A Nation Constantly Feeling Sorry for Itself is Partly Responsible for Racism against Its Diaspora
It is apt that this post falls on the day after the annual celebrations of Martin Luther King Jr's birthday in the US and around the world. The African-American activist, decades ago, led the civic rights movement that marked the tentative (albeit trouble-filled) first steps of blacks being recognized as legal equals in America. More importantly, he created a culture in the US that made overt or covert racism against blacks all but taboo, making it completely normal for blacks to publicly launch dignified campaigns against any scent of assaults on their racial dignity by other races.