I don't mean to be a troublemaker. But sometimes I feel like I have to speak out. So, I did. Come what may. (Please God, only good.)
There is talk over at Black Women Vote! blog about the source of the problem in the Democratic Republic of Congo is basically white supremacy. While I understand where they are coming from, I thought I'd explore this avenue in the comforts of my own blog.
Firstly, I just want to scream that its blatant GREED!!!! That's the problem there.
Ok. Calm down. Relax. Now the issue of white supremacy.
From all that I've read and all that I've learned, it seems that there are various groups of people in the world. The sages of the Torah and Talmud didn't really divide people into a color system, but more into a peoplehood. Edomites, Ishmaelites, Midianite, Hittite, etc.
As a people, unless they relinquish it, they each have their bountiful spiritual inheritance. Good things. However, if they become ego-maniacs, non God fearing, greedy, or don't keep other character traits in check (jealousy, modesty, etc) then the lust of that particular group comes out.
The negative traits of the Edomites -which constitute Europe and America- when left uncheck, when the fear of God is out of the picture, is that they tend to lust after killing.
A look at one such person who absolutely was not God fearing and ruthless at his worse:
""They refer to me as an uneducated barbarian. Yes, we are barbarians. We want to be barbarians, it is an honored title to us. We shall rejuvenate the world. This world is near its end.""
Those were the words of Adolf Hitler, may his name be erased.
When left without morals, the lust of the Edomite is to kill. Three actions are equated or tantamount to killing:
(1) humiliating a person (or people)
(2) taking away someone's income (Example: not allowing them to work, even though they qualify, discriminating and firing unjustly )
(3) actually killing the body
Now, lets assume the worse! All of Edom -All of Europe and America- went haywire and succumbed to their most vile desires. To an African American looking in from the eyes of their own history, they would call this white supremacy.
But is it about color?
I tried to look up other Edomite escapades to see how did they handle black and non-black 'victims'.
The Jews: The most atrocious and much spoken pain occurred in the holocaust. The Jewish people were humiliated: Forced to bear the yellow star. There was also rape. Income taken away. they were refused jobs, even fired simply for being Jewish. And eventually, many many were killed.
African Americans: Now at first I debated should these =also Americans= be lumped together with Edom? I think those who have acquired the mindset, the same way of thinking, yes. but I think initially, that African Americans are a skattered group from various west African nations. So, essentially, I don't think they would fit the Edomite description.
Anyway, how were they dealt with in the USA: Historically, they were enslaved and thought of as less-than humans. Many, many were killed. There was a lot of rape as well.
India: The British wanted very much (greed?) the spices from India. It wasn't enough to buy it from India, they wanted it all. So in the War of Plassey (1757) they took over. The citizens were heavily taxed. They also made ridiculous rules that if a king died w/o a son, Britain gets the land! Many of their native practices became forbidden (in their own land!). And many were killed if they protested.
Towards the end, toward their defeat, the British, then boldly divided the land into Pakistan and India and promptly left. The aftermath caused much raping and mutilation of women by both sides. Here for more details.
*whew!* the list goes on and on.
This brings me to the situation in Africa. In both the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Sudan, it is very clear that the Edomites are swooping in with their corporate greed to take over ALL resources. Its their trademark.
However, I suspect something else is at play. These terrible rapes and mutilations and murders are not the 'marker' of an Edomite. MANY OTHER PEOPLES HAVE DONE THIS. This is NOT to say that it is exlcusively an African thing! Just pointing out that it may not be an Edomite thing -also, not to say that greedy Europeans are just mild mannered criminals going about life. ABW said it best -they tend to engage in CIVILIZED BRUTALITY. i.e. appearing to be proper to the eyes of others. Even if these men, through their own low self esteem, bought into the way of thinking of the Edomites; even if they maybe acquired the spiritual inheritance of Edom, this behavior is NOT a marker of Edom. Somehow, I suspect, the Edomites have learned a new 'cleaner' pattern of take over-arouse the greed of the native man and his own nature - the lust of whatever his people possess- will do their dirty work. I guess its a much 'cleaner' way of going about satisfying their greed?
