my brother wrote this, and I wish I did...

"I am not proud to be African. I take no pride in being born in Africa. Where I come from there is a division. Whites are blamed for being superior. The elders tell the story of white superiority, yet I only see blacks being heard, an entitlement that they are the ones that belong. The blacks truly believe that Africa is a black continent, where no whites or light skinned people have a voice or belong. I stand in a queue and everybody looks at me wondering what is a light skinned person doing here. An Africa where the fat cats of government fills themselves with western AID, and after they lick the milk off there whiskers they insult the Europeans for an underdeveloped Africa. An Africa where it is understandable to hate your neighbour for the shade of his skin, hair, car, accent and level of education. Where xenophobic wars break out between brothers. Where I am ashamed to speak my mother tongue because the only history we learn is that it was part of an oppressor long ago. An Africa where democracy has shown that is can produce more votes than the population. I take no pride in being African."- Emcole Strauss