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Why the West’s silence on ‘handshake’, graft?

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When Westerners came to Africa, they were called missionaries and explorers. They came and “discovered” mountains and lakes as if African eyes would edit the scenery to only see the savannah. However, when people of colour try to access better opportunities, they are quickly called illegal immigrants, criminals, terrorists or more recently MS13.

It is clear to me that the world doesn’t have a migrant crisis. It is simply racism. Forget that vast native populations in Africa, Australia and the Americas were wiped out by white immigrants by the millions, and further the continued plunder of resources that flow West as if natives have no use for them.

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