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Doloras Funkette's avatar

The most striking aspect of Liberian society is that for ages the African-American colonists actually reproduced the racial divisions they fled from:

"The Americo-Liberian settlers did not relate well to the indigenous peoples they encountered, especially those in communities of the more isolated "bush".,, Encounters with tribal Africans in the bush often became violent. Believing themselves different from, and culturally and educationally superior to the indigenous peoples, the Americo-Liberians developed as an elite minority that created and held on to political power. In a conscious effort to emulate the American South, the Americo-Liberian settlers adopted clothing such as hoop skirts and tailcoats, and excluded natives from economic opportunities, including creating plantations on which natives were forced to work as slaves. Indigenous tribesmen did not enjoy birthright citizenship in their own land until 1904."

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DDB9000's avatar

The Black Star Line was a steamship company completely owned, operated, and financed by people of African descent. Marcus Garvey (1887-1940), a Jamaican national and master propagandist, was the leader of this venture.

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dan gerene's avatar

Their research department used up all their allotted time just examining colanders to get the right date. And the right size.

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DDB9000's avatar

One of the drawbacks of English is that the possesive ('s + s') sounds the sam as many plurals (s),

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Ddinz's avatar

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. Liberian flag.

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DDB9000's avatar

Ih their case it may have been intentional - melding the 'lone star' of the Texas flag with the US flag.

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DDB9000's avatar

I've got some genuine Cook Islands commemorative $2 coins which I can sell you for the intriductory price of only $19.95 (plus shipping and handling) each.

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Cliff Hendroval's avatar

He changed his mind about a lot of things after long conversations with Frederick Douglass.

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DDB9000's avatar

I'm sure they are busy fucking up Canton, Ohio too..

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GrannysKnitting's avatar

i'm just surprised they haven't issued a statement that it was the amerikkkan flag, you just couldn't see all the stars cos it was folded, mkay?

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Mehmeisterjr's avatar

It's a miracle that the RNC didn't claim our National Anthem is an mp3 file of "God Save the King"

Not that I'm saying they won't but in the meantime, Ronna Romney McDaniel's rewrite will have to do.

♫ Oh say, can you see a Liberryan flag?Not a real one, of course,But a wee, clumsy knock-off.

'Leven stripes and one star, there's just one little snag:Close enough for McDan,(Folks are knocking her block off.)

And the blasts of hot air,The fake-patriot glare,Give proof every day,Putin's poodle's still there.

Oh say, is the pitiful RNC still bloviating,O'er the Party of Vlad,And the Home of Fascnuts? ♫

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Mehmeisterjr's avatar

WHAR camel?

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Mehmeisterjr's avatar

If the RNC comments on Flaggate, they will blame it on an unpaid intern who was homeschooled public schooled. (Everybody and his Duggar know that homeschooling is perfection, itself.)

FIFY.

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StarJamma's avatar

Yep, was aware of that. Talib and Yasin were definitely using Marcus Garvey as the springboard for looking at black culture and art.

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ohiolibrarian's avatar

After 1838, the British would have made that harder.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Stephen.

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