Posted on 06/12/2011 7:08:54 AM PDT by artichokegrower
This is an excerpt from reporter Scott Johnson's blog, which focuses on the impact of violence and trauma on the community. Go to www.oaklandeffect.com for updates on his reporting.
When the architects of apartheid South Africa were drawing up their urban plans, they paid special attention to the highways. In the seaside city of Cape Town, for instance, the white rulers pushed tens of thousands of blacks and people of mixed racial ancestry out of the cities and into squatter camps several miles outside the city, in a barren wasteland that came to be known as the Cape Flats.
The government then built highways from the city center out to the flats and beyond. The idea was simple. In the event of an armed insurrection by the black majority, the South African army, controlled by the white minority, would be able to rush out along the highways with tanks and armored personnel carriers to crush the rebels.
Furthermore, when the government deigned to formalize the squatter camps and build proper homes for the residents, they also made sure to ring the camps with a Byzantine network of roads that encircled the population. There was one way in and one way out, and this too made it easier for government forces to crush would-be opponents. The flats were designed to be a sort of prison -- an open air prison, to be sure -- but a prison nonetheless.
The history of the white man's oppression of black people was the subject of a recent conversation I had with a professor at UCLA. His name is Boyd James. He's originally from Trinidad, and he speaks with a deeply resonant, Caribbean-inflected accent.
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Forget for a moment that my southern Alabama forebearers' families were so poor they were more likely to be slaves than to own them....
You liberal douchebags can make all of the excuses you want for criminal behavior. When it affects me or my family I will provide 45 caliber periods to any "unfinished business" I encounter.
The goal is to end the traditional American path of upward mobility (both social and economic) for new immigrants. They want us permanently frozen in the 1930-50's, where we are all poor, needy and fighting each other for government benefits....
I don’t hate black people, I just wish they would stop hating me. I never owned one of them.
I think we could make everything right if we would just ship all the blacks back to Africa and then let them Immigrate like everyone else if they want to live here.
I guess not nearly enough whiteys died in the War Between The States.
Monroe tried that... even created Liberia for that reason!
Show me their civilizations over the last 5000 years. They didn’t happen.
Did you know that Egypt is in Africa?
Nothing thousands of years old to see there though.</sarc>
Monroe tried that... even created Liberia for that reason!
Interesting thing about that too; the blacks who "returned" to Liberia began oppressing the natives in the same manner whites are accused of doing to blacks today.
If you aren’t preoccupied with your skin color 24/7 then you are a racist according to K. Marvin Moss, guest writer for the Kansas City Star newspaper - found here - http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/10/2941651/era-of-white-privilege-must-end.html#storylink=misearchcurrent
I don’t know much about web-logs but I assume people can make money by blogging? Scott Johnson, really, had nothing substantive to write about but he had to fill-up some space. So, what you get is this honey-bucket of an opinion piece, which sells copy in the San Francisco Bay Area. I’m, certainly, persuaded by the in-depth analysis, aren’t you?
Africa only has a handful of navigable rivers, and the livestock diseases make use of draft animals impossible for much of sub-saharan Africa. It was not until Europeans introduced the Railroad in the 1870s that Africans could carry trade goods by any means other than on their backs.
Although Egypt is in Africa.... there is nothing african about it as far as I am aware. At the tail end of their weakened civilization, yes, some Africans came in and kicked their ass and took claim to Egypt having I think three black pharaohs.
Africans could never get organized long enough to do something great like envision, create, engineer and build structures and societies like the egyptians built.
I think that suggesting that Africans were responsible for Egypt would be akin to saying the muslims were responsible for Europes and the G7’s advances and achievements in politics, philosophy and technology...let alone freedoms, rights, liberty and democracy.
Yep. they took what they knew of America and quickly claimed all the lands and opportunity and enslaved the indigenous. Then had war after war after war over their tribalist perspectives.
typically asinine excuse
The issue and topic of black violence? Look up what happened to Doe in Liberia. Or better yet the previous president then Doe. Charlie Taylors children were still eating black flesh as later as 2001!
If that ain’t black on black violence I don’t know what is!
