would u rather live in a country where the majority of the g-ment was black or white?

[The Lonious Monk]

Most black-run nations have only gained independence in the last thirty to forty years. Thirty to forty years after having been taken advantage of by colonial powers these nations were called to forge nation-states when they lacked the educational and monetary resources. The transition was not smooth because you had the Russians and the Americans funding rival factions, former colonial powers interfering, tribal hatred fomented by colonial favourtism, and massive debts incurred because of the former colonial powers, corrupt dictators placed by Americans or Communists, and the borrowing during the 1973 oil crisis.

All of this considered, I think black-run nations have done remarkably well.

Don't forget colonialism lasted just long enough to displace the original means of governance that had worked in the area for centuries. So when colonialism ended, the people whose job it was to take over had no real knowledge of the old ways and no understanding of the new ways given that their oppressors didn't educate them.

 

[Skeratch]

Don't forget colonialism lasted just long enough to displace the original means of governance that had worked in the area for centuries. So when colonialism ended, the people whose job it was to take over had no real knowledge of the old ways and no understanding of the new ways given that their oppressors didn't educate them.

Very important point as well, thanks.