Obama and racism in the West: What does it mean for Africa?
by amun ra ~ November 2nd, 2009. Filed under: Black Consciousness.Spread The Message:
Obama and racism in the West: What does it mean for Africa?
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/shalom_adamina/3505041161/in/set-72157613513333082/The prominence of the Obama family has brought black people’s humanity onto the world stage, writes Patricia Daley. The Obama family’s success challenges patriarchal systems headed by white alpha-males and reveals possibilities of overcoming exclusion for non-white people across North and South America and Europe, Daley contends, albeit in the face of a backlash aimed at reinforcing white supremacy. But if struggles in the West over racial exclusivity can ultimately promote greater confidence from Africans and black people around the world, will there be a fresh impetus to challenge explicit and implicit claims of superiority?
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