By Ajokpa Oghene Omo Reproduced By Oregbe Omorodion
Struggle for survival is a constant factor among different generations of human races, therefore peace cannot always be guaranteed. The greatest conflicts of human existence are not always fought with lethal weapons of war but with the subtle weapons of ideas’ and vision. It is this type of battle that has always defeated the Black man, and was the reason for the two previous slave trades of the Black man to Arabians between the 10th to 19th centuries. In the present international system also, racism hunts the Black man like a plague at home and abroad. Black people must overcome this by putting to practical exploit the education we have acquired to develop our values and cultures.
Black leaders must come to the stark realization that the advantage of modern science, industrialization and technology favours the rich nations far above the poor ones, because, “MONEY GOES TO WHERE MUCH MONEY IS”. Wealth increases ambition and stimulates the need for the rich people and nations to acquire more land and resources. If Black African leaders are not alive to their responsibilities, the Black race may one day wake up to realize that we have become victims of “racial elimination” in the emerging future global crisis (3rd world war) in the hands of the rich nations as a result of their quest for expansion and greater portion of the land and resources of the world because, “Wars naturally destroy the weak”.
Black people and nations should understand that the negative actions of the rich nations are hardly seen as wrong because, “THE STRONG NATIONS OF THE EARTH NATURALLY ASSUME THAT THE WHOLE WORLD IS MEANT FOR THEM ALONE”. This is the reason why the previous struggle for global resources in the last fifteen centuries have seen three types of human beings eliminated from the earth and nothing has happened to the perpetrators. If the Black race does not want to suffer the same fate, it is time for us to trash our subservient or servant nature and take on a new orientation.
Black leaders must be at alert, because we are about the only people still predisposed to ‘elimination’ due to our extreme poverty, over dependence and economic weakness. However, “WHEN THERE IS LIFE, THERE IS HOPE”. Lack of respect for Black people in the international community has made us alienated; however, we can use this disadvantage to our advantage because “AN ALIENATED MAN CAN EASILY TRANSFORM TO A REVOLUTIONARY MAN”.
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