Afro-Americans, oil is more valuable than you! by Yamin Zakaria ================================================================================ "I hate the way they
portray us in the media. You see a black family, it says, 'They're looting'. You see a white family, it says,
'They're looking for food'.” (Rapper Kanye West) They say action speaks louder than words and it is deeds that
often expose the words of hypocrites. So, when the US government says, they
love the Iraqis, yes those sand-niggers, terrorists and rag-heads, then think
of Fallujah, Abu-Ghraib, carnage on the Road to Basra in 1991, economic
sanctions for a decade killing 500,000 Iraqi children and in particular how
their vicious racist media portrays the Arabs/Muslims in general. Likewise,
when they say they are not racist, think of the centuries of slave trade, mob
lynchings, Klu Klux Klan (KKK), assassination of Martin Luther King and
Malcolm-X (Haji Malik Al Shabbaz), beating of Rodney King through to the handling
of the victims of hurricane Katrina. Even the staunchest ally of Bush, the British, could not fail to
pick up the racist dimension of how this natural disaster was handled from the
beginning. Almost every British media outlet referred to the lack of
enthusiasm, from the Bush regime, in saving a predominantly poor black
population. Contrast this with how quickly the For those who doubt the blame should lie with the government,
you need to be reminded that in 1974, within 24 hours notice, the American
government sent thousands of brand new military assets, tanks, planes, rockets,
artillery, with all the ammunition required, to aid This racism is almost part of their genes, inherited by the
privileged whites as descendents of slave traders, such traits surface occasionally,
as shown by the comments of the wife of George Bush senior, Barbra Bush, she
said: “So many of
the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is
working very well for them." Such a patronising attitude, such condescension, so they should
be grateful for what they get and not moan about what they did not get, as its
so much better than their deprived normal existence. The luxuries of
shelter, food and security are only reserved for those rich and white folks it
would appear. No doubt her ancestors must have argued the same as slave
traders, that those blacks should have been grateful after being dragged from A point worth highlighting is this, in the Apart from the absence of will, capability was also sapped, as
resources were tied to the Forget the response to the hurricane, or lack of, what the
Christian fundamentalists need to answer is why could Bush not have prevented
the disaster? He does claim to have a direct hotline to God Almighty. Why
did God not inform His man on the ground of this coming event to save lives? It
is not just Bush, but all the other predominantly foul-mouthed white preachers
like Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, and Jerry Vines all claiming to have a
hotline to God Almighty. Incidentally, they are all silent on the racial
question of how this hurricane was handled. These
people are too busy demonising America’s enemies, as God is on their
side, overlooked that it was the same God that removed their clothes and their
dignity by exposing their ugly racist hearts, to the rest of humanity. Hence,
we know why most of those rightwing white Christian folks were slow to react.
But some of the more twisted and devout ones were perhaps seeking ways to
express the ‘love’ of Jesus by “turning the other
cheek” to the sufferings being endured by the people. It is not very dignified when you claim to be the harbinger of
human rights, equality and other lofty values, then you get exposed for being
overtly racist and heartless, for not responding to the suffering of your own
population. Similarly, while you unilaterally declare yourself a role model of
civilised society, yet in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, the veneer is
removed and women and even kids were raped, killed, tourists attacked. Contrast
this with the ‘Third world’ nations that conducted themselves with
dignity after the much larger calamity of the Tsunami on the 26th December
2005. The world does not need civilising by the Another irony of this natural disaster is that many Americans
themselves have yelled that this is a punishment from God, for their crimes in Now, the racism is not from one direction. In
fact, in addition to racism, sheer stupidity has been demonstrated by the
governments of the Muslim countries. Kuwait
and the Gulf state have given millions, while they sent peanuts to the millions
of starving Muslims in Niger, Darfur, and the Tsunami victims! Yes, no doubt
endorsed by the official Wahabi
‘Islam’ but very quietly. So you will not get the usual shiny
booklet given out free, explaining if it is permissible (Halal) to give aid to the US and by implication
to Israel its chief ally. Many of wealthy Arab donors
that come to Europe and the US, with an inferiority complex and a racist
attitude, hoping that they will be seen as equals after making such donations.
Little do they realise such behaviour results in the loss of their dignity in
the eyes of those whom they are trying to impress. This form of blatant racism
and stupidity, none of the so-called devout Muslims with long scruffy beards,
short length trousers and with an intolerable attitude towards other Muslims,
want to address. Of course nobody opposes helping those in distress but surely
your own family and nation should come first. Even a poor country like Now, where are Afro-Americans, Hispanics, the Muslims in America need to unify
in tackling this violent racist regime, a fundamentalist regime that exhorts
crusades and threatens to send the hateful and fraudulent missionaries to aid
another era of colonisation, a regime that practices state terrorism, murders
women and children on buses, check points and wedding parties, en masse using
real mini-WMDs. Recently, even reports of torturing and raping kids as young as
10 have surfaced. Slowly but surely, the KKK hood of the Copyright © 2004 by Yamin Zakaria
(09 September 2005) Yamin Zakaria's articles can be viewed at his
website www.iiop.org *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
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