Bowoto v. Chevron: White Guilt Clouds The Truth In Nigeria

http://zennie2005.blogspot.com/2008/11/bowoto-v-chevron-white-guilt-clouds.html -- Today features jury instructions and closing arguments in the trail of Bowoto v. Chevron. In the accounts of the trial, I've noticed an interesting pattern of the perspective of what I know call "White Activist Guilt". From that perspective, Chevron is the rich, bad "white" company, and the Nigerian militant groups attacking that company's employees and facilities are all good, non-violent folks.

That's just not true. The real story of this case is the poor Nigerian economic development and that government's neglect in making life better for Nigeria's poor, who've formed militant groups to take whatever wealth they can.

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[MrAppleseed88]

Yes, what would you like to know? Read the Bell curve, tel me how many africans are in MENSA please. I mean africnas are so smart and every bit our equals and they are such hard workers, surly they must be well represented in MENSA huh? The historical data of test scores around the world proclaims the truth you hate to admit so much. Tell me is it racist to be correct, or just more white guilt... hahahahah. funny stuff huh?

[zennie62]

@MrAppleseed88 I am. You're not.

[zennie62]

Oh, and you're acting racist and acting stupid, too. Don't insult your Mom before Mother's Day with your crappy acting.

[MrAppleseed88]

I have zero white guilt. It will never fix black issues. All black issues are genetic and comes down to low IQ.

[zennie62]

@MrAppleseed88 Low IQ. Something you seem to be an expert in! LMAO!!!! MuooHAAAAA!!!!

[InvisibleMan542]

People, of all colors, would be wise to stop acknowledging race, stop drawing attention to race. As long as people see race, you'll have racism. Children do not see race, no matter their color, they just wanna play with their friends. Perhaps adults could learn a few things from children, as ironic as this may seem.

[InvisibleMan542]

and I'm not responsible for something that my great great great great grandfather did before I was even a cum stain in my daddy's underwear. The flip side to white guilt among white people are the ones who react by becoming the opposite extreme, the racist ones. Yes there are racist white people. In fact there are racists of every color. My final conclusions; don't feel guilty about something u have nothing to do with, and (continued)

[InvisibleMan542]

Does white guilt exist? Yes, it does, among the whites who continually beat themselves up for things that are beyond their control. I can't help that evil people exist who do evil things, I'm only responsible for my own behavior, nobody else's. Especially not some rich beaurocrat whose out shafting me just as much as any other blue collar citizen of any race, a politician's only loyalty is money and power. rather it's in USA, Europe, Africa, Asia, wherever, (continued)

[InvisibleMan542]

before I give my thoughts here, I wanna clarify that I am not on a crusade to prove anything to racists of any stripe or color. I'm not trying to prove to black racist that I am not racist, and I'm not here to prove to white racists that I don't buy into white guilt.... Racism is racism, period, and anyone ignorant enough to judge my comment by a biggoted standard can go f off for all I care. Now, with that being said, (continued)

[MrAppleseed88]

I do admit I am a racist.