Why black Americans are
moving to Africa
by
Princess Jones
Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon,
3/29/2020 10:55:55 AM
Monique John wasn’t sure what to expect when she stepped off the plane in her new home: the West African nation of Liberia. “It was very rundown looking,” the Brooklyn-born 28-year-old recalled of her first glimpse of the capital, Monrovia, nearly three years ago. “But my feeling as I was walking along the city’s main streets was a sense of excitement… it felt almost like an out-of-body experience to finally be in Africa.”(Snip) “There is a comfort that comes with being around people who look like you, and seeing [people like you] on billboards and in government positions,” Reid, 36, said.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
southernboy 3/29/2020 10:58:40 AM (No. 361666)
Buh-Bye! No need to call when you get there!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
IowaDad 3/29/2020 11:00:42 AM (No. 361670)
Parental disapproval of sexual partner? Evade credit card and student debt?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Terry_tr6 3/29/2020 11:06:44 AM (No. 361680)
“There is a comfort that comes with being around people who look like you, and seeing [people like you] on billboards and in government positions".
A statement like this and the gods of PC are silent??
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
LeeBertie 3/29/2020 11:09:20 AM (No. 361684)
How "interesting" that the woman the story leads with, Monique John, is revealed deeper into the piece to have "moved back to the US".
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
InvestiGator 3/29/2020 11:16:20 AM (No. 361693)
#5,
Yep. It was 15 and paragraphs down and 6-7 from the bottom:
“John, a freelance journalist who has since moved back to the US, is haunted by the memory of a young girl selling popcorn across the street from her apartment.
‘The electricity had gone out and she was trying to heat the popcorn with this little lamp while trying to get her homework done,’ John said. ‘This is the reality of children having to forgo school altogether or manage a side hustle along with school to protect themselves and families.’”
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Urgent Fury 3/29/2020 11:22:25 AM (No. 361703)
Awww, you mean they aren't really? I guess over there they aren't part of the entitled class.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bad-hair 3/29/2020 11:23:46 AM (No. 361706)
Liberia huh ?
Try Angola, Cameroon, Various Democratic Republics of Wherever, or Nigeria.
Welcome to Hell.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Highlander 3/29/2020 11:30:18 AM (No. 361715)
Eldridge Cleaver and Muhammad (Cassius Clay) Ali weren’t impressed with Africa.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
frew 3/29/2020 11:33:07 AM (No. 361719)
Not a good idea. Those places change governments like we change underwear, and if you have any association with the old government you go up against the wall with all the rest of them, American citizenship or not.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
bubby 3/29/2020 11:34:40 AM (No. 361724)
According to the left "diversity" is our greatest strength not our freedom, the gold standard for any country! Unfortunately diversity is a fool's errand and most don't support diversity just like Monique John doesn't. Another falsehood of the left exposed!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
earlybird 3/29/2020 11:37:28 AM (No. 361730)
Sounds like a great idea. Also sounds like a fad that won’t necessarily last three years for many.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
whyyeseyec 3/29/2020 11:41:57 AM (No. 361742)
Oh pleeeeeeeease....
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
earlybird 3/29/2020 11:42:53 AM (No. 361744)
The article does describe those who have stayed (so far), not just journalist John, who probably had an agenda when she moved there. One of the women looks like Stacey Abrams.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 3/29/2020 11:43:48 AM (No. 361748)
Years ago, I was in North Africa in a typical, run-down African hotel - no A/C, hot, threadbare carpets, flies and so on. The kind of stuff you see in most third-world accommodations that aren't resorts. There were two black American couples sitting in the lobby, and you could tell without even listening to them that the women were just OUTRAGED that the place wasn't up to their expectations. Trump was right when he described them as ----hole countries. That's what they are except for the very wealthy corrupt leaders.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 3/29/2020 11:48:51 AM (No. 361758)
And the citizens of those countries think Americans have really, really weird names.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
john56 3/29/2020 11:49:41 AM (No. 361760)
Wasnt it Muhammed Ali who said when asked about the slave trade to the USA, something like I'm glad my great-great-great-great grandfather got on that boat.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
farmwife 3/29/2020 11:53:56 AM (No. 361772)
I say, go with God and do what you can to help those countries. And decide if you are an African or an American.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
DVC 3/29/2020 12:02:19 PM (No. 361794)
Cool. The entire purpose of Liberia was exactly this, to provide a place for former slaves to return to Africa. Unfortunately, few took the opportunity at the time.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
geoguy 3/29/2020 12:13:21 PM (No. 361815)
FTA: “There is a comfort that comes with being around people who look like you, and seeing [people like you] on billboards and in government positions,” Reid, 36, said.
You know, I understand.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Highlander 3/29/2020 12:18:41 PM (No. 361827)
#19; I’m guessing that most of the freed slaves knew that the U.S. was a better place to stay. History bears that out. Liberia is no black utopia.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Omen55 3/29/2020 12:28:07 PM (No. 361844)
I remember reading that after the Civil War there was a movement to ship Blacks back to the homeland but it faltered on the $$$ needed. Imagine if it had succeeded?
