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Once I realized that the world wasn’t very easy for people like me, I devised a number of tactics.

Without a single doubt, groaning and moaning about anti-black racism, all the while keeping each other at a distance, isn’t going to change blackness, no matter how many BLM protests we stage, and no matter how consistent. Let’s just become a people who function the same way all other people do.

Without a single doubt, groaning and moaning about anti-black racism, all the while keeping each other at a distance, isn’t really going to change blackness, no matter how many BLM protests we stage, and no matter how consistent. Let’s just become a people who function the same way all other people do.

From asking people to only become a friend, mentor and connector. To persuading people to simply visit and give us a voice. To asking global antipoverty agencies to befriend us with their goodwill ambassadors and some storytellers. To asking people to make my project their second home in Uganda where they can come and stay whenever they are free. To asking tens of thousands of people globally only for tweets. To seeking co-implementers. To appealing to Gen Z. All black people. The world’s richest. It all didn’t work.

And that is only a small part of the lengths I have gone to in befriending humanity on extreme poverty.

From asking people to only become a friend, mentor and connector. To persuading people to simply visit and give us a voice. To asking global antipoverty agencies to befriend us with their goodwill ambassadors and some storytellers. To asking people to make my project their second home in Uganda where they can come and stay whenever they are free. To asking tens of thousands of people globally only for tweets. To seeking co-implementers. To appealing to black people. Plus Gen Z. The world’s richest. It all didn’t work.

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1). I am ready to own slavery (text).

If the global north all of a sudden got a million black billionaires, or if America alone all of a sudden got a million black people whose net worth is equivalent to that of Elon Musk, that still won’t equate to having a single first world black country in the west, because there will never be a single first world black country in the west — and it won’t translate into having a poverty-free motherland for black people.

What this writer is trying to say is: right now, it doesn’t matter how wealthy you are, where you live, or how long you have lived there, as long as you are black, no dignity. And just to be clear, this totally has nothing to do with anti-black racism. This has everything to do with our inability to work together and reclaim our dignity as black people, like all other people have done.

1). I am ready to own all the events of transatlantic slave trade (text).

2). My thorough apology for slavery (text).

That’s, can black people become a people who operate the same way all other people do, and thus change blackness from being the face of human misery, if I apologized for all the events of transatlantic slave trade?

But even more. With a population of 46+ million, Black Americans are nine times the number of Chinese Americans, and are also nine times the number of Indian Americans.

If we black people functioned the same way all other people do, we wouldn’t really be using slavery, even in the year 2023, as a reason to view our fellow black people in Africa & elsewhere as intolerable, lifelong foes whom we can never, ever work together with on anything.

If we black people functioned the same way all other people do, we wouldn’t really be using slavery, even in the year 2023, as a reason to view our black peers from Africa and elsewhere as intolerable, lifelong foes whom we can never, ever work together with on anything.

Of all the diasporan African communities on earth today, Black Americans are currently the people with the most leverage to bring about transformational change for blackness as a whole, if only they worked together with other black people across the globe.

Most importantly, that leverage is only potent and/or resonant only when used in a wholly black homeland.

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$240k is the minimum I am seeking. But $200m is the ideal amount I am looking for. The latter is also the amount Jay Z and Beyonce recently spent on a home in California. Which makes me think, if Beyonce and Jay Z alone can raise this money, the global black community can indeed help me find this money.

$240k is the minimum I am seeking. But $200m is the ideal amount I am looking for. The latter is also the amount Jay Z and Beyonce recently spent on a home in California. Which makes me think, if Beyonce and Jay Z alone can raise this money, this is a figure the global black community can surely help me find.

$240k is the minimum I am seeking. But $200m is the ideal amount I am looking for.

The latter (i.e., $200m) is also the amount Jay Z and Beyonce recently spent on a home in California. Which makes me think, if Beyonce and Jay Z alone can have this money, this is a figure the global black community, or humanity as a whole, can surely help me find.

And although Jay Z and Beyonce spent this money on a single house, in my case, if I raise the same, I will instead use it to stem the grip of poverty in my entire region of Busoga, a region the size of Gambia.

One thing I can say is: if you can help me find this money, you will be proud of the work that I will do on the grip of poverty in my region. With a $200m budget, the solution in #1 above will be installed in its entirety, and it will be the first-of-its-kind in our region. But that’s not all.

With this money, my goal is to ensure that, by the time I exit this planet, every part of Busoga is covered with large plantations of at least 7 different crops that can both be eaten as food, and which can thus help improve food security (cassava; sorghum; maize; pineapples; mangoes; oranges, passion fruits etc), while at the same time placing the ultra poor on a self-sustainable path from poverty, with ready markets for their produce at harvest.

The cost for installing the solution in #1 above, as well as the cost for providing rural poor farmers with planting materials for these crops; technical training, and ongoing extension services, across the whole of Busoga, is all part of the $200m.

But the saddest thing overall, is that for Black Americans, in particular, a disdain for their black peers doesn’t simply end at shunning any connection with (our homeland) Africa, but also, it goes even to the extent of shunning their black peers from Africa and elsewhere even of foreign land, i.e., in America.

But the saddest thing overall, is that for Black Americans, in particular, a disdain of their black peers doesn’t simply end at shunning any connection with their homeland Africa, but also, it goes even to the extent of shunning their black peers from Africa and elsewhere even of foreign land, i.e., in America.

What this writer is saying is: right now, it doesn’t matter how wealthy you are, where you live, or how long you have lived there, as long as you are black, no dignity. And just to be clear, this totally has nothing to do with anti-black racism. This has everything to do with our inability to work together and reclaim our dignity as black people, like all other people have done.

And while all other people seamlessly work together with each other across borders, which is how these people have even built for themselves their own dignified, poverty-free homelands (Korea, China, Japan, Europe, Israel, India etc), being black is about having no dignified homeland of your own, and is about having no fellow black person who even believes having your own dignified African homeland is a thing.

But make no mistake, these things spell nothing but eternal black misery. These things spell nothing but a world where blackness is forever the symbol of human misery. I can’t think of any other humans on earth who function that way, except we black people. But these things only betray blackness as a whole.

Today, if you live in Africa, like me, it doesn’t matter how long you live, you will never, ever come across a single diasporan black person anywhere in your community, and especially not a single Black American, and you will never ever work together on anything with a single diasporan black person, and especially not a single Black American, however much you try. I have personally given it a try for close to a decade.

Right now, if you live in Africa, it doesn’t matter how long you live, you will never, ever come across a single diasporan black person anywhere in your community, and especially not a single Black American, and you will never ever work together on anything with a single diasporan black person, and especially not a single Black American, however much you try. I have personally given it a try for close to a decade.

But the saddest thing overall, is that for Black Americans, in particular, a disdain for their black peers isn’t simply limited to shunning any connection with our homeland Africa, but also, it goes even to the extent of shunning their black peers from Africa and elsewhere even of foreign land, i.e., in America.

But the saddest thing overall, is that for Black Americans in particular, a disdain for their black peers doesn’t simply end at shunning any connection with our homeland Africa, but also, it goes even to the extent of shunning their black peers from Africa and elsewhere even of foreign land, i.e., in America.

And again, I am saying all this as an African who has never even been outside of Africa. But the disconnect that exists between we black people today, is so deep that one doesn’t need to first travel to get a clue.

For this reason, the ultimate dignity even for the richest black man in America, is automatically viewed from the lens of those households somewhere in Sub Saharan Africa or the Caribbean that live in eternal poverty, and is automatically judged in terms of our homeland Africa, and will always be that way.

We black people may have gotten very used to decrying anti-black racism and black indignity all the time, but the fact is: in reclaiming true dignity for any given people, and in freeing a given people from eternal poverty, having a dignified, poverty-free motherland of your own that is worthy of respect is paramount, and is imperative, regardless of whether you live there or not.

It is also the very first step in building true dignity for any people.

Even in our particular case as black people, true BLACK dignity, according to one writer, can only come from “the construction of a solid black state with a demonstrable level of development & prosperity, and which can stand as a powerful advocate for the global black.” And yes, that black state is none but Africa.

I am asking that we make a 180 degree turn now. All other people who have effectively freed their people from eternal poverty, the only way they have done this, is by being a people who are very easily available to each other, and a people who very seamlessly work together with each other across borders, regardless of their colonial history, and regardless of where one was born, or where one lives. Let’s do just the same.

One thing that is clear is: blackness is one inseparable thing, and so is black dignity.