It seems to be working so far.
Message: I am NOT trying to say that this type of raping is EXCLUSIVELY an African affair. Surely many others peoples have done the same. As a matter of fact, after Britain left india after they created the border of Pakistan and India, each faction raped the other's women, cut of their breasts and sent it back to the other party!
There are other such incidences for sure. My point was only to point out that it didn't seem like something the Edomites would do- and this is not to say that they are mild mannered criminals who won't go beyond a certain point. This is why some compare them to pigs -they appear "kosher" but with closer examination one realizes its not. (The incident of Joan of Arc seems an exception, but again I could be wrong and will do more research on the matter.)
Its never pleasant to talk about faults, especially other nation's or people's. I have no pleasure looking into folks' faults, trying to analyse them, etc. This was mostly a response to someone saying the whole affair was simply white supremacy. But I think it is European's greed but they are using the native men who are also led by greed to do this.
Message: I'm NOT trying to say that racism doesn't exist. I am sure that it does! Right now I am only trying to reconcile what I learned about Edomites and white supremacy. Obviously I'm not there yet. But hopefully your comments will get me there!
Message: people, please get a grip. Put the white folks aside. Deal with your own uplifting and building. Be weary of the Edomites, but work on yourselves constantly.
6 comments:
Great post.
Yes, you can not pin down directly the powers behind these atrocities. For Sudan the West will blame china forgetting that it was Clinton's miscalculation that made way for the Chinese entrance into Sudan and now no one can take them out.
Its the same western people that will be in there with relief services paying themselves with the same resources that have caused the crisis.
Africans and people of African origin will either have to fight for their survival or simply perish.
Grata,
"Africans and people of African origin will either have to fight for their survival or simply perish."
Yes. I wish I could send a 'care package' to the women and inside would be boxes of mace!
How can ppl even get to the women and children to help them when those western people are there guarding -er- taking care of them.
Greed is ultimately responsible, and greed has no color! But the white supremacy issue resonates so much for so many because of the long sordid history whites have had with Africa, to engage in killing, exploitation and murder, or to have others do so in order the whites need not do so themselves.
At the end, though people are responsible for themselves, and these people are choosing evil. But it is important to get at those who are funding the evil and act as though it is all perfectly fine. White supremacy, because of their greed, and they don't care about what Africans do, as long as they can get the wealth.
Putting the truly psychotic aside, I find that people do what they do (brutally exploit other humans) because they don't see the big picture, or don't wish to see it.
If they knew of the Law of Reciprocity that says "what you do to another you do to yourself" for either good or bad, I think that most of us would think twice before we reach out and strike another.
As man (generically used, including woman as well), we have yet to realize that We're All One.
Hence, it becomes ridiculously easy to use the other for our gratification--to rape, steal, exploit the labor of, as well as kill, maim, and brutalize in sundry ways.
Until we began to see those around us (near and far) as part of the whole--each constituting the whole that we're part of--rather than seeing them as distinct, separate, and apart from it, the insanity will continue, just as it has for centuries.
It's time for humankind to take that next leap: We Are All One, and what we do to others We Do To Ourselves.
Nobody of any race needs the white man's prodding to do evil. To believe so is an unwitting admission of inferiority.
I don't know anything about Edomites, etc, but I will say this: there is plenty of blame to go around for everyone, including ourselves.
It can be said that our lust for cheaper consumer electronics, luxury items like diamonds, etc is the driving force behind the white supremacist's raping and pillaging of Africa.
Yes, I do hold white supremacy accountable for empowering, enabling and encouraging those with a barbarian mentality to kill and destroy. I do not see the need to excuse one and to demonize the other. Genocide would not have been possible without the full and knowing participation of both groups. They are allies, they are co-killers, they are all evil.
Now that we know that we are also financing these killers by buying their products, what is our response going to be?
You don't 'mix' much do you?
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