Hans Rosling: Data on Africa

View the first 6 minutes of this alarming video. He charts the progress of people all aroung the world. Notice where Africans are in the big picture. If you are Black but not African born, do not dismiss this information. Our destinies and our progress are inextricably linked. This is being posted, not to bring you down but to wake you up, shake you up, and hopfully piss you off.




And if the video doesn't convince you we all need to get off our complacent behinds, read the article "Stop Trying to Save Africa" which is written by an African. If you want to take your journey into the light further, read The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. It was written in the 1800s but it is a look into the imperialist and racist foundation upon which our current social/economic conditions have been constructed.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/13/AR2007071301714.html