Our rebellion is not an irrational one. There is a reason why many men of African descent are not successful in the job market and it stems from racism. The African-Caribbean man has experienced 500 years of slavery at the hands of the European man, we have been conquered and humiliated by the European and we do not want to relive the slave experience as a free man on a day to day basis. Having to accept the authority of the European man on a day to day basis only works to further instil the inferiority complex of the African-Caribbean. Psychologically we cannot help but associate the European boss with the slave master. Each time we are instructed by them we remember the crack of the whip. Often times we do not come into contact with the European man but the work place is a contact zone where these two men confront each other often for the first time since leaving school or college. As it was when you were a child at school the European man is the authority figure and our natural response as men rebellion. We know of the history, some of us are not academic experts on the subject but we are aware of the past. The world is aware of the past and the European man is aware of his past of domination. The work place is where you find out that the European knows it. I worked in an office as the only person of African descent and bear witness to latent racism and belittling of African people. There were many anti-African jokes but as an African-Caribbean I was expected to not take offence... The life of the African-Caribbean man and the African man in Europe is one of constant reminders of our economic and maybe even a sense or feeling of human inferiority. It is a never ending reliving of the slave and colonial experience. Whilst we are in these places of employment we never experience freedom we are never liberated or decolonised. African-Caribbean and many continental African women today want a man like a European and seek security but providing security through accepting outside authority comes at an expense to the African-Caribbean manhood. So most African-Caribbean men that want to defend their manhood can find themselves unable to offer the security that comes with manhood unless it is via criminal activities that allow for one not to participate in the slave-master narrative that is the work place. this comes at considerable risk hence the reason for mass numbers of African-Caribbeans in the prison system. There are others that pursue the submissive route which calls for them to change their persona but this persona is looked upon with scorn as acting white so the African-Caribbean man is in a bind. It is difficult to win... Either way we lose a bit of our manhood and sometimes our liberty! The trend now, mostly led by economics and geo-politics is for the women of African descent to date outside their race or group in search of financial deliverance, better contacts and opportunities and perhaps experiences that come from a certain financial status. So the African-Caribbean becomes derided as a waste-man or wotless which is a product of capitalism and geo-politics. We may make appeals to history and the above but in a world of capitalist self-interest and a market of luxurys our pleas fall on death ears. Most people do not want to be associated with Africa or even people of African descent out of economic self-interest... Even down to foolishly thinking they can trick Europe with hair-dos and bleaching, but it has come to that. I dont even think it is down to simply hating ones colour and culture but there is a certain economics going on for most people. Women mostly wear weave and those other funny styles for financial reasons, they think that looking African hampers their chances in the job market... Just a thought... TT
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:26:18 +0000
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