TURNING BLACK PEOPLE AGAINST MIGRANTS

Former US President Donald Trump’s attempt to pit Black and Hispanic people against migrants during the 27 June presidential debate is nothing but a divisive ploy.

African Stream’s Salifu Mack reminds us that migrants seeking a better life are not responsible for the injustices inflicted upon us for centuries. Migrants didn’t enslave us. They didn’t impose Jim Crow laws. They didn’t conduct the Tuskegee Experiment that infected our folks with syphilis. They didn’t destroy Black institutions. They didn’t target our leaders using the FBI’s Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO). They didn’t flood our neighbourhoods with drugs. They didn’t unjustly imprison and kll our people.

We are stronger together. All of the world’s oppressed people, do not fall for a divisive politician’s ploy to turn us against each other.