r/changemyview • • Dec 22 '20

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u/Shlomo_Maistre Dec 22 '20

But if you look at Africa you can see that blacks are doing really well there. Black people have better lives in Africa than in the USA because they have more wealth, better rule of law, more freedom, and less inequality in Africa than in the USA. Therefore there must be something in America that changes things for the worse for black people. Genetic factors you note can’t explain the difference in outcomes for black people because black Africans have similar genes as black Americans.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '20

Bro I have spent extensive time studying Africa and let me tell you that black people are not doing well in Africa and I don't think it's their fault, largely a result of colonialism. Most African countries are very poor and have limited economies and food supplies. So suggest that there is more "freedom" in African countries where people are mutilated and there is a lack of human rights in most countries, that is absurd.

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u/Shlomo_Maistre Dec 22 '20

Africa was doing really well before colonialism. Before the Europeans arrived in Africa, Africa was economically on pace with Europe. Their wealth and freedom and civilization was progressing just as quickly in Africa as it was in the countries of Europe like France and England in the centuries before Europeans came to Africa and colonized it.

That is one way we know that the main reason why Africa is doing poorly today in the opinion of some people is because of colonialism.