For this reason, true black liberation simply won’t happen for certain groups of black people in isolation. Until the poorest rural household somewhere in eastern Uganda or western Africa ceases to live in abject poverty, and to sleep in rags, the richest black man somewhere in New York, won’t have any real dignity.

One thing that is for sure is that: blackness is one inseparable thing, and so is black dignity.

Same thing for us blacks. True black dignity can only come from our ability as black people, to become a people who are very easily available to each other, and in the process, working together to build for ourselves a poverty-free homeland that can bestow dignity to the global black community, and one that black people everywhere can use as a buffer, if they needed one, even if they don’t live there.

Similarly, true black dignity can only come from our ability as black people, to become a people who are very easily available to each other, and in the process, working together to build for ourselves a poverty-free homeland that can bestow dignity to the global black community, and one that black people everywhere can use as a buffer, if they needed one, even if they don’t live there.

Luckily, the whites, the Chinese, the Koreans etc have all worked on their homelands, and each one of their people has been a part of this, i.e., both those back home, and those in their diasporan communities.

That is exactly what we black people should be doing –not holding onto slavery.

The most important thing, however, is that blackness is one inseparable thing, and so is black dignity. It is why, right now, as one writer says above, “there is no [single] nonblack nation [on earth], even among the most liberal ones, where the black man is dignified”. Not even the wealthiest black man in America or Europe. No dignity.

All because of but nothing but the indignity of the black race as a whole, and our motherland Africa.

To put this in context: if all the white people living in Africa today, were all very, very wealthy, as they already are, while all white homelands (Europe, North America, Australia etc) were all very poor, even those those wealthy white people living in Africa, clearly wouldn’t have any dignity.

Luckily, the whites, the Chinese, the Koreans etc have all worked on their homelands, and each one of their people has been a part of this, i.e., both those back home, and across their diasporan communities.

Another way to see this is: if all the white people living in Africa today, were very, very wealthy, as they already are, while the whole of Europe, North America, Australia etc were all very poor, even those wealthy white people living in Africa, clearly wouldn’t have any dignity.

Another way to see this is: if all the white people living in Africa today, were all very, very wealthy, as they already are, while all white homelands (Europe, North America, Australia etc) were all very poor, even those wealthy white people living in Africa, clearly wouldn’t have any dignity.

They didn’t wait for China to first become the world’s second largest economy, neither did they say this is none of their business, just because they had been separated from each other for generations, and many were now mongrels. They were all in this together, in making China what it is today.

They didn’t wait for China to first become the world’s second largest economy, neither did they say this is none of their business, just because they had been separated from each other for generations, and many were now mongrels. They were in this together all the way, in making China what it is today.

This is all in sharp contrast with the way we black people function, or anything we black people stand for.

Which brings me to the term “African American” being an insult, Mr. Freeman:

Which brings me to “African American” being an insult, Mr. Freeman:

Which brings me to the term “African American” being an insult:

Lastly,

If you are one of those black people who have picked a thing or two from the above message, or if you are one of those black people who agree that working together is good for all of blackness…

I am asking you to help me raise between $240k and $200m now, to enable me stem the ever-resurgent grip of poverty here in my region of Busoga, Uganda’s most impoverished region.

1). This money is intended to implement the solution that I have described here, and also here.

2). You can help me find this $240k – $200m now, by chipping in here, or via other means here.

I will be communicating on a weekly basis via my personal twitter (@KaluluAnthony) the total that I have raised thus far via the different channels (i.e. bank transfer, employee workplace giving, and online).

3). You can also help me raise this money from humanity as a whole, by simply donating a tweet to share my appeal to humanity, the humble version, or my other appeal to humanity, the satirical version. These two appeals are both intended to raise money for the same solution described in #1 above.

is in sharp contrast with the way we black people operate, despite being the face of human misery.

This is in sharp contrast with how we black people operate, despite being the symbol of human misery.

But then, in the eyes of the world, blackness is one inseparable thing, and so is black dignity.

I am calling on you, Mr. Freeman, every Black American, and every black person on earth, to quit being illusional, and admit that we black people, mongrels or not, are indeed the same, and that the only way we can change blackness, is by being a people who are easily available to each other, like all other people do.

Throughout history, being black has been the standard symbol of human indignity, and we black people as a whole, have remained the most undignified humans ever.

It doesn’t matter where on earth you live, or how wealthy you are, as long as you are black, no dignity. And the reason is because, in the eyes of the world, we black people are the same, no matter how long we have been apart, and blackness speaks nothing but destitution.

So, the longer it takes us to admit that we black people belong together, and that our cause is indeed the same, the longer blackness as a whole is going to be the footrest (i.e., the resting place) of human misery.

And for those black people out there who believe in keeping other black people at a distance based on our past history, or those black people who believe in being very inaccessible, just because they are better off than their black peers elsewhere, please change. True black liberation is liberation only when it is for all.

Same for those Black Americans who think “Africa was a long time ago”. Please don’t ever say this again.

If you asked the right people, one thing that they will tell you is: it is a really very cheap thing to disavow all connections with your people, while all other people are busy building strong ties with their people.

And in our case as black people, being the poorest and the most miserable of all humanity, while at the same time shunning our black peers elsewhere, or our homeland Africa, is like being homeless, and at the same shunning the only few known relatives you have left.

Please quit saying these things ASAP. True dignity for all other people comes from knowing one’s roots, and from working together with their peers across borders, no matter how long they have been apart, and regardless of who is better off than the other.

Let’s really become a people who are there for each other, and a people who believe in collective black progress over oneself, if blackness is to cease being the symbol of human misery.

Any white south African farmer, for example, will very easily meet with any white personality of their choosing, in any part the world. A Chinese American working in Hollywood or Silicon Valley, will very easily take a subsidiary of their work to Beijing, regardless of whether they have lived in America for generations, and will very easily work together on anything with other Chinese anywhere in the world, on a whim.

It is also why Black Americans refusing to use their leverage to change blackness as a whole, is a wasted opportunity for Black Americans themselves too.

It is also why Black Americans refusing to use their leverage to change blackness as a whole, is only a wasted opportunity for Black Americans themselves too.

It is also why Black Americans refusing to use their leverage to transform blackness as a whole, is a wasted opportunity for Black Americans themselves too.

Another way to see this is: if all the white people living in Africa today, were all very, very wealthy, as they already are, but the whole of Europe, North America, Australia etc were all very poor, even those wealthy white people living in Africa, clearly wouldn’t have any dignity.

Why? Because there will never be a first world black nation, not even a first world nation for mongrels, in the west. This is the reason why we black people refusing to work together, only postpones black misery. It is also why Black Americans refusing to use their leverage to change blackness as a whole, is a wasted opportunity for themselves too.

Why? Because there will never be a first world black nation, not even a first world nation for mongrels, in the west. This is the reason why we black people refusing to work together, only postpones black misery, and is why Black Americans refusing to use leverage to change blackness as a whole, is a wasted opportunity for Black Americans themselves too.

For all other people, Mr. Freeman, change only comes from working together. For these people, their diasporan communities, especially those in the west, are also one of their main drivers of change. And again, it isn’t even about the money. It is simply about the networks and connections; the willingness to be there for each other, and above all, a drive to see their peers, and their homeland, progress.

To put this in context: if all the white people living in Africa today, were all very, very wealthy, as they already are, but the whole of Europe, North America, Australia etc were all very, very poor, even those those wealthy white people living in Africa, clearly wouldn’t have any dignity.

The easiest way to see this is: if every Black American all of a sudden became a billionaire one day, that still isn’t going to make America a first world BLACK nation, or a first world homeland for black people, and it won’t even stop any of the indignity Black Americans themselves have decried for long.

Other than being a veiled denial of one’s Africanness, the term African American, to me, isn’t an insult, and has never been, no matter how long the person being called African American has lived in America.

And for us black people, the more better off someone is, the more island-like they become. In fact, from my experience, contacting your fellow black people who are better off than you, is often seen as an overreach.

And for us black people, the more better off someone is, the more unreachable they are. In fact, from my experience, contacting your fellow black people who are better off than you, is often seen as an overreach.

And to me, Black Americans are the biggest wasted opportunity for blackness, and for themselves:

For all other people, Mr. Freeman, change comes from working together. And for these people, their diasporan communities, especially those in the west, are also one of their main drivers of change. And again, it isn’t even about the money. It is simply about the networks and connections; the willingness to be there for each other, and above all, a drive to see their peers, and their homeland, progress.

