50 Years In The United Kingdom, Has It Been A Fruitless Exercise? - Page 3

MarcusGarveyLives · (#51 (**permalink**))

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SoliceSeeker · (#52 (**permalink**))

This place serves only as to materialy do something better.

The natives here glorify the works of their ancestors the great britons like, Jack Hawkins and Cecil Rhodes. I know these men were criminals.
The locals hate us, at best hold us in contempt, generaly.
They imprison their old folk because the fear death so.
They poison their youth out of contempt for hope.
They drink alot so to forget they dispise each other.
They restrict us to urban area by way on tactical employment.
They speak of us as possesions not truly as people.

The countryside is unique and beautiful, oh they like football alot.

blackguru · (#53 (**permalink**))

notting hill carnival? isnt that positive?

Breadfruit · (#54 (**permalink**))

Another positive, London is one of the most diverse places on Earth. Africans can socalise and communicate directlywith peoples from all over the world.

The understanding of different cultures and perspectives has always been a source of intellectual and cultural wealth.

blackguru · (#55 (**permalink**))

I Agree these are things that prove that england has continued to develop over the past fifty years but I think the original question was in reference to the arrival of african carribeans to britain.

Demonstrate how carribeans have had postive input and how we have benefited from being in england as a whole. How have we made progress?

It would be nice to hear your views.

Breadfruit · (#56 (**permalink**))

blackguru wrote:

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I Agree these are things that prove that england has continued to develop over the past fifty years but I think the original question was in reference to the arrival of african carribeans to britain.

Demonstrate how carribeans have had postive input and how we have benefited from being in england as a whole. How have we made progress?

It would be nice to hear your views.

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Greetings,

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My original question was:

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i know there are members here who feel that britain "ain't all bad" so could we have a positive thread where posters simply state what they find good, great or fantastic about the african british experience

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I think there have been some pretty good comprehensive responses in this thread so far. Could you expand on why you see The Carnival as a postive?

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Another positive,African people have gained from living in the UK, is that many of us now have a better understanding of white people.

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Colonialism painted Europe as the Motherland for many of us - I think we now know this is not true.

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The hypocrisy and blatant contradiction of people who have setup nations on the genocide of millions of our people - enriched themselves on the unpaid labor of Africa and Africans worldwide - their wish to still keep us and our homelands as colonial objects has not been lost on Africans who have had to endure 50 years of racist treatment, with the state as overseer.

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This lesson, I feel has helped create some brilliant African thinkers and activists. The African Diaspora on the whole has suffered greatly due to the results of our holocaust and the continued exploitation of our people andcolonies.

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But oppression always results in resistance, a resistance that produces people who will help carry their people into a better, more prosperous time.

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camlo2k · (#57 (**permalink**))

I came here when I was 6 weeks old with my mother. She has bought a house in Jamaica and will be returning when she is 60 in 2 years time. I don`t intend on staying here when I get past my 50`s. When I was approaching my 40th birthday all I wanted to do was to wake up on my 40th birthday where I was born. Unfortunately due to the ill health of a child I was not able to do that but I did go back to the caribbean in my 40th year.

There is nothing better than being in a country where you are not the minority. That is what I love when I go to the caribbean.

My mum and granma would probably say it was a fruitless exercise coming here as they are not any better off than the relatives they left behind in JA. Health wise they are both worse off.

Bredder Tukoma · (#58 (**permalink**))

camlo2k wrote:

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There is nothing better than being in a country where you are not the minority. That is what I love when I go to the caribbean.

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Bro that is the understatement of the year. That one thing peels off more layers of pressure than many would dare to imagine. In fact being in any African majority country is home once you born or grow around white people. Ive found that to be the caseregardless of any cultural distinctions with my own.Asuh yaso tan. Living in a racist society can actually accentuate identification with fellow Africans.

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Breadfruit · (#59 (**permalink**))

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50 Years In The United Kingdom, Has It Been A Fruitless Exercise?

the vast majority of africans in the united kingdom have migrated here within the50 years

we could go on for pages about the negatives in relation to our residency but what are the positives?

i know there are members here who feel that britain "ain't all bad" so could we have a positive thread where posters simply state what they find good, great or fantastic about the african british experience

Bredder Tukoma · (#60 (**permalink**))

Positives-- National health service-- Id willingly pay more for it though as the hospitals are disgusting.

Opportunity-- free education cant be knocked.. let alone the culture of company sponsership.

Strength of the pound which was built on our neckbacks.

Infact Breadfruit I come to the conclusion that its hard for people of a particular mindset to find positives in a society that they know was built on their ancestors blood. Not to saybecause you are in the flower- through time and circumstance- you musnt sup the honey cup.. but same time most understand its a venus fly trap we are dealing with.

Dada · (#61 (**permalink**))

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"There is nothing better than being in a country where you are not the minority".

There lies the Rubclp).clp)clp)clp)clp)clp)

saywone1 · (#62 (**permalink**))

Hmmmm. Good things about ******* England??

The currency is good for when i go back home i suppose?!?!?

Gotta keep that currency strong baby. I got plans.