Inherently Inferior?

Many a time one can't help but wonder, what were the negro doing when other civilizations were building ships and roads. In order for the negro to be enslaved for 400 years and colonized for a further 100 years, there must have been something that made the black man inferior to the white man. Now, is the black man inherently inferior? Absolutely not. But was the black man slacking? Most definitely.

Many arguments have been put forth as to why this happened with the most pervasive one being that the geography and environment of Africa, which lies within the tropics, was mostly favorable for sleeping and producing babies, as such the black man never bothered to explore beyond his immediate environment. He was also ravaged by tropical diseases such as Malaria which further curtailed his desire to do more than what he was already doing. In short, the negro were comfortable.

This in comparison to caucasians, who due to the weather patterns in their areas of settlement, were ravaged by cold winters and extremely hot summers and as such it was a matter of life and death and they were forced to look for ways to ensure their survival. Although there might be aspects of truth to this theory, it does not explain why till this day the African continent continues to lag behind in matters of health and infant mortality. As you read this today, approximately 2.5 million Kenyans are at a risk of starvation, and this is from a country with thousands of acres of arable land.

The problem of the black man, in our current century is one wholly of bad leadership and a lack of prioritization on important aspects. Many leaders spend excessively on idiotic endeavors such as entertainment and the expense of the important aspects that would positively improve the lives of the African man. Most African leaders are also spineless, still under the whims of western countries and striving  to please their former masters as opposed to the people, as such projects undertaken end up profiting the elite and western countries as opposed to the common mwananchi.

The black man throughout history has been through immeasurable suffering, and still he continues to suffer yet he lives on land with unfathomable riches. It is only through the right kind of education that we shall be able to emancipate ourselves and lift ourselves from the pit we are in, for our own good and for generations to come.



“Our children may learn about the heroes of the past. Our task is to make ourselves the architects of the future.” Jomo Kenyatta