In our case as black people (globally), Black Americans, being the biggest, single most connected, and most networked diasporan African community in the west, are the flagship and the most elite diasporan community representing not only our homeland Africa, but also blackness as a whole.

And just to be clear: by Americans standards, Black Americans are indeed very poor.

However, the networks and connections alone (i.e., the leverage) that Black Americans collectively possess, if used as a driver of change say in our homeland Africa, is more than enough to turn Africa into our own China, i.e., a China for all Black people across the world, and to transform blackness as a whole.

However, the networks and connections alone (i.e., the leverage) that Black Americans collectively possess, if used as a driver of change say in our homeland Africa, has the potential to turn Africa into our own China, i.e., a China for all Black people across the world, and to transform blackness as a whole.

Of all the diasporan African communities on earth today, Black Americans are currently the people with the most leverage to bring about transformational change for blackness as a whole.

Most importantly, that leverage is only potent and/or resonant only when used in a place like Africa.

In other words, the networks and connections (or the power & influence) that Black Americans currently possess, can only translate into transformational change for blackness as a whole, only when used in a place like Africa, or other wholly black-inhabited regions, for example in the Caribbean, not in the west.

But then, not only have Black Americans completely cut off any connection with their homeland Africa throughout history, and not only have Black Americans totally shunned any connection with their black peers elsewhere, but also, they are even busy trying to disavow any remaining Africanness that is left of them. That is what makes Black Americans the biggest missed opportunity for blackness as a whole.

On the other hand, by refusing to use their leverage in a way that transforms blackness as a whole, e.g. via our homeland Africa, Black Americans have also proved to be a big waste to themselves too.

The easiest way to see this is: if every Black American all of a sudden became a billionaire one day, that still isn’t going to make America a first world BLACK nation, or a first world homeland for black people, because there won’t ever be a first world black nation in the west. It won’t even stop any of the indignity Black Americans themselves have decried for long.

This is the clearest reason why we black people refusing to work together, is only a way of postponing black misery.

Another way to see this is: if all the white people who are living in Africa today, were all very, very wealthy, as they already are, but the whole of Europe, North America, Australia etc were all very, very poor. Even those those very wealthy white people living in Africa clearly wouldn’t have any dignity.

Today, these people are the true definition of what it means to be close allies. Ironically, these people are also the ones we black people are always busy seeking justice from, while keeping each other at a distance.

Similarly, even when Asia as a whole was still strapped in absolute poverty, none of these people has ever, ever said that being called Asian American. British Asian. Taiwanese American, or Korean American etc, is an insult. These people are very proud of who they are.

That is how all other people operate. And it is how all other people have managed to put poverty very far away from their people, and in turn earned real dignity.

But these things only betray Blackness as a whole:

A message to Morgan Freeman, all the way from Africa.

A message to Morgan Freeman, the American actor.

For these people, it is about being easily available to each other.

Any white south African farmer, for example, will very easily meet with any white personality of their choosing, anywhere in the world.

A Chinese American working in Hollywood or Silicon Valley, will very easily take a subsidiary of their work to Beijing, regardless of whether they have lived in America for generations, and will very easily work together on anything with other Chinese anywhere in the world, on a whim.

Even here in my neighboring town of Kamuli, in eastern Uganda, every Indian who runs a local shop or supermarket here, including those who have lived here since the days of British colonialism, are easily in touch with their fellow Indians across the globe, and will very easily work together on anything, anytime.

I have never been outside of Africa, but in my quest to befriend the world on extreme poverty, I have learned a few things about the world. In South Africa, for example, most whites (think of YouTubers like Troye Sivan & Casper Lee) are already friends with the global white community, before they even turn 20.

Over the years, I have come to learn that most black people in the west even use our history as the reason. But again, these things only betray blackness as a whole.

Even as recently in 2018 when Trump was still US president, he and many others from Tucker Carlson to local politicians in Australia, were always very happy to show that white farmers in South Africa belonged together with them. That is also how the white world as a whole has always felt.

Yet these white South African farmers didn’t even come from a single country. They came from several European countries (Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, Greece, Lithuania, France, Poland etc) which people like Trump do not necessarily share any ancestry with.

Besides, these white South African farmers have also lived in South Africa for hundreds of years (since the 1650s); have also intermarried countless times, and many are therefore Mongrels too. But none has ever said they want to be simply called African, or simply white, or that white South African is an insult.

Even Trump himself knew these people have been separated from other whites for centuries, but he still believed these people are his own, albeit being mongrels, and from different countries of origin.

This is in sharp contrast with how we black people operate, despite being the embodiment of human misery.

Similarly, even when Asia as a whole was still strapped in absolute poverty, none of these people has ever, ever suggested even once, that being called Asian American. British Asian. Taiwanese American, or Korean American etc, is an insult. These people are very proud of who they are.

Similarly, even when Asia as a whole was still strapped in absolute poverty, none of these people has ever, ever said even once, that being called Asian American. British Asian. Taiwanese American, or Korean American etc, is an insult. These people are very proud of who they are.

Similarly, even when Asia as a whole was still strapped in absolute poverty, none of these people has ever mentioned even once, that being called Asian American. British Asian. Taiwanese American, or Korean American etc, is an insult. These people are very proud of who they are.

As a result, the only path to true black freedom for all black people on earth today, is successful boat crossings in the Mediterranean, for those of us here in Africa. Migrant caravans on the US southern border, for our black brothers and sisters from the Caribbean. And continuous BLM showdownsthe police, or taking a knee all the time, for those of you in the west. And we are even proud of this.

Black Americans, mongrels or not, and all other diasporan Africans, plus those of us here in Africa, all belong together, and we black people as a whole, need to become a people who are very easily available to each other, if we are to change blackness from being the shame that it is today, regardless of our history.

Black Americans, mongrels or not, and all other diasporan Africans, plus those of us here in Africa, all belong together, and we black people as a whole, need to become a people who are easily available to each other, if we are to change blackness from being the shame that it is today, regardless of our history.

To put it more specifically, a dislike of the term African American, to me, is more about Black Americans wanting to steer clear of any Africanness that is left of them, and to shed any remaining connections that they have with the rest of blackness.

Their solidarity with each other doesn’t know time and borders, or their past history. Those Chinese Americans who have called America home since the 1800s, or those Chinese Americans who were in America in 1980 when China was going through one of the world’s highest poverty rates, are seamlessly in contact with their fellow Chinese back home in China today, as they were in 1800 and 1980.

As a result, the only path to true black freedom for all black people on earth today, is 1). successful boat crossings in the Mediterranean, for those of us here in Africa, 2). migrant caravans on the US southern border, for our black brothers and sisters from the Caribbean, and 3). continuous BLM showdowns with the police, or taking a knee all the time, for those of you in the west. And we are even proud of this.

As a result, the only path to true black freedom for all black people on earth today, is successful boat crossings in the Mediterranean, for those of us here in the global south. Migrant caravans on the US southern border, for our black brothers and sisters from the Caribbean. And continuous BLM showdowns with the police, or taking a knee all the time, for those of you in the west. And we are even proud of this.

Their solidarity with each other doesn’t know time and borders, or past history. Those Chinese Americans who have called America home since the 1800s, or those Chinese Americans who were in America in 1980 when China was going through one of the world’s highest poverty rates, are seamlessly in contact with their fellow Chinese back home in China today, as they were in 1800 and 1980.

To me, a dislike of the term African American, is more about Black on Black, or Black on Africa, than about black identity in America.

A dislike of the term African American, to me, is more about the unwillingness of we black people as a whole, and Black Americans in particular, to work together with our fellow black people across the world, and change blackness from being the humiliation that it is today, or even more importantly, to work together and make our homeland Africa a place we are happy to identify with, like all other people do.

As a result, the only path to true black freedom for all black people on earth today, is successful boat crossings in the Mediterranean, for those of us here in the global south. Migrant caravans on the US southern border, for our black brothers and sisters from the Caribbean. And continuous BLM protests against the police, or taking a knee all the time, for those of you in the west. And we are even proud of this.

We black people have decided that we can either make it in the west, or never. And that the moment we do, there is no turning back, and there is no minding our black peers elsewhere, let alone our homeland Africa. Yet even white people, who primarily constitute the west, or who rightfully own the west, are also seamlessly in touch with their white peers elsewhere from Australia to South Africa to Europe to Canada.