Black Moslems, to me that’s as contradictory as a Jewish holocaust denier! (Well we do have Soros.) Especially those who converted to forsake the religion of the people who owned thier ancestors, and adopted the religion of those who SOLD their ancestors. Another reason why the phrade “Muslim scholar” is the ultimate oxymoron.
I can see why the good professor left the culturally correct island of Trinidad and moved to the oppressive USA
State Department Warning on Travel
SAFETY AND SECURITY: When visiting or residing in Trinidad and Tobago, you should avoid large crowds and demonstrations. While non-violent demonstrations occur on occasion, widespread civil disorder is not typical. The downtown area of Port of Spain experienced four bombings in 2005. While no similar incidents have occurred since that time, the perpetrator(s) have not been arrested and their identities and motive remain unknown. You should also exercise caution when visiting or residing in Port of Spain, especially in crowded urban areas.
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You can also call 1-888-407-4747 toll-free within the United States and Canada, or by calling a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444 from other countries. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).
Take some time before travel to improve your personal security – things are not the same everywhere as they are in the United States. Here are some useful tips for traveling safely abroad.
CRIME: The incidence of violent crime remains high on both islands and affects local and expatriate communities, and tourists. You should exercise caution and good judgment as in any large urban area. Be particularly cautious when traveling after dark from Trinidad’s Piarco Airport as incidents have been reported involving armed robbers trailing arriving passengers from the airport and accosting them in remote areas of the airport parking lot, on the highway leading from the airport to downtown Port of Spain, and outside the gates of residences. Areas of metro Port of Spain to avoid include Laventille, Morvant, Sea Lots, South Belmont, scenic rest stops (after dark), the inside of the Queen’s Park Savannah, and downtown Port of Spain (after dark), as tourists are particularly vulnerable to pick-pocketing and armed assaults in these locations. Holiday periods, especially Christmas and Carnival, often see an increase in criminal activity.
Violent crimes, including assault, kidnapping for ransom, sexual assault and murder, have involved expatriate residents and tourists, including U.S. citizens. The perpetrators of many of these crimes have not been arrested.
Burglaries of private residences are common. Robbery is a risk, particularly in urban areas and especially near ATMs and shopping malls. You should avoid wearing expensive jewelry, riding in flashy cars or displaying large amounts of money in public. In some cases, robberies of Americans have turned violent and resulted in injuries after the victim resisted handing over valuables.
In Tobago, violent crime ishigh, including attacks on expatriate residents and tourists in their residences, many of which involve the use of machetes.. There have been reports of home invasions in the Mt. Irvine/Buccoo Bay, and Bacolet areas, and robberies occurring at the waterfalls and on isolated beaches in Tobago where visitors are not in a group. If you rent a villa or private home, the Embassy urges you to ensure adequate, 24-hour security measures are in place.
Be cautious when visiting isolated beaches or scenic overlooks where robberies can occur. In Trinidad, for example, there are isolated strips of beach at Las Cuevas, just beyond Maracas Bay, where visitors have been robbed of valuables. You should not walk alone or in unfamiliar areas. Valuables left unattended on beaches and in other public places are vulnerable to theft. You should avoid neighborhoods known for high crime rates. When in doubt, consult the establishment where you are staying to identify areas to be avoided.
Traditional, non-shared, marked yellow-cab-style taxis do not exist in Trinidad and Tobago. Unmetered, unmarked private taxis are available at the airports and major hotels. You can hire them to take you door to door (fares should be agreed upon in advance). Private taxis and route taxis both have plate numbers beginning with “H”. You should ensure your taxi is not a route taxi before getting in, because route taxis will stop to pick up additional passengers. Crimes including rapes, assaults, robberies and thefts have taken place inside shared taxis. These taxis have also caused serious traffic accidents when they swerved suddenly across several lanes of roadway in order to pick up or discharge passengers. You should also avoid small buses and vans known as “Maxi Taxis” for the same reasons. You should therefore use only private taxis for transportation around Port of Spain, and only private taxis or full-sized inter-city buses for travel between cities.
Don’t buy counterfeit and pirated goods, even if they are widely available. Not only are these articles illegal in the United States, if you purchase them you may also be breaking local law.
Same thing here in Detroit. Highways were built out to suburbs so that military could quash any uprising in deepest, darkest Detroit. ;-0
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