggarman role? And we wonder why the image of Africa has for so long been in Shambles?

2. When a project succeeds, the west will shout to the world that the project succeeded because it was a western project - Africans cannot accomplish anything by themselves... if the project fails they will shout that it failed despite western involvement (i.e. Africans cannot accomplish anything). So we must ask ourselves what is the true price we are paying for this "assistancé"?

3. Could it be that the "assistance" is a smokescreen to enable the west to bring in dangerous saboteurs to secretly coordinate illegal activities within the country in a deniable manner under a cover of legitimacy? This one is highly speculative but such things can and do happen in global politics...

Hence if Kenya Goverment chooses to accept western cash, it would probably be safer for Kenya to take it as a purely financing deal - and to insert a "NO MEDDLING" clause in the agreement- and to reserve the rights to source GOODS AND EXPERTISE from elsewhere - e.g. CHINA.

African Embassies and diplomats in western countries must start getting more involved in domestic issues of their host countries. We must also start "assisting" them in all manner of ways to solve their problems. If it works, take the credit LOUDLY. If it doesn't, distance yourself from it quickly and LOUDLY. Diplomats must be very vocal to the western media, feeding them "juicy stories" or theoretical "solutions" to their problems and exaggerating if necessary to get sensation or media attention.

It is dissapointing that Africans / African Media did not loudly criticize Europe for the incompetent and disastrous handling of the volcanoo ash crisis. What if the ash was in Africa? ... and what about the waste dumping scandals - what is being done about that?

Africa, with the help of its media network (and possibly partnering with non-western media), must also play the "patronize them" game at each and every opportunity. In strategy, if you are always in defense, merely responding reactively to your competitor's moves, then you have given your competitors incredible power to control your moves. Africa should be more involved in shaping and influencing global politics - not merely participating.

The world knows that the west is now officially poor , that their so called "wealth" was an illusion founded on exploitation and lies... and they could now better use their "aid" money to help their own failing industries and increasingly jobless citizens; to fight corruption in their own countries and to deal with organized criminal gangs operating with impunity in their countries (e.g. the Mafia gangs that allegedly dump nuclear waste in the sea)...

It is a shame that the western nations have abandoned their own needy citizens in a "dying horse attempt" to rescue their crumbling neo-colonial/racist influence over the fate of developing nations.

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