Liberal orthodoxy and the "helpless" African

Ikhide R. Ikheloa writes in 234Next

Liberal orthodoxy is avuncular and patronising and it bestows upon the "helpless" African a benevolent but malignant label - subhuman. It is malignant because most days these days we spend our waking hours trying to convince the other that well, we are human, just like them. Why do they see us differently from how we see ourselves? Is racism alone the answer to that question?...[continue reading]