SLAVERY: In 1619 four hundred years ago, the first 20 odd African slaves taken by Dutch sailors from a Spanish ship came to Jamestown, Virginia US and so began the black person’s demise.

SLAVERY: In 1619 four hundred years ago, the first 20 odd African slaves taken by Dutch sailors from a Spanish ship came to Jamestown, Virginia US and so began the black person’s demise. This location of settlement was chosen because it was a swamp with no Indian settlement, disease infested, unsafe salt water polluted water, it was a safe or vantage point defense wise as it was within striking distance from passing Spanish ship cannon ball fire.

Settlers in James town from Britain even resorted to cannibalism, digging for corpses to eat. This colony was the first permanant English settlement in America and the whole world,..English settlement by Britain the small island that ruled the majority of the world including America. 1619 was the arrival of first slaves, just one year before Christian pilgrimage arrived:…Of the 14000 settlers from 1607 to 1609 from England, most died or returned to England as the settlement was tough to establish. Its interesting how the contribution of the black people in building America is simply air brushed from history. There is a strong school of thought globally outlined below, starting with the fact that the most unpalatable truth in America is evident in the marginalisation of the black people, wealth disparity between whites and blacks, high black unemployment, crime, drug, high racist oppression and deliberate disenfranchisement of black people.

Britain the small Island, colonised America, brought slavery. Here is the funny thing, ships were built by Scotland and they would have manned them yet the British managed to command the ships and operations world wide colony establishment or specifically colonise the world. Finally it is disheartening to note that blacks in America are a most underprivileged society with poor schools, poor health and poor housing, high debt and high interest , limited or no opportunity and no roots as the majority either fail to appreciate they originate from Africa through slavery or have no idea which country they even came from. Their origins are amongst the poorest nations in Africa with suffering people with unlimited natural resources. clearly their manpower and resources since slavery and now their human resources such as teachers, nurses, doctors, bankers and other highly educated blacks have created powerful US anfd British economies.

Its even more interesting that wherever drugs, drink, weapons, wealth and religion are thrown into certain races, then  terrorism, war , hunger, disease, suffering will follow. Those who create the wars are into business as they come in and sell their weapons and killing machinery to the same communities, then thrive on it as it creates employment for their own militaries, weapons developers, and their business people who then step in to capitalise on rebuilding the dilapidated areas.

The weapons supplies then have billions generated for their government revenue and high employment in their own nations while the poor nations at war suffer endlessly.

The world should be focused on addressing the imbalances or discrepancies between whites and blacks brought upon this world by slavery. It should be acknowledged, apologies made and reparation given, not to individuals but to nations and communities by building poor nations and communities, redistributing wealth, creating equal opportunities, uprooting all vestiges of racialism and uniting all races, for a better future for all our children and future races. The same divide and rule tactics used hundreds of years ago to brainwash blacks, are still applied today. Blacks however are caught up in the victim mentality cycle where suffering, drinks, drug, crime , poverty homelessness, unemployment and disease are now accepted as an identity. It is imperative for blacks to take a proactive step in breaking this cycle and shape a progressive future for their children and descendants. Ask yourself not what can your government do for you but rather what you can do for everyone else to make this a better world. Now you’ve been schooled! DISCUSS! More news to follow. By Sibusiso Ngwenya.

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