Lol okIs it still simpin when its how u rly feel?
As long as you know I am not returning your feelings
It's unrequited love breh
The War Against Afro-Colombians
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As long as you know I am not returning your feelings
It's unrequited love breh
Lil Gangsta
Toronto Driftwood Crip
We been cleaning up our own backyards for generations, how many more should we wait? A lot of Afro Americans, despite the hell we catch here, don't recognize the position of privilege we're in relative to many Blacks in these South American countries. We're definitely in a position to help out.
Ok. I am just speaking for my perspective.
That's true.
Red Shield
Global Domination
No we're not. Hell we're having trouble saving our own asses. We're in no position to be helping any other group of blacks, unless they're offering tangible things.
godkiller
"We are the Fury"
Posting a 30 minute video knowing full well almost nobody will watch doesn't do justice to Afro Columbians plight. This article is a more succinct summary of the genocide currently underway in Columbia against black Columbians:
"On April 9, two Afro-Colombian young men were gunned down in the south Bogotá locality of Ciudad Bolívar while a nationwide march calling for peace was underway. Their assailants yelled “niches” and proceeded to shoot several rounds. Niches is a term for black people that can have a derogatory connotation depending on the way that it is used. Edward Samir Murillo Ramírez was shot six times and died on the scene. Daniel Andrés Perlaza Hurtado also received multiple bullet-wounds, from which he later died at the hospital.Witnesses to the attack heard one of the assailants declare: “We have to finish off these negros!“
In response to these recent killings, civil society leaders organized a protest on April 16 in front of the Bogota City Hall. Over 500 people gathered to demand that the police and city administrators give due attention to the violent acts being committed against the city’s black population. Through a megaphone, one of the protesters exclaimed “Black people are killed, and there are no police sketches; No rewards offered; No press releases, and the police remain silent.”
After seven hours of demonstrations, which blocked traffic in busy intersections in the nation’s capital, protest leaders met with Gloria Flórez, the Bogota city government secretary and the highest-ranking official to address the protesters, and other district officials. Flórez stated that “according to the police, there are far right-wing groups behind the persecution of the Afrodescendant population, and especially young Afrodescendants.”
These hate crimes primarily target Afro-Colombians who, due to the internal armed conflict, have sought refuge in peripheral neighborhoods in the cities of Bogota and Soacha, where their plight remains mostly invisible to the majority of the city’s inhabitants. Both Edward Samir and Daniel Andrés were members of the National Association of Displaced Afro-Colombians (AFRODES) who participated in the organization’s cultural dance group. They are now among the 14 young Afro-Colombians who have been murdered throughout the city so far this year. Rumors of a list of at least 40 more targets for future killings continue to sow fear among the city’s black communities.
Approximately three out of every ten internally displaced persons are Afro-Colombian, a community that represents 10.62% of the population according to the most recent census. Just as this community has been disproportionately affected by the armed conflict, they are now re-victimized through these violent acts that reveal intolerance and xenophobia in Bogota.
Several agreements were reached after the protests, which include the implementation of a mass-media campaign to combat racism and xenophobia and the creation of a working group to develop a plan of action to prevent hate crimes against black communities. However, it remains to be seen whether the current administration will move to honor these agreements. With local elections approaching in October of this year, attention will likely shift away from these communities. Continued implementation by a new mayoral administration is also uncertain.
Meanwhile, Afro-Colombians in Bogota will remain vigilant. These communities have demonstrated that they will not stand by as these violent attacks continue and will once again take to the streets if necessary. Before the protests, not a single article had been published by a major Colombian news outlet about the violent attacks these communities have been enduring. Perhaps this recent attention from the press will help foster solidarity among the city’s inhabitants and increase pressure on police and city officials to protect the lives of the citizens who have fled from violence elsewhere in the country and are now having to re-live the same nightmare.
The Afro-Colombian Solidarity Network (ACSN) will monitor implementation of agreements made with the authorities. We urge Colombia to condemn these killings, provide effective protection for displaced youths at risk and to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the killings."
Spread yourself thin by doing what, wasting time commenting on the plight of black people in another country. O please, allocate your resources doing nothing here sir.
Very interesting to see and hear afro-latinos talk on a black platform and address black issues. VERY interesting.
@Elle Driver I know you said you have an interest in Afro-latino culture/history.
@Elle Driver I know you said you have an interest in Afro-latino culture/history.
Sauanaffe Tustunnagee
Banned
i disagree .considering they are minorities in their own lands.like minded pro black brothers/sisters should seek unions/to work together with our peers across the world ...combining their resources, knowledge and numbers would naturally strengthen the movement...though i don't agree with all their tactics and most defintely not their goal.just look at the force Islamist have become by working together with their peers across the globe
Sauanaffe Tustunnagee
Banned
i remember seeing a program on tv like last year how fukked up Afro Colombian brothers/sisters got it in Colombia..it was confusing why but they are targeted/often killed by paramilitary henchmen and rebels just residing in region that was the epicenter of Colombia's civil war(and most likely for just being black)
just looked it up for clarity and as unsuprisingly Merica has it's fingers all over the genocide of black Colombians
How Afro-Colombians Bear the Brunt of US-backed Violence in Colombia
A free trade pact signed by the US with Colombia is being criticized for not including human rights protections. Over the past 3 years more than 70 labor union activists have been killed in the country known as the US’s strongest ally in Latin America.
US ties with Colombia also extend to direct military assistance in the “War on Drugs” under the guise of which thousands were killed, farmlands fumigated, and paramilitary groups flourished. Today Colombia has one of the highest rates of violence in Latin America.
Within Colombia, class, race, and gender divisions exacerbate existing problems, just as in any country. Colombians of African descent, face the brunt of physical and economic violence.
Afro-Colombians are the third largest group of African-descended people outside the continent of Africa, behind Brazil and the US. One point five million Afro-Colombians have reportedly been internally displaced, and women in that community have faced the brunt of sexual and physical
- See more at: http://uprisingradio.org/home/2014/...ed-violence-in-colombia/#sthash.GyPgYBF2.dpuf
just looked it up for clarity and as unsuprisingly Merica has it's fingers all over the genocide of black Colombians
How Afro-Colombians Bear the Brunt of US-backed Violence in Colombia
US ties with Colombia also extend to direct military assistance in the “War on Drugs” under the guise of which thousands were killed, farmlands fumigated, and paramilitary groups flourished. Today Colombia has one of the highest rates of violence in Latin America.
Within Colombia, class, race, and gender divisions exacerbate existing problems, just as in any country. Colombians of African descent, face the brunt of physical and economic violence.
Afro-Colombians are the third largest group of African-descended people outside the continent of Africa, behind Brazil and the US. One point five million Afro-Colombians have reportedly been internally displaced, and women in that community have faced the brunt of sexual and physical
- See more at: http://uprisingradio.org/home/2014/...ed-violence-in-colombia/#sthash.GyPgYBF2.dpuf
I disagree. But you also probably think "help out" means $
No we're not. Hell we're having trouble saving our own asses. We're in no position to be helping any other group of blacks, unless they're offering tangible things.
Red Shield
Global Domination
lol nah. I was thinking citizenship or land, but none of that shyt is likely. Sure we can try and understand afro-colombian plight. But damn... not like there is really any group of blacks anywhere doing great
HopeKillCure
Banned
Spread yourself thin by doing what, wasting time commenting on the plight of black people in another country. O please, allocate your resources doing nothing here sir.
