Oh how the persecutor cries when subjected to only a mere fraction of their favorite brand of persecution. Hey, WWRS (what would Romney say)… sauce for the gooose!!!

But there is nothing inherently taboo about white people talking about slavery. However, the problem is that white people want to address the issues of slavery from their own single minded perspective that our black ancestors and elders somehow deserved to be white people’s property. I actually saw a video where a white man advocated for the enslavement of black people under the guise that white people were taking care of enslaved black people and that black people owed white people something because white people provided food and shelter. That’s a pretty prejudiced line of thinking to approach such a sensitive topic. I think that white people are just too self with trying to absolve themselves of what happened or trying to justify it instead of actually thinking about how to enter a true conversation that would lead to any racial understanding.

Peace

But there’s nothing special to be done. Ile Emi Ifa doesn’t exist anymore.

Peace

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What makes you think I have not met god? What makes you think that god hasn’t revealed himself to me? I’m quite comfortable with the relationship I have with the Supreme Being. However, I could suggest the same to you. Why don’t you ask god to reveal himself to you? Why don’t you open yourself up to him. Maybe then you wouldn’t take such a naive perspective and actually learn something.

Peace

I’m in agreement with the author. The show is modern blackface, with a white creator and white voice actor playing a black man and trying to pretend like can even fathom what it’s like to be black, or what’s actually funny and making a statement. MacFarlane has a platform but he does nothing with it. He makes quips about the racism rampant in society but never elaborates or actually addresses the problems, he only does it to get a quick cheap laugh and pretend like his work is actually meaningful and valuable somehow. And without addressing the stereotypes he flashes it’s essentially just perpetuating them as valid, which is incredibly harmful and racist.

He’s a hack.

And as far as black characters being portrayed / having their own show equaling less racism, I’d disagree. I’d encourage you to research Minstrel shows (the grandparent of the modern American musical, by the way). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel_show It’s pretty disturbing stuff.

But the idea that Italian-Americans aren’t white ranks right up there with African-Americans aren’t black. I’m no expert on the matter, but I’d be willing to go out on a limb and say that the vast majority of people in Italy are predominantly from the Caucasoid racial group and not the Negroid nor Mongoloid.

Nevertheless, one clue as to what’s being portrayed in the Godfather series is what actors play the Italian characters. Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan, Talia Shire, Abe Vigoda, John Cazale, Alex Rocco, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Morgana King, and etcetera are all white people. Nobody is going to walk down the street and mistake these people as people of Asians or African descent.

Caucasians are a race. Italian refers to an ethnicity, location, or culture.

Peace

Not only does that sound like something a white person is likely to say, it also sounds like something a white person would do if they thought it would work!

Peace

Arabic (as well as Hebrew) are both 100% African languages!!

You can be sure that ‘Alafia’ is 100% African.

There was a time when Africa extended out to the Persian Gulf.

Africans (includes African-Americans, Carribeans, the disapora) owe it to themselves to learn their history. If you don’t know where you come from, you sure as hell don’t know where you’re headed.