From the time I decided to do something on the grip of poverty in my region ten years ago after my own lifelong battle with ultra poverty, I have contacted the whole world, on extreme poverty. Today, every person on this planet who is anyone, i.e., every influencer, and every person on earth whose work is even remotely connected to global poverty or the Global Goals, has heard from me, seeking some form of collaboration.

The more I realized that things weren’t easy for people like me, the more I devised a number of tactics.

From asking people to only become a friend, mentor and connector. To persuading people to simply visit and give us a voice. To asking global antipoverty agencies to befriend us with their goodwill ambassadors and other storytellers. To asking people to make my project their second home in Uganda where they can come & stay whenever they are free, in turn for bringing us more friends to help us end extreme poverty.

From the time I decided to do something on the grip of poverty in my region ten years ago after my own lifelong battle with ultra poverty, I have precisely contacted the whole world, on extreme poverty. And one thing I can tell you, Mr. Freeman, is that while other people are very hard, we blacks are even harder.

That’s, while it is very hard for people like me to find anyone on this planet who is open to any slight form of collaboration on extreme poverty, it is even harder to find a single black person in the west, and especially not a single Black American, who is willing to work together with people like me on anything.

For black people in particular, every black person in the west that you can think of, from the least known creative artist or BLM activist, to the most famed personality in the NFL or Hollywood, has heard from me, at times only asking people to help spread word about my cause via social media. And one thing I can tell you, Mr. Freeman, is that while other people (e.g. whites) are very hard, we blacks are even harder.

Over the years, I have come to learn that most black people in the west even use our history as the reason.

Black Americans, presently, are the single most powerful, most connected diasporan Africans on earth. Implying, if we black people functioned the same way all other people do, Black Americans, right now, are to Africa what the Chinese Americans and the Indian Americans are to China and India respectively.

But even more. With a population of 46+ million, Black Americans are nine times the number of Chinese Americans who amount only to 5 million, and are also nine times the number of Indian Americans.

Yet, since these people have also been separated from their homelands for centuries, many are mongrels too, but this has never, ever stopped them from identifying with their homelands, and from working very closely with their people back home.

Most importantly, these people have never, ever said they no longer have any real connection with their homelands, or that they simply want to be called “American”.

Even if you were to group these people and refer to them simply as Asian Americans, British Asians etc, which terms are already in use even now, none of these people has ever, ever said these terms are wrong.

These people have always only celebrated this, and have always done everything they can to build close ties with their homelands.

Moreover, since these people have also been separated from their homelands for centuries, many are mongrels too, but this has never, ever stopped them from identifying with their homelands, and from working very closely with their people back home. Above all, these people have never, ever said they no longer have any real connection with their homelands, or that they simply want to be called “American”.

And to me, Black Americans are the biggest wasted opportunity for blackness, and for themselves:

And just to be clear: by Americans standards, Black Americans are indeed very poor.

Of all the diasporan African communities on earth today, Black Americans are currently the people with the most leverage to bring about transformational change for blackness as a whole.

Most importantly, that leverage is only potent and/or resonant only when used in a place like Africa.

On the other hand, by refusing to use their leverage in a way that transforms blackness as a whole, e.g. via our homeland Africa, Black Americans have also proved to be a big waste to themselves too.

The easiest way to see this is: if every Black American all of a sudden became a billionaire one day, that still isn’t going to make America a first world BLACK nation, or a first world homeland for black people, not even a first world homeland for black mongrels. It won’t even stop any of the indignity Black Americans themselves long decried for long.

One way to see this is: if all the white people who are living in Africa today, were all very wealthy, as they already are, and then the whole of Europe, North America, Australia etc were all very, very poor, even those those wealthy white people living in Africa clearly wouldn’t have any dignity whatsoever.

While we black people have even indicated that our history (e.g. the history of transatlantic slave trade) makes us intolerable, lifelong foes who should never, ever work together on anything, all other people have gotten over their past, and it is how they have gotten where they are.

Some black people in the west are even aware that we black people are indeed the same, and that our cause is also surely the same, but many are simply convinced that our history, or the history of transatlantic slave trade to be specific, makes us intolerable, lifelong foes who should never, ever cross paths.

From the time I decided to do something on the grip of poverty in my region ten years ago after my own lifelong battle with ultra poverty, I have precisely contacted most black people in the west that you can think of, at times only asking people to help spread word about my cause via social media. And one thing I can tell you, Mr. Freeman, is that while other people (e.g. whites) are very hard, we blacks are even harder.

From the time I decided to do something on the grip of poverty in my region ten years ago after my own lifelong battle with ultra poverty, I have precisely contacted every black person in the west that you can think of, seeking some form of engagement. And one thing I can tell you, Mr. Freeman, is that while other people are very hard, we blacks are even harder. Some black people even use our history as the reason.

And at this point, I understand most black people in the west even use our history as the reason to reject any connection with people like me.

First, we black people across the globe, have not only remained the poorest and the most destitute of all of humanity, but also, we are the only humans on earth who still do not have a dignified homeland of our own, or a single black country that is worthy of respect, and which doesn’t speak poverty.

Still, we black people have decided that we don’t need each other, and that we are not even the same.

While all other people enjoy borderless engagement with each other and their diasporan communities across borders, which is how these people have moved their people from poverty, and even ended up with descent homelands, we black people instead believe in remaining very, very inaccessible to each other.

This is in sharp contrast with how we black people operate, or anything we black people stand for.

I am not a Black American. I am an African who only lives in Africa. But the term African American, to me, denotes people who are Africa’s own, and people who should be working together with those of us here in Africa, to rid our homeland of endemic poverty, like all other people do. And one thing I can say is that:

I am not a Black American. I am an African who has never even been outside of Africa. But the term African American, to me, denotes people who are Africa’s own, and people who should be working together with those of us here in Africa, to rid our homeland of endemic poverty, like all other people do. And one thing I can say is that:

While we black people have long indicated that our history (e.g. the history of transatlantic slave trade) makes us intolerable, lifelong foes who should never, ever work together to change blackness from being the mess it is, all other people have gotten over their past, and it is how they have gotten where they are.

Which brings me back to African American being an insult:

Which brings me to African American being an insult, Mr. Freeman:

I am not a Black American. I am an African who has never even been outside of Africa, as I said earlier.

But the term African American, to me, denotes people who are Africa’s own, and people who should be working together with those of us here in Africa, to rid our homeland of endemic poverty, like all other people do. So, one thing I can say is:

Other than being a veiled disavowal of one’s Africanness, the term African American isn’t an insult, and has never been, no matter how long the person being called African American has lived in America.

Is simply a veiled disavowal [by Black Americans] of any connection with Africa whatsoever, and a dislike for we black people as a whole, to work together with our fellow black people across the world, and change blackness from being the shame that it has been for centuries, or even better, to work together and make our homeland Africa, a place we are happy to identify with, like all other people have done.

This is in contrast to how we black people operate. And is in contrast to everything we black people stand for.

Other than a veiled disavowal of one’s Africanness, the term African American, Mr. Freeman, isn’t an insult, and has never been, no matter how long the person being called African American has lived in America.

This is bad for blackness as a whole. Since we black people are the only humans on earth who believe in keeping our fellow black people at a distance, this kind of behavior might surely be a good way for some blacks, or Black Americans for that matter, to get that feeling of “I am a bit better off than other blacks”.

This is bad for blackness as a whole. I agree, since we black people are the only humans on earth who believe in keeping each other at a distance, this kind of behavior might surely be a good way for some blacks, or Black Americans for that matter, to get that feeling of “I am a bit better off than other blacks”.

This is bad for blackness as a whole. It’s true, since we black people are the only humans on earth who believe in keeping each other at a distance, this kind of behavior might surely be a good way for some blacks, or Black Americans for that matter, to get that feeling of “I am a bit better off than other blacks”.

That is how most Jews function with Israel. That is how all other people operate. And it is how all other people have managed to put poverty very far away from their people, and in turn earned real dignity.

This is bad for blackness as a whole. Since we black people are the only humans on earth who believe in keeping each other at a distance, this kind of behavior might surely be a good way for some blacks, or Black Americans in particular, to get that feeling of “I am a bit better off than other blacks”, in the short term.

This is sharp contrast with the way we black people operate. And most black people are even totally unfazed.

Just recently as 2018 when Trump was still US president, he and many other people from Tucker Carlson to local politicians in Australia, were always very happy to show that white farmers in South Africa were just as white as them, and were always very keen to show solidarity with them. And they still do.

