As unbelievable as it is, we are still
suffering the consequences of an
event that took place hundreds of
years ago because, right after slavery,
there was no taking steps to help the
victims.
The Jews were sorted out after the
holocaust, but nobody worried about
the effect of the slave trade on black
folks. One wonders why…
And, guess what happened next? Our
directly traumatized and untreated
ancestors raised our grandparents
up with feelings of a foreshortened future, an outburst of anger
and hyper-vigilance. Our grandparents learned from this and then
raised our parents in the same way.
By the time it got to our generation, this feeling of a foreshortened
future, an outburst of anger and
hyper-vigilance had been normalized
to the extent that it had become our
culture.
Enough is enough. It is time to get the
dead elephant out of the closet and talk
about it (not sure about the dead elephant
metaphor, but I guess you know what I
mean).
It is our duty as black, white, red, yellow
or whatever your complexion, to deal
with it for a better Africa and a better
world.
See, I told you it was not that boring! B
Note that although black people are
the main victims in this story, some
white people are also going through
their own kind of struggle. Most
of them try to ignore that part of
mankind’s history; that their ancestors were capable such atrocities and
caused so much pain.
Finally, although post traumatic
slave disorder is a delicate topic of
discussion, it is an issue that must
tackled as soon as possible.
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