girl from oromo

"Look at you " she said
"talking all proper english, you're a sell out"
these words rang through my ears
as I looked at this girl from Oromo,
I was confronted, because I spoke properly.
I never saw this day come,

she was an activist for equality,
she went to my university
I am a visionary who believes in financial power,
who believes the way to eliminate racial discrimination
is to gain financial power and to communicate effectively,
I explained my financial power theory to her

"slavery", said I, "was not born out of racism,
you see after the famous christopher columbus and co. found the west indies
there was a need for manpower
the natives were't used to such harsh conditions
and caught diseases of the europeans
and were dying
the europeans under indentured servitude
were becoming costly because the servants would go back and sue for money in europe
That was when they found the african man,
strong and could do the same work 3 natives will do
they did not sue, they were healthier,
at least the one third that did not die on the voyage,
they were profitable and economical
slavery was borne out of economics
out of a lack of protection in the law for them, there was no financial consequence to it"

If you have financial power i said to her,
any cop will think hard before harassing you unduely
you could have under your employ
a certain amount of people who will be jobless if you go to jail,
which doesn't fare well for the tax coffers,
you could be contributing a large chunk to the city budget
hence the cop's pay cheque
so he should know you're better off to the city outside jail than in it,
if he doesn't someone will tell him,
he has a consequence"

you see I intend to be wealthy
I intend it so that I can buy change for some,
motivate some also to work hard and be wealthy,
to create a sense of consequence for racial discrimination.

nothing changes in this society
unless somebody's cash flow is threatened,
or unless someone stands to gain something from it,
you should look at selling you idea from an economic standpoint
"economics" she said, "hell no, I'm communist to the core, and you
mr should be ashamed of yourself speaking the whiteman's language,"

to be continued....

David Momoh 2008