Even as recently as 2018 when Trump was still US president, he and many others from Tucker Carlson to local politicians in Australia, were always very happy to show that white farmers in South Africa were just as white as them, and were always very keen to show solidarity with them. And they still do.

That is how most Jews function towards Israel. That’s how all other people operate. And it is how all other people have managed to put poverty very far away from their people, and in turn earned real dignity.

And from what I understand now, we black people are even convinced that our past history is one of the things that make it simply impossible for us to ever become one, or to work together for the betterment of our homeland.

For other people, Mr. Freeman:

Not even extreme poverty, or extreme wealth, can make them disavow each other, or their homeland.

The whole of Asia, for example, with the exception of a few countries like Japan, was living in absolute poverty until only about 40 years ago. But no single Asian American. No single British Asian. No single German Asian etc, including those who have lived in the west for centuries, has ever, ever said Asia was a long time ago, or that they no longer had any connection to Asia. Neither have these people ever, ever left the task of bettering their homelands only in the hands of their people who remained on the continent.

Similarly, no single Asian American. No single British Asian. No single Taiwanese American, or Korean American etc, has ever, ever said being called these terms is an insult. This is unlike we black people.

Any white south African farmer will very easily meet with any white personality of their choosing, anywhere in the world. A Chinese American working in Hollywood or Silicon Valley, will very easily take a subsidiary of their work to Beijing, regardless of whether they have lived in America for centuries, and will very easily work together on anything with other Chinese anywhere in the world, on a whim.

Any white south African farmer will very easily meet with any white personality of their choosing, anywhere in the world. A Chinese American working in Hollywood or Silicon Valley, will very easily take a subsidiary of their work to Beijing, regardless of whether they have lived in America for generations, and will very easily work together on anything with other Chinese anywhere in the world, on a whim.

But make no mistake, Mr. Freeman:

These things spell nothing but eternal black misery. For those of us who are directly battling abject poverty here in the global south, these things spell nothing but guaranteed boat crossings in the Mediterranean even in the year 5000.

But then, blackness is one inseparable thing, and so is black dignity.

As a last word, Mr. Freeman:

If we black people believe the last 400 – 600 years have been very hard for blackness, which of course is true,

A dislike of the term African American, to me:

Is simply a veiled dislike [by Black Americans] of any connection with Africa whatsoever, and a dislike for we black people as a whole, to work together with our fellow black people across the world, and change blackness from being the shame that it has been for centuries, or better still, to work together and make our homeland Africa, a place we are happy to identify with, like all other people have done.

If China’s diaspora functioned that way too, even China surely wouldn’t be where it is today. And in turn, all the Chinese people on earth, including those in America, definitely wouldn’t be who they are now.

But that is exactly where we are.

These people have always only celebrated this, and have always done everything they can to build close ties with their homelands. These people have never, ever said they no longer have any real connection with their homelands, or that they now simply want to be called “American”, nor have they ever, ever totally cut off all connection with their homelands, the same way Black Americans have done.

So much so that, for ordinary poor Africans like me, the only black people whom I can ever work together with, say on poverty, are those from my own community who themselves live in abject poverty.

Any random white south African farmer will very easily meet with any white personality of their choosing, anywhere in the world. A Chinese American working in Hollywood or Silicon Valley, will very easily take a subsidiary of their work to Beijing, regardless of whether they have lived in America for centuries, and will very easily work together on anything with other Chinese anywhere in the world.

That is how the Jewish world functions on Israel. That is how all other people operate. And it is how all other people have managed to put poverty very far away from their people, and in turn earned real dignity.

That is how the Jewish world works with Israel. That is how all other people operate. And it is how all other people have managed to put poverty very far away from their people, and in turn earned real dignity.

But the fact is: this is only a way of postponing black misery. It is only a way of ensuring that the same humiliation we black people are going through today, is exactly what awaits us even in the year 20,000.

But the fact is: this is only a way of postponing black misery, and is only a way of ensuring that the same pain we black people are going through today, is exactly what we are going to live in even in the year 20,000.

But the fact is: this is only a way of postponing black misery, and is only a way of ensuring that the same pain we black people are going through now, is exactly what we are going to live in even in the year 20,000.

And now, with many saying “Africa was a long time ago”, and that it is why they feel the term African American is an insult, it means the idea of we black people working together to change blackness from being the mess it is, is even a distant one.

But this only postpones black misery:

Throughout the history of humanity, we black people have been the symbol of human misery.

And whichever way you look at it, shunning each other based on our history, or based on the time we have been apart, is only a way of postponing black misery, and is only a way of ensuring that the same pain we black people are going through today, is exactly what we are going to live in even in the year 20,000.

For example, assuming every Black American all of a sudden became a billionaire one day. That still isn’t going to make America a first world BLACK nation, or a first world homeland for black people, not even a first world homeland for mongrels. It won’t even change what it means to be black or a mongrel in the west.

Moreover, being Africa’s single most connected, and most networked diasporan community, Black Americans are probably the people with the most leverage to bring about transformational change for blackness as whole. Most importantly, that leverage is only potent only in Africa (i.e. can only taranslate into

The easiest way to see this is: if every Black American all of a sudden became a billionaire one day. That still won’t somehow equate to a first world BLACK nation, or a first world homeland for black people, not even a first world homeland for mongrels. It won’t even change what it means to be black or a mongrel in the west.

In fact, a dignified, first-world homeland for mongrels, if ever, can only be in Africa.

Even those white people who settled in South Africa in the 165os. Or those Chinese who came to America in the 1800s. These people, too, have been separated from their homelands for centuries. But these people have never, ever said they no longer have any real connection with their people whom they left centuries ago. These people are as engaged with their homelands, and are as engaged with their white and Chinese peers allover the world today, as they were back in 1650 and 1800. That is how ALL other people operate.

True dignity even for the wealthiest black man in New York, is viewed from the lens of the poorest rural household somewhere in eastern Africa or Haiti that sleeps in rags, and is automatically viewed from the lens of our motherland Africa.

That is how the Jewish world functions with Israel. That is how all other people operate. And it is how all other people have managed to put poverty very far away from their people, and in turn earned real dignity.

This is unlike we black people, Mr. Freeman:

We black people instead believe in being very inaccessible to each other, in the highest sense of the word.

So much so that, for ordinary poor Africans like me, the only black people on earth whom I can ever work together with, say on poverty, are those from my own community who themselves live in abject poverty.

The problem here:

Throughout the history of humanity, we black people have been the definition of everything to do with human suffering. And while we black people might be tempted to think that the time we have been apart means we are, the fact is: blackness is one inseparable thing, and blackness speaks nothing but poverty.

Truth is:

Our inability to work together betrays ALL of blackness equally:

But these things only

It is why it

that is like saying that, after 1000 years, the world will no longer tell a Chinese American, f. If the Britons

And now, with many saying “Africa was a long time ago”, and that it is why they feel the term African American is an insult, it means the idea of we black people working together to end black misery, or the idea of we black people working together to build for ourselves a dignified homeland of our own, like all other people have done, is even a distant one.

In my view, Mr. Freeman:

If we black people were to copy a few things from those people who have effectively moved their people from eternal poverty, and in turn earned real dignity, one thing that is very true, is that:

Black Americans, mongrels or not, and all other diasporan Africans, plus those of us here in Africa, all belong together, and we black people as a whole, need to become a people who are easily available to each other, if we are to change blackness from being the shame that it is today, regardless of our history.

We black people have decided that our destiny belongs solely in the west. And that the moment we land there, there is no turning back, and there is no minding our black peers elsewhere, let alone our homeland Africa. Yet even white people, who predominantly make up the west, or who rightfully own the west, are also seamlessly in touch with their white peers elsewhere from Australia to South Africa to Europe to Canada.

And now, with many saying “Africa was a long time ago”, and that it is why they feel the term African American is an insult, it means the idea of we black people working together to end black misery, is even a distant one. All because we believe we have been apart for too long, and are no longer the same.

What makes us black people think we are very different, to the extent of not only avoiding any connection with each other, but also, to the extent of never setting a foot on our homeland Africa at all?

That is how we black people, too, can finally change blackness from being the symbol of human misery.

After all:

If the South Koreans, because of their culture of seamlessly working together with each other and their diasporan communities across borders, can change South Korea from being a very poor, aid-dependent nation just recently in the 1970s, to a multinational donor for black communities from Africa to Haiti,

OR, if white people, who completely do not look like us, can physically go to the ground and work with the rural poor in every impoverished BLACK community on the planet, from west Africa to the Caribbean,

For other people, even their past history doesn’t matter:

While we black people have long insisted that our history (e.g. the history of transatlantic slave trade) makes us intolerable, lifelong foes who should never, ever work together to change blackness from being the mess it is, all other people have gotten over their past, and it is how they have gotten where they are.

