A Letter to Mr. the civilized
Aya Chebbi
Political Advisor to Governments & International NGOs I Public SpeakerI Board AdvisorI Gender Equality & Women leadershipI Business Development- Africa/Kenya/Namibia I Sustainability & Innovation ICreative Communications
Dear Mr. the civilized,
You promote democracy but not if it brings people's power.
You call African states; rogue, undemocratic states but you violate human rights everywhere. You tear gas your own people for protesting injustice.
You are watching, when ending genocide is needed but intervening when white savorism is not needed.
You?preach non-proliferation in Iran but not in Israel.
You save white refugees but not Africans seeking asylum for decades and from Ukraine.
Besides,
It's still very much the "the West and the rest",
"our nations, your tribes " ,
"our arts , your artifacts " ,
"our demonstrations , your riots",
AND " our security , your terrrorism "
And… You call us the uncivilized…
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Dear Mr. the civilized,
You divided the world according to your norms.
You divided my language in the name of Francophonie and erased mine, Amazigh.
You divided the world into West and East.. the west and the "Arab World”... the West and the "Muslim world”.
You installed a globalisation that made the rich richer and the poor poorer and you celebrate it for what it brings to you; wealth, power and domination. What it brings to us? climate destruction.
I come from this part of the world that you projected in the public imagination as underdeveloped, uncivilized, and undemocratic. With that excuse you make interventions. We do not interfere in yours or anyone’s business but you interfere in mine and everyone’s affairs.
If you, Mr. the civilized, cannot change your foreign policies… do not lecture me about making the world a better place.
I invite you to reflect on your crisis of values, the disintegration of your own values. I invite you to decolonize your mind and most of all respect 'me' whoever I am, wherever I come from, whatever I worship.
You forgot to apologize for perpetuating slavery, colonialism, neocolonialism,?postcolonialism, and orientalism.
You forgot to apologize for nourishing your economy with the exploitation of African nations and African people.
Who is the ungrateful then?
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1 个月Aya Chebbi, The sea was once a land for crusaders.
??Empowering 50+ refugee led organizations annually, for sustainable impact || Passionate Program Manager with proven impact portfolio in displacement settings in East Africa ???
1 个月Much as I hate the hypocrisy of the "Western" hegemony, let's not forget that the vast majority of the problems we are having at least in my country and probably other similar countries in Africa, is due to indeed our own "rogue" leaders. Leaders who are so selfish to the extent that they will go in Bed with any so called western leader that allows them to maximize wealth aggrandizement and power domination at the expense of the common people. The colonialist might have been evil, but the African who replaced him is even worse!
Multi Award Winner | Global Changemaker| Certified Human Rights Consultant -USIDHR| UN SDGs Expert | Innovation and Technology | Founder - Elevate Community Network.
1 个月Well articulated