Greetings Bantu Kelani,

fair enough,

i have never claimed to be exclusively pro-black, which is what i think you are driving at here.

I am happy to be classified as someone who is pro-human, which is i think a little more accurate than the expression multiculturalist, which tends to infer some kind of half baked melting pot strategy. I think folk should be free to mix, or not, according to their own desires and conscience, not as a matter of policy or social engineering.

For me to be pro-black in the sense that you are defining it here, supporting black causes to the exclusion of all others, would mean ignoring too many other things which are immediately apparent in my world and reality. I dont think it is my place to be pro-black in this sense, surely this is a view of reality that can only ever truly be embraced by black people? In the same way that it would be pretty odd to find an african hard core irish nationalist.

I dont think that not being pro-black (as you describe it) is the same thing as being anti-black though. There are plenty of white folks out there working for any number of aid organisations in africa, risking their lives on a daily basis, that probably wouldnt fit into your 'pro-black' definition. The next place they end up might be albania, or asia for example.

As for not being loud enough.... well where i come from people are intrinsically suspicious of those who find it necessary to trumpet about what they do. Surely it is actions that count not words, or for that matter definitions and labels.

All of that said, and i know this is not something you are likely to give a toss about because, well, you are who you are! i have nothing but the greatest respect and admiration for your revolutionary fyah. May your folk find freedom and justice. It is nothing less than all of us deserve!

love and life
paul