As you can agree, Mr. Freeman, there is no such thing as a Jewish community anywhere that views other Jews elsewhere as foes, because of the Holocaust. Even countries like Britain, Germany, France etc, which also happen to be original architects of slavery, were at war with each other as recently as 1945.

Today, these people are are the true definition of what it means to be close allies. Ironically, these people are also the ones we black people are busy seeking justice from, while keeping each other at a distance.

We black people are the exact same ones, and our cause is even the same:

We black people have decided that we can either make it in the west, or never. And that the moment we do, there is no turning back, and there is no minding our black peers elsewhere, let alone our homeland Africa. Yet even white people, who primarily make up the west, or who rightfully own the west, are also seamlessly in touch with their white peers elsewhere from Australia to South Africa to Europe to Canada.

For this reason, I have long had a belief that, if we black people globally, worked together with each other and our diasporan communities across borders — the same way the Koreans, the Chinese, the Indians, the whites, the Japanese etc do — we can surely change blackness from being the face of world poverty.

And now, with many saying “Africa was a long time ago”, and that it is why they feel the term African American is an insult, it means the whole idea of we black people working together to change blackness, is even a distant one. All because we believe we have been apart for too long, and are no longer the same.

Black Americans, mongrels or not, and all other diasporan Africans, plus those of us here in Africa, all belong together, and we black people as a whole, need to become a people who are easily available to each other, if we are to change blackness from being the shame that it is today, regardless of our history.

The fact though is: no matter how long we have been apart, we black people are still the exact same ones, and will always be.

One thing I can say, Mr. Freeman, is:

Even those white people who have lived in South Africa since the 165os. Or those Chinese who have lived in America since the 1800s. These people, too, have been separated from their homelands for centuries. But these people have never said they no longer have any real connection with their people whom they left centuries ago. These people are as engaged with their homelands, and are as engaged with their white & Chinese peers allover the world today, as they were in 1650 and 1800. That is how all other people operate.

It is how we black people, too, can change blackness from being the symbol of human misery.

I have never been outside Africa, but in my quest to befriend the world on poverty, I have learned a few things about the world. In South Africa, for example, even the youngest white artists (think of YouTubers like Troye Sivan & Casper Lee) are already friends with their white peers globally, before they even turn 20.

The problem here, Mr. Freeman, is that:

We black people might be tempted to think that the time we have been apart makes us different, but that is like saying that, after 1000 years, the world will no longer tell a Chinese American, f. If the Britons

The rest of the world knows that the poorest rural farmer somewhere in eastern Africa or Haiti who lives in ultra poverty, is in fact the same black person as the richest, black high-roller who has lived in New York for generations.

That is why it is very common today, for a filthy rich Hollywood actor who has never even lived in Africa, to be stopped and frisked on suspicions of shoplifting in his own country America.

And the longer tha

The problem, Mr. Freeman, is:

After all:

What makes us black people think we are very different, to the extent of not only avoiding any connection with each other, but also, to the extent of never stepping a foot on our homeland Africa at all?

And now, with many saying “Africa was a long time ago”, and that it is why they feel the term African African American is an insult, it means blackness as a whole, is still scheduled to be the ragtag of humanity for a few more centuries. All because we black people think we are no longer the same, and can’t .

We black people have decided that we can either make it in the west, or never. And that once we do, there is no turning back, and there is no minding our black peers elsewhere, let alone our homeland Africa. Yet even white people, who predominantly make up the west, or who rightfully own the west, are also seamlessly in touch with their white peers elsewhere from Australia to South Africa to Europe to Canada.

And now, with many saying “Africa was a long time ago”, and that it is why they feel the term African African American is an insult, it means blackness as a whole, is still scheduled to be the ragtag of humanity, for centuries to come. All because we black people think we have been apart from each other for too long, and are no longer the same.

I have never been outside Africa, but in my quest to befriend the world on poverty, I have learned a few things about the world. In South Africa, for example, even the youngest white artists (think of YouTubers like Troye Sivan & Casper Lee) are already part of the global white community, before they even turn 20.

The fact though is:

No matter how long we have been apart, we black people are still the exact same ones, and will always be.

Even those white people who have lived in South Africa from as early as the 165os. Or those Chinese who have lived in America sine the early 1800s. These people, too, have been separated from their white and Chinese peers back home for centuries. But these people are as engaged with their homelands, and are as engaged with their white and Chinese peers allover the world today, as they were back in 1650 and 1800.

It is the same thing with

My main worry, Mr. Freeman, is that: throughout the

whole world also knows this, and . These things only make eternal black misery almost inevitable. In other words, these things only help

These things only help consolidate blackness as the face of human misery. Throughout the history of humanity, we black people have been the definition of everything to do with human world poverty and human suffering.

Of all the humans who are alive on earth today, we black people are the only humans who have entire group of 46+ million fellow black people is no longer the

Without a single doubt, Mr. Freeman, Black Americans are Africa’s own — and always will be:

If we black people were to copy a few things from those people who have effectively moved their people from eternal poverty, and in turn earned real dignity, one thing that is very true, Mr. Freeman, is that:

Beyond my own lifelong battle with ultra poverty, and the grip of poverty in my region, I am also very aware that black people allover the world, have historically remained the face of human misery. And we black people globally, are presently the only humans on earth who still do not have a dignified homeland of our own, or a single black country on earth that is worthy of respect, and which doesn’t speak poverty.

For this reason, I have long had a belief that, if we black people globally, worked together with each other and our diasporan communities across borders, the same way the Koreans, the Chinese, the Indians, the whites, the Japanese etc do, we can surely change blackness from being the face of human suffering.

The thing that bothers me most, Mr. Freeman, is:

We black people might want to think that the time we have been apart from each other makes us different. Or that Africa was a long time ago.

But are we really different? In my view, Mr. Freeman, the

If the South Koreans, because of their culture of seamlessly working together with each other regardless of their history, can change their homeland from being a Japanese colony just recently in 1945, and from being a very poor, and aid -dependent nation just recently in the 1970s, into a multinational donor for black communities from Africa to Haiti,

OR if white people, who completely do not look like us at all, can at least do their best to help poor black communities from west Africa to the Caribbean (remember white people have been

or, if white people, who totally do not look like us at all, can at least do their best to help our fellow black people from

We black Neither have these people ever, ever left the task of bettering their homelands only in the hands of their people who remained on the continent. Also, no single Asian American. No single British Asian. No single Taiwanese American, or Korean American etc, has ever, ever said being called these terms is an insult.

In other words, all other people are busy doing things the other way round. And while we black people might be tempted to think that our history (or the history of transatlantic slave trade to be more specific) makes us different, all other people have gotten over their past, and that is how they have managed to get where they are.

And now, with many saying “Africa was a long time ago”, and that it is why they feel the term African African American is an insult, it means we black people won’t be getting on the right track anytime soon. It means blackness as a whole, is still scheduled to be the face of human miseryfor a few more centuries.

Even Asia as a whole, with the exception of a few countries like Japan, was living in absolute poverty until only about 40 years ago. But no single Asian American, and no single British Asian, including those who had lived in the west for generations, has ever, ever said Asia was a long time ago, and that they no longer had any real connection to Asia.

Neither have these people ever, ever left the task of bettering their homelands only in the hands of their people who remained on the continent. Most importantly, no single Asian American. No single British Asian. No single Taiwanese American. Or Korean American etc, has ever, ever said these terms are an insult.

In 2022, I saw a WSJ article that said that, in 2021 alone, more than 1,400 US-trained Chinese scientists and engineers (many of them natural-born American citizens) gave up their “tenured positions at top-tier American universities”, including Harvard and MIT, and left for mainland China and elsewhere, due to certain reasons. The same thing was also said in 2022 here, and in 2023 here.

Recently, I saw a WSJ article that said that, in 2021 alone, more than 1,400 US-trained Chinese scientists and engineers (many of them natural-born American citizens) gave up their “tenured positions at top-tier American universities”, including Harvard and MIT, and left for mainland China and elsewhere, due to certain reasons. The same thing was also said in 2022 here, and in 2023 here.

