Re: Nkrumahism, The Can Of Worms I Opened–Slavery and Racism 2 - GhanaWeb
FIRST RESPONSE (ON SLAVERY AND RACISM). Like his other articles, this one on slavery and racism panders to paedomorphic simplicity. Granted, there is nothing really new about his article on the institution of slavery from the standpoint of a student of history. In other words all his commentaries about the institution of slavery are a familiar terrain for a casual reader of the political economy of slavery from ancient times to contemporary times. Notwithstanding, here are a few shortcomings of Mr. Baidoo’s uninformed essays on slavery and racism:. • European decimation of Native Americans via slavery, work, and diseases (Las Casas). • European decimation of Australian Aborigines and Native Americans (Kiernan). • Stolen Generations (Stolen Children): Australia Aborigines and Native Americans. No discussion of the advanced native of pre-Columbian civilizations before European civilization destroyed them (Mann). No discussion of Native American reservations and the conditions there. Source: www.ghanaweb.com
