[UnduttRit]

Which NWB people are living most similar to the slavery days? Which group is still performing the same types of jobs the Europeans brought their African ancestors to the Americas for?

I saw this video of contemporary Black people in rural Colombia and just thought this is no different from the slavery days. Black ppl in a mine digging up gold for someone else so they can just get some food on their table

[Abaronos]

Maybe this topic is too strong for this forum to discuss....Mods close it down if you want.

[QXCharles]

Nah, it's not too strong. Can't be worse than my thread. Good topic here but I have no knowlege to answer it.

Maroon King, slightly off topic, but I wanted to ask. You mentioned in another thread the stock africans in Jamaica vs USA were - (African) Gold Coast, and Bantu.

- What place in Africa are the blacks in Colombia from? (and Panamá, Venuzela, assuming it's generally the same for that coastline of northern south america)

[ftpsoft]

Haitian people for example arent living in those conditions of slavery...Im afraid they are facing a worse scenario.

[LICraig]

- What place in Africa are the blacks in Colombia from? (and Panamá, Venuzela, assuming it's generally the same for that coastline of northern south america)

check this thread http://www.forumbiodiversity.com/showthread.php?t=19357

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Haitian people for example arent living in those conditions of slavery...Im afraid they are facing a worse scenario.

No, because Haitians destructed anything that reminded them of slavery when they became independent.

[Wezfyowk]

check this thread http://www.forumbiodiversity.com/showthread.php?t=19357

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No, because Haitians destructed anything that reminded them of slavery when they became independent.

Nevertheless their living conditions could be worse tho, they live in deprivation.

[NanoGordeno]

Nevertheless their living conditions could be worse tho, they live in deprivation.

They live like in Africa, dictator governants and tribal way of living

[ssupermegatone]

They live like in Africa, dictator governants and tribal way of living

Geez man didnt you see how they were living after that eathquake?... poor people even slaves had a better life!!!.

[7HlBQS8j]

Geez man didnt you see how they were living after that eathquake?... poor people even slaves had a better life!!!.

Ok but they are "free" and freedom costs. BTW that's actually an argument I heard in Colombia by some Black thinkers. That Black people in Colombia were better off during slavery, because at least they were fed, unlike now where some even die of hunger.

[johnbeller]

Geez man didnt you see how they were living after that eathquake?... poor people even slaves had a better life!!!.

Yes, earthquake is "la gota que colmó la copa" it made their situation worse.

[c-cialis]

check this thread http://www.forumbiodiversity.com/showthread.php?t=19357

Cool. Thanks. That's much more detailed than I had hoped for.

[Goksiodiffeli]

That's much more detailed than I had hoped for.

Why, you don't like reading long?

[CowextetleSix]

Why, you don't like reading long?

Hehe, no on the contrary, I ment as in "more detailed than I dared hope for".

I read the thread it was good. Thanks.

[nasxbrtyol]

Ok but they are "free" and freedom costs. BTW that's actually an argument I heard in Colombia by some Black thinkers. That Black people in Colombia were better off during slavery, because at least they were fed, unlike now where some even die of hunger.

The thing is, here in American media, they keep us dumbed down so we keep our attentions to our computers and cell phones. All the terrible things that go on and we have no idea. This is sad for Colombian people. People think Colombia, they think Shakira and coffee.

[sam]

The thing is, here in American media, they keep us dumbed down so we keep our attentions to our computers and cell phones. All the terrible things that go on and we have no idea. This is sad for Colombian people. People think Colombia, they think Shakira and coffee.

LOL, they mostly think cocaine.

[MyOwnStyle]

Stereotypically speaking. I think of FARC and Los Pepes etc. Labs in the jungle. Assassins with UZIs on the back of motorcycles in a hillside urban slum. I don't think of Shakira.

[quack!]

Not to mention that Colombian druglords are using West Africa to put their drugs in Europe. But the first thing that comes to my mind when I hear Colombia is Shakira and Valderrama. (and Radamel Falcão)

[wCYvMKAc]

Stereotypically speaking. I think of FARC and Los Pepes etc. Labs in the jungle. Assassins with UZIs on the back of motorcycles in a hillside urban slum. I don't think of Shakira.

That's a very realistic part of Colombia.

[jelena-nanana]

No, because Haitians destructed anything that reminded them of slavery when they became independent.

The ones working on the construction projects here aren't in different conditions than those Colombian miners, to be honest. Heck, many of them actually live in the projects, as long as these are ongoing. I call these projects the plantations of bar and cement.

[AngelinaTheElf]

^Good point and it's a good 2 hear an insider perspective.