At times I even wonder if we black people somehow find each other to be very boring, and that maybe, just maybe, that is even why we don’t have any slim interest in each other, and our homeland Africa? But then, even the Chinese are very boring too. But this hasn’t stopped them from working together with each other to put poverty far behind them, and to make their homeland China, a place that even the west fears.

And above all, it is about accepting that their cause is the same, and accordingly, making themselves easily available to each other, regardless of who is better off than other. That is how the global Jewish community functions. That is how all other people operate. And it is how all other people have managed to put poverty very far away from their people, and in turn earned real dignity.

In short, Mr. Freeman:

We black people have decided that our destiny belongs solely in the west, and that the moment we land there, there’s no turning back, and there is no minding our black peers elsewhere, let alone our homeland Africa. Yet even white people, who primarily constitute the west, or who rightfully own the west, are also seamlessly in touch with their white peers elsewhere from Australia to South Africa to Europe to Canada.

We black people have decided that we either find best lives in the west or never, and that once we do, there’s no turning back, and there is no minding our black peers elsewhere, let alone our homeland Africa. Yet even white people, who predominantly constitute the west, or who rightfully own the west, are also seamlessly in touch with their white peers elsewhere from Australia to South Africa to Europe to Canada.

But these things only betray ALL of blackness equally, Mr. Freeman:

But one thing I can say with certainty is: If these Chinese scientists were black people (be it Africans or Black Americans) who were living in America, they wouldn’t have left America, let alone elite institutions like MIT and Harvard, to head for their homeland Africa, or any black country anywhere.

Thing is: these black people would have endured, and would have persevered, no matter how unbearable circumstances were back in America, and no matter how badly it hurt.

The reason? Nowhere to go, or at least not a single black country anywhere on earth where to go, and still earn the same quality of life that they’d find in America. And above all, no homeland to use as a buffer.

Regardless, we black people are totally unfazed by things like this:

We black people have not only historically rejected the idea of working together to change our situation, like all other people have done, but also, we are even convinced that our history from hundreds of years ago, or the history of transatlantic slave trade to be more specific, which none of us had any control over, makes us intolerable, lifelong foes who should never, ever work together to free blackness from being the mess it is.

For this reason, we black people have not only remained a people who do not want our fellow black people anywhere near us, but also, many are even

The problem here, Mr. Freeman, is that: while we might be tempted to think that the time we have been apart makes us different, the rest of the world knows we are the same. The rest of the world knows that the poorest rural farmer somewhere in eastern Africa or Haiti who lives in ultra poverty, is in fact the same black person as the richest, black high-roller who has lived in New York for generations.

That is why it is very common for

And the longer tha

The problem, Mr. Freeman, is:

All other people have changed. But

If the South Koreans, because of their culture together with each other across borders, can change their homeland from being very poor, and aid -dependent just recently in the 1970s, to a global donor for black communities from Africa to Haiti, or, if white people, who totally do not look like us at all, can at least do their best to help our fellow black people from

what makes us black people think we are different from each other — when the Koreans and whites are busy working together with our black peers across the world to help them

For those Black Americans who are doing whatever they can to shed any remaining Africanness that is left of them, or those Black Americans who do not even want to be called African American because they believe Africa “was a long time ago”, not only is it going to be very hard for them to convince the whole of wikipedia that the 41+ million blacks in America who are categorized as African Americans aren’t really African Americans,

but also, the longer it takes these people to admit that we black people belong together, and that our cause is the same, the longer we black people as a whole, are going to be the ragtag of humanity.

While all other people enjoy borderless engagement with their peers and their diasporan communities across borders, which is how these people have even managed to, that is not how we black people operate.

We black people instead believe in remaining very inaccessible to each other, in the highest sense of the word. And for black people, the

To sum up, Mr. Freeman:

A dislike of the term African American, isn’t because this term is somehow an insult, nor is it about black identity in America. Remember, none of the Asian Americans who have also lived in America for hundreds of years, has ever said being called Asian American or Chinese American or Japanese American is wrong.

It isn’t even about the time Black Americans have lived in America, or the time Black Americans have been separated from Africa. Again, none of all the other people (Japanese Americans, Indian Americans etc) who have also been separated from their homelands for centuries, has ever, ever said they no longer have any real connection with their homelands, or that they now simply want to be called “American”.

And since these people have also been away from their homelands for centuries, many are mongrels too, but this has never, ever stopped them from identifying with their homelands, and from working very closely with their people back home.

Here is what it is, Mr. Freeman:

When you heed things like tethering, or mongrels. Or the distance Black Americans and Africa,

A dislike of the term African American, to me, Is simply a veiled dislike [by Black Americans] of any connection with Africa whatsoever, and a dislike for we black people as a whole, to work together with our fellow black people across the world, and change blackness from being the humiliation that it has been for centuries, or better yet, to work together and make our homeland Africa, a place we are happy to identify with, like all other people have done.

Here is why this is wrong:

Again, we black people across the globe, have not only remained the poorest and the most destitute of all of humanity, but also, we are the only humans on earth who still do not have a dignified homeland of our own, or a single black country that is worthy of respect, and which doesn’t speak poverty. Regardless, we black people have stubbornly decided that we don’t need each other — and that we are not even the same.

But make no mistake, Mr. Freeman:

And until we black people admit that our cause in the same, and become a people who operate the same way all other people do, we will forever remain the ragtag of humanity, and we will forever remain the only humans on earth who do not have a dignified, poverty-free homeland of our own — where we can at least exist without the need to constantly chant BLM slogans, or take a knee all the time.

And until we black people realize that out , and become a people who operate the same way all other people do, we will forever remain the ragtag of humanity, and we will forever remain the only humans on earth who do not have a dignified, poverty-free homeland of our own — where we can at least exist without the need to constantly chant BLM slogans, or take a knee all the time.

And the longer it takes us to admit , the longer we black people as a whole, are going to be the ragtag of humanity.

these things spell nothing but a world where true black freedom is forever dependent solely on things like continuous racial justice campaigns in the west; continuous BLM street showdowns with the police in downtown Europe or North America, or taking a knee all the time.

In short, these things spell nothing but a world where blackness is forever the face of human misery, and a world where even the richest black man on earth, forever has no real dignity, as it has historically been.

If the South Koreans, because of their culture of working together with each other and their diasporan communities, can change South Korea, from being a very poor, aid-d

For those people who have effectively changed their trajectory, it isn’t even about the money.

And it isn’t even about who has the money or who doesn’t. It is simply about appreciating one’s roots, and having this at heart. It is about being there for each other, no matter how long they have been apart.

And above all, it is about accepting that their cause is the same, and accordingly, making themselves easily available to each other, regardless of who is better off than other, and regardless of their history.

That is how the Jews function towards Israel. That is how all other people operate. And it is how all other people have managed to put poverty very far away from their people, and in turn earned real dignity.

Every other person on earth works that way:

Any random white south African farmer will very easily meet with any white public figure of their choosing, anywhere in the world. A Chinese American in Hollywood or Silicon Valley will very easily take a subsidiary of their work to Beijing, regardless of whether they have lived in America for centuries, and will very easily work together on anything with other Chinese anywhere in the world, on a whim.

I have never been outside Africa, but in my quest to befriend the world on extreme poverty, I’ve learned a few things. In South Africa, for example, even the youngest white artists (think of YouTubers like Troye Sivan & Casper Lee) are already friends with their white peers across the globe, before they even turn 20.

I have never been outside Africa, but in my quest to befriend the world on extreme poverty, I have learned a few things about the world. In South Africa for example, even the youngest white artists (think of YouTubers like Troye Sivan & Casper Lee) are already part of the global white community, before they even turn 20.

That it how things I have never been to South Africa, but nearly every white south African that I have ever heard of, is already part of the global white community by the time I hear about them. From young YouTubers like Troye Sivan and Casper Lee who even left South Africa when they were still teenagers, to white south African farmers who can even meet with any personality they want in America.

By contrast, for ordinary poor Africans like me, even befriending the lowest level Black athlete from the NFL, or the lowest level BLM activist from Brooklyn, is something I will only die dreaming of. For people like me, the only black people on this planet that I can ever work together with on anything, are those from my own community who themselves live in abject poverty.

Because of the kind of poverty that I am emerging from, and the grip of poverty in my region as a whole, since 2013, I have tried to befriend .

That is how all other people operate.

It is how all other people have managed to put poverty very far away from their people, and in turn earned real dignity. It is also why it is very easy for any white south African farmer to travel anywhere in the west, and meet with any personality of their choosing.