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
anniebc 3/29/2020 12:36:28 PM (No. 361863)
Liberia was pretty war torn when I lived in Ghana in the early nineties, and it doesn't appear that much has changed. Many parts of Africa are simply beautiful, and if you have outside employment (from the US for instance), you can live quite well. I loved living in Ghana, but there's no place like home. Great place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there permanently. As far as the police, from my experience in Ghana, far worse than anything you get in the US. What one of the former Americans said about Tanzania could be said about any town in America versus LA, NY, etc. Her kids go to International school, so it seems she's living on the better side of Tanzania. You have very few rights in these countries, and bribery is part of life, if you have money. Additionally, many Africans don't see black Americans as African Americans. If your skin is light, many consider you white, because you're not a pure black. Sound familiar? You can't leave America and escape racism. If you don't get racism, you get classism which is just as bad, if not worse. Poor countries basically have two classes of people; the have and the have nots. Ghana was more a part of the slave trade than America; nice to see they are making efforts to bring blacks back after shipping them out of the motherland to other parts of the world through their slave trade. Praise Ghana, but let's be real too, okay?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
bpl40 3/29/2020 12:40:59 PM (No. 361873)
Who will supply them with EBT cards? Have they thought about that?
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
DVC 3/29/2020 12:50:45 PM (No. 361890)
I believe that Cassius Clay, who later changed his name, said after he visited Africa, something like, "I'm glad my great-grandaddy got on that boat."
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I have a very good Christian bother that looks like me, except my skin color is much lighter than his. America IS his home and he has NO intention of leaving. Praise God that we as a nation we can worship with whoever we want.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
lakerman1 3/29/2020 1:06:21 PM (No. 361907)
I had a class from a professor in grad school who did his two year mormon stint in an african country. he told an amusing story about how the postman would knock on the door, standing, shuffling a stack of letters.
My professor said he learned that one had to ask the postman if he had any mail for him.
and the mailman would respond, "I don't know."
a small bribe would then allow the postman to find the letters.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 3/29/2020 1:15:23 PM (No. 361922)
It's all rainbows and unicorns until some rival tribe comes and butchers them.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
web 3/29/2020 1:24:45 PM (No. 361934)
“There is a comfort that comes with being around people who look like you..." I kinda know what you mean, Monique. It really irks me when I watch TV and all I see are blacks and other minorities, when they are only a small percentage of the population. What is that, do you suppose?
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
bgarrett 3/29/2020 1:30:16 PM (No. 361940)
What can I do to send more of them there?
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Calico Al 3/29/2020 1:38:45 PM (No. 361947)
Quote from Muhammad Ali----- after Muhammad Ali had won his match against George Foreman in the "Rumble in the Jungle" fight in Africa, he was asked by a reporter what he thought of Africa. Ali responded, "Thank God my granddaddy got on that boat!"
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
dirtyjersey 3/29/2020 2:10:06 PM (No. 361986)
Feel free to live in an country that will accept you - - legally.
My only issue is the the woman who says the popcorn girl broke her heart. But what did she offer to help her?
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
PlayItAgain 3/29/2020 2:30:36 PM (No. 362006)
Some people just don't like diversity, I guess. Most not be their strength.
I wish them all the best and hope they find happiness. I do very much understand the comfort that they find in seeing people who look like them. That makes perfect sense to me. As a white male, however, I must express my frustration that I would be called a racist if I ever had the temerity to publicly express that same sentiment.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
RedWhite&Blue2 3/29/2020 2:31:26 PM (No. 362008)
Princess!
Put the bong back on the table!
You’re blitzed!
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I'm waiting for Maxine Waters to move to Gabon.
(It'll be a long wait.)
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Sunhan65 3/29/2020 3:08:02 PM (No. 362041)
FTA: "Kaylan Reid, a journalist who grew up in Mount Vernon, NY.... 'There is a comfort that comes with being around people who look like you, and seeing [people like you] on billboards and in government positions,' Reid, 36, said."
Yes, Kaylan. It's called racism. You should be ashamed of yourself, but you won't be.
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Where can I contribute to the boat fares?? Of course, one way.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 3/29/2020 3:16:37 PM (No. 362047)
Why any American would want to go back to their "old country" is pretty pathetic. Through DNA testing I've discovered I'm mostly French. There's no way I'd move to France (or Ireland or Sweden or England or ....).
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
lftrn97 3/29/2020 3:20:13 PM (No. 362051)
Agree with her. I prefer to be around people that look like me.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 3/29/2020 3:35:11 PM (No. 362070)
Can we pay them mo' money to take that plunge? The average I.Q. of both nations will increase with more such transitions.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
coldoc 3/29/2020 3:35:29 PM (No. 362071)
After watching shaffir's "the amazing racist" on you tube, I noticed he got no takers on his offer of free boat rides back to africa. Methinks this is more barbra streisand.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
DVC 3/29/2020 3:43:42 PM (No. 362078)
Maybe somebody will start a "Go Fund Me" page. Free one way, First Class ticket to Liberia, but you have to formally give up your US citizenship to get the tickets.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
XCenturion 3/29/2020 6:55:38 PM (No. 362274)
I wonder if the police in Liberia conduct "stop and frisk"?
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
watashiyo 3/29/2020 7:12:55 PM (No. 362292)
Life without Affirmative Action, Diversity, Government Entitlements, BLM and White People is an unexplored social habitat too extreme to be swallowed. She should be kept on a Suicide watch.
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If they are happy, I am happy for them. Invite your friends. How many will receive US Social Security checks when they age?
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
paral04 3/30/2020 8:55:16 AM (No. 362717)
You are going to a country that was founded for you almost 200 years ago. Welcome home.
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