Liberian Literary Magazine Promoting Liberian literature , Arts and Culture they would rather keep doing their nothing . That is why I am here typing away my anger . Hoping against hope that they would just do something other than the nothings they know to do . Any African who limits Africa to geography instead of ideology is joking . Any leader that considers physical location more important shared identity , culture , traditions and history can ’ t be expected to be taken seriously . Interestingly , these same leaders troop to the Commonwealth sessions with pride . Some maintain an old English woman who could barely remember their names , as the head of state , yet they do not consider Haiti one of them . Seriously ? They obviously do not know about NATO , OPEC or the ARAB LEAGUE . If they did , they ’ d know that membership is more than physical location . Anyways , what do I know ? AU / EGYPT . Whoever said that KARMA was a b #+@# did not know what they were talking about . Karma is a bundle of Mabel Simmons , Big Momma and Mrs . Jones all in one . No one wants Mardea glocking around their neighborhood , especially not if she is looking to find their house . No one wants Big Momma poking in his or her business either . You see , karma is more like this . She start off as being a Kru or Grebo mother who just learned that her child had misbehaved and done the very thing she warned the child not to do . She collects the fattest rotten or the thickest cane and waits for him / her to enter the yard proper . This is a peppering mission . Boy , if you ’ re unaware of what a rotten or cane is or know not what peppering is , then you are blessed . Karma starts off as a mad Liberian mother fixing for whooping and pepper that child and ends up with all the stereotypes of a mad black woman . No I am not trying to be sexist or racist here . I am aiming for emphasis . So , if the AU really wants to do something , it is simple , just actually do something . But they should not play with people here saying our kin is one of us but not black enough . KARMA / AU-EGYPT . Now here ’ s the fun part . Shortly after they screwed Haiti up , they had to deal with Egypt . Apparently , they want Egypt to apologize over comments made by her diplomat who called them ‘ dogs and slaves ’. Irony does not even begin to cover this . Why are they crying ? Are their feelings really bruised over what we all know to be true ? The dude only spoke what he has been thinking all along . I dare say he is not alone either . No apology would erase the fact that he feels that way ; that many times his compatriots had acted and responded that way to Africans in general . The AU actually wants something this time . Wow ! Even if it is a measly apology , it is ‘ progress ’ right ? The man supposedly spoke the truth , albeit in relation to his feelings and thoughts . I guess their ‘ black enough ’ brother who thinks he ’ s more Arab , found a way to wake the machinery and wound their fragile pride . I wish I could say kudos but that would not be how I really feel . This is not the case of your enemy and mine are friends . Many of us that have travelled up north , have at different times , encountered the discrimination at the hands of our northern brothers . For some it has been more than for others . This is no secret . Yet , our leaders who often benefit from using diplomatic passports , ‘ know of ’ this , but do not know it . But for those that have really experienced it , the stain unapologetically remains because it shows little signs of abating . Oh I do hope this wakes them up . As we wait to see what comes out of the official investigation and how they will spin this to save face . Next time , I hope they remember those that stood by us in our dire needs .
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