Although we black people are quick to suggest that we have changed a lot, and that we are no longer the same, the rest of the world knows that even the most

That is how the American Jews function towards Israel. That is how all other people operate. And it is how all other people have managed to put poverty very far away from their people, & in turn earned real dignity.

At times I even wonder if we black people somehow view each other as being very boring, and that maybe, just maybe, that is even why we don’t have any slim interest in each other, and our homeland Africa? But then, even the Chinese are very boring too. But this hasn’t stopped them from working together with each other to put poverty far behind them, and to make their homeland China, a place that even the west fears.

At times I even wonder if we black people somehow find each other to be very boring, and that maybe that is why we don’t have any slim interest in each other, and our homeland Africa? But then, even the Chinese are very boring too. But this hasn’t stopped them from working together with each other to put poverty far behind them, and to make their homeland China, a place that even the west fears.

But what is very important is that without their diasporan communities, these people certainly wouldn’t be where they are. In the same way, without their homelands, their diasporan communities, too, wouldn’t have the flexibility and the dignity that they have today.

The other thing? These people didn’t even start rich, and they didn’t even start far back. While China was still juggling absolute poverty only 40 years ago, South Korea was still a Japanese colony in 1945, and was still a very poor, aid-dependent country in the 1970s. Today, these people have all put this behind them.

Moreover, these people didn’t even start rich, and they didn’t even start far back. While China was still juggling absolute poverty only 40 years ago, South Korea was still a Japanese colony in 1945, and was still a very poor, aid-dependent country in the 1970s. Today, these people have all put this behind them.

We black people have decided that we can only live best lives in the west, or never. And that the moment we do, there is no turning back, and there is no minding our black peers elsewhere, let alone our homeland Africa. Yet even white people, who predominantly make up the west, or who rightfully own the west, are also seamlessly in touch with their white peers elsewhere from Australia to South Africa to Europe to Canada.

Today, China has moved over a billion people from extreme poverty, to become the world’s second largest economy, and what is very clear is: this hasn’t been the work of a specific Chinese regime. It has been the work of all the Chinese people on earth, both those in China, and across the Chinese diaspora.

Black Americans, mongrels or not, and all other diasporan Africans, are all Africa’s own, no matter how long we have been apart, and we black people as a whole, need to be a people who are easily available to each other, if we are to change blackness from being the shame that it is today, regardless of our history.

And just to be clear, Mr. Freeman:

I have never been outside of Africa, but I am very aware that, by Americans standards, Black Americans are very poor. What is very clear, though, is that the networks and connections alone (i.e. the leverage) that Black Americans have today, if used in Africa, is more than enough to turn Africa into our own China.

By contrast, no amount of Black American wealth, and no amount of racial justice in the west, will 20,000.

In other words, the power and the influence (or the leverage) that Black Americans have right now, as Africa’s most connected diasporan community, is only potent and/or resonant only here in Africa.

That leverage can only bring about transformational change for blackness as a whole, only when used in Africa, not when used in the west. The easiest way to see this is:

I am sorry to say this, but it will still only be the equivalent of a massive tree that has a massive shoot, but with no roots.

In my view, Mr. Freeman:

Black Americans, like all other diasporan Africans, and those of us here in Africa, are still the original same people and, will always be. And, if blackness is to cease being the face of human misery, we black people need to become a people who are very easily available to each other

In fact, not only is it going to be very hard for you to convince the whole of wikipedia, or even the US Census Bureau, that the 41 million+ blacks in America who are categorized as African Americans aren’t really African Americans , but also, the longer it takes Black Americans like you to admit your Africanness, the longer we black people as a whole, are going to be the ragtag of humanity.

One thing that I would like to say to any Black Americans out there who believe Africa was a long time ago, and that they even no longer

Moreover, this is good for all of blackness:

Working together to change blackness, is good for all black people equally, no matter

At times I even wonder if we black people somehow find each other to be very boring, and that maybe that is even why we don’t have any slim interest in each other, and our homeland Africa? But then, even the Chinese are very boring too. But this hasn’t stopped them from working together with each other to put poverty far behind them, and to make their homeland China, a place that even the west fears.

But none has ever said they want to be simply called African, or simply white, or that white South African is an insult. Even Trump himself knew these people have been separated from other whites for centuries, but he still believed these people are his own, albeit being mongrels, & from different countries of origin.

If you came here in Africa, Mr. Freeman, you will soon realize that, even those Indians here in my town of Kamuli, in eastern Uganda, including those who have lived here since the days of British colonialism, are easily in touch with their fellow Indians allover the globe, and will very easily team up on anything, on a whim.

If you came to Africa, Mr. Freeman, you will soon realize that, even those Indians here in my town of Kamuli, in eastern Uganda, including those who have lived here since the days on British colonialism, are easily in touch with their fellow Indians allover the globe, and will very easily work together on anything, on a whim.

Similarly, I have never been to South Africa, but nearly every white south African that I have ever heard about, is already friends with the global white community by the time I hear about them. From young YouTubers like Troye Sivan and Casper Lee who even left South Africa when they were still teenagers, to, again, white south African farmers who can even meet with any personality they want in America.

By contrast, for ordinary poor Africans like me, the only black people I can befriend, are those in my own region who themselves live in abject poverty. For ordinary poor Africans like me, even befriending the lowest level black athlete from the NFL, or the lowest level BLM activist from Brooklyn, is something I will only die dreaming of.

Because of the kind of poverty that I am emerging from, and the level of poverty in my region as a whole I can assure you, Mr. Freeman, that since 2014, every Black person in the global north that you can think of, has heard from me, at times only asking for a tweet about the grip of poverty in my region, and my quest to do something about it.

In short:

We black people have decided that our destiny belongs solely in the west, and that the moment we land there, there’s no turning back, and there is no minding our black peers elsewhere, let alone our homeland Africa. Yet even white people, who predominantly make up the west, or who rightfully own the west, are also seamlessly in touch with their white peers elsewhere from Australia to South Africa to Europe to Canada.

At times I even wonder if we black people privately view each other as being very boring, and that maybe, just maybe, that is even why we don’t have any slim interest in each other, and our homeland Africa? But then, even the Chinese are very boring too. But this hasn’t stopped them from working together with each other to put poverty far behind them, and to make their homeland China, a place that even the west fears.

That is how the American Jews function towards Israel. That is how all other people operate. And it is how all other people have managed to put poverty very far away from their people, and in turn earned real dignity.

Today, whether the problem is covid-related anti-Asian sentiment in the middle of the pandemic, or simply career-related pressures elsewhere, these people (the Korean Americans, Japanese Americans etc) have the privilege, and the choice, to decide where they want to be, and still live the same quality of life.

Why? Because these people, all of them have a second home (and a poverty-free one at that), that not only acts as the bedrock of dignity for their people wherever on earth they are, but also which their people allover the world can use as a buffer if they needed one. And all of them, that’s, those in the diaspora, and their people back home, were a part in building this.

We black people believe in remaining very inaccessible to each other, in the highest sense of the word.

Basically, Mr. Freeman, we black people are unlike any other:

While all other people enjoy borderless engagement with their peers and their diasporan communities across borders, we black people instead believe in being very inaccessible to each other, in the highest sense of the word.

We black people have decided that our destiny is solely in the west, and that the moment we land there, there is no looking back, and there is no minding our black peers elsewhere, let alone our homeland Africa. Yet even white people, who predominantly make up the west, or who rightfully own the west, are also seamlessly in touch with their white peers elsewhere from Australia to South Africa to Europe to Canada.

At times I even wonder if we black people privately view each other as being very boring, and that maybe, just maybe, that is even why we don’t have any slim interest in each other, and our homeland Africa? But then, even the Chinese are very boring. But this hasn’t stopped them from working together with each other to put poverty far behind them, and to make their homeland China, a place that even the west fears.

Moreover, Mr. Freeman:

For those people who have effectively changed their trajectory, it isn’t even about who has the money, or who doesn’t. It is simply about the networks. It is about appreciating one’s roots, and having this at heart. And above all, it is about being there for each other, no matter how long they have been apart.

For those people who have effectively changed their trajectory, it isn’t even about who has the money, or who doesn’t. It is simply about the networks. It is about appreciating one’s roots, and having it at heart. And above all, it is about being there for each other, no matter how long they have been apart.

That is how the American Jews function towards Israel. That is how all other people operate. And it is how all other people have managed to put poverty very far away from their people and in turn earned real dignity.

But we black people instead believe in remaining very inaccessible to each other.